Illustrator Assignment #1

Photoshop Assignment

My concept for this project was to depict a scene of imagination. The people in the library are imagining that they are really on the beach, rather than in the library. With Spring Break approaching, there is the want to go somewhere fun, warm, and most importantly somewhere that isn't school. The boy reading the book is trying to ignore the fact that he would much rather be on the beach than studying. On the other hand, the boy sitting on the table is completely ignoring the purpose of being in the library which is to study. He is waving to the person who is on the beach. The boy on the beach is doing a good job of distracting the boy sitting on the table from studying.

Introduction/Chapter 1/Chapter 2

Notes

• Christiane Paul uses her book to explain how a computer can be used to create digital art.
• Mediums are explained.
• Using a computer will make it easier to combine the mediums.
• The key components in a digital medium are interactivity and customizability
• Digital art can express itself in many ways = Mediums.
• Mediums covered in chapter two: Installations (with or without network component, software (written by an artist; artistic code), and internet-based art.
• Interactivity (for digital art) - is defined in terms that are specific to the subject.
• Participatory - meaning that art is created by user input and commands.
• Digital art changes with data/ input flow.
• Digital art is composed of two types of components = 1. Back end code. 2. Visual user interface.
• Digital Interface - anything from the buttons helping you navigate the internet, or the dials on the television set.
• Chapter two is all about realizing a virtual reality.
• Softwares used = Flash, and Director. (Used for making videos).
• HTML is the format used for making digital art pieces.