Clash Of The Titans By BigBoi158

1) Who are the Titans?

The Titans where powerful deities who ruled ‘the Greek Golden Age’ which was one of the five ages of man in Greek mythology. The titans where descendants of Gaia and Uranus, the great mother and father of all living things.

In Hesiods Theogony, the Titans and there descendants the Olympian gods wage a ten year war called Titanomacy. This was a series of battles fought in Thessaly before the existance of mankind. By the end of the war the Olympians emerged victorious and imprisoned the Titans in Tartarus thus becoming the gods of mankind (after they had being created).

2)Are the any interesting motifs you see frequently appearing (Eg. Lightning bolts)? How do you interpret their meaning? Can you name a modern version, of this motif, used today?  
One motif was of course Zeus’s lighting bolts/strike, which in just about every material relating to Greek Mythology is always mentioned. In Clash of The Titans Zeus strikes down lighting or something similar at least twice to help out Perseus. A lighting bolt is bright and always white symbolizing good. Hades on the other hand, who appears in the movie, is always black and evil looking. Basically its the classic tale of good vs evil we continuously see and hear throughout movies, religion, books and on the news. 

3) Is your Greek character in the movie? If so, does the film’s interpretation match your research?
No, my character Triton was not in the movie.

4) Are any of the characters, in the movie, related (Eg. a mother or father, wife or husband, brother or sister) to your Greek myth? If so, how?
Tritons father Poseidon is mentioned in the opening scene when the lady is telling the history of the war with the titans. Him, Zeus and Hades (all brothers) led the rebellion against the titans.

5) Is their a constellation of stars named after your Greek character?
No, but one of Neptune largest moons is called triton.  

6) How is Medusa killed? Does your Greek character have a weakness?
Medusa was killed by getting her head chopped of. As Perseus and his band of brothers struggled to not look into medusa’s eyes which unfortunately turned some of them into stone , he used his quick wits, did a back flip and chopped her head of. Her snake body slithered into the firery depths of hell.
There is no known weakness of Triton. 

7) Sketch at least 3 ideas for your logo and add them to this post.

Bibliography 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082186/
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/gg/titan.html
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/religionmyth/g/Titans.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hesiod/theogony.htm

Melbourne sports museum critques by Bigboi158

Melbourne Sports Museum Critiques. 

Melbourne Cricket Club logo.

Design by J. Raulson in 1838.
The Melbourne Cricket Club was founded in 1838 and is thought to be the oldest sports club in Australia. The logo resembles the times of the clubs formation. It has that vintage feel to it, practically the typeface and the bold outlines of each letter. Contrast has being created by the colours chosen for each letter which focuses and brings forward certain objects creating a Hierarchy. In this case it's the bright red of the letter M. The symmetry and balance of the letters create a nice shape, along with the smooth curves.
I quite like the logo. Its symmetrical, nicely balanced, simplistic and has a modernised vintage feel to it. It represents, in a strong way, a very important part of Melbourne and Australia’s history and culture, which is probably the most important factor. 

Melbourne victory Jersey.

Melbourne Victory is a soccer team found in 2004 with the inception of the new A-league season. 

There logo and branding was done by Mileage Creative, A design studio based in Bendigo. There jersey’s main focal point is the V going across the chest and along the arms. The colour of it (white) creates contrast with the darker colours of the surrounding areas. The triangular shape also forms symmetry and balance. Also the tip of the triangle points to there main sponsor, Samsung, which I doubt wasn’t done unintentionally.  There’s also a sense of unity with the shape connecting to the white stripes. The colours are coolish blues and greys and silver. They encompass the traditional state sporting colours of Victoria. 

The jersey’s colour is what I really like about it. I don’t like the placement of the logo’s, there to low and close together (the A-league logo and the Melb Victory logo). But at least there aligned perfectly. Also the sponsor, reebok is a downgrade from adidas.  

http://shop.melbournevictory.com.au/productimages/AMel-06-Jersey-Away-300.jpg - photo of jersey

Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League#Crowds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbournevictory/aboutus

http://www.mcc.org.au/MCC%20Cricket/XXIX%20Club/Annual%20Report.aspx

http://www.mcc.org.au/About%20the%20MCC/Club%20History.aspx

Critiquing Tools by Bigboi158

Art vocabulary list

Symmetry - an imprecise sense of harmonious or aesthetically pleasing proportion and balance. 

Back Ground - The background of an image, artwork or design.  

Hierarchy - Arranges elements to create focal points by positioning their priority within a concept as a whole.

Cross Hatch - An artistic technique used to create tone and shading effects. When the lines are placed at an angle to one another, this is called cross hatching.

Adjective list
thick- describing something that’s thick in size or weight. For example, a thick brush stroke could refer to the size and/or the amount of paint put on.

Outline- The outline of the boundaries of an object which creates its shape. 

Contrast- To show differences when compared. For example two colours contrasting one another.

Dull - no brightness of colour, boring, not intense. 

Principles and Elements of Design list 

Stability - sense of equilibrium.

Dynamics-Dynamics is the arrangement of visual elements in a composition to suggest movement or direction.

Rhythm can be described as timed movement through space; an easy connected path.

Scale- the overall size of objects.

Line- The line marks made with a pen or brush or the edge created when two shapes meet.

Colour - Also called Hue, Colour is seen either by the way light reflects off a surface, or in coloured light sources.

Texture is perceived surface quality.

Shape - A shape is a self contained area of geometric or organic form.

Form is any three dimensional object which can be defined by light and dark.

Bibliography

http://www.wiu.edu/art/courses/design/principles.htm

http://www.makart.com/resources/artclass/EPlist.html

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutorials/design/design/#seven

http://www.educ.kent.edu/community/vlo/design/principles/index.html

bibliography for style time line, by bigboi158

http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/symmetry_sub.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/impressionism/

http://www.artmovements.co.uk/expressionism.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmharlem1.html

http://designhistory.org/Bauhaus3.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_realism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism

http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=320

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_art

Style Timeline by bigboi158

Style Timeline

Renaissance painting(1400’s - 1500’s)

Was an art period which developed in conjunction with science, literature, music and philosophy during the 14th century up to the mid 15th century. Its perceived as a rebirth of ancient traditions. Its main characteristic was its highly realistic, linear perspective.

Two famous renaissance artists where - 

Leonardo Davinci - often credited as being one of the greatest painters of all time.

Michelangelo - is also often credited as being one of the greatest painters.

Example of Renaissance painting - 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LibyanSibyl_SistineChapel.jpg 

Rococo(1720-1780)

The Rococo movement developed in Paris, France as a reaction to the earlier movement, Baroque which was linear, had strict regulations and was to grandeur. 

Two famous Rococo artists where-  

Franz Anton Bustelli - regarded as the finest modeller of porcelain in the Rococo style. 

François Boucher - french painter

Example of Rococo -

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:François_Boucher,_Ruhendes_Mädchen_(1751,_Wallraf-Richartz_Museum).jpg

Impressionism(1870-1880’s)

Impressionism (named after a Claude Monet painting called impression,sunrise) was an art movement started in France, by a group of Paris - based artists. The style of impressionism is often characterised by its thin but visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on light and its ordinary subject matter.

Two famous impressionists painters were - 

Claude Monet - founder of the movement

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 

Example of Impressionism -

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_The_Cliffs_at_Etretat.jpg

Expressionism(1905-1930)

Expressionism started in Germany during the start of the 20th century. It presented art in a distorted,  highly emotional style to evoke moods and ideas. Expressionist artists would often express meaning or emotion rather than the actual figure. 

Two famous expressionist artists where - 

Edvard Munch - most famous for his painting ‘the scream’

Egon Schiele- A famous Austrian painter

Example of Expressionism

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egon_Schiele_-_Sitzender_weiblicher_Akt_mit_aufgestützen_Ellbogen_-_1914.jpeg

Harlem Renaissance(1920 -1930) 

Was a cultural movement centred in the Harlem neighbourhood of New York City.

Two famous artists-

Charles Henry Alston - A sculptor, artist, illustrator and muralist.

Aaron Douglas - Major artist in the Harlem renaissance.

Example of the Harlem Renaissance

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aaron_Douglas.jpg

Bauhaus movement (1919 to 1933)

Was a school in Germany that combined crafts and arts. Its idea was to create a ‘total’ work of art in which all aspects of art where combined including architecture. 

Two famous Bahaus artists were - 

Walter Gropius - founder of the Bauhaus movement .

Anne Albers - textile and print maker.

Example of the Bauhaus movement - 

Http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary/Budapest_subgallery/Hungary_Budapest_UjpestHouses.html

Socialist realism(1930 -1950) 

Socialist realism was a art movement developed in the soviet union. Its main goal was to further the goals of socialism and communism and glorify the ‘working class’.. 

Two famous artists - 

Alexander Semionov - A Leningrad school of painters representative. Famous for his cityscapes

Grekov Mitrophan

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Semionov-Alexander-Nevsky-Prospekt-in-the-evening-lights-ase85bw.jpg

Minimalism(1960 - 1970) 

Minimal ism describes various forms of art and design where all non essential forms are eliminated, there by keeping only the essentials and exposing the essence of the work.

Two famous artists-

Robert Morris -  An American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. One of the most prominent practitioners of minimalism. 

Anne Truitt - A major American artist of the mid 20th century. 

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voice_of_Fire_photo.jpg

Young British Artists(1980-1990)

YBA (young British artists) was a loose group of visual artists who exhibited there work together during the late, early 1990’s. 

Two famous artists-

Damien Hirst - The richest artist in Britain And the most prominent from the YBA’s.

Tracey Emin - Another prominent figure of the YBA’s

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hirst-Shark.jpg

Digital Art(1990- present)

A general term used to describe the works and practices of artists using digital technology. 

Two famous artists -

Lillian F. Schwartz - known as the creator of digital art.

Pacal Dombis - digital artist known for creating excessive repetitions of patterns using digital processes.

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dombis_TexteFiles.jpg

Triton, Messenger of the Big sea written by Bigboi

Triton, Messenger of the Big sea. 

History 

Triton is a mythological Greek god, son of poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, goddess of the sea. He lived at the bottom of the sea with his parents and was often called the god of the massive Libyan salt lake called ‘tritonis’. Through out  history he has being represented as a merman, half man (upper body) half fish ( lower body). 

Similar to his father he carried a trident, a spear with three spikes at the tip. However his special attribute was a twisted conch shell, which he blew like a trumpet to calm the or raise the seas. It was also used to scare giants and other creatures away as they imagined it to be a roar of a dark wild beast. He was first written about by Homer, a Greek poet, and in even greater detail by his contemporary,hesiod also a Greek poet, in theogony. 

Hesiods theogony, is a large scale synthesis written around 700bc describing the origins and the genealogies of the Greek gods and there traditions. Its also the first to describe there permanent control over the cosmos and the roles they played to create an orderly universe from a chaotic one. Along with the highly influential Homer there poetry became known as Greek mythology.

Greek mythology can be traced back to the Mycenaean age (c. 1900 BC – c. 1100 BC, a cultural period of bronze age Greece. Martin P Nilsson, a  Swedish Mythographer and philologist, states that “It is evident that the heroes whose names belong to the series ending in -eus go back to earlier times than the heroes with common names, and to this philological fact corresponds the mythological fact that the latter are said to be sons and descendants of the former. But the latter are quite current in Homeric poetry; their ancestors must consequently go back to much earlier, pre-Homeric times. That this time is the Mycenaean”. if we want to go back further in history, it is thought that the early inhabitants of the Balkan peninsula, who assigned a spirit for everything in nature, later assumed human forms and entered local mythology as gods. When tribes from the north Balkan peninsula invaded, they brought a new pantheon of gods which eventually fused with those of which they invaded. 

Appearance 

Triton is always depicted as a merman and holding a trident. In Greek vase art he was depicted sometimes youthful sometimes bearded. In sculptures and mosaic art he would often have a twin fish tail or a dolphin tail. His skin would be ‘green tinged’ and have either blonde or black curly hair. His main attribute of course, would be his conch shell. His shoulders where often barnacled with sea shells as well. 

Adventures

One story is that the argonauts ( a band of heroes in Greek mythology) where stranded in a desert and had to carry there ship to lake trito.Triton raised up from the seas and guided them back to the Mediterranean sea. 

Another story is that he aided Zeus in the battle against the giants by blowing in his conch shell, frightening them and fleeing. 

Relationships

Triton was the father of pallas and foster parent to the goddess Athena. Pallas was eventually killed by Athena in a feud. He is also  sometimes cited to be the father of Schylla (a sea monster) and Lamia (a queen of ancient Libya). His wives name has never being specified.

Symbols

The most recognizable symbol in reference to triton is of course, King triton from the little mermaid. He has very similar characteristics to the orginal appearance of triton in Greek mythology. He is king of the seas and ruler of ‘atlantica’. He has appeared in ‘god of war’ a game on the psp where he is depicted as a statue and his trident used as a weapon, he has appeared in the tv series Hercules and in the 1963 film ‘Jason and the argonauts’.

Evolution 

Most people would recognize triton in his depiction in the little mermaid. Overtime the name triton became associated with a group of mermaid - like creatures which could be either male or female, they where called ‘the tritons’, He is also the mascot at the university of San diego. 

List of sports

Triton would be good at representing most watersports. For example- 

Swimming (racing) 

Water polo

Canoeing 

Fishing

Underwater rugby

Diving

Rowing

River rafting

Surfing

Water skating

Yachting 

Wake boarding 

kayaking 

Bibliography

http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/mog/mog02.htm#page_26

http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Triton.html

http://www.alzand.com/triton.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_water_sports

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(mythology)

robert graves - the Greek myths part 1 and 2, the folio society

Jason and the argonauts - p523 

stories of the gods - pg64

My goals :)

This year i want to further develop and enhance my style. To create networks with other designers and most importantly to enhance overall as a designer.... By the end of the year i want to decide whether i should continue on studying or find a job.