Performance Art

I love Jack Johnson. His sounds are so smoothing and sultry that you can just melt into his music. This image is from one of his concerts and showcases him signing and playing the piano. I think I am just going to play some JJ now!

Genre Painting

I love animals, especially dogs. My dog Chewy is my best friend and I would do anything for him. This is why I chose this piece of genre painting because it depicts dogs so well. Half of them are sleeping while one is watching the bird hoping to catch it.

Cartoon

My favorite cartoon character is spongebob so i thought it was appropriate to showcase him. So much detail goes into creating hand drawn cartoons since they all need to look alike and be drawn over and over millions of times.

Cinema / Film Art

This is the movie poster for the new film "Hall Pass" that I want to see. It looks really funny and the story line looks decent. People forget how much artwork goes into producing a good movie poster that draws attention to the customer.

Commercial Art

This is an example of commercial art from the Rolling Stone magazine. It shows pop sensation Justin Bieber on the cover looking "tough" and not smiling. Everyone thinks he is a baby so this might be the message he is trying to get out.

NAACP

 

Since the NAACP awards are tonight i decided to post a picture of the trophy. The trophy is three dimensional and shows alot of emotion with the shirt off holding the world by the hands.

Andy Warhol

This week one of our art terms was artists signature. Andy Warhol was discussed because he has one of the most distinctive styles. It seems as though he likes to use bright hues but not shade them in all the way. He likes to also mix unusual colors together to create a distinctive image. 

Source - Google images - Andy Warhol

Absract Art

This image represents an abstract piece of artwork. I enjoy artwork that is abstract because I like the idea that you can look at the piece in many different ways and get a different representation each time. This piece looks like there is two clowns at a picnic, hanging outside.

Source: google images - abstract art. Was not able to find the painter of the piece.

Im down in TriBeca

As discussed in my earlier posts, i am deeply in love with the city. My dream is to finish college and move into the greatest city in the world and start my life. Tribeca is one of my favorite spots because I love the compactness of the buildings. There are not that many high risers and the sense of community is deeply shadowed.

Source: This photograph was actually taken from an article i read on yahoo discussing some of the best areas to live in the city.

Everyone loves Disney

This drawing is a representation of the new water slide that will be installed on the Disney Cruise Ship this upcoming summer. Its called the water duck and it actually takes you over the ship during its course of run. This is something that seems insanely crazy. It is also to important to note that the CGI image makes the picture look like it is an actual photograph, when in reality it is not.

Source: Google Images and Disney.com

Random Sculpture

Currently I am residing at the Hackensack Univerity Medical Center and I saw this statue when I first arrived. Although the brown color looks ugly in my opinion, it still caught my mind.

I think this biggest reason why I got intrigued looking at this photo is non traditional shapes of the mother and daughter. The faces more or less represent a shape of a horse and the arms tend to be longer and flatter than most humans. But this where in my opinion the beauty of the artwork lives. No matter what you look like, what you are going through your mother will always be there waiting for a big hug when needed.


Source: looking outside my hospital window and google images

Christmas lights and NYC

I love Christmas and no its not because of the gifts. I just find it interesting how there is a universal set of colors associated with this holiday. Red, green and white transcend onto street corners or any other printable material that can be sold.

This specific artwork can be found in NYC around rockfeller center. While most gaze at the overzealous tree, many forget about these gigantic light-bulbs. I love it because the scale of the shape and power-cord perfectly match the old school type bulbs my family used to rock in the 90's. The scale is in such great proportion that one might think its just a macro shot of the normal bulbs.


Art Wok found via google images

Hachi - A Man's Best Friend

The above picture is of a statue called “Hachi”. It is based on an old Chinese tale about a dog that would come to the train station and wait for his owner to come home from work every day. The story really gets to your heart when you find out the owner suffers a heart attack at work and never comes home one day. Hachi stays in the same spot for multiple years until he finally passes. It is the ultimate tale of man and his best friend.

In addition to the content that this sculpture educes on the viewer, we see that there is no color in this sculpture. This biomorphic sculpture draws emotion from the shoulders of the dog. You can tell, just like the story, that the dog is very firm and adamant about sitting there. Straight edges are not used in this sculpture but we see curving lines to create the 3D image of this statue.

Credit:

http://www.deaflion.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Hachiko-Statue.jpg

Taken by a random Japanese tourist at an undisclosed date and time.

Snooki Is ART!

 The above picture is my first blog entry for my art journal. It is of the infamous reality superstar – SNOOKI. She rose to fame from the hit show Jersey Shore. 

Jokes aside, we can actually see some couture line in this picture. The artist emphasizes the head of this female character. One of the reasons is for the fact that this character has a high forehead due to a “poof” hairstyle. 

The colors in this picture are in my opinion mostly pastel-ish. It seems that the artist uses neutral colors instead of bright blues and gold. I do like that there is emphasis on the gold hat and diamond sunglasses to show emotion. The intensity in the gold is drawing to the person who is viewing the image. The drafting in this image is very defining – almost giving Snooki a 3D perspective. 

Credit:

State of Fame: Snooki

By Lindsay Gibb

http://www.brokenpencil.com/news/view.php?id=780