Week 3a - Signs and Visual Communication - Digital Art Production Techniques

Week 3a - Signs and Visual Communication - Digital Art Production Techniques(2)
Get definitions for the following two terms, and copy 6 sample images of each to your blog.

- Monochromatic : Monochromatic colors are all the colors (tints, tones, and shades) of a single hue.

Example of a monochromatic color scheme

Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, gray or black.

    

      






- Negative Space: Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space occasionally is used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image.

         

                  

           

Week 2 - Signs & Visual Communication, Part 2a - Elements of Design (Adobe Illustrator CS6) Michael ayala 5th period!

                                                        CALLIGRAMS!!A word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves. The picture below is showing a figure forming a piano composing by many words about music and instruments to construct the picture!














                                                            PICTOGRAMS!!A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form ofwriting, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 bc. The picture shown below is describing many signs that have their own significate or meaning!







                                                              REBUS!!

|A puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters; for instance, apex might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X. 
The picture below is showing a message that don't need to be letters to understand the message or meaning! obviously it's showing the phrase I Love You!

Week 1 - Signs & Visual Communications, Part 2!

Michael Ayala
5th period
01/15/15




(2)  Research the following background details of each symbol.  

Describe the sign in brief. (What is the picture a symbol of?)
What does the image mean? (What does the sign intend for the viewer to do when he/she sees it?)
Where is usually found?
 This image or media file contains material based on a work of aNational Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties.a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1916, that administers national parks, monuments, historic sites, and recreational areas. The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all U.S. national parks, many American national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations

Post the information you found on your blog, next to a picture of each symbol, and the url address indicating where you received your information.




(3) AMERICAN FLAG
In a few brief sentences, please explain what exactly do the stars, stripes, and colors present in the official flag of the United States of America symbolize?"The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice."

Week 1 - Signs & Visual Communications, Part 1 (Michael Ayala 5th period)

                                                                                                            Michael Ayala
                                                                                                                         Period 5
                                                                                                                         01/15/15

(1) Defining terms related to concepts in Visual Communication; for each term do the following:
a.) type the word, itself, b.) explain the meaning, c.) give an example by re-posting a picture found online

- Alphabet:*noun*

1. the letters of a language in their customary order.

-Street sign:
Noun 1. street sign - a sign visible from the street   
sign - a public display of a message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows"
address - a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described











-Advertisement:1. The act of advertising2. A notice, such as a poster or a paid announcement in the print, broadcast, or electronic media, designed to attract public attention or patronage.

-Constellation:noun

1.

Astronomy.

1. any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Boötes, Cancer, Orion.
2. the section of the heavens occupied by such a group.

-ASCII symbols:1. It's a character-encoding scheme. Originally based on the English alphabet, it encodes 128 specifiedcharacters into 7-bit binary integers as shown by the ASCII chart on the right

-Electronic symbols:Electrical symbols and electronic circuit symbols are used for drawing schematic diagram. The symbols represent electrical and electronic component.






-Morse Code: Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment.





-American Sign Language:(ASL) - lenguaje manual con su propia sintaxis y gramática usada primordialmente por gente con sordera.







-Glyph:    It's an elemental symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purposes of writing and thereby expressing thoughts, ideas and concepts.