Colors

I selected several colors which I like, and documented their different data, RGB, CMYK, and Pantone.

I can see a bit difference from each colors, Pantone can be a bit darker than RGB and CMYK cause they have their own different theories and usages.

RGB Color Model

The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors.

The name of the model comes from the initials of three additive  primary colors, red, green, and blue.

The main purpose of the RGB color model is for the sensing, representation, and display images in electronic systems, such as televisions and computers, though it also has been used in conventional photography, (Before the electronic age, the RGB color model already had a solid theory behind it, based in human perception of colors)

CMYK Color Model

The CMYK Color model (Process color, four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black)

Though it varies by print house, press operator, press manufacturer and press run, ink is typically applied in order of abbreviation.

Pantone 

Pantone Inc. is a corporation headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey. The company is best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS) a proprietary color space. Used in a variety of industries, primarily printing, though sometimes in a manufacture of colored paint, fabric, and plastics. In October 2007, X-Rite Inc, a supplier of color measurement instruments and software, purchased pantone ink for $180 million

 Pantone began as a commercial printing company in the 1950's 

The idea behind the PMS is to allow designers to "color match" specific colors when the design enters, production stage, regardless of the equipment used to produce the color. This system has been widely adopted by graphic designers and reproduction and printing houses for a number of years now.

By knowing their differences, and I started on using the colors I selected to make something out of them.

 

This is a pattern I found online, I think it would be nicer if it was with colors. I chose R-239, G-51, B-157 color and R-4 G-12 B-4 to make it look better

 

Edited 1

The black and pink colors are one of the colors I selected from the photograph.

 

 

Edited 2

Then I found this logo online

 

There's blue sky and clouds then turned into a light bulb to represent that nature gives us ideas; the blue sky seems quite bright, good color, but I want the both logos to look vibrant together in another way to make it look more like 2 logos in the same theme; and also to give them 'Pop-art" like

 I used the same RGB data to change the color of the light bulb's background.

Scanning Task

 First of all, I've done some research about scanning digital option;
Image scanner
In computing,  an image scanner- often abbreviated to just Scanner- is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or objects, and converts to all digital image.

I chose an apple for the organic scanning object, a friend of mine drew a smile face on the apple, and wrote something as well; I rotated the apple while scanning, it captured the smile face and words on the apple.

Then I cropped the smile face as my texture

 

A smiling apple, what does it make you think of? I thought about happiness, so I typed "Don't Worry Be Happy" on this image.

 

Then adjusted the curve and contrast.
       DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY
 And here it is, the final work.

My second organic object was my face.

 

I cropped 2 pieces from this image, the first part is my star necklace area.

 YOU ARE THE STAR

process is basically the same as "DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY"

The second cropped part is my face. 

 SOUL

My head followed the light in the scanner while it was scanning, and it gave me this beautiful shape of facial transforming, it made me think of something alive and energetic which is exactly SOUL. 

 (Process is similar to the others)

Then I Chose a pink tie for my Non-organic object

 

Originally scanned image

Then I adjusted the contrast and curve, rotated the image as well, and I pictured a letter A on this image.

 

"A" is at the left corner

So I cropped the left corner, and started editing.

And here it is, the final work.

 This is a flyer for my final presentation, to give myself more confidence to nail the final presentation; XD

(As this is my current wall paper)

And here's one of my flyers which I was doing for fun, the pattern and the lines are cropped from the scanned tie as well, but it was scanned by following the light of the scanner; (I lost the original image)

 

 

Optical Illusions

Research Optical Illusions
Optical Illusion
An optical illusion (also called Visual Illusion) is characterized by visual perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make then physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type(brightness, color, size, position, tilt, movement) and cognitive illusions, the result of unconscious interferences.

 

Image 1, Optical Illusion Spinning Dancer,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spinning_Dancer.gif

Bridget Riley
Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE (born 24th April 1931 in Hoorwood, London) is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of OP art (optical art)

 

Image 2, Movement in Squares, Bridget Riley's work, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Riley,_Movement_in_Squares.jpg

 

Image 3, Bridget Riley, 

http://blog.2modern.com/2010/07/bridget-riley-a-study-in-movement-and-color.html

This task is for us to create our own optical illusion artwork, then I did more research, and there is optical illusion photography as well, then I thought to give it a try on photography cause I'm studying photography.

These are my photographs

Buddha

There are 4 people in this pics, the rest 3 people are behind the first one. 

 Cuddle 1

Do you know you can actually cuddle yourself?

 

Cuddle 2

Do you know you can actually cuddle yourself?

 

Drink

 They stood in the different lines acting one is pouring water into the other one's mouth.

 Float and Read 1

I shot this when the model jumped up, model had to have a peaceful expression.

 

Float and Read 2

The same as Float and Read 1

 Kissed or Not?

They stood in 2 different positions and acted they where kissing each other, They weren't really kissing.

Spider Man

The same way to take this as the photograph "Buddha"

Who's Drinking

Can you see who's actually drinking?

Who's Drinking 2

Here are some process pictures while I was doing this photo shoot 

 

 

Most of optical illusion art is made by Illustrator Vector, so I created my own optical illusion art by Vector

Optical Illusion 1

Optical Illusion 2

I added different effects on both of them. 

Process, The Base

I drew loads of stripes and 5 circles in Illustrator, then used different effects in Illustrator to do those 2 optical illusion art.

Electric Waves

There's Electromagnetic Radiation in science, it's a stuff we can't see, feel, smell, or hear, but it's shown next to the speakers, or next to the screens.
Electromagnetic Radiation (Research)
Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) is a form of energy emitted and absorbed by charged particles. Which exhibits wave-like behavior as it travels through space. EMR has both electric magnetic field components, which stand in a fixed ratio of intensity to each other, which oscillate in phase perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of energy and wave propagation. In vacuum, electromagnetic radiation propagates at a characteristic speed, the speed of light. (Wikipedia)

I recorded the electric waves sound through the speakers, I recorded with my cellphone, cellphones usually send electric waves to make calls or receive calls, or either message and use internet.
While it's recording, I open a web page on my phone, so it sends waves and effects the speakers, and the sound will be shown and recorded.
Here's the sound







Here are some designs of electric waves which I got online,

                                                        Image 1: Electric waves,
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-14207674/stock-photo-abstract-electric-waves.html

                                              Image 2:Electric Waves, http://thelma1.deviantart.com/art/Electric-Waves-86388583

Here's a video of how the electric waves move through the sound I recorded.
SOUND


I used lines to express the sound I recorded on the piece of paper, when the wave comes up, my line goes sharp and pops up which is similar to an electrocardiogram.

                                                          Process 1
Then I thought to make a vector art out of it,
I started with Illustrator software 

                                                 Process2
 I made circles and lines in Illustrator first, then I used an effect in Illustrator which is called zig-zag, this effect makes the lines sharp which's exactly what I wanted, because the sound is sharp and noisy.

 

Zig-Zag Effect

 

Then I did some more research for Electromagnetic Radiation and I got some Diagrams online,

 

Diagram 1: Electromagnetic Radiation, http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/122/lecture-2/em.html

 

Diagram 2: Electromagnetic Radiation, 

http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec04.html

According to the diagrams I got online, there are 3 different colors which present 3 different stars: blue-hotstar, green-warm star, and red-cool star. I don't really understand those 2 diagrams cause I've not been studying science but art, so I decided to used blue, green and red colors to finish my final artwork.

 Final Artwork

There is some process

 

First of all, create a new layer

 

Select the brush tool, and change the color into blue

 Change the option on the top from Normal to Multiply

 

Brush the blue color on the image

 Then select red color for the rest of the image

                                                   

The last color, green.

This is what I got from the sound of electromagnetic radiation, hope you enjoy it.