The semester is coming to a close. In a few months, I will no longer be a student in Art, Design, and Digital Culture. Let’s be honest, if this class did not fulfill one of my requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences, I am not sure I would have even Read more…
Movie posters serves an important function within the marketing of movies. It hangs outside of numerous cinemas around the world, and they have to provide a succinct summary of the movie in a single picture that is also visually intriguing so that it could attract its viewers at first glance. Read more…
The film La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling tells the touching tale of true love built through a shared love of music, art, and culture. Yet the most significant part of the movie is how the director manipulated his audience to evoke mood through the use of color psychology.
What do you do when you run out of ideas for the color scheme for the illustration you want to create? the new web app? the new character design? the new book cover? new logo? new skin? new as;lfhsadf;lf. Coolors comes for the rescue for all. Basically, coolors is a Read more…
What’s your favorite color? Do you have one? While there is somewhat of a debate regarding what a ‘favorite color’ is and what that entails, I personally define a ‘favorite color’ to be the color that you feel attracted to and makes you feel positive emotions. It does not have Read more…
“Grace! Stop it!” a shrill voice erupted from the living room of a small one-bedroom apartment. Appearing from the doorway stood a 5’8 tall middle-aged woman with her brunette hair tied back in a messy bun, an apron smeared with cake batter and a plaid dress that was worn and Read more…
Being Chased Falling Dying Dreams About Being Chased: In these types of dreams, it is likely that you trying to run away from or avoid something or someone in your life. More abstractly, this can also mean that you want to flee from fears (perhaps of an upcoming exam or Read more…
Color sets tone. Color establishes importance. Color invokes interest. Color is a critical aspects of visual design, photography, and art. Interesting, monochrome designs, photography, and art do not detract from the tone, importance, interest, or visual appeal of a visual artwork. “Colour may show the actuality of a scene while Read more…
An interactive art museum called Color Factory began in San Fransisco in 2017, has locations in New York City and Houston, and will be opening an exhibit in Chicago in 2022. From the museum website, Color Factory is “an experiential art exhibit inspired by the joy of color”. The exhibit Read more…
Yesterday, I was browsing through my Facebook feed when I stumbled upon an ad for Enchroma glasses. For some context, Enchroma makes glasses that supposedly help those with color deficiencies see “color”. Curious (and bored), I took the test, wanting to see they had to say about my color receptors. Read more…