Grid picture

Was thinking of doing something like this, still looking for one in color and also a finger picking it.

Flip Book

I drew a zippo lighter going up and lighting a cigarette on fire and the cigarette slowly burning out. I liked seeing everyone's different take on the assignment and I like how mine turned out. It was cool using an old book for the assignment and trying to overcome its obstacles of sticky pages and what not. Overall this project was a lot of fun but very time consuming and tedious. 

History of Chicago

The city of Chicago was founded in 1832, beginning with the arrival French explorers and fur traders sometime in the late 17th century.
With the cities great access to the great lakes and the Mississippi River basin, it grew rapidly until the fire in 1871.  
After the fire, Chicago still thrived with a growing population from 299,000 to 1.7 million in a span of only 30 years.
 
The Chicago Theatre opened on October 26th, 1921. It offered the best in live and film entertainment at its time for over 40 years.
During the World's fair in 1933 it was changed and modernized.
In the 1970's the theatre was becoming obsolete, because more people would rather see a movie in a more modern movie theater than the old Chicago theatre.
In 1986 the Chicago theatre was brought back to life with a 9 month, multi-million dollar renovation.
The theatre holds shows of many famous celebrities today as in Ellen DeGeneres, and Kelly Clarkson. It is completely outfitted with modern equipment, like advanced lighting and microphones and also speakers.

Opera and modern films

The coolest part about class with santiago was how we watched little samples of some movies I have seen that incorporated opera and Mise en scene. We watched the 5th element and the scene with the blue lady where Bruce Willis was watching her Opera. We also watched Bugs bunny and saw different aspects like character placements and depth and camera angles. Then coming back to real Operas it made it easier for me to see these different elements and also gave me a much deeper appreciation on how much Opera has impacted so many things I enjoy today, like movies and video games.

Opera to Fireworks

When the homework assignment was to watch a firework display, I had a hard time connecting that to opera at first. But then after last class period where I received a more in depth analysis of what it means to be an opera I saw the connection a lot more clearly. Opera being way over the top and dramatic and based upon exaggeration can be seen with spending 20 million dollars on a 15 minute firework display.  

Art 211

Hello my name is Zach Sprague. I am currently 19 years old and a sophomore at UT. I also swim for the university. My first thoughts and feelings for this are that of excitement and anticipation for each new class. After the first session I know that we will be looking at art at a much deeper level than I'm used to. I can't wait to see where this class takes me on an intellectual level when dealing with different forms of art.  

Brochure, Business card, and Letterhead Final

For the back side of the Brochure, I put Kratos from the God of War series to further narrate my comic like Brochure. I used a screenshot from one of his games to use as his background. The next panel is used as the mailer, and I just made up the address and put my logo above it. The next panel is the cover of the Brochure, and I just simply put the logo there and enlarged it to fit the entire front, kind of like a book cover. The inside of the Brochure is designed to look a lot like a comic with characters Master Chief and Solid Snake. Similar to Kratos, I used screenshots from both of their games to give them a nice background. Each character as you can read talks about the different aspects of my gaming console. They each use a different dialogue that pertains to their respective games, giving it a more gamer feel. The last panel gives information about pricing for the different options on the game console. I used a glossy silver to make the letters feel shiny and stand out against the stark black background. I then placed my logo underneath the pricing to further drive home the image in readers heads. I used a black background with a silver border to tie the Brochure in with the letterhead and business card. I really like how when first looking at the Brochure it is pretty basic and then you open it and boom, its an informative comic.

For the business card I started off placing the logo in the middle and and having a black bar underneath it. I then put a support number and website underneath all that on opposite sides. I decided with the new logo I should change the business card to black and changes the color of the font for the phone number and website to light blue to match the border around the logo Sync. The back side shows off the geometric part of the logo with my name and my email in the middle.

The letterhead was the easiest of them all. I started off putting the logo in the top center and put some black bars around it with some information beneath it, separated out by the geometric design. At the bottom of it, I placed my name in the lower left had side with the logo on the lower right with another black bar beneath that. I used the black bars to tie into all the black used in the other pieces.

Snake - http://www.google.com/imgres?q=solid+snake&num=10&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1233&bih=533&tbm=isch&tbnid=9ph1h2RD6qEM_M:&imgrefurl=http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/File:Solid_Snake_(GOTP).JPG&docid=Pp1kezx1kIP3EM&imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/metalgear/images/7/76/Solid_Snake_(GOTP).JPG&w=697&h=1580&ei=XFPFUOKnDZSK9AS_sIHYDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=577&vpy=84&dur=1018&hovh=338&hovw=149&tx=66&ty=167&sig=105221769343320673068&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=65&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:170

Master Chief - http://www.google.com/imgres?q=master+chief&num=10&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1233&bih=533&tbm=isch&tbnid=bOVlinFDuY3AoM:&imgrefurl=http://fanon.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Chief_(Smash_Wars)&docid=HG_VZl5qQNTWtM&imgurl=http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100313140004/fanon/images/a/a1/Master_Chief_Halo_3.jpg&w=650&h=950&ei=jVPFUNWJD4X88gSD_4HIBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1008&vpy=128&dur=444&hovh=272&hovw=186&tx=136&ty=150&sig=105221769343320673068&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=99&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:173

Kratos - http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kratos&start=42&num=10&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1233&bih=533&tbm=isch&tbnid=-uiWj6O9_f0zJM:&imgrefurl=http://ca5per.deviantart.com/art/Kratos-color-327521595&docid=J_JQjOLuNR-hjM&imgurl=http://www.deviantart.com/download/327521595/kratos_color_by_ca5per-d5ezxa3.jpg&w=533&h=800&ei=vVPFUIqwEYn49QSZioGYAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=4&vpy=67&dur=2593&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=68&ty=137&sig=105221769343320673068&sqi=2&page=3&tbnh=154&tbnw=110&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:42,s:0,i:70

Solid Snake Background - http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS493US513&biw=1482&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbnid=SNcHikAlqqyk1M:&imgrefurl=http://www.rotpod.net/rotpod/category/new-xbox-experience/&docid=6lvuLL6LT3r0hM&imgurl=http://www.rotpod.net/rotpod/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots-20070823044426421.jpg&w=1200&h=675&ei=3A3GUNemCOXS2gXl24GoBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=212&vpy=140&dur=818&hovh=168&hovw=300&tx=205&ty=79&sig=117762224512961933972&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=223&start=0&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:87

Kratos Background - http://www.google.com/imgres?start=0&num=10&um=1&hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS493US513&biw=1482&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbnid=kNxMTIbUL6F05M:&imgrefurl=http://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php%3Fi%3D115390&docid=Ow4nFh5y6w3oZM&imgurl=http://images2.alphacoders.com/115/115390.jpg&w=2560&h=1600&ei=fQ7GUI2YKuSa2AXQ4ICoCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=555&vpy=593&dur=382&hovh=142&hovw=222&tx=145&ty=130&sig=117762224512961933972&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=142&tbnw=221&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:23,s:0,i:13

Halo Background - http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS493US513&biw=1482&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbnid=0XrOHIdVYxb6JM:&imgrefurl=http://www.wallpowper.com/halo-4-xbox-community-news-and-much-more-click-here-117766.html&docid=o-nMbpDo0NMuvM&imgurl=http://www.wallpowper.com/wallpaper/2012/11/06/halo-4-xbox-community-news-and-much-more-click-here.jpg&w=1920&h=1080&ei=JA_GUILHO-fk2wX_-4CgCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=485&vpy=476&dur=1528&hovh=168&hovw=300&tx=151&ty=87&sig=117762224512961933972&page=3&tbnh=135&tbnw=241&start=66&ndsp=36&ved=1t:429,r:98,s:0,i:449