Ryan+Call+Fall+2014

RYAN CALL Major: Political Communications with a minor in Art Computer/Software Exp: A little bit just for designing posters for friends so I know Photoshop and Illustrator decently well Art Experience: I used to oil paint pretty heavily throughout all highschool but didn't want to make a career out of it so I decided not to pursue it as a major Something Interesting about me: Im really involved in the DC DIY music scene My Artistic Interests: A large amount of illustration work and alot of rothko with some Dali mixed in there since ive been drawn to him more after reading his autobiography

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Photoshop Exercise 1. 1920 x 1334, color space RGB, size 442kb 2. 3.

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Moving Type Article Response: I found this article to be extremely interesting in that it made me really consider how far we as an artistic modern society have come. I was shocked to find how archaic previous operating systems, machines, and design techniques were and made me really consider how advanced this new designing software has really become. The author presents the idea that these media forms (typography, illustrations, film) never really coexisted until our software and access to it got more advanced that allowed for our current crossover. He describes it as interesting in that all these different forms of media became blended together in a way that is barely noticeable and doesn't call attention to itself (the author uses this to show the large shift from older technology to modern applications). Thinking back on the kinds of programming I’ve watched I think this idea is really right in that we see these shows like house of cards which are massive mainstream dramas that are using typography and graphic design elements in ways that we don’t even consider to be that revolution or doesn’t really make a big deal out of itself. The show house of cards uses images of iPhone text bubbles accompanied by typography to visually represent an event that occurs off camera, which is an interesting choice by the director in that it blends design, typography, and film all on one singular image in a way that doesn’t feel unnatural. When looking at it you may think that it is cool but after seeing it the first time you are lulled into the sense that this element is natural and not out of place. This use of multiple media types in conjunction is really present in this show in that our technology has advanced so much that we are able to reproduce the action of checking ones phone in a television show in a way that is natural and feels comfortable to the viewer. From my memories of playing with one of the early forms of Photoshop in elementary school, I really do agree with the author that digital media seemed to undergo this subtle or velvet revolutionary change that happened slowly over a few decades but produced drastic changes to our society as a whole.

Questions: 1. Do you think this kind of slow change is going to keep occurring in our applications or do you think we will reach the point where we will be unable to progress any more? 2. Have you seen any changes in our technology recently that make you think that programs like photoshop will evolve into something else? 3. Do you feel like the authors idea about media mixing together is used less than he claims it is?