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…
As an avid gamer, I am always fascinated by the creativity of game designer as well as the bold artistic decisions they made. In a game, the design and the rendering of the characters and environment serves as an important bridge between the game’s interactive component and the individual player. Read more…
Francis Kéré is the winner of the prestigious Pritzker Price for Architecture for the year of 2022. He is the first black person and African architect to receive the price. His work that has a focus in Africa and attention to the local community makes him one of the most Read more…
While searching about what to write, I wanted to write about UI/UX design. However, I was having a hard time to find something that could be interesting for the class. I found this blog post by Francesca Valentini-Marletta. I will write about my favorite top 5 games. Hope you like Read more…
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…
Featured image by: Poemony on deviantart (Link) Definition of an isometric drawing: How an artist make 3D objects in 2D plane. The first time I paid attention to this type of art was some weeks or months ago when I saw on Instagram 3D room art. I was blown away Read more…
You may remember the significance of Gestalt Theory in a psychology class, but these principles are also important to designers. They help designers improve the aesthetic appeals, functionality, and user-friendliness of their works. There are 6 main principles: similarity continuation closure proximity figure/ground symmetry & order 1) SIMILARITY: It is Read more…
Everywhere we look, manmade things and technology have historically found inspiration from natural elements of this world. From animals to plants, I analyze technological advancements that “feel” or “look” like elements from nature (as silly as my conclusions might be). Smartphone: Like a brain, the smartphone acts as a computing Read more…
In my mind, design and art were always somewhat interchangeable concepts– a form of visual communication. However, digging further, nuances arise to show differences between the two. Are they the same, and if not, what’s the distinction between the two and their functionalities? Art (creative visual art) Design Common Definition Read more…