I don’t know the title of this illustration, but the illustrator’s name is Pawel Kuczynski. As much as mainstream social media issues illustrations annoy me, this one stood out to me. It spoke to me immediately, in other words, it did the job an editorial illustration is suppose to do, communicate of an issue without words. It shows how when people are on their phones, they’re sort of isolated form the rest of sociality, physically. So them being on the phone (excessive use) is like they’re on an island, in their own world.

An artist that i chose was, Pawel Kuczynski. Kuczynski has done a set of illustrations on how facebook has altered our lives. One illustration that caught my eye was a police officer having a duel with a cowboy with a gun and the gun is the facebook logo. It seems that the illustration shows us about how theres always opposing views on facebook. We have our own opinions but many people may not agree with our opinions. A lot of different views can lead to a passionate and heated argument. I think in this illustration the artist conveys that the policeman and the cowboy are extremely against each others views through social media.

http://theinspirationgrid.com/thought-provoking-facebook-illustrations-by-pawel-kuczynski/

http://theinspirationgrid.com/new-editorial-illustrations-by-paul-blow/

This illustration by Paul Blow looks relevant based on my topic. In his works he tends to use a candy color palette and in this illustration the colors have a very strong contrast between the yellow and the magenta. In this piece he juxtaposes the smartphone and eyes as if he were saying the smartphones have become our eyes. The earphones also lead me to think the message of this editorial is that we live vicariously through our phones.

This illustration is paired with an article about choices not being made by the user but rather the browser and smartphone and I would assume it has something to do with how easily it is for companies to collect data from all over the internet.

I choose this piece as an example of tonal organization. This is concept art by Aaron Limonick for the Uncharted game series. I think this is a good example because you can clearly see the blacks, grays and whites here. You get a good sense of visual hierarchy with things in white being apart of the background and things closer get darker in color.

“Robsybot Spaceclash“

In this piece by badillafloyd on deviantart, shows a great variation of highlights and midtone values all working together to create a sense of depth, creating a serious kind of mood for a funny yet confusing concept. The way the artist used tone organization with the help of highlights as well, was to make it as though each characters is coming out of the dark which helps them to appear to stand out more (however, the moon behind the robot stands out more than the robot itself, when the robot perhaps is suppose to be the main subject of this piece…?). With the source of light coming from the moon, it acts as the “highlight” on the characters for them to project more (since apparently they’re in space where it’s pitch black). The artist also uses value structure to indicate the importance of subjects in the piece.

This manga illustration is from FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood (Chpt. 1, Pg. 52) is a good example of value structure and tonal organization. Even though you see a lot of scattered grey in the background, it feels like it’s not too much because of how it flushes out. But it brings a sense of intensity to the character. The character has a good balance of white, grey and black that differentiates from his skin tone, clothing and metal arm.