Homework 8

1. Why is understanding design principles alone not enough to become an artist?
2. How is the process different for fine and commercial artists?
3. Compare convergent and divergent thinking: What is similar? What is different? How do designers usually think and why?
4. Where do ideas come from?
5. What are some techniques for generating lots of ideas?
6. How can you become a better artist

1."The more you know the more you can say" understanding a variety of disciplines can widen you ideas for design.

2. Fine artist can think more divergent, because there freedom of deadlines, Commercial Artist need to get the project to the client on time, and will throw away weak ideas.

3.Convergent and divergent thinking both have the end in mind, One more specific than the other. Convergent thinking will throw out weak ideas while, divergent think let the ideas evolve. Designers are usually more convergent thinkers, it allows for more collaboration.

4.Ideas are generated off other Ideas, there is nothing "new" under the sun, just tweaks

5. Going to a museum, walking outside, doing random search on google, write down everything that you smell.

6. Allowing yourself to be open-minded and to learn about as many different things as you can

Creativity

1. Compare your creative process with that of Roger Von Oech. Where are your strengths and weaknesses?
2. Why is creative thinking as important as any technical skill?
3. Which of the seven characteristics of creative thinking describe your personality best? Which ones do you need to cultivate more?
4. What are some ways to manage your time?
5. What are some ways to reduce stress?
6. Do the goal setting exercise on pages 112-113, then describe your top four goals along with a rough timetable (be sure your goals are "good" goals)

1. Strengths - task focused , flexible , persistent Weakness - perfectionist,

2. It opens the mind to allow for more skills to be learned

3. Task oriented - Adventurous

4. Settings realistic goals, breaking the task into smallers sections

5. Getting into a quite room or running

6.Allow for more open thinking by brainstorming- draw in book 1-2hrs a week

Learn CSS - pratice ever other day

Create model business structure - consult with business officials 1 week a month

Evaluate goals monthly - set up chart on wall to visualize progress

Book Cover Sketchs

Obviously I need some practice

Cover Designs

Depth

1. Why is value relative?
2. Why might high contrast be especially important to commercial artists?
3. How can value help create an illusion of volume, space and depth?
4. How many different devices are there to show depth? Name them.
5. In order to understand linear perspective, what must be present?
6. What is the difference between one-point perspective and two-point perspective?
7. What kind of linear perspective is closest to what you see in photography? Why?
8. When would it be appropriate to use depth in composition? When should it be avoided?

. A grey has two diffent values depending on the darkness of the background

2. The artist can use contrast to paint the object or idea in a "positive" light increasing clarity

3. Through gradiation a object can obtain more volume, Space is made using more crisp elements in the foreground and gray blurred elements in the background, Depth can be made with darker object moved toward the foreground while lighter objects lay in the background.

4. Linear perspective, Overlap, Amplified perspective, atmospheric perspective

5. A picture plane

6. One-point perspective has one vanishing point on the picture plane while two-point has two vanishing points

7. Two-point perspective since the photo is through a 2-D medium

8. It would be appropriate when communicating a more complex idea with double meaning, It would be less effective for signage or something more straight foward.

Line

1. What kind of lines can communicate motion? Stability? Energy?
2. Why are human beings able to see "implied" lines?
3. How might a graphic designer use lines differently than a fine artist?
4. How is visual rhythm different than musical rhythm?
5. What must be present for rhythm to exist?

1. Diagonal lines convey motion, horizontal lines convey stability , and vertical lines show energy.

2. We have a natural inclination to gain visual unity

3. Thickening lines might indicate the most important information on the page

4. It is not, the rhythm works the same visually as it does musically

5. A sense of movement.

Balance

1. How is visual weight different than physical weight?
2. What happens to objects when they get close to the edges of a composition?
3. Why are human beings more comfortable with balanced compositions?
4. What happens when there is imbalance?
5. Is there a place for purposeful imbalance? Give some examples.
6. Why is symmetrical balance so popular in architecture?
7. Can different types of balance be used in a single composition?
8. How many ways are there to achieve asymmetrical balance? Name them.
9. Is radial balance always symmetrical? Why or why not?

1. Refers to importance rather than sinking or floating

2. Can either tend to rise or sink according to the location of the object

3. Communicates calm and stabilty reinforces our desires for an equilibrium

4. Causes unrest instability

5. In Eric Fischl painting at first glance it is a average american barbeque, but closer investigation reveals the actual distrburbance.'

6. One, its more structural sound two, make building visually graceful

7. Yes,

8. 8 ways,

The lager shape is placed closer to the fulcrum than the smaller shape

Multiple small squares, acting together as the larger square balancing the smaller

A small solid object that balance a large open object

a textured shape that balance a open shape near the fulcrum

A smaller shape placed near the bottom of the boundry with the larger shape above

the smaller shape intersects the bottom edge while the larger shape moves away from the edge

The larger top shape as a diagonal orientation while balancing the three smaller shapes

A smaller different shape balance the larger shaper

9. Yes, it is almost like a doubled symmetrical balance, which is still balance