New and Improved

Oh, snap. Revised version. Is this one better?

Gah... I still can't get rid of those black squares around the characters. Does anyone know how to do it in Illustrator!?

Blood! ... Paint?

The dripping blood and talk of fake blood made me think of the Sherwin-Williams logo.

a new one

First rule about clubb FIGHT...

When thinking about diversity, i started to think about two things. One, what common thing brings any group of people together, and what taboo could i possibly connect this with. When thinking about what can bring people together, i started to think about bad events like 9/11 or school shootings. These events always bring people together no matter what there race, religion, orientation, etc. Then i started to think about the taboo of racism, how everybody notices differences between themselves and others, and that sometimes can make people nervous or enraged. And even though we know socially racism is wrong, it is a natural occurrence that can be seen in animals and even small children. So i wanted to make a flyer for a fictional club that would get people of different classes, races, sexes, etc. together to forget this taboo and let out any hatred or jealously.

Diversify Your Tongue =P

On society, we have come to shun the use of certain words, deeming them obscene and vulgar. I've been asking myself why should my language be restricted because someone says a word is to offensive too be used. Its honestly just a word. I know we already went through Supreme Court cases on censorship and profane language but I feel that cutting out profane language is unnecessary. People hear it everyday from friends, parents, peers, or just walking down the street. Thats just life and its an exposure of culture so why try and restrict on media and try and not use the words? Its ridiculous to me. Most people already know what gets beeped out on television and what gets blanked out or modified for the radio, so whats the point? There is no innocence in not using a word.
In this piece, I used child-like aesthetics to downplay the connotations of the words including the colors use and the overall compositional set up. This reflects how I think about these words as they come out of a thought bubble. The color scheme reflected throughout the composition adds to the harmony of the work. It ties it together. It color represents a different degree of profanity, with pink being the most, then yellow and turquoise. They are reflected in me to show my support and also the inner to outer relationship with the words in me.

in the name of [stuff]

my design is intended to utilize the appeal of many of the posters and advertisements that depict members of the armed as brave, strong, and powerful. while i do not intend to deny these attributes of the soldiers themselves, i do want my poster to hint towards criticism of the practice of war. i find it ironic that recruiting commercials and pro war images are so up beat yet warfare is anything but. However, seeing as how i am by no means too well informed about politics or current issues in the Iraq war, i also want the poster to be arguably, a poster that is pro war. It is for this reason that the words in the background include both those that are obviously against and also some that are encouraging of war. Thus, as is the quality of many of the pieces of art i am attracted to, i intend for my poster to first draw in the viewer with its attractive imagery, translate the message i want it to get across [that war is still a current problem], and in the end inspire some independent thought (no matter how in depth or shallow)

Diversity

Sorry. Was the other one too small?

Diversity

This poster is all about stereotypes, of course, and how they destroy diversity. Stereotypes reduce indivdualism and group together members of certain groups like faceless nobodies. We're all different, and that rule applies even within the boundaries of race, religion, etc. I have experienced several stereotypes throughout my life, thus I felt it would be appropriate for me to focus on this topic. If we allow stereotypes to thrive in our society, we stand to lose everything that makes each of us unique. I decided to use video game characters because of all of the times I have heard the stereotype "Playing video games makes you a nerd."

Diversity

When I was faced with the umbrella term "diversity", I was at a loss. I wasn't quite sure that I'd be able to say anything about diversity that didn't sound like an after-school special. So I asked myself - what makes diversity? Which led me to thinking, what makes us all the same? Sure, people live in different countries, speak different languages, have different attitudes and opinions. But we're all human. And so I wanted to make this piece to speak about how people today relate to and depend on one another. The one thing that I can guarantee that every person has in common is the need for interaction, the need for touch, and human connection. It's something that is always kind of taken for granted until you realize you're losing it. Given the rise of Western ideas of individualism and the growing omnipresence of technology, the way humans relate to each other is changing. People are becoming more self-important and thus they think they are more self-sufficient. And we still have the same instinctual desire to relate to one another, but the venues through which we try to make these connections are no longer satisfactory. Given way to convenience, human relationships are slowly losing their importance. I want my image to show the state of human relationships today - people are becoming more connected and yet less at the same time. We put our headphones on, and we plug ourselves into the collective and we think it's a way to be more accessible, more convenient, more effective.. but it results in disillusionment, disappointment. Half-relationships and empty connections.

Emily T

I was reading some articles about the issues that the International Olympic Committee is having with the air pollution in Beijing (postponing events because of it and also having some athletes withdraw from the competitions), and thought I could make an interesting pseudo advertisement out of it. I wanted to display the outdoor athletes that are affected by the mass air pollution as "training" to compete in the poor conditions (by having them wearing gas masks or surgical masks).
Okay, I did some stuff to this. I think it looks cleaner, and I took out the cigarette stuff, just leaving the gas mask and surgical masks. Although I basically know nothing about Illustrator, I played around on it a little bit like Hale suggested, and figured out live tracing and a few other things. I think it looks a little better, but I'm still not completely happy with it.

Diversity

The idea of a poster is to sell something whether it is an idea or a product. This in itself hinders diversity. In this poster, I wanted to sell an absurd product to the viewer, something one would never buy. The Alarm Fork is a product I found online and was patented in 1995 (still never heard of it). Not only would anyone ever purchase this product, but it also tries to sell itself as a product that would help you lose weight. Weight is an issue today with many people who try to be thin because it is fashionable. Diversity in weight , accepting those who are overweight is hindered as becoming thin through the use of this product is promoted.

Project #3

The cultural taboo I decided to investigate was the view held about abortion. Because of the diverse situations and opinions held about abortion, this topic seems to be avoided in everyday conversation for fear of the debate what will almost certainly ensue. My piece is supposed to generate thought about abortion, but more specifically generate thought about the differences between abortion and adoption. Some people see abortion and adoption as interchangeable solutions which accomplish the same end goals. While you can free yourself of premature parenting duties, extra financial burdens, and resume your pre pregnancy life through both choices, the long-term results aren't that simple. Adoption ends with giving life, while abortion ends with death. Through adoption, you will have plenty of time to plan you and your baby's futures, however abortion is final, a decision that cannot be reversed.

While my piece is about evoking personal thought and debate over whether abortion or adoption is the right road to venture down, I make known my own personal beliefs. The aborted baby is in color compared to the other black and white images. This is to represent just how different that the choices are, and to depict abortion as it really is. Abortion isn't some simple medical procedure, its a life changing decision, one that if pursued, takes life away from someone else. Not only is the baby's life taken, but also the hopes of the 2 million couples who are waiting to adopt children.

The home setting and the picture frame represents the homes that are waiting to care for, love, and support unwanted children. Also, the aborted baby photo within and compared to the other pictures in the frame evoke a feeling that something is out of place or unbalanced. In a normal home setting, this picture would most likely be replaced with one similar to the ones surrounding it, one that speaks of life and the joys of birth and parenting, further adding to my support of adoption instead of abortion.

Project #3

Here's the final image. Thanks for the feedback, guys! I worked with your suggestions of colors, cutlery, and legibility. (It's easier to read on the Illustrator and printed versions than the blogger one.) The top one is the newest edit for Wednesday. (I fattened the sans serif typeface.) The bottom image is the smaller, fit-in-the-screen version for crit day.

My poster is kitschy and informative, and it speaks to social markers and rules that differentiate types of class, gender, and geographical locations. Hopefully it's a bit funny, too. I appropriated the 1950s magazine style to underscore the heightened gender roles of that time period. The particular utensil formation in the image references not only levels of class (fancier table settings indicate a higher socioeconomic status), but also geographic differences. (A "traditional" continental European table would not be set the same way as a "traditional" Japanese table.) Additionally, the image makes reference to being "in the know" with this social information-- accessing non-verbal levels of communication with acquaintances through a particular form of etiquette. It is codes like these that make one group separate from another--groups that are more diverse but also more exclusive. The poster would best be posted somewhere where it could be studied closely (by prim 1950s "young ladies"), such as in a dorm common room, cafeteria, or classroom.

Diversity

This is my view on diversity. I decided to heed Hale's advice and stay away from Hitler propaganda. I decided to create an image entirely in illustrator using solely my drawing tablet. I came up with the idea to make a blank egg, surrounded by sperm of different colors. Each sperm either says boy or girl in a different language. I got this idea when I saw a poster of babies of all ethnicities playing together. Intolerance is not natural, it's a learned behavior. I chose to make the egg translucent so that it represented a blank slate. I also chose not to add too may sperm because I feel this would take away from the composition.

-Jason

PS I had to size this image down A LOT for the internet, I'd prefer to show the printed image for the critique. (The actual size is 3 feet by 6 feet)

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Sorry the other image was a little too big.

Where there is Love, there is no Law.

Satire-It Might Give You a Flat Tire.

So, I was inspired by the propaganda of the Nazi party and the work of Barbara Kruger. I took Fraktur, the name of the font that the Nazis used and I used Kruger's aesthetic of black and white images behind strong red and white text. I decided to make three posters that would work together to each address different contemporary issues that human society (particularly in the US) faces. The issues I finally decided on were consumerism, intolerance, and apathy. These are satirical posters, I hope no one thinks I actually believe some of these statements.
Apathy has to do particularly with political apathy and the sad percentage of voter turn-out. For this purpose, I decided to blow up the US Capitol Building. For intolerance, I referred somewhat directly to the Holocaust by stating it as the "Final Solution" and used nooses to refer to execution in general (not just the history of racism in the US). For consumerism, I took three fists proclaiming themselves as consumers with UPC barcodes tattooed on their wrists that show their social security numbers. I wanted to equate identity with being a consumer, hence each person is nothing more than a consumer.

Version 2.0

Here's a second version. Unfortunately, saving it as a .jpg made the text pixelated. In any case, I took the general advice of pushing the 1950s magazine styling. From this I drew the typefaces and colors. I warmed up the image color and changed the stripe and text colors. I also added a few more pieces of cutlery and lightened the glasses. I still want to work on the glasses.



Comments? (Thanks ahead for any feedback.)

Colorful World

There are so many people have injured and killed by people who are racists. When I say racist, that doesn’t mean just white people or black people or other color people hate another people. I mean people just don’t like the others because they look differently. Maybe you are white are a white person but you are too dark, so the environment forces you to have friends only with dark skin people or make no friends at all. Or, you are just too fat, and just because of that, it makes you look stupid. Of course, you are not. You are not stupid and you are a cool person to be friend with. My point is when you tract people differently because they look the way less desirable for you, then you are a racist, and terrible things will happen. You suddenly became a terrorist because you are racist.
The colors in the eyeball signify that we are all different. No matter where you go, you will see different people. The reason why I used the eye is because what we see makes us different. If you close you eyes, every thing were black, would that affect you to make decisions significantly? The sphere of the eyeball also signifies the world. I am not just talking about the U.S. here. I am talking about every single corner of the world. The blood means the death of those innocent people who were killed by the cause of racism. The white background signifies those people who are not racist and those innocent people who have not been killed yet.

Comments PLEASE!

OK this is it so far, i cant use the font i want because im using the school's computers, but any suggestions would be useful.

Suggestions? ...Again?

OK! So, I thought about the suggestions I got and decided to try out a new format for my stereotypes poster. I tied in the images and text a little better, I think. So, is the bottom format better, or was the old one more effective? Of course, the new one's not done yet. But I wanna know if I should bother continuing with it. Personally, I prefer the new one... it seems less straightforward, I didn't just list a bunch of stereotypes. Anyway, what does everyone think?

sorry it's so long-spike jonze

Spike Jonze
Skateboarder
Director
Actor
Magazine Editor
-not professionally trained-learned most of his skills through experience starting at a very young age

Skateboarding
• fronted Club Homeboy, an international BMX club, with Mark Lewman and Andy Jenkins.
• The three also created the youth culture magazine Homeboy and Dirt, described as “sassy magazine for boys".
• well as an editor for Grand Royal magazine and senior photographer for Transworld Skateboarding.
• Jonze used to shoot Skateboard videos, most notably Blind skateboard company's Video days in 1991. He also co-directed the Girl Skateboards film Yeah Right! and the Chocolate Skateboards video Hot Chocolate.
• He is also co-owner of Girl Skateboards and has been interviewed for documentaries about the history of BMX

Commercials
Hello Tomorrow- Adidas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7MeeKKl5Dg
Pardon our dust-Gap
http://origin.www.spike.com/video/2684712

creator of jackass

personal
• Married to Sophia Coppola for four years
• Alter ego of a dancer - “praise you” video
• 22 October 1969, Rockville, Maryland, USA

Music Videos

"High in High School" by Chainsaw Kittens (1992)
"100%" by Sonic Youth (1992)
"Time for Livin'" by the Beastie Boys (1993)
"Buddy Holly" by Weezer (1994)
"Ditch Digger" by Rocket from the Crypt (1994)
"Divine Hammer" by The Breeders (1994)
"Feel the Pain" by Dinosaur Jr. (1994)
"Ricky's Theme" by Beastie Boys (1994)
"Undone (The Sweater Song)" by Weezer (1994)
"California" by Wax (1995)
"Car Song" by Elastica (1995)
"Crush with Eyeliner" by R.E.M. (1995)
"Freedom of '76" by Ween (1995)
"It's Oh So Quiet" by Björk (1995)
"The Diamond Sea" by Sonic Youth (1995)
Spike’s praise you video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULVQOneeZE&feature=related
Weapon of choice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WW8flwpH-Q
Shady lane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWME8jXhVI
"Who Is Next?" by Wax (1995)
"Drop" by The Pharcyde (1996)
"Da Funk" by Daft Punk (1997)
"Electrolite" by R.E.M. (1997)
"Elektrobank" by The Chemical Brothers (1997)
"It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)" by Puff Daddy (1997)
"Sky's the Limit" by Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
"Home (Sean Lennon song)" by Sean Lennon (1998)
"Praise You" by Fatboy Slim (1998)
"Root Down" (version 2) by Beastie Boys (1998)
"Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim (2000)
"Wonderboy" by Tenacious D (as Marcus Von Bueler) (2000)
"Island in the Sun" (Version 2) by Weezer (2002)
"It's in Our Hands" by Björk (2002)
"Big Brat" by Phantom Planet (2003)
"Get Back" by Ludacris (2004)
"Y Control" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2004)
"Blessed Evening" by Foetus (2005)
"Flashing Lights" by Kanye West (co-directed with West) (2008)
Sky’s the limit
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=13432&vid=9517

-he has also directed famous movies such as Becoming John Malkovich and Adaptation. He has acted in a few films that were directed by friends


-Jonze has a very wide variety of work. No one work makes him stand out but it’s his versatility and approach to directing, including camera angles, colors. And choreography that makes him so accomplished. His approach is simple and clean and I think that’s what makes him able to be so versatile and innovative.

Joan Jonas

Joan Jonas

• pioneer of video art, and video art installation
• emerged as one of the most influential female artists of the 1960s
• trained as a sculptor, known for her video performances and installations

Influences

• stories and story-telling traditions
• ritualistic performances within Crete and Hopi tribe
  
• Noh, Kabuki theatre
• dance and theatre of 1960s
• fellow artists of the 1960s
  

Media

• the body, the performer
  
• mirrors
  
• costumes, masks, performers (dancers)
• video recording as a process

Subject

• human interactions
• fictional narratives
• reflections

Content

• self as a representative of universal human inclinations
• balance of self-loathing and self-love
  
• layers of perception and fragmented space
• the connection between the artist and the audience
• voyeurism, masquerade, and the mixture of reflections
• physical and symbolic space, distance

Mirror Check (1970)

• 10 minute self-examination using handheld mirror
• vicarious perception, audience barrier
  
• obsession with self; being and knowing
  
• affirmation, scrutiny
  
• infinite reality
• universal human tendencies
  

Organic Honey's Visual Telepathy (1972)

• live video installation
• costumes, masks, alter-ego
  
• feminine archetype; sexualized
• methods of reflection and involvement

The Kac reading was very interesting to me, i thought i was funny how people are getting offended at what this one artist is doing, but not realizing they are doing much worst to there own environment. Using the rabbit to show this unnatural effect we have on nature was interesting, but actually going through with it was amazing to me.
The other reading was as interesting in finding out that diversity between humans and plants actually in a way hurts each other. This is true in seeing how we destroy and manipulate parts of our environment to meet our own needs. I did not know however that each separately can thrive which seems obvious when you think about how plants grow wildly in the woods. This makes me wonder if segregation would have been good in a scientific stand point?

Kac and Diversity

Interesting readings. The Diversity paper reinforced and reviewed ideas about diversity. It was interesting how we can thrive when there is diversity in plants and animals but simultaneously, we tend to hinder diversity with our destructive ways (such as depleting the earth of its natural resources). The paper also states how we design life forms to serve our interests, much like the corn article. Again, diversity is hindered and though we are trying to help our life, we are in fact destroying it.
The article on the artist, Eduardo Kac was very unsettling. I liked his process and concept, but at the same time, what he was doing did not seem right. There actually is a video on scientist who made cloned cats glow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keOThb-RR1w. Although I disagree with this type of scientific research, I am extremely upset over Kac's work with the bunny because he just did it for art.

Readings

Of the two readings I found Eduardo Kac's work the more intriguing of the two. Although I find myself struggling to find his proclaimed new art form and actual work of art it was interesting to learn about his thought process. I understand his fascination with complexity and depth of "living beings". It seems that no matter how many discoveries we make there is still another layer or untouched mystery of life left to explore. At the same time I am not so sure I agree that genetic manipulation is an art form. Although I see that there is obviously some level of creativity behind manipulating genetics there is also a strange and even uncomfortable Frankenstein feeling behind it. Kac mentions the bible and that their is no mention against or for genetic engineering but I am not sure that makes it art or acceptable. When it comes to creating new species using genetics rather than breeding there is always a controversy and uncertainty surrounding it. Maybe what was mentioned in the first reading about humans creating new species to help expand upon dwindling numbers of species, but at the same time there is still a lingering uncertainty and questioning on my part.

About the readings

A few things that caught my attention:

The first paragraph says that human brains defend against the state of boredom by conjuring hallucinations. How does this relate to the hallucinatory states that happen in extreme meditation and the like?

In the Ecocentric Interpretation, the line about keeping "the cultivated crops from feeding any species other than humans" really opened my eyes. I hadn't thought about "pest" extermination practices in that way before. Not only does mass agriculture grow only one crop, but it wants this crop to ONLY feed humans.

The description of the installation of Kac's Genesis made a nice play on scale -- between the cosmos and the petri dish. The manipulation of the text caused by mutations in the genetic code is a spectacular metaphor/image about the shifting nature of linguistic communication over time and through translations. (Can any document ever have the exact same meaning in a different time or different language to a different person?)

I wondered what Kac's personally-devised code was and why he chose the order of English-->Morse Code-->Personal Code-->ATCG.

In reference to the intersection between art and science, Design and the Elastic Mind is currently on view at the MoMA. The exhibition has a huge interactive online portion that's definitely worth checking out. I bought the exhibition catalog and will bring it to class.

readings.

interesting. i like how in the first reading about diversity as an ecocentric interpretation it discusses the need for diversity for the sake of a sustainable environment. It tells us that diversified ecosystems are more sustainable and have a greater defense against changing environmental conditions. I have to say that i agree with that statement and that diversity really is a key part in an effective ecosystem. But then we are presented with a solution, Eduardo Kacs process of creating new life form. He suggests that humans might be able to offset the extinctions caused by their mismanagement of ecosystems, but does this in a very controversial way. While i think its important to preserve diversity, I'm not so sure how i feel about superficially creating our own, even though we are already dealing with superficial diversity. So i guess the question becomes where should the limits be set on the human ability to command biological evolution and diversity?

Some artists for inspiration on Diversity, Taboos, Adabptability, Dependancy

Eduardo Kac : In Bio Art section you can find more information about his transgenic works, including Genesis (some images) and GFP Bunny.

Fritz Haeg : Artist working with taboos. Very interesting work combining installation with performance and more. Check out Edible Estates especially, a new approach to your front lawn.

Catherine Chalmers: More information about her work. More examples of her work.

Lane Hall

Julia Randall

Jerry Uelsmann

Kurt Schwitters (type and typography): on wikipedia

Marianne Brandt

Diversity and Eduardo Kac

All I can say is... wow. I'm a mixture of shocked and intrigued. I don't really know what to say. Before now, I have never heard of transgenic art. Or maybe it's because what Eduardo Kac does is not considered "art" by mainstream standards. I'd never really thought about making art with genetics as your medium. But it makes sense - it makes sense that this can be called art, and it makes sense because in their own ways, artists are used to playing God.

Um, I don't really know where I stand on the issue of biodiversity and the degradation of species. I didn't really consider diversity of this kind. Probably because I don't feel completely informed on what's going on and thus I can't take a stance or formulate a concrete opinion. I don't know, its really hard to draw a line and say that this is where humans can't cross. Because obviously, me included, a lot of us know there needs to be a control over this whole genetic engineering issue.. but at the same time, it's going to take a while to come close to agreeing on what kind of control is necessary. We're frighteningly too close to being able to decide what is usually decided by the natural course of things (but who is to say that us doing so isn't a natural course?).

As far as art goes, what Eduardo Kac did is pretty... revolutionary, controversial, new, interesting... kind of what a lot of important art has always been. At this point in time (or I guess always) in art history, radical (I use this word kind of loosely) statements and actions are the only kinds that make any sort of difference. I don't want to say I support what he did or even that I enjoy the idea, but I definitely appreciate its artistic value and merit as a conceptual idea and process.

Hmmm.

Diversity

To me, the most memorable parts of the readings concerned human manipulation of DNA. It really makes you think, are these scientists going too far? Is it really their place to play God? It's troubling that some people are starting to "control DNA" to match their own desires. It kind of seems like they aren't satisfied with the way organisms are naturally, so they just take matters into their own hands without anyone asking them to... Although, a green bioluminescent rabbit is pretty awesome. Still, though, I think I agree with Paul's comment about humans being somewhat pretentious, when comparing ourselves to other organisms.

Diversi-WHAT-cles of Narnia

Oh no, we're distinguishing between what humans do and what humans don't do again.
For the fun of it, I'm going to view this discussion not as a person but as a removed spectator viewing the history of life on Earth thus far. There is no good and there is no bad.

Humans have, in very recent time, caused global changes and affected ecosystems in irreversible ways and are continuing to do so. They have changed the face of the planet in more ways than any one species has before (which is very much debatable). Though humans are killing off more species than they are creating, they are a part of the trend of evolution and natural selection. By using anti-bacterial soap, they contribute to the countless deaths of organisms that shape the genes of later organisms on the planet.

As for the future, it is hard to be sure as to what is going to happen. In extremely recent times they are becoming aware of their effects on their surroundings and some are opposed to continuing the selective processes they have made a normal part of their civilizations. To further complicate things, they are now developing their choice-making abilities through genetic engineering. Possibly very soon they will be able to create their own species and specific forms of life with relative ease.

One funny thing is that humans perceive themselves to be more important than they truly are. The technology they develop has already grown greater than their own existences. Their population increase is far surpassed by their increase in weaponry technology. They seem to think that just because they have been around for a short while and that is all they have known, that they will persist as a species for a long time. This assumption is based on nothing but blind hope.

My project was lost

Sorry about the image, my computer crashed over the weekend and I lost all of my work on it. I did a quick mockup of what the image is going to look similar to. Basically I am going to be drawing over the original image with a drawing tablet using very limited colors (the colors that I do use will be very close in nature so that they are NOT diverse). There will be text saying "Diversity Stops Here," but I am still unsure as to where to put it so that it works with the composition.
-Jason

ideas

i think aids awareness is important but i'm not quite sure how to communicate this




soooo. like everton i wanted to do something political. i've had a really hard time using illustrator. i want to have sillhouettes of a man and a woman and the space between their faces makes the top of a capital building but...... it's been harder than i thought.

in the name of democracy

im working on everything at once, which is why the characters are not all colored, the background isnt finished and the phrase isnt completed.... but still, u get the idea [i hope]

Unfinished

My idea is having this club named "Club Fight" where people can come and express the insecurities or "-cisms" about people of different class, race, orientation, sex, etc. This idea came to me through thinking about how animals instinctively act to things different than them, so i began to look at it as a natural thing. So i decided to promote diversity through a kind of negative outlet. Even though people will be beating the hell out of people different from them, they still will all be toegther (diversity!). I thought this would be a good idea to play off the well known fight club movie through the soap icon and name. I am having trouble thinking how to use more of a "club opening flyer" kind of element to it.

Stereotypin'

It's harder to read the words, but at least you can see the whole thing!

extremely in progress...

work in (much needed) progress

Idea #2

Ok...we were told to look up taboos and I found that cursing (a personal pastime of mine) is a taboo. I clearly understand that but I do not understand who gave somebody to right to shun a word in such a manner where it must be censored. In my thinking, the only bad words I can think of who's definition is bad and wrong is basically bad and worse and all the synonyms that go along with them, I just don't get it so here \'s my idea. I want to take an image of myself and make a playful thought bubble...MY image will be thresholded and colorized in a playful kid manner. Then, I will fill the bubble with jarring, juxtaposed explectives in many different sizes, fonts, and varying vertical and horizontal orientations. I will be looking up to the words as I ponder them then having my coined phrase at the bottom..."THe only bad word I know is Bad" I'll probably do the same layering effect like the other idea.

Idea #1

So...I've never really cared about politics until these last two terms of office of this guy named George W. This coming election is very important is bound to be historical one way or another. Personally, I voted for Hillary on some real personal levels. I'm not going voice my opinions here or argue with anyone but my slogan for my poster dedicated to Hillary will state "Experience over Change". I want to mimic that shepard fariey poster of Obama. I found a tutorial thats similiar but I'm having a rough time with it because I don't understand Illustrator as well as I do Photoshop. Nonetheless, I'm stuck a this point here...i just have to color and combine these images the way I want and I'm good!

My project is dealing with the issue of "blind consumption" in the United States and other areas of the world. Diamonds a symbol of rarity, beauty and commitment have become the cause of death, destruction and war in countries around the world. The poorer areas and people of Africa have fallen victim to the greediness and demand of nations like the USA. While commercials portray everlasting love and beauty; families are being split apart, slaughtered and manipulated by there own to search for these "treasures" and trade them for weapons and drugs. It is a battle of blood for beauty.
My project is still in progress the image above has been one of my greatest influences. In my poster I want to portray the style and elegance of any other diamond advertisement but at the same time have an image that gets the tradegy of the trade across.

Uhh...

So... I pretty much hate this. Don't wanna talk about it.

Color

Propaganda, Deutschland, and You!

They address apathy, consumerism, and intolerance. I was inspired by the work of Barbera Kruger and by Nazi propaganda and used a combination of their aesthetics (only red, white and black for colors and only the font Fraktur) to achieve the desired effect. As of this post, the black and white photos that will fill the blank, white space have not been taken/added in yet.

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as for improving the text compositionally/language-wise or (most importantly) if anyone knows where I can take some photos that would be really apt for any these three concepts. For example, I went to WalMart to take pictures of people buying stuff for the consumerism poster.
thanks!

Oh! And here's the link to the (expansive) Nazi propaganda site:

And here are the full-sized images: