The Mayans Are WRONG! So Relieved That We're STILL ALIVE After 12/21/2012!

As of today, 2 days since the predicted date of the Mayans' so-called "End of the World" event, most of the entire population on this very planet STILL LIVE! No earthquakes or tectonic plate-shifting, no giant tsunamis, and no volcanic eruptions or giant meteors were ever present! It's a good thing that 2012, a 2009 blockbuster disaster film by ID4 Roland Emmerich, did not end up as being a "true story"! Or else we might've been completely stuck listening to those silly superstitions about facing the catastrophic armageddon!
Sorry, Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson)! I guess YOU WERE WRONG! Just like what the Mayans think!

Blog 08 Assignment

One of the most interesting things I learned about digital art, is that it takes a little practice and experience to get used to the kind of program that uses the digital art techniques to create a perfect artwork project. There are a few things that I have not yet experienced in digital art when I took this class; such as when I have never used Adobe After Effects, which is a more helpful program in editing the videos. Digital art is the most creative thing for me to do, which will help me accomplish my art skills. I also learned that there are many artists who also use the digital art programs for their own creative works. For example, Ron Borresen was an illustrator who knows how to use Painter and Photoshop to create the uniquely drawn cartoon characters.
I believe that I will continue to work with digital art. It all depends on if I am advised to create something that requires some visually and realistic details to impress those who knew much about the Adobe application programs. As much as I am very skilled in handling the computer art stuff, I might sometimes find it as a hard-working process which usually takes the amount of time to get it completely done prior to the confirmed deadlines. Just like how it is very difficult for me to render a video completely and check to see how much data storage there is for a rendered video to fit in any folder or random location of the desktop.
Photoshop is pretty much my favorite program I use this semester. I have been using Photoshop many times since I took a computer class in my summer school, and I had never gotten tired of using it. It never takes a very long time for me to get my assignment work completed like After Effects, which is takes a longer process for the videos to get loaded up. I find that photo-editing program as a "fun way" for me to play with the art tools to alter the details or make up something from what I imagined. In fact, I wouldn't have to worry about creating digital comics on Illustrator based on the amount of details, the way the storyline is handled, and the how much time the process will take; just as long as I work with a program that is much easier for my artistic skills and will not worn me out.

Blog 07 Assignment

The art student I have interviewed is Meghan Connell from my Computer Graphics I & II class, whom we both shared during my current semester. Even though I never met her or know her that often, I was proud to meet someone who is a bit friendly than the others I have known. Her art-working process appears to be going quite well for her lately since the first time I came to Ms. Jocelyn Sowa's class. From the looks of it, she seems to be an excellent artist and very skilled in handling the art tools on the computer. According to Meghan, she likes to draw animals with her amazing art sketching style.
Based on what I have learned, her major art concept is to make animals in the form of a sketch drawing. The reason Meghan is into making animal drawings, is because she discovered the animal pictures upon researching through the images via Bing. Details of the animals are probably why Meghan is inspired to draw them. Using pencil and paper allows her to sketch the details of every animal. She is well-precised with the creatures' designs, as well as knowing how they need to be drawn.
Not only does she drew them with just a single pencil, she can also draw the animals with the writing tablet which works with computers. Aside from that, Meghan can also use acrylic painting to make luscious colors for the animals. If she can use painting, then she must be pretty good at creating the texture of every animal she would find interesting for this subject. So therefore, Meghan is an excellent artist with her drawing and painting skills from what she told me during the interview. And best of all, she looked like she was an "animal lover" after she viewed them on the internet pictures which became her art style.

My Favorite Summer Movies of 2012

My Top 10 favorite movies of Summer 2012:

1. The Dark Knight Rises - 87% (CinemaScore: A)
2. Marvel's The Avengers - 92% (CinemaScore: A+)
3. The Amazing Spider-Man - 72% (CinemaScore: A-)
4. Brave - 79% (CinemaScore: A)
5. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - 79% (CinemaScore: A)
6. Battleship - 34% (CinemaScore: B)
7. Snow White and the Huntsman - 48% (CinemaScore: B)
8. Men in Black 3 - 67% (CinemaScore: B+)
9. The Expendables 2 - 66% (CinemaScore: A-)
10. ParaNorman - 87% (CinemaScore: B+)


Note: These percentages indicate how positive the critical reviews are, according to rottentomatoes.com. To learn more about CinemaScore, enter http://www.cinemascore.com/.

Blog 06 Assignment

This is my photo-montage of what I did outside of NOVA (as I have fall semester classes on Monday, Thursday, and Friday) on Tuesday, November 6th (Election Day).

Blog 05 Assignment

My art theme is mostly about creativity. The ideas about my own theme includes something that comes into my mind when trying to achieve potential success. The type of art media I use is usually computer graphics. I can bring a piece of work "come to life" with the amount of animation and regulated art tools for better use via computer. Painting is another type of art media for my artistic theme to create my valuable artwork.
For my computer skills, I have a style in animating the cartoon characters and managing the storyline depending on the amount of work I would handle. Due to my experience with the computer art programs since summer school, I know how to use them and create my own works based on my creative ideas. Say that I would make an animation sequence of a chicken walking and talking with the duck using Adobe Flash, which allows me to create the number of frames to help motivate the actions of the characters and the background scenes. Sometimes, I would decide how the story would go before knowing if it will work out for what I pictured. This is an example that I have an amazing way of using my imagination to create my very own art.
Besides computer graphics, I will use my color painting skills to paint whatever kind of art I like to make. In my eyes, the colors represent that they are the key to balance out the painting skills and brilliant ideas to create anything I can imagine. In terms of thinking about what I want to make in order to follow my theme, I could paint the details of my own art drawing with the colors in the pattern of a color wheel. Namely, if I use like the color blue for the beautiful clouds in the sky, I will use the corresponding colors of the color family for my selected color to greatly develop a unique painting in a creative routine. Both of these two art media techniques are what I need for my theme on creativity which requires using what I imagine to successfully develop my art skills.

Blog 04 Assignment

http://www.laartshow.com/print-fair


The Print Fair is being held at the LA Convention Center in the southern part of downtown Los Angeles. It is one of the longest running print fairs in the United States, which brings together art dealers who are members of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA). The IFPDA is an organization of expert dealers dedicated to promote the meaning of printmaking. This technique is a medium of artistic expression and has been used in over 500 years. The Print Fair presents an ideal opportunity to review the works of higher quality and authenticity of many important artists.
The works at the Print Fair are both original or fine prints. An original print is created by an artist to be a work of art in its own right other than a copy of pre-existing drawings/paintings. Visitors can expect to see some engravings, etchings, and lithographs made by artists from Durer and Whistler to Diebenkorn and Ruscha. This makes the Print Fair a bridge gap between historical and traditional, modern, and contemporary art. This event will occur from January 23rd through the 27th in 2013.

Blog 03 Assignment

The Mona Lisa painting, by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, is the most spectacular artwork I have ever seen. I love how realistic the details were in each part of the paint drawing. This woman smiling, is pretty much the most memorable detail in worldwide history. Just imagine how anyone besides Leonardo da Vinci can create these kind of details. It's too bad I wasn't able to get a photo picture taken back in the Lourve Museum at least 6 years ago.

But I didn't think that Mona Lisa has a wedding ring which makes her a "virtuous woman and faithful wife" before Leonardo decided to not show the ring in either of her hands. Who would have thought that Mona Lisa is actually married to the famous painter like Leonardo da Vinci!? And it's interesting that the actual name for Mona Lisa is "Lisa del Giocondo," who is a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany in Italy. I think Lisa did an amazing job acting as the model for Leonardo. Especially when the colors in this painting are visually beautiful. This is why I consider this my favorite work of Leonardo da Vinci.

The Last Supper painting is very detailed, as well as the amazing colors. It is truly a religious artwork masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. Although it seems kind of sad about why it is called the "last supper," since it represents Jesus Christ's final meal prior to his crucifixion. But I cannot say how pleased I am with the amount of hard work Leonardo has done. It's no wonder that I would always pray each time I had breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

That seems kind of awful that since the 1970s, the painting's details used to be completely ruined and deteriorate in a bad way before going through a difficult process of restoration. I hope this is not one of the reasons why the restored details of the Last Supper used to be considered "controversial." But since this painting is now finally fixed in 1999, thanks to Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, I think this is perfect just the way as it is, regardless of what others say about these "so-called improvements." And, wow! That must've taken a REALLY long time to get this painting fixed correctly! If the restoration process didn't happen, then I would have liked the older version better!

Leonardo da Vinci has done it again, as usual! I love the beautiful details this Leda and the Swan painting has all over it! Surprising how the naked human children look like they were hatching from the eggs, as if the swan is could have been their mother instead of Leda. The skies and the lake are the background parts I like in this painting. The way that Leda is drawn, I love how realistic her details look.
Interesting that the names of the four children hatching from Leda's eggs are Helen of Troy, Castor, Clytemnestra, and Pollux. The first two are fathered by the Olympian God of Thunder, Zeus, while the latter are both fathered by Spartan king Tyndareus. But who would've thought that the swan "seducing" Leda is none other than Zeus himself! It's too bad that this painting is said to be "destroyed" since the 1500s. If only we got the chance to see this original copy by Leonardo before it was lost forever.

Blog 02 Assignment

This is my very own 6-panel comic book strip back in summer 2007. It is called "Adam's Fruitful Adventure." It was done by colored pencils after I used a pencil to draw the designs before using a black pen to trace over them to help make the details stand out perfectly. I made this as an art project for my cartooning teacher at IFTA (Institute for the Arts), Chris Klinke. This comic strip has a very funny ending despite the scene transition being a little "abrupt," which satisfied Mr. Klinke and my parents as well.

Thanks to my excellent drawing skills, I was able to make a perfect sketch of 3 cans, 1 rubix cube, and 1 big Honeydukes jellybeans glass jar that my family and I got from the Universal Studios' The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. I made this sketch drawing out of a number of graphite pencils, with some messy details edited for better realism. It was made as a drawing assignment for Prof. Rebecca Freeman's Art 121 class during my 1st semester at NOVA Loudon Campus last year. It took me at least an hour or two to draw these items in all 5 sketches as told by my drawing teacher. Sure was a bit of hard work, but at least I drew them in an amazing way.

This is my collaborative painting done by me and the other two students, Tori and Andrew Smith. It is our very last art project during the final week of Dr. Joan Giampa's art design class in my summer semester. If not for those two siblings, I would have gotten to work on these details at a time by working on the painting of two people walking along the hills back at my house, while Tori & Andrew work on the other two pictures before coming to class. It is amazing how 3 of the paintings were all pieced together like it was puzzle. These pictures all share a major theme of calm and peaceful nature, as well as sharing the same 6 primary colors in the blue-green color family.

My Very First Blog Post!

Hi! This is my first time creating my own blog site! Courtesy of Ms. Jocelyn Sowa of Computer Graphics 1 & 2 at NOVA for this year's fall semester!