Please post your response to the discussion questions as a comment to each question. Each comment should be between 50 and 100 words. For each comment make sure that you include a link to the art work that you are referencing.
Question 9
Find an animation that has a looped or cyclical narrative. What are the challenges with this type of narrative? What are the opportunities with this type pf narrative? In what environment can you imagine a looped narrative would be successful? Explain your answer.
Question 8
Find an animation that you find compelling. Describe the illustration style that the animation used (materials, software, technique). Do you feel that the illustration style enhances the narrative? Explain your response.
Question 7
Find an photograph in a catalog or on a website that features a product that you feel makes a convincing case for purchasing the product. Discuss how the elements of the photograph (perspective, subject, setting) contribute to the success of the narrative.
Question 6
Find an object that you think is designed well. Discuss the way that the form of the object (texture, shape, surface, scale) contributes to the way it functions. Discuss how the form of the object (texture, shape, surface, scale) contributes to its aesthetic qualities. Which one is more important the aesthetic qualities or the functional qualities? Explain your answer.
Question 5
Look at the work of the artists below. Choose an image from one of the artists and describe the pieces that the artist used to create it. Look carefully at the way that the pieces were combined. Are the edges visible or invisible? How does the visibility of the edges change the meaning of the image?
Question 4
Study the work of Maggie Taylor. Select one of her photographs and include the title in your post. Describe how each of the elements in the photograph (the objects, the background, the person portrayed, the title) contribute to the meaning of the photograph.
Question 3
Analyze the logos that you come across during your day. Find examples of logos that use line and shape to communicate a specific message or identity. Select a logo and post a link to it. Describe how the lines and shapes work to create the identity of the company.
Question 1
Find a piece of digital art that inspires you. It can be a digital drawing, digital photograph, digital animation, or graphic design piece. Research the artist to better understand the tools and techniques that were used to make it. Post a link to the piece, describing the process that was used to create the piece and how it relates to you and your art practice.
Question 2
Find examples of images on the internet that qualify as parody. They can be drawings, paintings, digital images, or graphic design pieces. Select an image and post a link to it. Describe what makes this image a parody.
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