Evaluation of the D and AD brief.

Today, we had to come up with a concept for Internet Explorer to get people aged 18 to 25 to explore the internet more.
I have learnt that it is important to go through many stages in creating concepts and that you need to ome up with many ideas before you choose the one you're going with.
We done this activity to help us come up with ideas. That ability will come in handy in the future when I need to come up with several ideas for another project.
My work seemed like a good idea until it didn't really fit the design brief very well. It was a music player where you can share your music with people around the world to find new artists and songs, a good idea at first but it had to help people search different websites, not different artists.
The ideas had to fit a relation between the virtual world and the real world in a smooth and natural way. Mine didn't really fit the real life end apart from up coming artists can get publicity through this.

Interactive Media

http://www.zoomquilt.org/

http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html

http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/48492/

http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/33411/
 
http://www.harlem-13-gigapixels.com/
 

Scientific Images or Optical Illusions

This image is of straight lines with black and white boxes inside of them to fool the audience into thinking there is a lack of parallel lines.

This image is of black boxes spaced apart enough so there are black dots in the intersections where the audience is not looking.

This image gives the effect of a spiral. They are actually perfect circles.

This image makes the 2 faces of the shapes are different colours, they are actually the same colour.

This illusion makes it look like there is a blue and a green between the colours. The green and blue are actually the same colour.

Media, Advertising and Propaganda

Literal meaning: Obama is a snob
Abstract meaning: Obama isn't one of us and shouldn't be in power.


Literal meaning: Football players are strong and they don't cry over split skin.
Abstract meaning: Shed your skin and become as good as a footballer by wearing Nike.

Literal meaning: Brush your teeth with 'Formula' and your teeth become really strong.
Abstract meaning: Break the system when you brush with Formula.

Literal meaning: The kaiser is like King Kong.
Abstract meaning: Defeat a monster like King Kong when you join the army.

Literal meaning: Be quiet otherwise you will get killed or caught.
Abstract meaning: Open your mouth and you'll be stupid like a fish.

Literal meaning: Be quiet or a spy might hear.
Abstract meaning: America wants you to shut up.

Examples of Design

Artworks

Contents: A 'puzzle' woman shouting.
Hidden meaning: Shout out and break free.
Feeling: This artwork makes me feel inspired and I wish to express myself.

Contents: A humanlike being with a crown and wings. He is missing his legs.
Feeling: This artwork makes me feel disgusted, the artwork looks horrible and sinister.

Contents: A warrior with a bird sitting on top of his sword.
Feeling: This artwork makes me feel amazed, I like the genre and the style of the image.

Contents: An angel pushing some kind of statue is the middle of a wasteland.
Feeling: This artwork makes me feel sorry for the angel and hopeless because it seems that thing he is pushing isn't going anywhere.

Contents: A wild animal pouncing.
Feeling: This artwork makes me feel excited, using a pop culture reference I know the character is crazy and ferocious. I get the feeling that he is charging towards me for a fight and I'm getting ready for said fight.

Contents: A warrior standing with some kind of dragon behind him.
Feeling: This artwork makes me want to go on an adventure and become powerful and heroic than the character.

Urban Signs and Symbols

Content: A man digging.
Content: A warning sign of a child and mother.
Content: A blue woman with loads of random things around her. The woman looks very realistic with the highlights and the shading.
Content: A metallic thing with decals
Content: Somebodies tag (looks unfinished) The artist was going for a 3D realistic feel to this piece.
Content: Somebodies tag with an eye in the top middle.

Historical Images

Literal: This is a picture of an old street.


Literal: This is a picture of several nazi soldiers walking on a frozen lake with one of them falling over.

Literal: This is a picture of a group of soldiers bundled up with a mounted gun

Literal: This is a picture of a garrison of soldiers walking down a road.

Literal: This is a picture of a main road with carrages delivering supplies to the front line.