IMoive Short Story

 Here is the link to my short story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsYZYK5nAtE

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Andy Warhol Research Questions
By Alex Solway

1. What was the influence on him by the culture of the 60’s?

Andy Warhol was one of the pioneers of pop art in the United States during the 1960’s. He started this by using popular and iconic people and items. He used such items as the Campbell’s soup cans, dollar bills, and coca cola cans. He used lots of famous people such as Marilyn Munroe, Tony Donahue, and Elizabeth Taylor. He became very famous in New York and later throughout the US. His artwork was displayed throughout famous museums in New York such as the Museum of Modern Art. Many things influenced him through his life like civil rights movement, headline news stories, and anything that was creating headlines in the media. He became so famous that he opened his own studio in New York with other members of the Factory people including Freddie Herko, Ondine, Ronald Tavel, Mary Woronov, Billy Name, and Brigid Berlin.

2. How does it relate to present day culture?

Andy Warhol’s work still relates to present day culture very well. The things that he worked on such as the coca cola bottle, the Campbell’s soup can, and the dollar bill are still very prominent and recognizable items in society today. Also, the iconic and famous people he used in his work are still famous to this day. Pop culture and media, such as television, new papers, and magazines are everywhere in society. His artwork allowed people look at and interpret things differently.

Why did he do what he did with his art?

3. He did this to make his artwork different than other peoples and to stand out. He started by using cartoon and advertisement pictures and hand painted them with paint drops. He then moved on to doing his art using famous people and famous objects. His objective was reached and people loved his artwork. He became really famous and is now considered one of the founders of pop art and one of the first to incorporate media and the news into his artwork. He combined commercial art and fine art together and basically created commercial art. Before Warhol, the only type of art was fine art and when he came along he made commercial art into a legitimate type of artwork.

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Triptych Unit One Summative

Triptych Questions

By Alex Solway

 

1. Explain what each panel represents around you.

 My first panel, on the left side, is my music, TV shows, and movie section. I love music, TV shows, and movies and they are a big part of my life so I decided to take my favourites of each and put them together. The movies I used were Black Hawk Down and fight club, the music I used was the cover of Kanye West’s album graduation, and the TV show I used was the cover of Entourage.

 The panel in the middle is my sports section. Sports are some of my favourite hobbies so I thought I should show some pictures of it. There two main pictures are both of me golfing. Golf is one of my favourite sports and I love playing it. The other three pictures are of Sports Illustrated, my favourite sports magaizine, the Toronto Blue Jays, my favourite baseball team, and the Philadelphia Eagles who are my favourite NFL football team.

 The panel on the right is my family section. Family is a major part of my life and I spend lots of time. The main picture is of my parents and I this past summer. The other two pictures of me shooting a gun and my sister and I when we were on vacation in August.

 2. Explain how you use the elements of line, texture, colour and shape in your work.

 I used the element of line to create a balance between all my pictures and make them flow together. I used the element of texture using different filters in photoshop especially in the middle section. I used the element of colour throughout all the sections to make sure that all the pictures were connected and not one really dark picture and one really light picture. I used the element of shape to fit all the pictures together so there was no free space and everything worked well together.

 3. Chose one area of the triptych which you feel is an area of strength and write why that is so.

 The area of the triptych which I feel is an area of strength is the spot in the middle section where me golfing and the eagle meet with the golf flag in the background. This area is the strongest to me because everything floes really well and with the eagle pointed that way, It leads the viewers eye to the next section.

 4. Choose one area of the triptych that you feel could use more attention to make it more effective and write why you think this. 

I think that the area on the triptych that could have used more attention is the top part of the left section. It looks a little bit blurred and if I put a little bit more attention on it, it could have looked a bit better.

Photoshop Work

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Blended Layers Formative 2

Here I took two images and blended them together using photoshop.

Here are the two photos I used before I blended them:

Here is the final product of both pictures blended together:

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Photographic Formative 2 Texture

This photo works well for texture because when looking at the photo, most of the parts are 3D and they stand out at you. Some parts also have different looking textures and patterns.

I chose this picture because I felt it was a good picture to show the exploration of line and how it can be arranged in many different ways. In this picture, line is used crossing each other which makes it look like some lines are father back and some look closer.

Five Key Questions

Who created his message?

What techniques are used to attract my attention?

How might different people understand this message differently from me?

What lifestyles, values, and points of view are represented in or omitted from this message?

Why was this message sent?