Culture Jammer

1. What do you like?
I like the colours. I also like how I was able to get the Disney font for my slogans. I like how that boy sort of blends with the background. I like Tinkerbell she's pretty sweet. I like overall how I reflected that Disney uses swaetshops.

2.What don't you like?
I don't like that I even picked Disney because they have nothing for advertising posters. I don't like that it doesn't look like a poster. I dislike how I went out with this assignment at all and kinda want to start over with a different idea but I'm so stuck on sweatshops at the moment.

3. What is the main message?
I kind of just wanted to reveal that Disney uses sweat shops. So the main message would be even the companies that portray happiness and fairy tale endings torment and use people in order to make a significant amount of money for themselves. Their sweatshops are some of the worst ones where people make 50 cents less than they need a day. Disney won't up the wages 50 cents so these people can just get by with just enough money for food.

Spoof Ads

1.What company does the advertisement represent?
Nike

2.What product is being advertised?
Sneakers

3.What imagery is shown to subvert?
A girl holding a bear.
4.What message/text is used?
The text tells the viewers what people go through to make those sneakers.
5.What are the elements and principles of design used to convey a message?
The important parts of the text are larger.

6.Who is the target audience of the advertisement?
The viewers and the people that don't know how Nike works.

7.Does the ad jam convey a clear and successful message?
Yes I do believe so.
8.How could the ad jam be improved?
Convey more of the unethical ways Nike works. Show the people what they go through.

1. What company does the advertisement represent/subvert?
Mcdonalds

2. What kind of product(s) is being advertised?
All Mcdonalds products are greasy.

3. What imagery is used in the advertisement to subvert?
Ronald Mcdonald with his mouth taped shut.
4.What message (text, copy) is used in the advertisement?
Grease. Everything Mcdonalds is grease.
5. How are the elements and principles of design used to convey a message?
Used the 'M' of Mcdonalds as the 'E' in grease.
6. Who is the target audience of the advertisement?
Young people maybe. Or parents.

7. Does the ad jam convey a clear and successful message?
I think it does.
8. How could the ad jam be improved?

Be more clear sure there's grease but why should we care?

1. What company does the advertisement represent/subvert?
Calvin Klien
2. What kind of product(s) is being advertised?
Cologne
3. What imagery is used in the advertisement to subvert?
A hairy not so fit man instead of the usual very attractive body.
4. What message (text, copy) is used in the advertisement?
It changed Eternity to Reality.
5. How are the elements and principles of design used to convey a message?
Darks and Lights.
6. Who is the target audience of the advertisement?
Men
7. Doe the ad jam convey a clear and successful message?
Not really. If you don't know about mens cologne you basically don't get it.
8. How could the ad jam be improved?
Be more specific.

1. What company does the advertisement represent/subvert?
Mcdonalds
2. What kind of product(s) is being advertised?
The Big Mac
3. What imagery is used in the advertisement to subvert?
A heart rate moniter with the Mcdonalds 'M'.
4. What message (text, copy) is used in the advertisement?
Big Mac Attack referring to a heart attack.
5. How are the elements and principles of design used to convey a message?
The 'M". And doctors doing surgery.
6. Who is the target audience of the advertisement?
People who eat at Mcdonalds.
7. Doe the ad jam convey a clear and successful message?
Yes

8. How could the ad jam be improved?
Could make the text look more like it belongs there.

3D Poster

1. What do you like most?
I liked the way I am getting used to using brushes. It is rather exciting isn't it? Once again I like that I was able to bring the image into a circle without too much hassle and thinking. I like how cute puppies are. I obviously love my art and my awesome slogan that I came up with all on my own. I also like how I incorporated my puppy in the background you can barely see her but makes it a bit more personal I guess.

2. What do you dislike?
I don't like how in all my art pieces have the main focus on the right hand side. I noticed this I may try some more variation in future pieces. I don't realy like how my cat turned out on the left I feel like it's a bit too dark and doesn't really show any detail. I tried to put blue behind it to make it pop out more it worked a little bit I guess. Over all I actually didn't mind this project at all and like the way it turned out. Did you read that?! I liked it!!! :O

3. What is the overall message?
That animal cruelty is evil. I really wanted to show the severity of it but a poster wouldn't really be very appealing for the worst of it. I'll leave that stuff for the commercials. So I kept it safe just showing a starving dog and a ill looking cat. I added the cute puppy because no one can resist cuteness and he's got a little bit of a sad face going on. The chain ties all of it together showing how animals are trapped where they are because they don't have a chance they can't speak for themselves. The only way they can is by being violent and that just gets them in more trouble because they get cast away, given up on and euthanized.

3D Poster

I am going to make an animal rights 3D poster. This will be shown with animal cruelty, animals can't speak for themselves so someone else has to. I obviously need to add the cute factor of a puppy so people aren't just grossed out but they feel bad too. Even though I don't like cats they get neglected too so I might put some of them on my poster. I might have some words like "Be a Voice" or "Be'ware' of abuse" or "They live here too".

3D Warm up

The Spirit of Endurance

1. How does the image show the Spirit of Endurance?
The background of the image shows what the boy at the front endures. There are images of torture and starvation. My main focus and idea was the blood diamond so I did include a diamond. Children and people in general struggle to live in third world countries. They starve and have many issues within causing civil wars. Blood Diamonds have been an issue, where people get tortured into slaving for diamonds and if they disobey in any way they can get killed, and many cases have their hands cut off so they can't try to steal the diamonds. Children get taken away from their families and trained to shoot guns and kill. Yet when you see these people they are still grateful and happy to have eachother.

2. What aspect of the image do you find most successful?
I think I finally succeeded in making it go around so your eye doesn't stop. I love the way it worked out that the boys head and body made a nice curve to start with and build from. I found a way to make everything connect and not just sit in the middle of no where. I think I succeeded in showing my theme and love how I started using brushes to connect and not always trying to find random images to fill and bring things together.

3. What aspect of the image do you find least successful?
Once again its dark and I don't really involve many colours. I didn't really show the boy enduring the torture and such things. I kind of just put them there and I'm not really telling a story. I guess I wanted to show that even though they look happy thats what is always at the back of their mind. I wish I could find a way to brighten up my art I always seem to make it dark. I guess in this case it's not that bad I mean torture is a pretty dark subject and I managed to keep the boy nice and bright.

How will I show the Spirit of Endurance?

How will I show the Spirit of Endurance?

At first I was thinking about a swamp and wildlife's endurance with pollution. Then I thought more about people's endurance. I instantly thought of places in Africa with blood diamonds and civil war. I thought about the torture and starvation. I thought about how through all of it somehow those family's still find a way to live and be happy. They never seem to give up. They remain thankful and still believe. So my design, my main focus will be a smiling child or family. In the back will be images of torture, pain, starvation and suffering. It will represent the past as well as the present for the child. It will mostly be black and white with punches of colour to bring focus to certain parts as well as to move the viewers eye around.