Wednesday, march 13

On Wednesday, march 13 in our concept development class we talked about our finals and watched video. However, all the time, I was thinking about my final video that we have to make. I was thinking what I can do to make it more interesting and attractive. The words and the pictures that I have to use should communicate my point and I was thinking to figure out what to use for images and for text. During class time I was only thinking my final video.

My video would be about global warming. There are many things that involve in global warming. However, I found information that I haven't notice that those could make global warming, such as livestock, and leave computes on during nighttime. I learn so many interesting think during my research for this project. I really enjoyed making video and telling my point by really short video.

My YouTube URL= http://youtu.be/6axXdxmSuKQ

Thank you watching it

Monday, March 11

On Monday, March 11 in our concept development class we watched a documentary video of Lynda. That documentary video was about AIGA, American Institution of Graphic Arts organization.

By watching this video I got many interesting information about AIGA organization. I noticed that AIGA is a natural organization for designers, which has 64 chapters and over 20 thousand members. In this document Lynda interviewed some people who were working for that organization. One of the interviewed was with Rick Grefe; the executive director. He talks about different ways that designers use to inspire their audience. He mentioned that design is very important for everyone and he talked about various new designs for global problems that every single are facing with.

This subject got my attention because recently we work on a presentation video that could communicate perfectly with our audience. The subject of our video is one of the global problems. We always deal with global problems, such as clean air and water, trashes, energy, economy, finances and so on. The way that we communicate with our audiences is very important. We should know what kind of type and color we use to get our audiences' attention. The picture and song that we use are the other important fact that could effect on our audience. All principal of design have to work together to change the audience feeling and give them new information to do something to save our planet earth.  

Wednesday, March 6

Final Project

The subject of our concept development class on Wednesday, March 6 was talking about our finals. Our teacher Jimmy asked us about our final projects and what we have done for it. Each of us had different ideas about save the planet subject. Most of us have already decided what we goanna do. While jimmy asked our subject, he talked and explained how to make them in order to communicate better. He said that we have to think about and ask ourselves few questions, such as what we want our audiences think, know, fell and do. The starting point is to make a research about our subjects and our points and find related information about that topic. He also mentioned that we have to make sure that our sources are valid.

After going through each person’s ideas, jimmy asked to draw our story board which means the slides that we going to have in our videos. We had to think about the placement, text, sound, and images. While I was working on my story board I explained my slides and idea to jimmy, and I found out that I was choosing a really big massages that are not possible to explain in 2 to 3 minutes. He said if I said one thing would stay on peoples mind, but if I said do many things, people won’t remember them. His explanation helps me to find my direction and work on it instead of playing around and send so many ideas.

Monday March, 4

Three Sets of Images

On Monday March, 4 in our concept development class we posted up on the wall our three magazine’s images that we were assigned to bring. The three images should not be related to each other, but they have to make an interesting story.  We looked at all sets of three images and we should have recognized the story. Then we each took turn to tell the story that he or she got from those three pictures. Then we all started to think and used our creativity and imagination to make different stories from each sets. After guessing the story of each sets we asked the owner of the images to tell the real story. Sometimes we get the story right and other time not. Sometimes the story that students made were more interesting than the real story. I learned that we can make really good and interesting different stories from the same three pictures over and over again. I learned that if I take time and think more open, I can come up with more than one story from sets of pictures. I have to practice my creativity and imagination because I saw that my classmates made really good stories from each sets that I couldn’t make them by myself.

My pictures that I brought were an old man, a bottle of the shampan, and the war image. I made funny and not real story, but I think our teacher Jimmy didn’t like because he said that story not goanna happened. The old man was really old and he was drunk so army would not take him to a war. However, my goal was to make an unreal story to make my audience laugh. After going thought each sets, we were asked to make some really good stories from all pictures that we had. We came up with some interesting and some strange stories.

Wednesday,February 27

Three Frame of Story

Today on February 27, in our concept development class we were divided to eight group of three. Then our teacher Jimmy told us to make three frames sketches on separate piece of paper that could make a story. We had certain amount of time to do that, but I don’t remember how much time we had. After finishing them we put them on a wall to look and vote. We had to decide which one had interesting story and could perfectly visually communicate. The one that I chose won the game, but after listening Jimmy’s explanation about the best story teller, I change my mind. The one that I chose communicate visually but didn’t have interesting story. Anyway, this exercise beside fun gave me a lesson. It helps me to understand how to communicate visually without using any word. I can show the feeling or action by the face impression. That was a little exercise to understand how to make a successful poster or magazine advertisement without using any word. I learned that it is important to know what action or moment I have to choose to tell the story; only the important part of the story tells everything. There could be a long story that could be described by just three frames.

The next thing that we did was to look at a video that was an example of our final project for our concept development class. We had to make a video of 2 to 3 minute about global saving. We have to have a research and we have to  define the massage.

Monday, February 25

Creative Briefs

On Monday, February 25, we started our concept development class by playing a very funny game. Our teacher Jimmy asked us to set like a circle, and then he describes the game that we had to play. That game was very complicate to be explained but basically we had to pass thru the conversation and listen carefully to the person next to us. I enjoyed that game and I had really fun playing it. We had to pass the word by different tone. For example, if it was a question we have to make it like a question by our voice and the way that we said. The word went back and fort between the students with different tone. That was a fun game, but behind that game was an important lesson that a designer should pay attention to their clients and make sure that he or she gets the right point. He or she has to ask the massage and goal many times and define them by their words to the client to make sure that they understand their clients. Also, the tone and the voice are important. You might say the same word by different tone that could change the meaning of the word.

The next thing that we did was talking about the creative briefs. Jimmy showed us many different ways of doing that, but the idea was similar just the way of explaining and defining was different. That was really new thing that I learned about; I haven’t seen creative brief before, and I had no idea what they are used for. Jimmy mentioned that writing the main thing of the project is a good way of understanding it and by showing it to the client you make sure that you get the client’s points and ideas. Furthermore, it is a contract that could save the designer from future complains.

Wednesday, February 20

My Game Concept

On Wednesday, February 20 in concept development class we had the rest of our class presentations and critics. As class presented their games concepts we learned more and more about how to preset our works and how contact with audiences. I was really nerves that day because I knew that I had to go to present my game concept. I always get nerves when it is time to speak or talk, and the most difficult part of my nervousness is to talk English. English is my third language and I have been in the USA almost five years, so learning and talking English is very hard for me. I relaxed myself and decided to go to do my presentation. I tried to be seen that I am relax and comfortable. I did my presentation and I noticed my mistakes.

First mistake was about my elements that I had on my board. I had a drawing of little princess on my board who pointed to the story of the games. My teacher jimmy said that she is really distracting things. I had thought so when I had been working on my board, but then I wanted my little cute princess be on the board because she was cute and could get the children’s attention to the game. The second problem was my path on the game board; it wasn’t visible enough.  The third problem was my language. As I said, in some places I messed up with words that I wanted to use. I forgot what I wanted to say, so I confused my audiences. Language difficulty is the biggest problem that I have in my classes. It makes me upset and uncomfortable; I can’t say what I want and what I think. Anyway, I really enjoyed this week of classes because I learned so many thing about presentation and attitude while presentation.

Monday, February 18

Today on February 18 we started our concept development class with sitting in order of our height. This was another group activity that we have to solve them as a group work. However, this time we messed up because we had few people that set on wrong sets include myself. I felt really bad because we have always solved those small problems easily without any mistakes. This was a good example for me to not to think that a problem is really easy and I can do that very fast and easily. However, I have to pay attention to the details of each problem and give myself an amount of time to solve. In this problem, we asked the height of each other, but we didn’t actually look closely and see if our heights are in order or not.

The next thing that we did was presenting our game concepts to the class, and we had critic. It was really interesting to see what other people think and what kind of games could be made. We didn’t only look at the games concept itself, but also how the person presented and explained the games to the class. I learned lot about how to present and talk to audiences. For example, tone and speed of talking are very important elements of speech. Another was not argue with audiences and not use some words such as “em” or “as I said” while presenting or answering to audiences questions, by using a phrase like “as I said” we kind of giving the massages that you are fool and you don’t understand what I said.  The really interesting fact that jimmy mentioned was that one wrong word could stay in people’s memories and they never goanna forget the word that you said many years ago. All student didn’t have the chance to present their games include myself, so we decided to continue the rest next time.

Wednesday, February 13

Game Concept

Game concept was our topic on Wednesday, February 13 in concept development class. Our homework for that day was to bring nine different original game concepts to the class with titles and some sketches. Therefore we gather all together and started to show and talked about our games concept one by one. I haven’t pay attention to the concept of each game until that day. We all participate in the discussion about which game concept and idea is better that other and why. All of us have different ideas and stories. Some made board games, some card, and etc. again I felt the same felling, that I had had while I was playing game on Monday, when my class mates were talking and explaining their games. Some games seem to have so much fun and in some games you have to concentrate and focus on what you do.

When I had been thinking about my games to make I asked many different questions to myself. For example, what would my game made up? Why I am making this game and what age would be my audiences? What is the story of my game?  How players would play this game? And so on. These and many other questions came to my mind that could help me to come up with different game concepts and I tried not to repeat the same concept over and over again. I came up with these questions because I had felt differently when I was playing different games on Monday. One thing got my attention that our teacher Jimmy said that you have to ask yourself why this game and the concept are better that the others and why your client has to take your idea and not others. He added that we always have to be critical and not use our personal thoughts and emotion feelings when we are explaining the reasons to our clients. This fact helps me to pay attention to my designs and always make sure to have good reasons for  anything that I do in my design to earn my clients trust and confidence.

 

Monday, February 11

Feelings of Playing Games

On Monday, February 11, on my concept development class I played some games and I experienced different feelings of each games. I have played many different games when I was a child, but since I was a teenager I haven’t played any board games. I experienced many different feelings, such as happiness, stress, worries, board and fun on Monday by playing those different games. I have never paid attention to those feelings that I felt while I was playing board games. However, on Monday, when our teacher Jimmy told us to pay attention to our feelings, I realized that not all games have the same effect on players. I had so much fun playing one game, but  I was so board playing the other that I didn’t finish it either. Also, how to play and how to when are different in each game. For example, I played one games that winning was based on luck because we had to roll toss; on the other hand, the other game that I played, we had to think and used our brain to win.

By experiencing those different feeling while I was playing games, I realized that a game designer has to experience those feeling and think about the game that he or she wants to make. They should pay attention to those feelings that each player will have. Do they want their players have fun or do they want them to use their brain and figure out what to do? Also the age of players is important part. For example, when I played one game I got really board because that game was made for little children. Therefore, game designers should pay attention the age of their players. Over all that day besides having lot of fun, I experience new feelings, and I learned new things about games.

Culture, History and Elements in Design

Culture, History and Elements in Design

            The job of each designer is to communicate visually with audiences by transferring their thoughts and ideas through some pictures, drawings, graphs, logos and designs. Visual communication is very interesting, but is very tough because one wrong decision and using a wrong element could change the massage of the design. The massage that each design and logo gives to the viewers should be clear and understandable. Graphic design is being used in almost all type of businesses and companies to introduce themselves and their products. Each designer should pay attention to many different aspect and details, such as culture, history and elements before they start designing something, and while they are doing it.

            Culture and communities are one of the most important elements in the design field. Each designer should know and learn the culture of that country that he or she wants to make a design for them. For example, according to Sunook Parks a designer, there are huge differences of thoughts, life and beliefs between cultures. Korean’s beliefs, thoughts, ideas, and activities are totally different than the USA’s people. For example, Korean people believe that they have to work together and be part of a group, but Americans like to be individual and separate. Therefore, designers should study and know the culture of the people that they have to work with them. A design that can work and well communicate with people in the one country or culture might not be useful in other ones.

            The other important information that designers should know and explore is the history of the brand. Research is very important part of designing; designers should know where the core of the company and factory came from, then where they are and the last thing where they are going to. Present connect the past and the future and the direction of each company. Designers should get so close to the brand and company that they have to feel them, see them, and hear them to make a very successful logo, design or advertising. For example for designing a “Timberland” shoe logo designers have to know that those shoes are for hiking and they should be strong, but comfortable, so they have to describe those adjectives that matches the brand to the logo and advertises. Obviously the logo that designers make for the Timberland shoes would be totally different that a logo of the bakery, because the bakery gives the soft, sweet, and delicious feeling to the audiences. Therefore the feeling and connection between the audiences to the brand is very important. Designers can also look back and find out the history of the design that each brand had before, so they can realize what kind of ideas and theory worked and didn’t work in the past and why. They can work on the ideas of past to develop and make them to work and communicate better because society likes to see changes and new things every year or every few years. According to Sunook Parks, each company has core, emotion and signature that when people see a signature of the band they go back to the core. A brand is a life form which resembles the owner and shows the relationship of the brand with customers. Confusion of what to make or design could happen to designers when they don’t know and didn’t understand their clients. Therefore, designers have to write about their clients before drawing something.

            The other important things in design are the elements, such as colors, patterns, fonts and icons. Many brands are being recognized just by their colors or font styles. Colors could attract the eyes and get the viewers’ attention or change their mood and feelings. The choosing of color could change the massage of the brand and could also change the company’s chance of success. The color that designers choose for a brand logo it has to show the emotion and feeling of the brand. Furthermore, font is one of the powerful elements of the design that can introduce the brand and show the mood and feeling of the brand and the viewer make their decisions about the product of the brand based on the font that they choose. Logo is the symbols of the brand that could introduce the brand and gives much information about the band and their products to audiences. The logo is like a signature of the brand that could visually communicate with people about the quality and style of the products that each brand has.

            In conclusion, targets of all companies are to get the attention of the people and introduce themselves and their products to them. The successful companies are the companies that have a successful design group that could make an effective and powerful design of the logo and advertising. To make an attractive and influential logo and advertising designers need to know about the culture of the people who they will work with them because each culture and country have their own believes, attitudes and ideas that could be different than others. the history of the brand has huge influence on the logos and products that designers job is to research about them before starting to draw something because without knowing your clients perfectly they will be a confusion of what will work or what won’t. The other thing that is valuable in each design of the bard is the elements that are used in a design. The color and font that are used in a design or a logo for the companies have huge influence on the viewers and customers and they can change the customers and viewers moods and feelings. Furthermore, logo which is the signature of the brand presents the companies quality and products differently. These all aspects and many other things have to get together to have a successful design and logo for a company and keep the company on attention of audiences.

Seven Deadly Sins and Concept Maps

Seven Deadly Sins and Concept Maps

On Wednesday February 6, in concept development class we put our seven deadly sins designs on the tables to show to our classmates. That was very interesting activity because each of us had different ideas and style to show those seven sins. For example, some made them scary, some had funny images, some used symbols and some were abstract. Each of them communicates those seven sins with the audiences and viewers. After looking at them, we had a discussion about how we can judge to the best design. We came up with different aspects, such as color, composition, symbol, funny and etc. the last and the most important one was the ideas and communication. Our teacher; Jimmy explained that the communication is the most important thing in a design and I agree with him. A design could be very well organized, colored, drawn, and symbolized, but not communicate with audiences. Therefore, designer should think about communication before drawing or designing.

The second part of the class, we learn about the concept map, and why we do and how to do them. It was very interesting topic, and it gave me very interesting information about our mind reaction to design, creation and ideas. One slide of the concept map lecture got my attention because it mentioned the same problem that I have when I want to start a project. I have so many ideas in my mind that I get confused and lost in them, so I usually try to change my mind to other topics and not to think about that until night. In my bed when no body and nothing distract me I can focus my mind on project and get the solution for it.  The concept map idea helps me to understand that we have to write our ideas on the paper and develop them step by step. It is like a brain storming, but in design style. At the end of the class, we practice one of those concept map exercises which were enjoyable and challengingly.

Designer of 2015, Competencies

Monday February 5

 

At the beginning of the concept development class on Monday February 5, we had been separated to four groups to talk about designers of 2015 and their competencies’.  In my group, we started to read each 13 competencies and found out what their meanings were. Some of them were easy to understand, but some were really complicated that each of us shared his or her opinion or thoughts to help each other to understand the meaning of them. After that, we started to discuss about how we learn those 13 competencies in our classes and outside of our schools. I didn’t pay attention seriously to that part, but when our teacher Jimmy mentioned that how we learn in class or what we have done that helps us to learn these skills, I started to think about that question deeply. Then I realized that each time our teachers ask us to use some materials and do some kind of activities or projects, we learn many things that help us to develop our skills. Also, I realized that even non major classes help us to understand and learn some of those competencies. For example, one of the competencies was “ability to work in a global environment with understanding of cultural preservation.” So I found out that my learning from my cultural communication class could help me in my career in future.  I have always thought that why I have to learn those non major subjects and that day, I found out the answer of my question.

After that discussion we watched a documentary film called “Freedom on the fence” which was about Polish posters in World War II. The documentary film showed very interesting posters from those days and some artists’ interviews. They explained their art works and the influence of their works to communism. That film gave me some new information from the art and its history. There were many interesting art works that got my attention. One of them was the picture of a man who had a robe around his neck, inside his eyes ears and mouth. This poster was called “police” and my understanding from that poster was that police did very scary and painful things to criminals or maybe to public and they were cruel people on that period of time.

January 28 & 30

Activities

The beginning of the concept development class on Monday, January 28, we had to do a group activity which had to sit in order based on our first name from letter A to Z. That was similar to our group activity that we had done before that we had to sit in order of our birthday. I like the group activities because we all helping each other to solve the problem. After solving that problem, we checked to see that we were right or wrong. Fortunately, we were in order. After that, we were separated to four groups to show and talk about our homework. The homework was to find ten different images that could change the meaning and mood of a word or phrase. Then we chose the best of each group. The word or phrases and the images were showed and read to others. That was a very good and interesting exercise to know people’s ideas and creativities. We also made new thoughts for each of words. This sharing thoughts and ideas and communicating with each other help us to improve our skills better.  After that we showed two TED show where a designer and writer talked about their fear based on their career and their creative process. I found some similar experiences and habits between me and them. I notice that people who chose their career in any field have some kind of fear towards future. I had the similar fear and experiences when I wanted to choose graphic design as my major. I heard many negative and sad comments about finding a job and making good money. However, by listen to Elizabeth Gilbert's who is a successful writer, I realized that I can be like her and I better not to listen and pay attention to those negative thoughts.

On Wednesday, January 30, class was separated to two groups and we had to share our or others experience of fear and reaction to our education and career choices and our creative process. We started sharing our experiences and creative process to each other and that was really lovely to know that other people had the same or similar fear and worriers that I had, but we all got the solution and look forward to the future. Most of us experienced the negative and hopeless thoughts and comments from people around us even from our parents. Furthermore, we had some similarities and differences in our creative process. For example, some of us liked to listen to the music while doing a project and some liked to be in relaxing place and not be distracted by anything. This was a really good exercise because we found out that we are not alone, and the fear that we had for job position appearance in other people too. Also, we got to know each other personality, thoughts, and habits better. After that group exercise we watched two TED shows by John Maeda and Tim Brown. I liked the John Maeda better. I think because of the way that he talked and communicates. He kept my attention all the time. I really liked the creativity that he made and design pattern with Cheetos and French fries. I learned that I can make and design something with really simple things.

 

Fear and the Creative Process

Have you experienced your own or other people's fear-based reactions to your creative education and career choices?

How have you successfully overcome these reactions?

What is your concept of your creative process?

How do you approach creating, making?

 

Fear and the Creative Process

            Yes, I have experienced my own fear in my education and career life. Since I was a child, I have loved to draw and paint specially the cartoon characters. After graduated from the high school, I decided to major animation or graphic design in the college. However, people around me gave the fear that I couldn’t find a job, and there would be no money in those carriers. They suggested me to study nursing or accounting, but I didn’t like those majors. On the other hand, I was worried about my future; I didn’t want to be unemployed after all of those hard times learning animation or graphic design. After passing those hard days, finally, I decided to go and talk to those people who are designers or studying graphic design. I also talked to my concealers, teachers and family members. Then I decided to study a carrier that I love because I can improve myself, and I can be a successful person in that carrier than others. My family also helped me to make this decision. I prefer to make less money, but have the carrier that I can have fun with it.

            When I designing, drawing or painting I something like to be in a relax and peaceful place where no one can interrupt or distract me. I like to take as much time that I need to make my projects look perfect. I sometimes listen to classic music while I drawing or painting, but most of the time I like that my mind be focused on my projects. My creative process works like this. First, I read the instructions of my projects few times to understand what they need. Then, I started thinking and making many different ideas and sketching them on the piece of paper. I usually think about my projects at night while I go to bed because I don’t get distract by anything. After making some ideas, I show them to my friend who are also studying graphic design and my family to let them look at them and tell me what they thing. When I choose my final idea, I put it on the computer and started to develop it. Not every time my final design looks like my sketches that I made at first because sometimes the position, color and concept of my elements don’t work when I put them together and I have to make a big changes to make a successful design. Also, sometimes I get totally different ideas while playing with my design elements on the computer. Therefore, my sketches are just starting point.

Visualization

Visualization was our topic of concept Development class on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Before we get in to that subject, our professor Jimmy Moss started to talk about the design process. It was very helpful because I learned that as a designer I should know and pay attention to my clients’ needs and the more important to my audience interests. Furthermore, I have to know what my objectives are and what my out comes will be. The most important thing in design is to know who your audiences are because the produce will be sells to the audience. Sometimes happened that our clients what us to do or use something that might not be attractive to the audiences. Therefore, it is our responsibility to let our clients know that their ideas won’t work to the audience. Designers’ goal is to get their audience attention and attract them. Designers should not think about what they like or want.

After that, we did a practice of the Visualization, so the professor Jimmy told a story to the class and asked us to draw the end of the story. When all of us finished our drawing we went around looking at other’s drawings. That was very interesting that each person has its own imagination and thoughts. We couldn’t find drawings that are similar to each other. That practice tells that even though the subject and theme was same story, the drawings were totally different from each other. For example, some pictures were funny, scary, normal, or imaginary. That explained that ideas, opinions, imagination and creation of each person are different from others.

At the end of the class, we were separated to the four groups and we asked to read our word and phrases that we had written at the weekend for our magazine picture. Then, we had to choose the best one from each group, and after that, all class got together and the professor Moss read the four best choses. While the professor was reading them, our moods changed differently. That was interesting that the same picture with different words and phrases could change the mood and felling of the audiences.

Wednesday, January17, 2013

Imaginer

“Imaginer” was the subject of the concept development class on Wednesday, January17, 2013. Every person explained the “imaginer” word differently. First, when our teacher Jimmy Moss wrote that word on the backboard, I was thinking about Disney and I said “be creative”. I think that Disney’s workers should be very creative and imaginative. I always look forward to be one of them. “Imaginative” in design field is one of the important skills that each designer should have to be able to create new things.

After talking about imaginer we watched TED show where a designer; Stefan, was talking about how he crated new things and solved a problem by taking a year time off. I think that is a good idea to give ourselves free time to think and create new things. Some designers have creativity and imagination, but they are too busy with other things like their regular life, so they cannot use their imagination and creativity and develop their ideas. Therefore, giving ourselves free time is the best solution to this problem. We should focus on design and looking a solution to the problem and not think and worry about other things.

The last thing that we had done was to make a phrase for two magazine photos that we had brought in class. We had to use words that could change the meaning, mood and emotion of the pictures. We came up with many different phrases which some was funny and some was serious. Although not all the word was perfect for those pictures and they didn’t relate to the subject, I was very surprised that we came up with so many phrases for those pictures. At first, I thought that we would find just few words, but that practice helped me to understand that there were many words that can be related to those pictures. I came up that idea that designers should think more and more even though they find a solution; they have to think to find the other ones because the first think that come to their mind is not the perfect one. They have to think more and find other ideas and as they make ideas they will see that their solutions get better and better.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Group work

My concept development class; on Monday, January 14, 2013, started with a team work activity.  We did three team works that day to practice our participation and make a solution for problems that our teacher; jimmy gave them to us to solve. Frist, we were asked to seat in order based on our birthdays date from January to the December. We had to be careful with the days of each month; days had to be in order too. We solved that problem very fast. First, we told our birthday’s mouth to each other. Then, if we had students that were born in the same mouth, we arranged them based on their days. After finishing that teamwork, we were asked to tell ours birthday in order to make sure that we do not have any errors.

 Second, we were asked to arrange all students’ comic pictures that we had been asked to do at home as homework from best to worse. That problem was really hard to solve because one person advised a solution and we started to do but it did not work. Then we worked on other student suggestion, but it didn’t work again and so on. We had to solve the problem in 20 minutes which made us so nerves. Finally we arranged all the pictures, but I don’t think so it was a fair judgment because we had a few minutes left that we finally got a solution. I think that as a teamwork we did very well because we all participated, gave suggestions, and listen to each other. Our work was like a designer’s job; they always talk to each other and explained their problems. They should know how listen and help each other in many different situations. On the other hand, our judgment was usually based on our personal loves. For example, if we liked that picture we pushed it forward and if not we pushed it down. The judgment should be based on many other logical facts rather than love and like. We had to look very closely and take more times for each picture and found out if that person had all designs’ elements, and did he or she used them very well or not. We also should pay attention to the texts that some pictures had and see if those texts or pictures made any sense or not.

The last activity was “making a story”. We were divided to four groups and each group had to make a story and use some objects that they had in that stories. Each group made a very interesting story with some simple objects. In that activity, all students of each group should be creative and make a story that interested others. That activity showed that not only the teamwork was important, but also creativity.

 

 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Visual Literacy

            The subject of the Wednesday, January 9, 2013 of my concept development class was “visual Literacy”, which means describes what we see instead of making thoughts or prediction about it. We started the class by looking at pictures and describing them like a reporter who is on the phone. After describing the pictures just by saying what we saw, our teacher; jimmy, explained that each of these pictures contains many words. One picture can have no text, but saying thousands of thousand words. This practice explained that a design of a logo or advertising should have lot meaning and the designer should be able to explain the meninges to his or her clients.

            The next thing that we did at class was try to draw some pictures which told stories about us inside four frames. Those practices was like a comic book where there is few or no word in there, but each frame of the comic book means something and by putting all frames together we come up with a story. Furthermore, the designer’s job is similar to the comic book even it is harder because he or she has to make perfect logos and advertisement that contain all the information and stories of the companies. A logo that contains lot information like a perfect photo is an attractive and ideal logo.

Monday, January 7, 2013

First day of the Class

On Monday, January 7, 2013, was my first class meeting of the concept development class; art 220, at Cal State LA. This class meeting was totally different from my other classes that I have had. We started the class by playing a game. Each student had to stand and introduce him or herself and stated three things about him or herself; one of those three had to be a lie and the other students had to think and say which one was the lie based on their logic or guess. This game was a good practice for me to develop and explore some of my skills like thought, logic and risk.

One of the outcomes of this game was that I understand that not always logic is right, and sometimes, I have to rely on my thought and presumption. Also, I found out that it is not a right thing to judge a person just based on their looks, clothes and behavior. For example, sometimes people make wrong thoughts about others just by looking at them, but later, when they get friend and communicate with each other, they find out things that are totally opposite of what they have thought about that person.

The other positive outcome of that game was to trust our self and take a risk. For example, some people’s lie was very hard to find, so we had to take the risk and choose one of them. As a human, in our life we sometimes get in to the situations that we have to take the risk and make a choice. In these situations we have to listen to our inside and hearts. In my life, it has happened that I have been in the situation that I thought that I couldn’t handle it based on my logic, but inside myself somebody says that I can do it. Therefore, I have to trust myself and take the risk.

My first day of the class could be ridicules for some people or useful for others. For me, this game was as useful as a lesson of a book. It challenged my logic, believes and risk, and help me to know where and how to use my skills. The logic is not always right and we have to sometimes listen to our inside’s voice and take the risk.