Art Lecture "Patrick Kelley's Digital Imaging"

Kelley's presentation was very well organized. He started about his first experiences in photography and how he developed his skills until he became involved in the field of video game graphics. From the beginning of his work, Kelley enjoys working with natural objects and shifting them around in a human arrangement (especially lining up twigs and pebbles into bridges). Kelley especially likes working with snow, which has always been present since his earlier works in photography until his recent snow step flip book.

To me, Kelley's projects are simple, understandable, well organized, and very beautiful. It shows how mastering different artistic skills one step at a time attribute to Kelley's present line.

Art Lecture "Response to Color Science"

This is the first art lecture that I attended. It is about color science and the basic concept on how to apply the knowledge of human visual perception with computer graphic. The speaker gave an introduction by showing how color science is used in filmmaking. He gave examples such as cloning actors at different angles, seeing an actor at a far distance, and even shrinking or increasing the size of an actor. The speaker then explained the different parts and functions of the human eye and showed some pictures and informed on how the pictures really look like in comparison to how we see them. The speaker also played with the mixture of colors and lighting and explained how they can steer us to focus on a particular object. For example, placing warm colors such red and orange around an object, makes that object stand out. On the other hand, placing cooler colors, such as blue, around an object will make that object seem further away and less attractive.
Color science can fool and manipulate the human eye by making fake objects appear realistic and unconsciously forcing the human eye to focus on particular objects.

Postcard Proposal

For my postcard, I chose to connect one of Adrienne Rich's and Edgar Allan Poe's poem. From Adrienne Rich's, I chose "Boundary," and from Edgar Allan Poe, I chose "The Raven." Both of these poems are written in first person. I turned the speaker in "Boundary" into "Lenore" from "The Raven." As the speaker in "The Raven" mourns over his desire for Lenore, she replies how impossible it is for them to be together because there is a boundary between them. There is a bird in both postcards which serves as a messenger that connects the two characters together.

This is a picture of Lenore from Rich's "Boundary." Notice that there is a bird on Lenore's shoulder.

This is a picture of the speaker from Poe's "The Raven." Notice how he kneels to the bird in front of him.