Essay #3

In this project, we had to choose a Visual Communication major, and present it in a certain style with information of What, When, Where and How. I decided to choose Art Therapy, and present it in a way of Modernism.

The way I chose to teach the audience, was to first make the main topic the biggest to try and get someone to want to read it if they're interested in this field. Another way I tried to catch an audience is the way I made titles to each piece of information I have on the poster. "Create"..."Help"..."For Children"...to try and get people to want to get closer and want to read more. I also made everything green, because it's a calm, and a nice color. I also put train tracks to kind of flow the information together.

Using the principles of emphasis, alignment, contrast, balance, flow and repetition; I chose the main topic to be mostly emphasized. The way I aligned things worked with the "rule of thirds." I also balanced the information throughout the poster, and made everything flow together.

Project #3

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What/When/Where/How

What visual communication occupation?
Art Therapy

What role does it play in society?
It helps people express themselves through their artwork, able to relax or take out their pain.

When did it become an actual career in society?
The 1940s

Where is it most prevalent?
Its mainly used for patients of Mental Health, General Illness, Cancer Diagnosis, Disaster Relief, and Bereaved Children.
But also used in schools for therapeutic tools for children with learning disabilities, speech and language disabilities, behavioral disorders, and other emotional disturbances.

How did it emerge in society?
A UK artist, Adrian Hill, was the first to use the term "Art Therapy." He had discovered the benefits of drawing and painting while recovering from tuberculosis.

Design Styles!

Art Nouveau:

-Very Elegant
-Mostly Flowery 
-Sexual
 
Bauhaus:

 -Blocky
-Shapey
-Design in Design

Constructivism:

-Powerful
-Strong 
-Straight Forward
 
Art Deco:

 -Symbols
-Slicey
-Alignment 

International Typographic Style:

 -Circular
-Curves the Text
-Shaping Text


Modernism:

-Colorful
-Shapey
-Structural  

Post-Modern Design:

 -Stylish
-Bright
- Colorful

Essay for Project #2

For this project we had to create a card to represent the Visual Communication Arts major at Broome Community College. Though we had to put more thought in it than a simple picture with words on it. We had to take our own pictures and pick ones that fit with with Visual Communications, or "VisCom." Then we had to arrange the information on the major, according to the grid, and ways of "emphasis, alignment, repetition, flow, contrast, and balance" like we did in Project #1. So i came up with the one with the hand on the laptop, to show how you will be working on the computer for a lot of these majors, and alligned VisCom within the hand, and the majors across the keyboard, with the small paragraph in small and big fonts to show more emphasis on some words. I also chose the one with the windmill, with the applied technology building in the backround. Made the majors stand tall with the pole of the windmill and made "VisCom" biggest to show emphasis on what the card represents.

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