I nearly forgot about this little piece of design, but it WAS a kind of assignment, and should be included in this blog.
On orientation day at the Art Institute, the Graphic Design department head asked each of us to draw a flag to represent ourselves. I was instantly reminded of Graphic Arts I at BFA, where we had the same assignment. It was a good one, and this was the result in ’07:
It was important for the design and colors to be simple enough to actually be sewn into a flag.
I also remember Mr. Bryan encouraging the use of traditional symbolism. Symbolism for this flag was as follows:
Bridge: government
Cinquefoil: hope & joy
Bell: power to dispel evil spirits
White: perfection
Orange: worthy ambition
Rich Magenta: love & passion
Honestly, while I like the symbolism, I think this flag turned out a little too Mattel. So I was very happy to find that with the new flag assignment came an idea for a brand new flag.
Mr. Department head didn’t tell us that the design had to actually be feasible, so you’ll see that I took some liberties with the coloring. But here it is:
Those who know me really well know that I have a long-time fixation with the five-point star. To me it embodies visibility, honor, and ambition. The four stars you see here represent Jesus (at 9 o’clock and continuing clockwise), God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and myself. I am taken with the fact that I am a treasured member of the Divine Family, and I wanted to express that with the placement of the stars.
I figured God is worthy of the full spectrum and every bit of symbolism contained within. I could come up with pages of color attributes for each member of the Trinity!
I am white because I am made in the image of God, and all the colors (and we’re talking about additive light, of course) mix to become white. It’s also a reminder of the end result of my sanctification – I can’t wait!!
The blue field is a nod to Ezekiel’s sapphire throne room vision. Heaven IS the ultimate reality.
I think that’s about it!
rich magenta
intimidating
tell me (us) about the people who arent intimidated
the thought of making presentations makes me glad im not schooling at the moment
i played the cd at work today
its raining
and im glad
Hey, on dirait du Matisse!
Tu sais, Bénédicte a fait un exercice sur lui. Elle a d’abord demandé aux élèves de faire une dégradé de couleurs (sur une colonne), mais avec toutes les couleurs (ce qui est plus difficile que pour la même couleur – genre un dégradé de bleu).
Après, elle a phtocopié le dégradé des élèves mais pas photocopie couleur, mais en noir et blanc (N&B). Et ainsi, on vérifiait si le dégradé était correct ou non (tu me suis?), parce qu’on voyait si c’était du plus noir foncé au plus blanc.
Et puis elle a photocopié en N&B une oeuvre de Matisse, et elle a demandé aux élèves de faire leur propre oeuvre en s’inspirant de cette oeuvre. Donc, sur la base d’une oeuvre photocopiée en noir et blanc, ils devaient essayer de faire leur oeuvre, de mettre des couleurs chaudes là où sur la photocopie N&B de Matisse, cela tendait plus vers le noir foncé.
Tu saisis??? Un peu dur à expliquer, mais le résultat final était super paraît-il. Et j’ai trouvé cette technique trop intéressante!!!
Bref, voilà, c’était la minute “techniques d’art”.
Bizoo!