Saturday, March 14, 2015

paper animals

Do it yourself


There are many different ways to create a paper animal.


You are to use minimal shapes
Canon has some great templates


They are to be 3D
Mibo has some good designs

They must stand.

check out this design

They must have a design in color  - so we can tell what animal it is.
Come to class with your animal idea and a template idea that you think you will be working with.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

The shape of things

Shape and color is the essence of all good design

there are principles and they are based on theory and optical illusion

There are many sites on line that can give you examples of color combinations


http://paletton.com

 then there is text, font, typography: Paul Rand
http://www.logodesignlove.com/all-about-paul-rand


Think negative space: Milton Glaser



Wednesday, April 9, 2014

collage assemblage hodgepodge

To Collage is to combine,
Joseph Cornell
to make a patchwork,
Romare Bearden
to mix,
Russian Constructivism
Salvador Dali
Magie Dominic



Brett Whitely
Mimmo Rotella
Robert Rauschenberg

Fatimah Tuggar

Malevich
James Rosenquist
Kara Walker
Ann Ryan
Ellen Gallagher
Fred Tomaselli
Richard Hamilton
Eduardo Paolozzi 
April Grieman
David Hockney
Cecil Touchon
tom Wessellman