Pictoplasma

Pictoplasma- Was amazing to watch on in class. The music was amazing and the visual effect and concepts the had fro each song was amazing. Those video where a great influence ti me because as a artist Im a DJ well a push-play Dj. But I it made me want to learn how to do animation like that and perfect my craft of mixing music even more. Music is a big part in my life, my dad was a singer, my brother is a rapper, and i do sing myself a bit. I love the flow of music it take me to another world That I can live in my mined and the Pictoplasma videos really took my mined to another Level of thought. Art is my Life music is part of many influences that drive to my goal in life.

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RiP A remix Manifesto

This is a video I recommend for next year
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Art & Copy

Facts: ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time -- people who've profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising's "creative revolution" of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for "Just Do It," "I Love NY," "Where's the Beef?," "Got Milk," "Think Different," and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.


This was a film I also watched in my advertising class. I was very useful to me to understand how people are very influence by adds and how simple they can be. Adds are part of our everyday life and this film gave the people a better understanding on how things that work in this system. I hope up coming Advertisers can learn from this film on how with strong copy,punch lines, ideas concepts, they can make an ad that is effective. The basics I learn from my advertising class to make a good ad; it must grab attention, stick to memory, must be believable, interesting, communicate clearly, and be different from all the other cheese adds in the world.Art and Copy was a film that should something that will always be in our lives.

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Robert Crumb

Wikipedia Info:Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943)—known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded as its most prominent figure. Though one of the most celebrated of comic book artists, Crumb's entire career has unfolded outside the mainstream comic book publishing industry. One of his most recognized works is the "Keep on Truckin'" comic, which became a widely distributed fixture of pop culture in the 1970s. Others are the characters Devil Girl, Fritz the Cat, and Mr. Natural.
He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1991.

His work is amazing, the weird cartoons, opening your mined to these dominating women he love, to show the power women have over him and the world. showing the humor in funny sex antics. To only live in his mined for a day world be epic. The level of crazy could be compared to Andy Warhol, But all artist are crazy and have great ideas to show the wold. I believe crumb is really trying to show use another way to think about the roles we play in life. he lives his wold within his drawings. My favorite of his is Fritz the cat what is a funny cartoon that is rated X back in the day. Click Here to watch Fritz the cat

Helvetica!!

Google search-Helvetica was developed in 1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann at the Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas type foundry) of Münchenstein, Switzerland. Haas set out to design a new sans-serif typeface that could compete with the successful Akzidenz-Grotesk in the Swiss market. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, its design was based on Schelter-Grotesk and Haas’ Normal Grotesk. The aim of the new design was to create a neutral typeface that had great clarity, no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be used on a wide variety of signage.When Linotype adopted Neue Haas Grotesk (which was never planned to be a full range of mechanical and hot-metal typefaces) its design was reworked. After the success of Univers, Arthur Ritzel of Stempel redesigned Neue Haas Grotesk into a larger family.In 1960, the typeface's name was changed by Haas' German parent company Stempel to Helvetica (derived from Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name for Switzerland) in order to make it more marketable internationally. It was initially suggested that the type be called 'Helvetia' which is the original Latin name for Switzerland. This was ignored by Eduard Hoffmann as he decided it wouldn't be appropriate to name a type after a country. He then decided on 'Helvetica' as this meant 'Swiss' as opposed to 'Switzerland'.


After seeing the video in class I really didnt know how much text played a part in design it self. It should me that text has a life its self and using the wron text to get a meaning across would be a bad idea in any designer part. Im in a publication design class and the teacher alway tells use that the copy (text) plays a large part in the design of ad, newslette, or any form of media press. Text is every where and always view by millions everyday.Even our government uses Helvetica for it’s IRS forms and all the Government buildings used it for legal forms. Looking up the text, its not free to download Helvetica is a powerful text its self and many companies use it to get their message across. Even as I type this Blog right now the text is telling me something its near important and says read me I might be interesting to read. For now on I will think of text as form of design choice and make sher it can get the massage across clearly.

The Merchants of Cool

Google Search-They are the merchants of cool: creators and sellers of popular culture who have made teenagers the hottest consumer demographic in America. But are they simply reflecting teen desires or have they begun to manufacture those desires in a bid to secure this lucrative market? And have they gone too far in their attempts to reach the hearts and wallets of America's youth?FRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff examines the tactics, techniques, and cultural ramifications of these marketing moguls in "The Merchants of Cool." Produced by Barak Goodman and Rachel Dretzin, the program talks with top marketers, media executives and cultural/media critics, and explores the symbiotic relationship between the media and today's teens, as each looks to the other for their identity.Teenagers are the hottest consumer demographic in America. At 33 million strong, they comprise the largest generation of teens America has ever seen--larger, even, than the much-ballyhooed Baby Boom generation. Last year, America's teens spent $100 billion, while influencing their parents' spending to the tune of another $50 billion.But marketing to teens isn't as easy as it sounds. Marketers have to find a way to seem real: true to the lives and attitudes of teenagers; in short, to become cool themselves. To that end, they search out the next cool thing and have adopted an almost anthropological approach to studying teens and analyzing their every move as if they were animals in the wild.

What i felt about this Video was that it was all true, I was a victim of fashion and what was cool in my younger days in the 90's. I feel that the image of cool today is sex and its being pushed harder today to new teens. Teen today are all about image and sex appeal to the opposite sex; must have the latest clothing, technology, and top dog statist. Marketing is all bout using the right bate to catch their consumers. That bate will keep changing every year and generate more money ever time. The fashion of young woman is so un lady like; 13 year old girls waring thungs and short skirts and young men waring no belt letting their boxers show there underwear. It goes back to the parents; yes the blame goes all around but parents are the law of the house, change of this problem of sex sold by companies and media will only change, when parents take control and say no and keep their money.

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (OBEY) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic super market tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama "HOPE" poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Looking at his work shows me that one day I can be a living artist and not known after my death. In todays life its very hard to show the world what you can do and Shepard made a loud noise in the media to get his work seen and publish. He is true motivator for young artist of today. He challenged the laws of copy rights and showed a way of transforming and making products that were refreshing to the eye. Todays generation is the mashup movement and in my world I called graphic design or (DiDe) yes I made that up. DiDe Digital Design movement. There was Dada now its DiDe. The world of art is moving to this mix media combined with Digital. I believe Shepard gave that opening to our generation.

Kamikaze Girls

wikipedia-----Kamikaze Girls centers around two students, Momoko Ryugasaki (Kyoko Fukada) and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri (Anna Tsuchiya), who are from completely different backgrounds: one is a Lolita girl, the other a Yankī. The story showcases their special bond.The movie is based on a popular light novel of the same name written by Novala Takemoto and published in October 2002. It was released on DVD in the United States in January 2006 under the title Kamikaze Girls. The movie was filmed in the town of Shimotsuma, in the Ibaraki Prefecture in Eastern Japan. The movie was premièred in 2004.


This Film was amazing to watch the film style was unique in every way. it had a great idea idea to make fun of consumers of products that where knockoffs and have a person that was stuck to the 18 century rococo fashion. to have two people that came from different life styles and have the unite threw fashion in some form. the comedy was also a big factor for me. I actually staid awake. I highly recommend Kamikaze Girls to watch.


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Comics

In 1827, Switzerland's Rudolphe Töpffer created a comic strip and continued on to publish seven graphic novels. In 1837, "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" was published by Rudolphe Töpffer and it is considered the earliest known comic book. In 1842, "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" became the first comic book published in the United States. "Obadiah Oldbuck" was a forty page book. Each page had several picture panels with accompanying text underneath.In 1859, German poet and artist, Wilhelm Bush published caricatures in the newspaper Fliegende Blätter. In 1865, he published a famous comic called "Max und Moritz".The 1895 "Yellow Kid" created by Richard Outcault has often been cited as being the first comic strip. The reason being is that Richard Outcault was the first artist to use the balloon, an outlined space on the page where what the characters spoke was written. However, comic strips and comic books were published before "Yellow Kid" debuted in the New York City newspaper "The World".Around 1900, the terms "comics" and "comic strip" came into common use in the United States. Where did the word come from? The strips of pictures being printed in magazines and newspapers at that time were all funny or comic. At first newspaper comic strips were called "the funnies" and later the term comics became more popular. Early American comic books were often collections of reprints of newspaper comic strips. Well that’s the best summary I can give on the history of Comics. Comics today are used for just about anything; promotions, political talks, and any other idea you can come up with. As a kid I always read the funny papers and later into comic books. Now I’m into Monga Japanese comics that are read backwards. I do believe comics will always be around for years to come.

Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard, of East Aurora, New York was a philosopher, soap salesman, entrepreneur, vaudville performer, bohemian, bigamist, horseman, humorist, printer, novelist, moralist, farmer, egotist, liar, plagiarist, avid supporter of big business, avid defender of individual rights, anti-intellectual, supporter of the arts, male chauvinist, pro-feminist, and college drop-out. from watching the video in class Hubbard was a strong bussiness man that had abillty to sale to anyone. From the video, I learn that he lived a double life cheating on his wife. His college life was short, he was to wild for Harvard.It seemed to be comfined to society image also. Soon later he form an arts and craft company across seas. All his products were made by hand. his idea was to make it for everyone to use. Soon went back to the states to start new again. Hubbard bought roycraft company and used the locals as workers. Message to Garcia was his best saler, it was the 3rd in the most book sold at that time. Hubbard was a true designer and saleman. Hand crafted became valued very much, in someway it is still valued today.

Graffiti

Graffiti has a long and proud history. The subculture surrounding graffiti has existed for several decades, and it's still going strong. The graffiti artists or "writers" as they prefer to call themselves are, skilled, passionate, and family of writers. Graffiti goes back to ancient Rome, and if drawn images count, then we could point to the first graf artists as caveman art. The style of urban graffiti that most people have seen and know about, the kind that uses spray cans, came from New York City in the late 1960s, and was born on the subway trains. Taki 183, who lived on 183rd street in Washington Heights, worked as a messenger who traveled all throughout the city. While he did so, he would use a marker and write his name wherever he went, at subway stations and also the insides and outsides of subway cars. Eventually, he became known all throughout the city as this mysterious figure. In 1971, he was interviewed for an article by the New York Times. Kids all over New York, realizing the fame and notoriety that could be gained from tagging their names on subway cars ,that traveled all over the city, naturally, more artist or taggers began to emulate or copy Taki 183. The goal was to have one's name in as many places as possible, and as kids competed against each other to get famous, the amount of graffiti on trains exploded. Criminals and vandals society called them. I think graffiti is an amazing medium. 90% of graffiti tags are art and the other 10 is gang related, but that 10% what makes it on the news and make bad names for every artist. People need to see artist no a gang member.