outside reading

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/?source=hp_dl1_news_cyclops20111014

I found this little article on National Geographic's website about a baby cyclops shark that was found in Mexico. The shark hadn't yet been born when it's mother was caught(legally) and cut open, there were also 9 other normal sharks that had yet to be born. Initially I thought the images of the shark were really cool but then after finding out how it had been caught feel like maybe the fisherman or scientists shouldn't have killed 10 sharks in all just for some research on 1 shark...seems like a waist of sharks. To me this story started off with such great potential but then fell flat and made me feel bad for sharks. I think they need to be better protected especially in japan where they are out of control with shark killing for soup. There is so much about sharks that we don't really know and yet we are still killing them off.

This link is for a good cause in saving ocean/marine life. I appreciate their focus on sharks  and ocean trash, now they just need to get some more exposure.
http://www.projectaware.org/

type

 

These are great examples of using type creatively. The designer or artist leverages figure/ground very well and creates  very interesting/attention holding images. 

Grid Observation

I found this grid while google-ing. At first I didn't think of it as happiness (my chosen emotion) but then after looking at if for a while I got the feeling that the orange square is happy, and all the other squares are there to add contrast and magnify that one orange square.

Grid Observation

These two pieces use grid but also break the grid. In the top image, the addition of circles breaks up the square modular feel and adds a bit more complexity to the shapes. The bottom image is almost as though it wants to be a grid but keeps getting twisted and warped.

Craft

The story (below) is of an adventure. The dot out on a path moves quickly in some places and has to slow down in others. There are some obstacles along the way and sometimes the road gets blurry and some paths need to be chosen. When encountering the open white space originally I had imagined that the dot gets lost and turns back to the path, but after class like the idea that the dot goes back for more instead of the freedom of the white space.

I chose points for my story because I didn't want lines to be guiding or setting the path. I liked the idea of huge dots creating a path or a boarder that the smaller dot could not get through and would be forced to follow a path. The story might be different in the other medium by being more rigid and having a distinct path. There also would be a need for many more lines to fill up enough space to avoid having to much white space.

The photography of my cube helped to change the story by adding some blurry photos and shots with the cube not being in the center of the image. Being able to control the viewers eye helped me guide them from the left to right and added to the effect of following a path on a journey.

Craft

I broke the rules with this version of my type poster by repeating words and not using the 140 character limit but I thought it would be worth posting anyway. My intention with this was the recreate some of the grid with smaller happiness type and use color to recreate the same emotion.