Quiz 4

 The movie posters I chose were Mean Girls and Saw II. Mean Girls target audience are girls who are in their late teens as it depicts life as a high school student with more mature humor. The poster includes a lot of different shades of pink and even features all girls on the cover. All the “mean girls” are considered girly-girls as suggested by the poster with all of them wearing skirts, high-heels, and make-up.  The leader of the pack, Regina George, is the ultimate mean girl with the intimidating look on her face and with the fact she is in front of the other two. Cady Herron is the helpless new girl as seen by the distance between the two groups and by the worried look on her face.

         Saw II is for an 18-24 years old male crowd. It is for an audience that does not mind being scared. The fonts, doll face, red/blood color, and fingers all suggest this movie will not be a happy one. The background is black with the creepy doll face glowing. Even the subtitle has the word blood in it. All of these visual cues turn this movie poster into a scary one. 

Midterm

Artist Statement

My big idea is the concept of unique. At first I struggled what I wanted to do with my big idea, but then my cohort partner and I began discussing the idea and it truly helped me figure out what I wanted to do with my project. I attempted to look at two opposite sides of the word. My series explores both sides of trying to find the right balance of uniqueness. On one side you have a girl whose uniqueness has driven her to the point where is depressed because she is considered “too unique”, therefore, making her an outcast and socially ostracized. On the other side, is a young girl who feels alone and empty because she is blending in too much and has not found a way to express her uniqueness, mostly likely due to the fear of losing the “acceptance” feeling from others. In the first part it was important to use dark colors and broken glass to show how unhappy she is with her image. In the second part it was important to use blending and stereotypical images of high school because even though she is surrounded by so many “cookie cutter” types of people, she is still able to feel so alone. This idea is so important to me because I have always strongly believed in just being yourself and letting your uniqueness shine, I think that is the only way to truly live your life.

Blog 3

Lady Gaga is the first artist I chose. She appeals to me because not only does she always out-do every other artist out there with her fashion, but she always out does herself as well. Her fashion is inspiring because she always takes a huge leap with it, she rocks everything she wears and looks so confident and comfortable in everything. I always wonder how she comes up with these ideas, or if they are even hers? I wonder how she got so interested in wearing these outfits and why? My big idea is about being unique..and I think that she always expresses that. She is almost too unique that her fans will now continually expect that from her, which I find very interesting. Is she unique to the point where it almost doesn't make her unique anymore? She will inspire my final project because she will make me explore the idea of having your uniqueness bring you to point where expressing your individuality makes you feel like an outcast and worse than you did when you were uncomfortable with blending in. Blurring/Smudging is a component I definitely plan on using in my project.
Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga Wesbite

 The digital artist I chose is Liu Zheng also known as 96k. This artist appeals to me because it is like the Lady Gaga version in photoshop. Again these women are showing uniqueness through manipulations. I appreciate what the artist did in order to change these women into something "different". This gives me different ideas to use in my project such as colors, selections using multiple images, and pieced it together to form a unified picture. I wonder why the artist finds interest in making images likes this and where the artist finds inspiration. And why are the images mostly women? I hope that my final project will turn out as cohesive as these images.
Liu Zheng

Flickr

Brainstorming

My big idea is "strange". I first started out with the big idea of chaos but with the brainstorming assignment it led me to this word and I actually found this big idea much more interesting and fascinating (which I learned through the article we read that it is extremely important for the artist to  have a lot of interest in their big idea) When talking to my cohort they kind of thought that it was really broad but I like how it is broad and not so specific because that is why I did not enjoy the word chaos as much because my brain only though of chaos in two specific ways where I feel like I have many more options with the word strange. When I think of the word strange I obviously think of something that isn't seen in every day life, or something that makes you say "Oh Wow!" Some examples of strange from my brainstorming assignment is the flexible girl, the houses, the sink pit, and the rock face. All of these images are just fascinating to look at individually so imagine them all together. I really enjoy looking at these images.