As our view of the word art has changed over the years, so have the fields of illustration and graphic design. Illustration is essentially a method of explaining or sending a message without many words. There are many approaches to creating an illustration, and many examples of famous illustrators who have drastically different styles and yet still found success in the field. An example of a grand and cinematic style is Norman Rockwell’s. His work is incredibly recognizable and yet not a spot-on realistic interpretation of his photographic references. He used reference to create poses, then put his touch on the arrangement of the piece. This would result in distinct differences from photo to drawing. Some of his more well-known work would be …show more content…
The portrait of Friedman is rendered in a much more realistic style than normal for Glaser, and the design element comes in the form of a graph overlayed over the portrait. The impact this cover has on a viewer might not be as significant without the graph. The graph overlayed over an image of an economist can have different connotations based on the individual, and part of the goal of cover art is to grab the attention of potential buyers. My personal favorite of Glaser’s work for TIME are his California pieces. The cover gives off fun vibes, and the other piece expands on this feeling with playful text. On the cover, Glaser again uses flats and shapes of darker color rather than realistic rendering. The playful color palate adds to the fun energetic feeling that both these pieces evoke. With the second piece, Glaser uses some elements from the cover such as the burger and the woman, while adding areas of white and colorless drawings. Milton Glaser created these TIME covers in the 70s. With the ever-changing art scene and introduction of new technology, this mix of simplistic design and more illustrative elements would become more prevalent in the coming …show more content…
Nagel worked in a very design and fashion-like style, producing work for musicians such as Tommy James and Thelma Houston and more commercial companies. He had a unique process that resulted in his style of work. He started each piece with photography, then began removing elements and simplifying the photograph. This process flattened his artwork but emphasized elements such as clothing, faces or hair. Nagel found work with companies such as Intel and Budweiser, and also created illustrations for Playboy and designed album covers for many musicians and bands. One of his most famous works is the cover he did for Duran Duran’s Rio. Starting around the 60s, the field of illustration underwent many changes. Political issues were one element of American culture that were reflected in the art of the time. Anti-war posters such as “Strike!” or “Come Together in Peace” features text and iconic imagery of hands to tell a message. These posters were simple in style and moved away from illustrative qualities. There were many more posters pro and anti-war that were designed in this simplistic manner. Glaser also produced some iconic work during this time period such as the Dylan
During Vincent Van Gogh’s childhood years, and even before he was born, impressionism was the most common form of art. Impressionism was a very limiting type of art, with certain colors and scenes one must paint with. A few artists had grown tired of impressionism, however, and wanted to create their own genre of art. These artists, including Paul Gaugin, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Paul Cezanne, hoped to better express themselves by painting ...
are depicted with the same degree of variation. To understand such a diverse set of paintings –
himself through his mediums. He used oil on canvas for his medium in this painting. There are
The actual painting was inspired by two watches, a railroad watch, used by his family business, and a golden pocket watch, which the latter being precious to him. He would leave the pocket watch propped open to reveal the inner workings. The painting’s structure uses geometric forms excessively for the sophisticated feel of the workings of a watch. One cannot fail to see that there is a clear pocket watch design, as well as the mechanics displayed inside of it. This also includes the outer display of the watch being displayed. The blue and gray colors are metallic colors that represent the inner workings of the pocket watch. These colors symbolize industry, and perhaps how the watch was created. Meanwhile, the yellow/gold and brown colors show the outward appearance of the pocket watch. This painting is a symbol to Murphy’s own pocket watch that he had. The circular and rectangular shapes show precision used in the painting to make the mechanisms to appear as well-condition parts, as well as no blurring of the paint. There is no indication there is any wear on the pocket watch, which would mean a brand new watch or one well cared for. The
With his down-the-rabbit-hole approach to design and obsessive attention to detail, Wes Anderson, writer, director and auteur, is best known for his highly stylized movies. His extremely visual, nostalgic worlds give meaning to the stories in his films, contrary to popular critical beliefs that he values style over substance. Through an analysis of his work, I plan to show that design can instead, give substance to style.
"Photographing a cake can be art," Irving Penn said when he opened his studio in 1953. Before long he was backing up his statement with a series of advertising illustrations that created a new high standard in the field and established a reputation that has kept him in the top bracket ever since.
Many do not consider where images they see daily come from. A person can see thousands of different designs in their daily lives; these designs vary on where they are placed. A design on a shirt, an image on a billboard, or even the cover of a magazine all share something in common with one another. These items all had once been on the computer screen or on a piece of paper, designed by an artist known as a graphic designer. Graphic design is a steadily growing occupation in this day as the media has a need for original and creative designs on things like packaging or the covers of magazines. This occupation has grown over the years but still shares the basic components it once started with. Despite these tremendous amounts of growth,
His colors would become more complex and the final product usually relayed his hard work and dedication. During the 1890’s he would start bringing multiple canvases to different sights. The light and weather would determine which artwork he was doing that day. As the light and weather changed, so would the canvas he worked on. This is why it would take him months to finish a particular piece of
He takes ideas from his artwork and adapts them to use in his films. The exhibit included many sketchbook drawings of pieces that would end up being used in his films. For example, one sketch was called The Pale Man’s Fireplace. This sketch would end up being used in the movie Pan’s
Some may dismiss Gomez’s art as showing a political statement or even as an attempt to remove deceit from the world and fallaciously argue that he is rebelling the traditional art and mocking those who are interested in it. A reason one might believe this is because he is, in a sense, defacing artworks that have been highly esteemed within the art community. Not only has he derived from Hockney, but also from Marina Abramović’s The Artist Is Present and Jeff Koons’s Balloon Dog (Blue). Some audiences may interpret his quasi-replications of these venerated art pieces as offensive because he is mutilating and in the process removing their immaculateness. In Gomez’s Las Meninas, Bel Air, 2013, he derives from Diego Velazquez’s Las Meninas; however,
Starting with visual elements I saw lines, implied depth, and texture. I see lines by him using lines created by an edge. Each line is curved not straight but it works with the piece. By using this he creates the piece to make it whole. He uses many curved lines within the painting I don’t know if there is a straight line in the whole thing. The next element I saw was implied depth. Using linear perspective you can see the mountains but they look smaller than the rest of the piece. They are the vanishing point in the back making it look as if you can walk down and they will get closer and closer to you. The last element that I saw was texture. They talk about Van Gogh’s painting, The Starry Night having texture through a two- dimensional surface, in which this painting has that similar feel. Van Gogh uses thick brush stokes on his paintings to show his feelings. There is actually a name for this called, Impasto,
“When I began to do titles many, many years ago – the dark ages, when designers lived in caves – I went through a very intense learning experience with some extraordinary film makers,” Saul Bass – 1996 As a graphic designer, I like to look at other designers work and analyze their style. It helps me in my own work to see what others are doing and how they’re doing it. One designer who has really influenced me and whose work I love is Saul Bass. He was a master of presenting and communicating things in such a different and interesting new way. He has an iconic and unique style that really had an impact without being over the top. I definitely try to emulate what he does in a lot my work and keep things simple but still want them to have that same impact that his art did.
...nding things; putting them together and making them work. He often used subtle colours in his collages allowing for the occasional use of bold colours to act as a contrast. Similarly he would cut shapes into clear geometric forms, often to make some kind of statement. The influences of Cubism and Constructivism, can be seen in the arrangement and composition of his work.
He created the series of Joiners, which are various collages, made by combining various small Polaroid pictures to create one large image. The pictures he took, were often at different times and angles, creating a link with cubism, which was his aim. All of these works were abstract and different to still life images. An example of one of his Joiner’s works is “Chair”, which is an image of smaller images, pieced together to create an image of a chair. The chair is a quirky and awkward image as it isn’t a normal looking chair.
One of the key ideas of the modern era was to forge the designs of the future on the corpses of the past, disregarding everything from the last era and moving forward with new ideals and styles. Refining and discarding they shaped, molded and constricted the ideas of design until reaching the pinnacle of minimalism. Creating design with pure aesthetics and reducing an object down to its core fundamental elements. Using the ideas of “less is more” or even “using less for more”, the designs ended up simple and elegant with a focus not in quantit...