Category: 01 ReadyMade

This is the Alteration part to my rDNA project. This storyboard video is based off of my randomly assigned word, “science”. The sequence shows a plant going through its life cycle from seed to flower, to being picked and being placed in a vase and the rain and sunshine in between that help the plant grow. Life cycles such as this one, for me, exemplify one of the many aspects of science.

 

All videos/pictures were taken from https://www.pexels.com

Here is a screen capture of my progress so far for Project 1.

This is my readymade sketch. The idea behind these is to create a repurposed image. Here i repurposed rainbows as flower vases.

I have also included my citations for this image.

Works Cited

“Best Mother’s Day flower delivery deals, discounts & same-day delivery options.” Android Central, www.androidcentral.com/best-flower-delivery-services.

From You Flowers. www.fromyouflowers.com/products/youre_in_my_heart_3.htm.

“This one-day Hunter rain boots sale is making a splash.” CNN Underscored, www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/cnn-underscored/hunter-sale-rain-boots-woot/index.html.

“White Lily Flower.” Clean PNG, www.cleanpng.com/png-flower-bouquet-cut-flowers-tulip-basket-of-flowers-5470067/preview.html.

This is my deconstruction sketch. The word I was randomly assigned was science. This sketch includes words I feel relate to this topic/idea.

This sketch is based off the randomly assigned word I got to do the Mind Map sketch. The word assigned to me was science. I incorporated some words/aspects that I feel relate to science such as magnify glass and plants.

I also included my citations for this picture:

Works Cited

Bennet, Jay, and Rachael Lallensack. “The Ten Best Science Books of 2019.” Smithsonian Magazine, 2019, www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-best-science-books-2019-180973744/. Accessed 20 May 2020.

“Cartoon Clouds Set Transparent PNG Clip Art Image.” Yo Price Ville Gallery, gallery.yopriceville.com/Free-Clipart-Pictures/Cloud-PNG/Cartoon_Clouds_Set_Transparent_PNG_Clip_Art_Image#.XsWF0S-ZOu5.

“Flower+Lawn Photos.” Shuterstock, www.shutterstock.com/search/flowers%2Blawn?section=1&image_type=photo&commercial=true&safe=true&search_source=base_related_searches&saveFiltersLink=true&ref_context=keyword.

“Magnify Glass Cartoon.” Fine Art America, fineartamerica.com/featured/magnifying-glass-cartoon-bigalbaloo-stock.html.

After reading Edward Tufte’s “Powerpoint is Evil” and David Byrne’s “Learning to Love Powerpoint” I feel that I can agree with both sides of the argument. Both articles point out how Powerpoint can be limiting. Although Byrne is “learning to love” Powerpoint, he explains how it is limiting, inflexible and struggles visually (Byrne, 2003). Similarly, Tufte complains how, maybe worst of all, Powerpoint bores audiences and ,because of this, disrespects them (Tufte, 2003). On the brighter side of things, Bynre rebuttals his negative comment by pointing out the convenience of the slide wear program, and in today’s world, this is something that is valuable to many. Therefore, hearing both I feel that Powerpoint definitely is lacking in many areas, but I do not think it is going anywhere due to how accessible and convenient it is.

As far as the Keynote tutorials, three techniques I learned were how to create custom shapes, how to insert hyper links and how to insert audio and video files.

 

This is my first image creation using Adobe Illustrator. It is an abstract version of one of Egon Schiele’s paintings.