This drawing shows that even with extremely limited information and guidlines 3 drawings can come together to make a coherent being.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Exquisite Corpse
This drawing shows that even with extremely limited information and guidlines 3 drawings can come together to make a coherent being.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Friday, September 14, 2018
Don Giovanni turned video game
Michael Carson
Digital art is undeniably a form of art. Not necessarily the paintings and drawing people may be used to but it is art nonetheless. A video game could be seen as an extremely advanced work of digital art. Another example of art is an opera. Between the costumes and music and lighting and other forms of mise en scene, an opera works on many levels. Through the details these two forms of art may seem vastly different, but on a structural level they hold by the same ideas. Both contain characters with costumes, music, different settings and events. The one main structural difference is outcome and message. The opera can have one single outcome, a resolution, which can relay a specific message. However, a video game should have multiple tasks, or 'missions'. A way to turn Don Giovanni in to a video game would be to establish missions correlating to events throughout the opera. With Don Giovanni being the 'villain' per say, there could be a protagonist to try to stop him. Different missions could be the different acts of evil he commits. When his kills the Commendatore after trying to seduce Donna Anna, when he tries to seduce the several other women, when he beats up Masetto and steals from him, etc. The protagonist character could be played with Don Ottavio or Donna Elvira or some of the other characters on their side. These characters could be played with to help stop Don Giovanni in his acts of evil. There could be a mode in which you can play with Leporello and help overturn Don Giovanni before the end of the opera or game. There could even be a way to play with Don Giovanni himself and go through the opera commits acts as a villain. When playing as Don Giovanni there would be a way try to overcome the statue of the Commendatore at the end. Sort of the 'final level'. Playing as the protagonist, the purpose of the game would be to get vengeance. As the levels progress, there is more reason for vengeance therefore the level would become more difficult. The same idea would go for playing with Don Giovanni but opposite. Giovanni would be playing to strike evil to people, but as the levels progressed there would be more enemies who are seeking vengeance creating more difficult challenges.
Digital art is undeniably a form of art. Not necessarily the paintings and drawing people may be used to but it is art nonetheless. A video game could be seen as an extremely advanced work of digital art. Another example of art is an opera. Between the costumes and music and lighting and other forms of mise en scene, an opera works on many levels. Through the details these two forms of art may seem vastly different, but on a structural level they hold by the same ideas. Both contain characters with costumes, music, different settings and events. The one main structural difference is outcome and message. The opera can have one single outcome, a resolution, which can relay a specific message. However, a video game should have multiple tasks, or 'missions'. A way to turn Don Giovanni in to a video game would be to establish missions correlating to events throughout the opera. With Don Giovanni being the 'villain' per say, there could be a protagonist to try to stop him. Different missions could be the different acts of evil he commits. When his kills the Commendatore after trying to seduce Donna Anna, when he tries to seduce the several other women, when he beats up Masetto and steals from him, etc. The protagonist character could be played with Don Ottavio or Donna Elvira or some of the other characters on their side. These characters could be played with to help stop Don Giovanni in his acts of evil. There could be a mode in which you can play with Leporello and help overturn Don Giovanni before the end of the opera or game. There could even be a way to play with Don Giovanni himself and go through the opera commits acts as a villain. When playing as Don Giovanni there would be a way try to overcome the statue of the Commendatore at the end. Sort of the 'final level'. Playing as the protagonist, the purpose of the game would be to get vengeance. As the levels progress, there is more reason for vengeance therefore the level would become more difficult. The same idea would go for playing with Don Giovanni but opposite. Giovanni would be playing to strike evil to people, but as the levels progressed there would be more enemies who are seeking vengeance creating more difficult challenges.
Friday, September 7, 2018
Madama Butterly Reaction
Michel Carson
In Madama Butterly, Pjotr Sapegin depicts a tragedy of a lonely woman on an island with only hope. However, her hope will come to an abrupt end which leaves her with nothing other than despair.
Sapegin did a great job of depicting the emotion of the woman throughout the film as well as her connection with the people. After the man left, she continued to play music out of the record player she was given as well as wearing his hat. This indicates the closeness she feels towards him as they are separated. This closeness she feels even as he is gone displays the hope she feels that he will return and live a happy life with him. Additionally, when the baby is born, the woman keeps the umbilical cord attached. This represents the intimate feel she has with the child.
When the man comes back and rips the umbilical cord, he is detaching the closeness between the mother and the child, as well as the relationship between the man and the woman. After having the only relationships she had ripped away from her with shame all at once she loses hope. She proceeds to kill herself by methodically ripping herself apart.
The story of Madama Butterfly is a real tragedy.
In Madama Butterly, Pjotr Sapegin depicts a tragedy of a lonely woman on an island with only hope. However, her hope will come to an abrupt end which leaves her with nothing other than despair.
Sapegin did a great job of depicting the emotion of the woman throughout the film as well as her connection with the people. After the man left, she continued to play music out of the record player she was given as well as wearing his hat. This indicates the closeness she feels towards him as they are separated. This closeness she feels even as he is gone displays the hope she feels that he will return and live a happy life with him. Additionally, when the baby is born, the woman keeps the umbilical cord attached. This represents the intimate feel she has with the child.
When the man comes back and rips the umbilical cord, he is detaching the closeness between the mother and the child, as well as the relationship between the man and the woman. After having the only relationships she had ripped away from her with shame all at once she loses hope. She proceeds to kill herself by methodically ripping herself apart.
The story of Madama Butterfly is a real tragedy.
Looking in to Person's Eyes
Michael Carson
It is not often that you look directly in to somebody else's eyes for an extended period of time. When maintaining eye contact is is difficult to focus on anything else in the surrounding area. Even the facial features of the person you are looking at become blurred. Although being several feet apart, looking in to somebodies eyes makes you feel closer in distance to the person. The middle ground between the two people becomes almost non existent. The sounds of other talk and noises become undefined. I think it is easier to look in to someone's eyes who you don't know because there is not much to think about the person. When looking at someone you know there can be many thoughts and images of that person, but when you don't know the person there aren't many concluding thoughts, just questions.
It is not often that you look directly in to somebody else's eyes for an extended period of time. When maintaining eye contact is is difficult to focus on anything else in the surrounding area. Even the facial features of the person you are looking at become blurred. Although being several feet apart, looking in to somebodies eyes makes you feel closer in distance to the person. The middle ground between the two people becomes almost non existent. The sounds of other talk and noises become undefined. I think it is easier to look in to someone's eyes who you don't know because there is not much to think about the person. When looking at someone you know there can be many thoughts and images of that person, but when you don't know the person there aren't many concluding thoughts, just questions.
Friday, August 31, 2018
Raul Cuero response post
Michael Carson
FMX 211
Raul Cuero's perspective on the creativity of life was very open ended. He started off with very little opportunity but used his knowledge and the resources he had to become very smart and successful. It was inspiring to see and hear how his used his creativity and positive outlook on life to overcome the many obstacles that he faced while becoming a smart and established person.
What I found most interesting about the video was his viewpoint on the process in relation to the actual journey and lesson. A lot of times the final outcome is the only thing people see as important. Cuero describes the parts of the process and each instrument in a symphony. Each instrument plays a very specific role in making an entire symphony and every instrument in important. This relates very as advice for college students. Classes aren't just waiting for the test and hoping for a good grade, one should focus on the process that gets them there because the steps are just as important, if not more important, than the final outcome.
Another opinion Cuero had was the issues children this day in age face while trying to be creative in life. He compared it to kids being given a manual instead of attempting things for themselves. The manual is the final project, the steps to get there is the experience in creating. Getting the final project limits creativity. He suggested that kids should 'create their own manual' instead of simply using the final conclusion of someone else.
Raul Cuero's mindset is very helpful when thinkingg about learning and creating. He focuses a lot on how one gets to the final step, rather than focusing just on what the final step is.
FMX 211
Raul Cuero's perspective on the creativity of life was very open ended. He started off with very little opportunity but used his knowledge and the resources he had to become very smart and successful. It was inspiring to see and hear how his used his creativity and positive outlook on life to overcome the many obstacles that he faced while becoming a smart and established person.
What I found most interesting about the video was his viewpoint on the process in relation to the actual journey and lesson. A lot of times the final outcome is the only thing people see as important. Cuero describes the parts of the process and each instrument in a symphony. Each instrument plays a very specific role in making an entire symphony and every instrument in important. This relates very as advice for college students. Classes aren't just waiting for the test and hoping for a good grade, one should focus on the process that gets them there because the steps are just as important, if not more important, than the final outcome.
Another opinion Cuero had was the issues children this day in age face while trying to be creative in life. He compared it to kids being given a manual instead of attempting things for themselves. The manual is the final project, the steps to get there is the experience in creating. Getting the final project limits creativity. He suggested that kids should 'create their own manual' instead of simply using the final conclusion of someone else.
Raul Cuero's mindset is very helpful when thinkingg about learning and creating. He focuses a lot on how one gets to the final step, rather than focusing just on what the final step is.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
My first feelings of this class is that it is laid back but will have a lot of creative opportunity. I'm Michael Carson and I am a freshman here at UT. I am from upstate New York and am majoring in finance. I played sports in High School but just play recreationally now. I would like to leave this class more knowledgable on art and the creative process of art.
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