Christian H.
West House
Topic: Digital Art (Graphic Design)
Essential Question: What is most important for an artist to be successful in the field of graphic designing.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Independent Study 2

1) Log


Piece Title Date Start Time  End Time        Time (hours)       Total Semester 2 Overall Total






42:32:00           103:52:00


Semester 2












Good & Evil 2/26/2011 9:40 PM 11:20 PM 1:40 16:30

4/8/2011 2:00 PM 8:45 PM 6:45

4/10/2011 10:25 AM 6:30 PM 8:05

Closeup 2/27/2011 8:05 PM 9:02 PM 0:57 0:57

Kevins Car 3/2/2011 9:10 PM 9:50 PM 0:40 0:40

Johny Rodger 3/3/2011 10:50 PM 11:50 PM 1:00 1:00

Smoke Effect 3/6/2011 6:15 PM 7:13 PM 0:58 6:03

3/7/2011 3:45 PM 8:50 PM 5:05

Le Portrait de Petit Cossette 3/13/2011 8:00 PM 10:00 PM 2:00 6:45

3/14/2011 7:45 PM 11:00 PM 3:15

3/25/2011 9:30 PM 11:00 PM 1:30

Vector Flower 2/28/2011 3:10 PM 6:20 PM 3:10 6:37

2/28/2011 7:10 PM 10:37 PM 3:27

Gradient Mesh (Vector) 4/4/2011 6:15 PM 7:45 PM 1:30 4:00

4/8/2011 4:30 PM 7:00 PM 2:30

2) Evidence
Fading Smoke
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
Good & Evil
Closeup  
3) L.I.A.
Literal

(a) I, Christian Hernandez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 42 hours of work.
(b) The work I completed this semester is in the same category as my first semester Independent Component, but at a much more advance level. This is due to using more advance techniques and filters.

Interpretive

Creating these images is not an easy task, nor a short one. The work I did defines the significant parts of being a  graphic designer, using creativity to turn one or multiple images into a single enhanced picture.

Applied

One of my answers for my EQ is effective application of programs. For the evidence part of this blog, I used Adobe Photoshop to create the images. This is an appropriate application because Photoshop is specifically for photos. For those titled with "vector" I used Adobe Illustrator, which is used to create outlines and images from scratch.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Fourth Interview Questions


Interview 4 questions
1.       What is most important for an artist to be successful in the field of graphic designing?
2.       How would you define art?
3.       What are some different kinds of graphic art that you can think of?
4.       How would you define an artist?
5.       How would you define a successful graphic artist?
6.       How important is overall artistic skill (drawing, creativity…) when it comes to being a graphic designer?
7.       (shows picture and asks for feedback)
8.       (shows picture and asks for feedback)
9.       (shows picture and asks for feedback)
10.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
11.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
12.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
13.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
14.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
15.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
16.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
17.   (shows picture and asks for feedback)
18.   What is the best way to deal with color blindness for a graphic artist? (since we’re both colorblind)
19.   Should a graphic designer be familiar with how the printing system works?
20.   Would an artist be more successful having their own business, or working under someone?