Vocal Club Logo Design Presentation

The most challenging part of this project was getting used to using Adobe Illustrator because I was still confused with all the tools especially using the pen tool which was supposed to be the easiest and common tool to use in Illustrator. Along with the pen tool it was hard to make the microphone with the pen tool because first of all it was hard to make the microphone due to the angles and the music notes were so small and too many lines so I just drew it out with a pencil tool. Although the drafting out was tedious I really enjoyed the process even though it was hard to sketch a variety of ideas. 

The most successful part of the project was making a presentation board because I think it was a bit easy to design a project board. First I had to have an idea where to put all the information on the board. I had one separate document with all my requirements for the presentation and then I would rearrange all the objects. Then I would rearrange the objects to where it should be and lastly final adjustments and I was done. I was also successful on creating ideas at first I had two ideas I made on illustrator and although it was hard to pick I asked people for opinion and they choose the one above due to the organization and the simplicity of the objects. Therefore, getting people's opinion helped me a lot throughout the project.

A visit at the American Indian Museum

Visiting the American Indian Museum located downtown manhattan was a wonderful and amazing experience. I learned the different traditional headdresses they wore during the time along with the huge handmade jewelry they wore. Many unusual and cool masks were created at the time and some were really simple but some were more complex then other masks. For example, one mask I found interesting was the Ooger Uk Inua made by Larry Beck in 1982.

This mask was really interesting because it was made up of only tires and kitchen utensils and maybe a bit of glue here and there but still it was so surprising how things around your home can be made into a mask. I shouldn't thought of that when I was making my Oedipus mask for my English project. Beck was interested in Yup'ik masks and he decided to experiment with found objects and make it into a somewhat mask. According to the caption of the sculpture/mask this mask represented American pop sculpture but did maintain its masking traditions and elegance. This I found was impressive and interesting because in my opinion it didn't really look elegant but did look neat. Around this piece of art was also many other sculptures and masks tat were created from other artists. 

Another piece of art that I found interesting was a war shirt made out of photographs and film strips with glass beads, metal and plastic. 

  

I was just surprised that this was a shirt, I mean how would you wore this shirt made out of photographs? I thought that the photographs somehow connected it was all in the same scenery and setting. The dangling film strips reminded me a cowboy's vest. Bentley Spang created this sculptor and like his ancestors he used materials that served and honored his family and culture and his artwork helped define his personal identity. I thought his artwork were really sentimental that were made with interesting materials.