Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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Design:A Creative Approach by Emerson, Sybil. It’s a really great old book (1953). 125 pages of “experiments” and summaries of graphic design elements. Here are the experiments I completed. Experiments exploring: line, line and texture, lots of texture with some repetition, volume, color, pattern and lastly grouping. Some of the exercises are fairly simple and…
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Last president’s day, my team for the video module shot the video after some storyboard changes. The main concept about touch– leaving paint where someone touched– remained, which I really appreciated. I think it’s a strong idea and it was visually appealing. My teammates made the editing cuts and the rough cut was good. The…
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After reading this book, Microstyl by Christopher Johnson, I realized my online efforts (this blog mostly) were somewhat disconnected, but mostly un-Google-able. One of his many tenets in micro-writing (this includes blogs, tweets and copy for advertisements) is that it’s important secure a brand name that is unique. Seeing as how my blog’s title was Basement…
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(above, a semi-accurate representation of the Allpak Trojan facility. They discouraged publishing unapproved photographs during the tour, so I stole this from my favorite webcomic.) The program (60 of us with two teacher chaperones) went to a package/print/display factory in Renton. Considering the number of hipsters present (true fact: the teachers requested/encouraged us to wear…
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I was looking at a picture I wanted to paint and decided to get the subtle tones of the background down on the canvas first. I do like the suggestive nature of these tones and tints.
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In critique today, I realized my logo was dead. It had no life, no spark of inspiration to carry me through developing all the necessary accessories, the business card and the letterhead. I mean, who uses Times New Roman as a logo font, anyways! As I told Jill and my small critique group, the logo…
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This assignment is about conveying “opera” using color and copy. Vertical tabloid size with bleed, a fictional show at a local (real) Tavern or Nightclub like Neumo’s, one night only. Poster must include website (i.e. ticket master or venue’s website). DO NOT include ticket prices. Audience, think telephone pole by-passers. Must have harmonious colors. Copy:…
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