SNOOOP DOGGGGG

Before:

After:

1. I logged onto my computer and opened photoshop.

2. I went on Safari and went to Google.ca

3. I searched "Snoop Dogg" and in a second tab, searched "Backgrounds".

4. I put both on my desktop and opened Snoop Dogg's photo first. I then placed in the Background image. I dragged Snoop Dogg's photo onto the background and then using the quick selection tool, deleted the background Snoop Dogg is actually at and placed him into the new background.

5. After step 4, I clicked the Mask button.

6.I then used an adjustment layer to alter the contrast of Snoop Dogg so it would make this photo more believable.

4 Principles of Stop Motion

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKiD0nQVMic (Sorry in advance for the music)

Anticipation: The lead up to an action. For example, a person doesn't just throw a football. They bring their arm back and wind up the throw, then throw it.

Squash and Stretch: Giving the perception of, lets say, ones weight. Say a person was carrying something heavy, like a log over their shoulders. The person would not just walk straight and with ease, they'd be hunched over, walking at a slower than normal pace.

Staging: Lets say someone was trying to show a character of theirs that they were mad, and wanted to do so obviously, so anyone could identify it. This person would have the character's eyebrows downward, arms crossed, pout in the lip, to show off a non-pleasant mood.

Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose Animaton:

Exhibit of Optical Toys

I found this website to be very well created. It is very simplistic, and informative. It has a nice, simple yet bold, home page. From there you can choose from a picture of each invention, then seeing the history, purpose, and the way it works. It is not a site with all things everywhere, no need to click three things to get to what you want. Just look at the photos, click one, and all information comes up, including GIFs and video to see how each thing is operated, which is my favourite part of this site.

One thing that that stood out to me was definitely the Kinora, a picture viewing device created in 1912 by Louise and Auguste Lumiere. This device is essentially a crank powered flip book, which I find really interesting as it really helps to show what exactly was used before cinematography, and it shows the steps inventors went through to get to next stage. What I also liked was that ordinary people could go out and purchase the required paper and make their own movie. This device worked by putting in paper, then cranking it so the pictures would quickly show for the viewer to see.

GULP: WORLDS LARGEST STOPMOTION

When I first watched "GULP" I had no clue it was real. It was so well done I thought it was claymation. Learning that it was real life was a shock, Everything down to the man himself looked clay.

The measures they went through, the time they spent on making this video, the dedication to make this is astonishing. It would have taken a long time to create, and it would not have been easy to make, either.

The fact that I couldn't differentiate claymation and this, just goes to show they really cared about the quality of this video, and we're committed to creating this.

Chess Piece

This chess piece is not very accurate on porportion. What I drew is probably 3x bigger than the original chess piece. In terms of value, It all depends on the lighting of said object. Given the light when I drew the piece I'd say it's accurate. The whole thing was pretty dark, especially the left side.

     I created pattern by putting two symmetrical lines in the background. This also helps show movement, as the lines are going to the right. I chose to put my piece on the left side and have the lines starting at the left side, moving towards the right, which also helps show movement.

     I made it the focal point by making it the boldest thing in the drawing. The background, while having shaded areas, they are not shaded to the same degree that the chess piece is.

Frida Kahlo

Realism: On this painting I would say it would score a 5/10. I saw this because the woman is drawn very well. She has been drawn with lots of attention to detail. The shadow on her neck from her head is showing where the light is coming from (Right side). The indents, little fading lines to show wrinkles, are very realistic.

  Though there is all this realism in the woman, I can't really say the same for the monkeys. The monkey's heads are very small compared to the body, and they seem to be missing necks. Monkeys have eyes very similar to humans, but in this they are blacked out except for the pupil. They are not the main focus of this image, but it wouldn't hurt to put a little more detail.

Emotionalism: This photo, for the woman anyway, doesn't really give off a negative feeling, nor a negative. She seems very straight-faced, like a woman who has been posing for a while.

    The monkeys, on the other hand, do give off a noticeable feeling. A feeling of interest. The left monkey seems to be in awe of the woman, while the right seems very focused on her face, and the way she looks.

This painting, in my opinion, is a 9/10 for emotionalism. It has emotions, which you can notice right off the bat. Although some may differ on the woman's expression. I believe most have it come off as a "straight-faced" emotion.

Formalism: I would think this piece of artwork would score high on formalism. It has lots of unity. The colours go well together, the background colours seem to blend into the next colour. This painting also has very good texture. By this I mean, by looking at said object in the painting, you can sense the feeling of it.
 

Daumier

Fill In The Blanks!

This is a thing we made as a class.


Each student drew a piece and then we put it together. What the class did was, each student was individually assigned a square, and they had to draw their assigned piece, without knowing what the final outcome was to be. It is a recreation of a different piece of artwork made by Daumier.

I feel that this piece of art is not meant to be an upbringing piece or art. I get a gloomy, depressing feeling as I look into the picture.

Snakity Snakity Snake

I chose a snake as an animal that represents me because we have a few similarities.

Both a snake and I are social. We both like to socialize with others, and make friends.

Some species of snake are endangered. I am one of a kind, so the Jackson Merizzi's of the world are very endangered.

Both a snake and I have predators. Snakes have certain birds, honey badgers, and other land animals. I have predators too, like kidnappers, pedophiles, and murderers.

Snakes also think fast. Sometimes they will act before thinking of possible outcomes, I have this trait as well.

Title.

I chose this photo as my profile picture to show everyone Godzilla has no sense of privacy. Hopefully he'll see this and realize trying to go into an occupied stall is rude.

I don't really know why I chose this photo. I just decided to do something different than what I saw. I added Godzilla because I felt like he completed the picture.

In a not so obvious sense, I guess this shows I like to take advantage of a task and try to turn it into something humorous. I like to make people laugh, and hopefully this will do that.

Squares.

I didn't really have any inspiration in doing this. I was told to draw lines in a square, so I did.

The first square doesn't have any meaning, it kind of just came to be while I was messing around on Illustrator.

The second square I sort of modelled after a flag. The Cross in the centre was inspired by the United kingdom flag. The continuous lines above and under the cross just show more design, instead of having a lot of negative space, I filled it.

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