The "____" is a lie!!!

"Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth." ~Picasso

   I chose to do the early modern era for this blog because of the variety of different styles that were going on and I couldn't choose any one of them. I particularly like the cubist style, mostly because they can create something that is so abstract yet inside lies something that is very hard to distinguish. I think this quote from Pablo Picasso rings very true to his art form. One must peel back the lies of an art piece to discover its truth, just like an orange. 

   So I tried to make this kind of Dadaist because the cubist style was also so abstract. Unfortunately I didn't save when I was about to finish it so this didn't turn out as I originally planned it to. I noticed in the Dadaist movement their words didn't really match up and were kind of strewn around randomly.  I tried to keep to that but still make it readable.

Illuminating Nature

    This week we had to design a poster for an eco friendly light bulb following the styles of William Morris and Peter Behren. This poster is based off the flowery and decorative motifs and the clean naturalness of Peter Behren. My poster follows this with the leaf design throughout and the bubble "light" coming from the light bulb. I wanted it to look like the light bulb was illuminating a forest or something without ruining the beauty of nature. I didn't have room in my little sketchbook to put the words I wanted to so I'm just letting the picture talk for itself.

Thanks for looking,

Melanie

Victorian Era

   This is a very good example of Victorian era  artwork. Just look at all those patterns in the background there! Specifically what drew me to this was the use of the harmony with the blues and greens and the repeating background pattern. The Typography is very elegant as well, maybe a little less Victorian but it really helps to bring everything together. I also think the white spaces really bring some nice breathing room to the noise. That logos really nifty too.

 

   This is from the same person. I really like how he can bring in that antique feeling and make it work for now a days too. again the background is really nicely coloured and the faint writing is a neat element that helps to draw interest. The only thing about this one I would change is where the logo is he has placed a texture and I think it gets rid of that nice breathing room the first one brought.

I recommend you go to some of his sites, they have some really good examples.

• http://www.imoments.org
• http://www.harmonie-interieure.com/
• http://www.graphic-exchange.com/home.html
• http://www.fabienbarral.com/

   This is my mock Victorian logo for Starbucks. I chose to keep to the same feel of the original but add flourishes on the border and on the lettering have serifs and fancy capitals. I also wanted to draw the mermaid more romanticized, I kind of failed at that but I tried. I was going to add banners to the type but I ran out of room on the page. If I had coloured it I would have made the ring green and the background with a pattern. It was hard drawing those letters by hand and I am quite proud of them. even though they're not straight.

Cheers,

Melanie