VISUAL MESSAGES

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VISUAL MESSAGES

• DIGITAL ARTS
• AL LARSEN

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VISUAL MESSAGES

• We express and receive visual messages on three
  levels
• Abstractly
• Representationally
• Symbolically

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ABSTRACTION
Abstract art is generally understood to mean art
that does not depict objects in the natural
world, but instead uses shapes and colours in a
non-representational or subjective way.2
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ABSTRACTION
In its wider definition the term describes art
that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather
reduced way - keeping only an allusion of the
original natural subject.2
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ABSTRACTION
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REPRESENTATION

• Representation what we see and recognize from
  environment and experience1

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REPRESENTATION
Steven Nereo photo
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REPRESENTATION
Steven Nereo photo
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SYMBOL

• A symbol is an arbitrary sign that has acquired a
  conventional significance3

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SYMBOL (1)
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SYMBOL (2)
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DISCUSS THE FOLLOWINGIMAGES IN TERMS OF
ABSTRACTIONREPRESENTATIONSYMBOL
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In-Class Lab 1

• Use Photoshop
• Divide an image into even strips
• Horizontal or vertical
• Rearrange the order
• example
• 1 -gt 7 2 -gt 6 3 -gt 5 4 -gt 4 5 -gt 3 etc.

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In-Class Lab 1
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In-Class Lab 1

• Find a representational photo on the web
• Should be at least 500 x 500 pixels
• Save Image to Desktop (ctrl-click for menu for
  users with single-button mouse)
• Open Photoshop
• File-gtOpen then choose image from desktop
• Make sure Layers window is visible

• Make 7 new layers (Layer-gt New)
• Highlight Background layer
• Choose Rectangular Marquee Tool from toolbar
• Select slice of background image and cut
  (Edit-gtCut or apple-X)
• Highlight first layer in Layers window.
• Paste into layer (Edit-gtpaste or apple-V)
• (Repeat x 6)

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In-Class Lab 2
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In -Class Lab 2

• Find a representational photo on the web
• Choose a photo which you feel exhibits good
  composition
• Should be at least 400 x 400 pixels
• Open in Photoshop, scale it down so that the
  largest side is 400 pixels (Image -gt Image Size)

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In -Class Lab 2

• Make a new Photoshop document which is as tall as
  your image and twice as wide
• Paste image in and locate it on the right half of
  the canvas
• Create a new layer and paste same image in the
  left half
• Use adjustment layers and filters only to create
  an abstract composition in the left half.

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VISUAL MESSAGES

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