Week 15 Final Part II

Alex Barone

Craft: Using blogger, create a blog that grabs the viewers interest. Clean well formated design. This blog is easy to understand, striking, but without being overpowering. Composition: Black background with red, white, and blue lettering. The lettering stands out among the black background allowing for clear and visible words. Some other blogs the background overpowers the dialogue. The black also allows for a blank slate with which her images can be viewed. Concept: Lure people into viewing her blog and staying. To boldly grab attention and subtly direct it toward the image.

Mandy Schwanitz

Craft: Create a simple blog using blogger detailing the assignments covered throughout this semester. Composition: Plain white background, with a faded image at the top. Red black and blue lettering. Clean crisp well segmented Concept: This is a light companion to the art pieces created in class. It is a no frills bare-bones website designed to compliment and support. It is easy to look at which is important in a website. The only thing I wish there was more of were the artists pieces but they are linked onto the website so it works.

Week 15 Final

My Choices for Best Viscom Blogs

Chona Mangubat

Craft: She gathered twenty five Lincoln era pictures and twenty five modern era pictures to create a mashup. She the took Lincoln's head and layered it over the body of another person looking out onto Chicago. She then removed the color from the image. This was done in photoshop. Composition: This picture grabs my attention through the use of colors on the website. On the red background the image of a modern Lincoln pops. If this image as placed on any other color template it would not have the same effect. Art is not only how one makes a piece but how one displays said piece. Top marks. Concept: The modern Lincoln! I love how he is not looking into the city but staring out over the lake. For me it seems the lake is the same as it was in his time. For me the lake is a symbol of where we were and where we are going as a city and a nation. It seems apt that the modern Lincoln would gaze over it. He is gazing both into the past and into the future.

Zach Kekelik

Craft:
Used blogger and various applications to create the best laid out and engaging blog in the class.

Composition:
Bold colors that feed off one another, open light layout that pulls the viewer through, fun and creative images that capture the attention and make a viewer want to stay on your site.

Concept:
Create a fun and dynamic blog that would attract people to his artwork and display it in a inspired way. It kept me engaged the entire time I was on it.

Katie Dupree

Craft:

Used blogger to create an engaging website. Composition: Cool colors create a mellow backdrop which allow for the images on this site to pop. This is the only blog that uses this template. The blog could use more images. The comments about her pieces were very helpful and in-depth. The blog creator displays a solid knowledge of design. Concept: Create a blog that would enhance but not overshadow the artist's work. This blog is a nice compliment to the pieces.