Week 13 - Non-Commerical Art (25 April 2018 - HW14)

Phones Lined up by Alexa Fotos

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The color harmony while random might be close or similar to a monochromatic scheme. Despite the other telephones having some black, in some ways it could have a bit of very dark green. The background, however, does aid the scheme by adding a variety of greens to make the background and foreground look interesting.It's possible the objects are showing depth by proximity as each object is behind one another (slightly).

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Source: Alexa_Fotos. "Free Image on Pixabay - Phone, Models, Generations, Old." Phone Models Generations · Free Photo on Pixabay. Pixabay, 11 Sept. 2016. Web. 25 Apr. 2018. <https://pixabay.com/en/phone-models-generations-old-1662191/>.

Week 12 - Symbolic Colors (17 April 2018 - HW13)

Book cover for The Eleventh Plague

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The book is based on a post-apocalyptic setting. Having a variety of greens adds to the feeling that radiation still lingers in the world. Having the text be black is not for printing purposes but to establish the grimness of the situation. The rusted colors on the car and stone add how the radiation and damages from the war impacted these objects that we see every day. While there is some light on the clouds, mostly everything uses a dark color scheme to, again, represent the situation and that this book is not a happy and joyful book but rather a serious and grave situation.

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Source:  Hirsch, Jeff. "The Eleventh Plague-Sample." Scribd. Scribd, 2011. Web. 17 Apr. 2018. <https://www.scribd.com/doc/62326036/The-Eleventh-Plague-Sample>. The book can be found at the Urbana Free Library.

Week 11 - Color Discord (11 April 2018 - HW12)

Writer's Digest Magazine Cover

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The magazine uses complementary colors to emphasize certain elements. Since it is a writer's magazine, the pencil is given an orange color along with the magazine's background emphasizing Writer's Digest as important. The orange 3D block and the numbers have different tints and shades of orange emphasizing what the magazine will discuss. The background color is not only pleasing to the eyes but it helps with the contrast so the orange elements can be emphasized.

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Source: Writer's Digest May/June 2018 found at Parkland Library.

Week 10 - Creativity (4 April 2018 - HW11)

Cover design for LittleBigPlanet 3

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The video game cover for LittleBigPlanet 3 was made creatively by introducing long-time fans with new playable characters and new tools to use. New-time fans will get some joy by learning of all these figures. By how expressive and colorful the design is, it's uncommon to find a design this joyful for its' time. Adding on that this game has a feature to allow the player to make their own custom levels and share them online, thus adding not just creativity to the cover but creativity to the entire game as a whole.

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Source: LittleBigPlanet 3 developed by Sumo Digital.