The Making of Assassin's Creed trailer

http://www.creativebloq.com/animation/assassins-creed-iv-11135168

 A very interesting article about the making of the new upcoming game franchise Assassin's Creed IV. I found it interesting in terms of design and animation and the long and complex process. Also interesting were the artistic processes and the number of different programs used for animating the game. Different programs were used for animating different materials and mark makings . Pro-work with a huge expectation.

Illustration by Olivier Kugler

I've chosen this work because I really like how the captions a real life authentic situations and people. He does this through his journeys for example this is for the XXI magazine. He traveled through Iran following a long truck journey across the country. Whilst traveling he takes tons of reference photos with small camera but also makes many notes and very rough sketches. The images are often created when he returns back to London . The artist starts a layout and composition though all his photos and uses them as reference to draw from. The pieces are originally hand drawn and later scanned it and digitally inked.I find this way of working very handy and inspiring as all  of his work is based on personal experience.

Illustration by Nomad Bar

I really liked this illustration especially because of the multiple imagery it. It's this artists trademark to have a silhouettes in solid color blocks. In particular this picture creates an image of Jesus. However its build on two hand raising a figure's arms up just like for crucifixion standing on some sort of bridge shape. All these under images are related to the character and the whole picture effect. It's a very convenient and clever way of working. I'd say that the ideology and design re very thought through. Especially the eyes created from hands  which are a reference to a religious painting by Michelangelo - The Creation of Adam. Also the crucifix cross figure which obviously represents Jesus's crucifixion but could also relate to the massive statue of Jesus in Rio De Janairo

Understanding 2D and Visual Communication

The 4 disciplines within 2D are Illustration, Textiles, Graphic Design and Animation.

Illustration

 I think that Illustration has the broadest and widest range as it's used everywhere. We can see illustrations in children's books to start with how ever they are a lot more complex in other backgrounds as character designs for film games toys etc... I think that Illustration is a key element to anything art related, whether it's 2D or 3D.

Textiles

I think that textiles is anything fabric material based used in creative industries. Obviously it is the life and soul of fashion that's a massive part of our lives. However textiles doesn't always have to be in 3D form as it can be used in art with overlaying different materials to create colleague paintings. Canvas is a textile material that is the most important thing for painters. I think that textiles and fashion differ in the sense that in textiles people are more encouraged to work onto the fabrics with painting and printing where as fashion is more about putting the textiles together in order to create a piece of clothing.

Graphic Design

Just as textiles and fashion graphic design is also in our everyday life without us even realizing it. From packaging to logo's , posters, billboards , magazines and books and much more. Graphic Design is really broad just probably because it undertakes a lot of different disciplines as it could involve a little bit of textile but most definitely illustration. It plays a huge roles in today's society and is also dependent on technology. The better the technology the more amazing effects we are able to achieve with programs like Photoshop or others. Graphic Design has became very important  part of modern business and its success depends on it.

Animation

From all the disciplines I find this one the most interesting as it creates an illusion of life. Animation is one to hand with illustration and graphic design in order to create composition and frames of pictures with narrative. Good drawing skills and computer skills are often required while making animations. I was making animations myself in my free time in the past using the Macromedia Flash program and I really enjoyed it. Especially because it allowed my creative visions become visually real.

Articulate

This is my response to a task we carried out in the week of 3D-section. The task was consitant of recievieving a word and create a work relevant to the particular word. My word was "Articulate" and I created this work as my response that word. I was mainly focused on  articulations, the movement of lips and shapes they create while pronauncing specific letters. In addition I also combined it with the technical element of having joins or joint segments creating some sort of a chain. This would relate to the ability to speak fluently and coherently as in this work each segment symbolises a lip in a specific mouth shape. These mouth shapes represent letters based on observation and researcher of the mouth movement. They are all joined together in order to created a spelling of a word, the word I was given, articulate. Also it is arranged in a systematic order so it reads from top to bottom with segments under each other and from left to right with segments next to each other.

This work was created with processes of cutting, creasing and scoring paper with a little use of staples to create and maintain the shapes. The segments were joined together with stitches.

Conecting Tubes

'Co-existance' by Jakub Bachna

This piece of work is created by me as my personal response to Tony Cragg's and David Nash's work.
Their pieces had a powerful themes of biological and environmental relationships but also matters of metamorphosis and evolution. In that response I created this spiral of stainless steel objects stacked onto each other to represent the viscious circle of existance. I made this spire to represent the human genetical code DNA, our reason for existance. I chose the steel material because it's a natural ore taken from the earth and manufactured in order to create this man-made shape which will eventually become a part of the Earth again. Just like the continuous flux in Tony Cragg's work in which all mater co-exists together. It's almost a metaphore for Life and Death because one's DNA will return back to the Earth at the end of ones life. My abstract steel DNA is supposed to represent this co-existance as it is an artificial object created by organic forms to represent their main particle of life form. However when the time comes... all of this this will be a part of something else somewhere else. 

 
Ash Dome by David Nash.

I have chosen this remarkable piece of work by David Nash because of the powerful relationship between mankind and nature. Ash Dome is a ring of ash trees planted in 1977 and trained to form a domed shape. I love this work and I think it's exquisite because it's alive. It's a growing piece of lifetime work which location is held secret in order to protect it. I can't help it but see it as very spiritual way of working when a human being has such a connection with nature in terms of  peaceful co-existance.  This work displays an eco-friendly effect of humans on the environment where insted of something being destroyed in order to be manipulated this is created and guided while evolving.

 

Stack by Tony Cragg.

I chose this work by Tony Cragg because it differes from his previous organic sculptures like 'Bent of Mind' and 'I'm Alive'. Stack is a cube consistant of multiple found objects and materials tightly stacked together to create this geometrical shape. Where as Cragg's previous work was more conceptually based on the biological relationships. This work differs in being more geologycal and archeological. The way that Cragg stacked wood in mostly horizantal lines combined with other metal and concrete like objects creates an imigery of Earth's geological layers. I really liked the idea of relationships in terms of human impact on our natural world. Is Cragg trying to say that we are polluting the world ? Or is he trying to say that natural world is becoming more and more man made?

Bent of Mind by Tony Cragg

Another interesting work by Tony Cragg. Bend of Mind cought my attention by its bizare shape and form. It wasn't untill later on that I have noticed the facial profiles emerging and disappearing as one walks around them. I admire the way that artists utilizes all sorts of different materials like from wood to different metals. This sculpture is made out of bronze and is build on circular and elliptical shapes. When considering Craggs scientific background, in my opinion this piece represent some sort of evolutional process of human being. When the faces are emerging and disappearing as one walks around it gives an impression of some sort of symbiosis or metamorphosis. It's almost like a spinning DNA however insted of DNA spinning its self we have to do the spinning by walking around it. This works seems to be extremely complex and with endless possibilities and meanings. Brilliant masterpiece!  

I'm Alive by Tony Cragg.

Tony Cragg is one of the leading british sculptors of our time. His piece 'I'm Alive' has cought my attention due to its serpent shape and high reflectivity giving it a very fluid effect. Being familiar with Tony Craggs history helped me with my understanding of this piece. Knowing that Cragg worked as a technician in biochemistry laboratory makes it clearer how his scientific and technological background possibly influenced his work. As we can see his piece is dealing with a continuous flux in which all matter exists. Just like it is in the biochemistry. This happens in this piece if we follow the serpent shape from start to finish we then follow the distorted reflections on the surface of the piece. The continuous flux in which all matter exists together as I said earlier. What this piece represent is self explenatory from its tittle 'I'm Alive' and his scientific background. In another words, it represents a sperm cell made from stainless steel.

 Julie Mehretu - Empirical construction, Istanbul

What I really like about Julie Mehretu's work is her technique of layering multiple media. When the artist overlays the canvas with paint thats later overlayed with mark-makings with pen, pencils possibly ink. The markings give an impresion of a chaotic energy within the picture. There is a powerful element of architectural planning in this work that creates a abstract urban structure to it. Also I really like the strong architectural rendering of various shapes and lines in different colours giving it the right sense of urban movement , landscape perspective and the urban colour spectrum.

  Les Amants by Rebecca Horn

I chose this artists work because I have been intrigued by the way the paint was sprayed on to the wall. It looks very drastic in the middle but gets more gentle around the edges. This work 'Les Amants' is a machine constructed of two glass funnels, ink , wine and some sort of a motor that sprays the liquids. Les Amants translates from french to english as 'lovers'. Knowing this, my understanding of this work has grown as I begin to see expressiveness of tension and passion just like in lovers and relationships. In my eyes the spray lines gathered close in the center of the image could be a representation of the argument or a passionate sexual subject. However I can't stop thinking about the possibility whether the artist has designed the machine to create the strokes this very way or whether the machine created this piece in a lucky accident way.

Hanging Fire by Cornelia Parker

When looking at this piece, one word emrges over and over again... Order. While looking at all the pieces being preciselly elevated on wires hanging from the ceiling this piece creates a illusion of no gravity. This piece posseses sharp uneven shapes and chaotic characteristics however the impact of it is tottally diverse thanks to the organisation and order. If thi piece would be on floor it would look rather messy and chaotic on the other hand while elevated it appears clean and harmonized.

  
Art work by the artist Sarah Sze.

This is an interesting eye cathing piece of work from Sarah Sze. I really like this work as it evoked some childhood memories of making constructions and models while 'playing engineers'. This work had such an impact on me due to the utilisation of everyday materials and colours. I really like the architectural feel of straight solid lines combined with the spherical organic shapes. This work is radiating a powerful sense of light, air and movement combined together making it a light but very strong structure.

This is work by artist Matthew Calderwood. I found this picture interesting because of the strong idea of connection. Thinking of the word connection in relation to this piece of work is creating automatic associations with other relevant aspects such as ballance and gentleness and strong patience. Personally in this picture the ball  works as the vocal point and dominates the picture. However the fragile wine glasses holding it all together are creating a diverse sense of domination as the ball is trapped within them.

 Photograph by Hiroshi Sugimoto -  Sea of Buddha

I really like the way Hiroshi Sugimoto captured the repetitiveness of all the Buddhas standing next to each other. This picture has a powerful impact on me making me think how the artist could have been inspired by the Chinese 'Terracota Army' while creating his army of Buddhas. Very interesting are the headpieces with the circular and straight lines creating a feeling of connection.
Almost like antenas on robots. Looking deeper and deeper into the picture I find new and new interpretations of peacful Buddha army and technology taking over the world and people. Very powerful photograph with a lots of ironic twists and paradoxes such as Buddha (the symbol of piece) as a soldier.

Bromide multilayred print by Idris Khan's "Every… Bernd And Hilla Becher" series.

I like this image because of its interesting reppetition of architecture-like blueprints. The repetetion of overlaying the multiple layers with different contrast and opacity are creating an intertesting structural feel to it but also a powerful sense of intense movement almost like a tornado. Which is quite creditable achievement considering it's just a still building.

Photography by Andre KIertez - NewYork 1972

I chose this photograph because of the sinister symbolism . It's the cross on the church thats connects the twin towers symbolising their death. It was noticable that the cross is mainly covering the left tower which is also the north tower (ironically) the one that collapsed first. The plane/bird sillhoute on the side of the right tower is a strong symboliosation of the plane that crashed into them. This picture baffled me because the artist technically a foretold the 9/11 disaster 29 years ago by a single photograph