Thursday, January 22, 2015

Post #11

Who is Andy Warhol?
He was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. 

Within what art genre did Warhol work?
He worked with pop art. 

Define the genre.
Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc. 

During what years was he alive?
From August 6, 1928 to February 22, 1987.

Post 2 samples of his art. Answer the following questions for each piece.
Title of the piece?
John Lennon Pictures

Campbell's Soup


Describe the color that he utilizes.  Does he use any particular color scheme?
He uses all kinds of colors to bring out the picture. He uses the color scheme from the color wheel. 

What do you notice about the artwork itself?
The John Lennon picture looks like it pops out and the Campbell's Soup looks like the real soup can. 

Post #10

Compare and contrast vector graphics and pixel images. 

Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and 

shapes or polygons. Pixel images is an image with pixels, which is a physical point in a

raster image.

What resolution is necessary to print raster images?

6824 pixels wide by 2345 pixels high.


What resolution is necessary to display raster images on the internet?


72 ppi.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Post #9

Who is Steve Jobs?
Steve Jobs was the founder and CEO of Apple.

What company was he CEO for many years?
Apple

What did he do for the computer industry?
He changed the way we look at electronics, computers, phones, etc. 

How did this man impact the graphic design industry?
He changed the graphic user interface and how it wasn't at all like Windows.