Online Resource for Logo

I have two websites for this project.

1) http://abduzeedo.com/

2) http://www.logoorange.com/

I've been following Abduzeedo for a while, the site has a lot of really cool art work and inspiration and things like that. They have tutorials about logo design that I found helpful. The other site I found in a google search, there isn't much on learning how to create a logo, but just seeing a lot of different examples, I found that to be very helpful in seeing what was successful and what of my ideas were not being used.

Adobe Illustrator

       I know nothing about Adobe lllustrator. So these videos were very helpful. They were all simple intro tutorials that helped me understand the basics, I don't have illustrator on my computer, it would be nice to have it so I could do, right now, what the tutorials are teaching. I had illustrator at my old college and when i opened it to see what it was I just thought it was another photoshop, so what was the point, I thought they both did the same thing, but after seeing what all the tools do and their secondary uses, I was shocked i've never considered using this program and becoming skillful at it.
      I liked the guy who did the first few tutorials, Matt I think his name was. He was very good at getting his point across, talking slow enough, and his voice wasn't annoying, so that helped.

Online Resource for Lesson Plan

http://712educators.about.com/od/lessonplans/ht/lessonplans.htm

I couldn't find a lesson plan that specifically helped me with the format for the buff state lesson plan that we needed to fill out. This site helped me get my ideas in place to fill out the specific format. The site offered good suggestions on how to prepare to make a lesson plan and how to get your ideas straightened out so I could put them on paper.

Online Resource for Powerpoint

I figure powerpoint to be pretty easy, pick a template, throw some pictures in there, type some information, boom, you have a powerpoint. But this site I came across, really opened up the possibilities of what a good powerpoint presentation can do. But this one page in particular helped. Instead of cramming a bunch of points on one page, spread it out. This way you give yourself and the viewer time to elaborate on the point and it makes the importance of the point stand out more.

Albright Knox Review

Which artworks make an impact or impression on me? Why?

            First, Gauguin’s “The Yellow Christ”. I am a firm believer in Christ and seeing the portrayal of his death with, what it looks like Pilgram women, is odd to me. And not exactly understanding what’s going on in the background, who’s escaping and why? Second, Monet’s “Towpath at Argenteuil”, the way he paint’s, I just want to be there the cool colors and serene setting. Modigliani’s “Jeune-bonne”. When I saw this I couldn’t help but stare into her eyes, or lack thereof. Dali’s “The Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image” to me is before it’s time. The quality of his images are almost equivalent to our HD, and the almost hidden woman’s eye in the corner. You see a Dali and you just want to pick his brain and figure out why his paintings are so odd. Matthew Barney’s work has a very big impact/impression on me. Especially the video he has playing. It’s just to intriguing to be in a world that he’s created that is so weird.

Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?

            Whenever I go to the Albright I spend a lot of time looking at the Clyfford Still. I love abstract expressionism. This is pretty much the only piece that I really feel a connection with. I can spend a lot of time looking and analyzing a piece of work, breaking down the subject matter and brushstrokes, but with any abstract expressionism piece I just sit there and lose myself in it.

Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?

            I’d like to know more about the small room of pop-art they have. I just don’t understand pop-art. That and the Dali and Tanguy, there’s a lot of subject matter but no real visual point or meaning. Also the Soutine, I’ve heard a lot about the meaning of the painting, but I just don’t understand how the subject matter relates to what I’ve heard.