Thursday, March 20, 2014
The Risograph Workshop: A Tool for Art /S.Duran
The Risograph Workshop: A Tool for Art
On Friday, the 28th of February I attended a lecture on the the use of the Risograph, taught by Scott Roberts. A risograph is a specialized printer used to make a multiple copies based of one print design. What makes the risograph is great is that one can bring a large amount of good quality print outs for a very little cost. Although the risograph did start out as an advertising mechanism, artists now use it to create “comic-like” prints.
Scott, the presenter, explained how the risograph works when printing out artwork. Each carton of ink is about a foot and a half long, and one carton can make +100 prints. The risograph can only “print” out a design, one color at a time. For now, the art department has three ink colors: red, blue, and black. Each of these colors need to be printed separately on each sheet, then left out to dry before re-printing with a different color to finalize a design.Like in the image above, each color printed should be printed from lightest to darkest.
When creating a design to be printed using the risograph a person must use the halftone method of print, utilizing what “percent” of each color an artist want to let appear on the paper. In addition, for each printed on a design one must tilt each “halftone” by “71.5” degrees to that colors do not overlap each other. This allows the image to be seen and gives artwork a “comic” like feel especially when one can the background the paper. Artist need to then put export their art into a USB to place onto the printer, scan image to create a print mold, set master to 02, and create a test print.
When all is well, artist can now create a multiple of prints based of their design by using the risograph. What I like about this workshop was seeing exactly what goes into using the risograph, as an artist. I was surprising to know the history of the radiography and how artist ar now taking a new approach to this device. One of this best things I see the risograph could be used for is making art that looks like a “comic-book” but at the same time has printmaking feel to it. I am very interested in learned how far this “new technique” can go. As student we can use the risograph under adult supervision, hopefully by then we will have more ink choices. According to Roberts, the hot pink ink is the best because it’s so vibrant when printed on a page.
Design Exhibition-Jacqueline Lin
For my design exhibition requirement, I went to the Art Institute of Chicago. I learned about the "The Czech Avant-Garde Book" and how the cover displays the period between the two world wars. The artists that were apart of the design were members of the Devetsil artist group that was founded in Prague in 1920. The book displays design, layout, and typography through Czech artist's work. The design of the book shows Constructivism, Surrealism, and Social Realism. The typography on the cover is a san serif font including uppercase letters and bold.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Haley Wright - Design Exhibition
For my design exhibition requirement, I went to a lecture by Michael Renaud and Columbia College on March 13th. Michael Renaud is the creative designer for Pitchfork which is basically an all around guide to everything music. Some of the things i found really cool were seeing some of his poster designs for events because you can tell he really knows a lot about design and has a very creative mind. He also talked about how he gets ideas from comedy as well as personal experiences that may not necessarily have anything to do with design, but for him, it starts getting ideas flowing and he goes from there. It was also really interesting just to here him talk about all his experiences working with Pitchfork because music is something im passionate about alongside design so it was cool to hear someone that's basically working with both fields in one job talk about what he liked and didnt like and just his take on everything he has done and is doing.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Patrevito - Fusion92
For my
"exhibition writing assignment" I decided to do it on a company that
I interviewed with for a summer internship. This past weekend I had the opportunity
to visit Fusion92, a digital design/marketing agency. They are an up and coming digital agency with
big name clients such as Sprint and AT&T.
The agency first came to me through my father, whose company works
closely with them. Fusion92 works mostly
with digital design and marketing, but they also do traditional print
design. Their office is located in
Arlington Heights, but in about a month, they are heading down to Chicago. Being a small agency, this is a very big step
for them, allowing them to completely establish themselves professionally. What they do for their customers includes
product development, operational improvement, and consumer engagement. Some examples of their work include the
AT&T Southern Living Sweepstakes with NFC technology, the Buddig Dream Big
Promotion, The Columbian advertising campaign and website, and Pack pharmaceutical’s
logo, brand identity, and website.
The
interview definitely opened my eyes up to not only the design world, but also
the marketing world. I feel that it is
very important, as designers, to be able to market yourself. In the interview, they asked me how I created
some of the pieces I had for school.
When presenting your work, one must market/sell yourself, and be able to
explain the process that you are going through to achieve your work that you
make for a client or your portfolio. I
hope that I receive this internship, and that during my time there I learn to grow
as a designer, understand the terminology, and work at the corporate
speed.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Fred - Lecture/Exhibition Response
Lecture/Exhibition Response
King is a Fink Production
For my design exhibition response, I visited guest speakers
Jessica King and Julie Keck here at DePaul back in late January. The presentation focused on Social
Media and Crowd funding for creative, mainly filmmaking, people and basically
“anyone who has anything to sell.” Throughout a majority of their presentation,
they really stressed the importance of being consistent and staying motivated
when trying to get your work out and noticed through social media. They mentioned
how at times they would get carried away with twitter to a point where they would
start to go off topic and talk about personal things so they really preached
how you have to be focused and you should always remind yourself that this is a
business and basically a job. The most important trait I learned was to probably
stay positive and to support other people’s work. Doing so will build
friendships and many connections, which is actually how Jessica and Julie were
first noticed for a big role. They said it started with a friendly message
through twitter and a meeting one-day at a coffee shop. And eventually that led
Jessica and Julie to become successful enough to become guest speakers at
DePaul to explain their journey and process. Overall, I thought the lecture
about the use of each social media was a bit basic. That was a majority of their
presentation and it seemed basic because I already knew how to use each social
media platform. Near the end of their talk, they explained their ideas on how
to crowd fund, which I thought should have been most of their presentation. I
am glad I went though because I did learn what it is like to be able to become
successful all on your own similar to freelancing.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Typeforce 5 | Nauseda
This last Tuesday, I went with a few
other classmates to Typeforce 5, an art gallery in my native
Bridgeport with an exhibition of typographic art. There were a lot of
interesting things there, but a few of things I saw really drew my
attention and actually left a substantial impact on me, including one
exhibit that gave me an idea for the music poster project.
One of the first things I checked out
was a mess of what looked like sealant of some kind arranged on the
floor in crude cursive writing that said things like “love” and
“ideas”. After seeing the first one on the floor, I noted to a
classmate that I had almost stepped on it, and as I walked throughout
the gallery, I almost stepped on quite a few more. It was not until I
made my rounds around the studio that I found the description of that
project, “Things in Life We Trip Over.” I don't think any work of
art has ever made such an effective point to me. I was astounded that
I had essentially walked right into their point, so to speak.
As far as what I took away, there was
one work that showcased a series of letter B's in a transparent
medium all aligned so you could look through all of them at once.
Each B was made of a different layer of anatomy (as in, one B looked
like skin, the next one behind it like veins, the next like muscle,
etc.) This gave me a great idea for my music poster, since I'm trying
to represent the different layers of the chorus of the song.
All in all, though, I think by far the
most interesting part of the exhibit was what was behind the red
curtain...
Powell - "Crooked Smile" Music Poster
Concept: When I listen to this song, I always get in a happier mood and think about sunny days. So for the concept, I want to have J. Cole listening to headphones walking through downtown and the buildings spell out "SMILE." The Sun shining will be smiling with a "crooked smile."
1. Distinctive parts: "We aint picture perfect, but we worth the picture still."
2. Chorus: "On my way, On my way, On my way down."
3. Tempo: Up-beat hiphop
4. What feelings are evoked: Pure happiness
Music Poster Critique 1/ S.Duran
Florence + the Machine- What the Water Gave
Texture will be later replaced to seem more "hand colored". Some of the text, like those of the hands are placed but not warped, and the drawing of the girl will soon be created using only text.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Conde Music Poster Critique 1
This is just a rough draft -- there's a lot more to be done:
The boxes will be filled in with type according to themes I have found within the song.
I'm looking to form images where there is white space similar to the water drops.
I used Japanese characters because the song is titled Moshi, which is how Japanese answer their phone calls.
If you pay attention to the patterns in the song, you will notice a lot of bouncing back and fourth between rhythms -- that's what led me to the conversation kind of look to the piece.
Meh.
Stained Glass Museum
Instead of going on the class trip, I voyaged to Navy Pier on Monday to take a look at the Smith Museum of Stained Glass. The pieces did not have too much typographic elements, but the design was incredible. Most of the pieces were made in the late 1800's and were full of color and detail. Some had eloquently painted faces and others had chunks of glass sticking out of the piece. The pieces also varied in lining between the glass pieces. The breaking up of the bright colored areas provided a new design for each piece. The heavier, more separated works were less detailed, but more natural and simplistic. There were others with thin lining in-between that made the viewer focus on the image at hand, rather than the piece as a stained glass sculpture. This separation reminded my of the effect the different line weights have for typography. The thicker the type, the more broad and simple the layout will be. But the thinner and elegant lines make for a more detailed view. Below I have uploaded some of my favorite pieces. I loved the use of purple glass. It was definitely the most dramatic color in this medium of art I thought.
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