Abstract Project

I didn't realize it had to be in 11x17 format ^^;.  Oops!

Abstract Project Sketch

Artists for New Abstract Design Problem

Paul Klee
Keith Haring
David Sullivan (see works on aluminum under prints at the menu bar on the left)

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but I'm not quite sure if most abstract artists really ever know until they're done.

Color, Value, and Hue

In reference to the differences of subjects or items, color is a general term that is applied.  This is not the correct term though, the correct term would be hue.  Hue refers to the whole spectrum and variation in color.

There are three kinds of primaries.  There are painters primaries (red, blue, yellow), printers primaries (magenta, cyan, yellow), and light primaries (red, blue, green).  Depending on what purpose a piece is for, it's important to utilize the correct color pallets.

Certain hue combinations can cause a color illusions.  Different color illusions include color proportion, simultaneous contrast, and optical mixture.  For color proportions, the different amounts of color used change the overall feeling of the piece.  Simultaneous contrast is when different color combinations cause colors to change when next to each other and in different amounts.  Optical mixture occurs when there are many spots of color variation an different colors.

Beginning of "How To"

Checkers!

Due to my computer having a bad habit of breaking down, I am still unfinished.  I am still throwing around ideas, and I'm open to any suggestions :).

Project Sketch

Gerd Antz and His Beginnings

Gerd Antz was a master at creating pictographs.  He created over 4,000 in his life time.  His pictographs created a bridge between different languages and the illiterate to the literate.  

They are simple and convey their point quickly.  His idea combined with Otto Neurth’s encouragement and support, they created a new movement together with ISOTYPE.  

With ISOTYPE, they were able to motivate the proliterate into emancipating from socialism in Vienna with their newly-found literacy and empowerment through Antz and Neurth’s pictographs.  His work is now referred to as infographics in today’s world.  

Modern Hieroglyphs

It may seem odd that there are modern hieroglyphs, but it is true.  We are so accustomed to them - we don’t realize that they exist in today’s world.  Signs such as the men and women’s bathroom signs come so naturally to us, it’s just an everyday sighting.  

Non-smoking signs is another good example of modern hieroglyphs.  We see them everywhere; they are used so often.  These are other signs we see, but normally in a computer lab, library, or even a store.  

A fun example of an usual hieroglyph, which isn’t really used in everyday life, but more as a moral reminder is shown in the image above.  The monkeys are a visual reminder of simple morals.