Month: February 2021

Femininity and Masculinity are both sets of qualities, attributes and behaviors based on various factors like gender, sexuality, personality, roles in life, etc. Both Feminine and Masculine ideals and views are vastly different in terms of what is found to be appealing in terms of taste, including art, for either set of attributes. While obviously…Continue Reading AAD011 – Gender

Communication is the expression of thought or idea through speech, writing, action, creation, etc. One example of communication as an action would be through the creation of art. Communication through art can be used as an expression of thought, a way to exchange ideas and as a way to spark conversation through the meaning of…Continue Reading AAD011 – Communication

When I scanned all my work into my computer, I exported them to Microsoft Word to add text. I gave each film I drew different typefaces, postions, etc, to go with the mood of the film. I then printed them out double sided and folded them. Unfortunately, there was something wrong with how I positioned…Continue Reading AAD012 – Zine Creation

Helvetica is a sans serif typeface that was created in 1957 and designed by Max Miedinger. Helvetica is described as a ‘neo grotesque’ typeface, which are designed to have each letter be as uniform as possible to keep the letters looking consistent with each other. Another way it does this is by having the letters…Continue Reading AAD012 – Helvetica

The 3 artists that I am looking at are Vaughan Oliver, Am Cassandre and Ladislav Sutnar.   Vaughan Oliver ( Vaughan Oliver – Wikipedia ) is an English artist & graphic designer best known for his work with various musical artists. Inspired by Yes and Asia album cover artist, Roger Dean, he primary became an…Continue Reading AAD012-3 Artists

Art: Titles: Cover/Backpage:…Continue Reading AAD012 – Zine Scans

For my theme, I did art pieces relating to horror films. I changed up the style and techniques I used for each one. Halloween: I started this one off with pencils. I then colored it in with colored pencils and a black sharpie for shading. I will add a background digitally when I scan it….Continue Reading AAD012 – Zine Development

I define innovation as the progression of an idea being realized. In art, innovation came from trying new tools and techniques for creating works. The same can be said for the formative years of the animation industry. An technique that was considered innovative was “Rotoscoping”. Portraying movement in animation is mostly done through references of…Continue Reading AAD011 – Innovation

This is the finished anination. There are several things I had to cut out of my original storyboard and I feel that I rushed the ending, but there are parts of it that came out fine. (gif versions)…Continue Reading AAD012 – Animation (finished)

The theme of my zine will be horror films from the 80s to present day. I will show off big moments in horror cinema, landmark films and genres and trends that birthed from each era. I will incorporate both illustration and graphic design. Here are a few ideas for what it will contain and a…Continue Reading AAD012 – Graphic Design/Illustration (Zine)