Blog Assignment #5

1. In my midterm projects, I know how to present my idea through pictures and express emotion through colours. I make a poster to show the meaning of reality of African children with some photos of their life . What's more, I modulate the picture into black and white colour to show the sadness. I think it is an important and useful way to present my big idea in art making process.

2. For the most challenging learning experience is to make a magazine cover. Because I give myself a big goal to chase, trying to make it like a real magazine with good sense of art. At first, I am confused about the relationship between the colour of words and the colour of picture, How to make harmony between the two? In quiz 1, my work does not satisfy myself. Then I appreciate many magazine covers to find the answers to my questions, then things get better. My final projects are much better and more aesthetic.

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In quiz 4, I combinged the poster of movie "Changeling" and movie "salt" to make a new movie poster "Roles". I assumed this movie is about a woman who has double characters in her mind, one is aggressive and fighting while the other is peaceful and timid.In the movie, she may be confused about her two characters in her mind and question herself so many times " WHO AM I..." written as a slogan in this poster.

In midterm projects, I used the elements of angel and fairy to representing for the fantasy of African children to show their dreams about future.

Blog Assignment #4

For my final project, I choose option three to further develop a quiz. I make two fashion magazine covers, one is called "MODE', another one is called "RUNWAY". MODE means fashion in French. I am aimed to make french fashion magazine, filled with romanticly French style. I use "color range" to select only the lips and eyes parts, showing the feeling of mystery and sexy. France is a country with so much imagination and fantasy. Everything about France is deserved to be expected. Fashion of France is one of the most important part of French appealing. Its nobility and luxury has been well known around the world. In my MODE magazine, I use the white background to display the purity of Fashion in France as a form of art not only a kind of industry.
In another magazine called "RUNWAY", I try to show the characteristics of American Fashion publishing industries. They use popular culture, making connection between the culture and Fashion to attract the public. Runway is the place where models show the masterpieces of designers. I use this name to show that this magazine is about the hottest fashion news and information. And I use the photo of Lady Gaga to indicate the "celebrities infulence" used by fashion magazines in America.
Both magazine covers are made to show the difference of the way to portray "fashion" in France and America.


1.Lady Gaga, as one of the most popular artist around the world



http://fashionlvr.com/5955/lady-gaga-vogue-march-2011-cover-editorial/




2.VOGUE magazine is the representative of American fashion magazine

http://www.vogue.com/


3. karl lagerfeld, as a French designer, increases my understanding of French fashion


http://guestofaguest.com/nyc-events/nobody-dresses-up-a-pod-like-karl-lagerfeld/



New Technique:
I use the layer masks and adjustment layers to adjust the skin tone in an image.

http://video.about.com/graphicssoft/Change-Skin-Tone-in-Photoshop.htm