Visual Literacy

Today was our 2nd class meeting.  It started off with a few guest speakers talking about GAUGE (a student organization for designers/artist).  I learned that GAUGE is the CSULA version of the bigger AIGA (a non-profit professional membership organization for design).

The topic of the day was Visual Literacy.  Visual literacy is the ability to read an image that tells a story using pictures, paintings, drawings, or film.  Each interpretation of the story varies from viewer to viewer.  One of the most powerful images shown in class was an image of President Obama with his face painted like Joker from Batman: Dark Knight.

Here is the image shown in class of Obama.

We also worked on an in class exercise called, 'My Life as as Graphic Novel: How I Made it to College'.  The objective was to come up with 4 illustrations depicting our reasons for deciding to go to college without words.  This was related to the topic of Visual Literacy.  We were supposed to tell a story with only images within 20 minutes.  I managed to get my 4 drawings completed, but Professor Jimmy gave us until next class period to turn them in.

We ended the day leaving early.  Jimmy decided to give us a break to soak in what we discussed before diving into new topics.  Overall, I didn't really consider looking at a picture that would tell a story.  I think this is something I'll be looking at more now.

Art 220 - First Meeting

Hello blogger!  This is my first post here.  It's gonna take some time getting used to, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it once I get into the rhythm of things.

Well, today was the first day of class and it seems like I'll be learning a lot.  We discussed what we will be doing as well as what we'll be learning.  We filled out index cards with our names and answered these two questions.  I think it's gonna be very interesting.

Our first assignment is to "render" an apple 5 times a week for the next 10 weeks using different styles/mediums each time and can't use the same tool twice.  I know it sounds pretty challenging,  but it's something to look forward to in the end.

At first, my impression of Concept Development was about the ideas involved.  I'm sure my impression will change over the course of the quarter and I will walk away with a better understanding of the class.