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.
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| 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.
Hi Dan! Cool, we both uploaded that picture that was shown in class! I think I speak for all of us in class Art 220 that we were shocked to see the images that was shown in class. Such powerful images.
ReplyDeleteWas it easy for you to come up with the four illustrations? I had the most difficult part with that assignment, I kept erasing and starting over. I couldn't sum up everything into four parts.
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