critique 1

1. There is some text and a can of tomato soup, and a many drowning in the soup.

2. The size of the image makes the can of soup huge and the man very small, like it is taking over. The color of the image, the red, makes the image feel mean like once again, it is taking over. The direction of this image points towards the man in the soup.

3. The emphasis is put on the soup because of how large it is and it has all of the coloring in the photo. The proportion makes the can seem huge and the man seem small. The balance is offset because the can is not in the center.

4. Most of the image is white with red and black, very basic colors, nothing extravagant.

5. I fee like it is a little plain. There needs to be something else in the photo, but I am not sure what.

6. What draws me in is the man in the soup, the direction of the entire photo is turned towards him.

7. I do not like this photo, it is too plain.

critique 2

1. There are a bunch of boys on the street playing. Two of them are holding what used to be a mirror and there is another boy riding a bike through it. There are a few shops in the background.

2. The size of the image makes the boys seem like they are the world, which is probably how they felt at the time. The color of the black and white really makes it feel old school. The direction of the image to me points towards the boy in the mirror

3. The emphasis of the image is on the boys playing, especially the boy in the old mirror. The proportion of the image makes the boys big and the rest of the world small. The balance comes from the background of the image, making the boys feel like they are not so off balance, because they are facing all different directions.

4. The image is a grayscale. If it were in color it would have ruined the authenticity of the picture, so the black and white makes the photo what it is.

5. I would not change anything in this photo

6. What wins the picture for me is the boy in the mirror, it just adds humor to the piece.

7. I like this image a lot, everything in the photo relates to one another and its just cute in general.

critique 3

1. The image is all grayscale. It shows an old house attatched to the ground by tree roots. The background is very gloomy with some desert in the scene.

2. The photo is in grayscale, giving it a gloomy feeling, like you are not sure if it is supposed to be creepy or depressing. The main focal point is where the house a roots meet together. The roots make the house look small or the roots very very large.

3. Unity it expressed by the grayscale, it brings the image together as a whole, if it was in color there would be too much distraction. The emphasis is definately on the house being attatched to the root.The balance I feel comes from the background of the picture. the sky and hills blend the picture together very well

4. The grayscale is very effective. If the image was in color, I dont think the photo would have made sense at all, it would have given off a happier fairytale feeling rather than a gloomy older feel.

5. I would zoom out from the background a little more, giving it a more lonely feeling.

6. The part that winds me over is the house attatched to the roots. The effect was done very well and it has a lot of meaning to it.

7. I really like this image because to me it makes me feel like it is showing the old and forgotten things that have always been around that are now left abandoned and we are missing the beauty of what we had.

critique 4

1. I see the little girl opening a gate rather than just leaning against a fence. There is also some grass, a road and a tree in the distance

2. The images size makes the girl look small and the fance very large. The color also puts the fucos on the girl holding the blue. The direction I feel points the viewer into the fance gate.

3. There is an emphasis on the little girl and her blue sheet because of the colors. The girl is proportioned to look small compared to the tings around her and the whole picture is balanced right while the little girl pushes the focus to the right.

4. I see a lot of neutral colors and then what pops is the green and blue on the little girl. To make the color more effective I would have made everything except the little girl and her belongings black and white

5. I would have changed the colors to black and white except for the girls green and blue things on the girl.

6. What wins this for me is the mystery of the girl opening the gate of the fence and the look on her face. It makes me wonder where she is going.

7. I do like this image I just wish she had a more mysterious/mischevious look on her face rather than a sad face.

Design critique 5

1. There is an older lady at a restaurant smoking with another person. They are at the end of the building because there is a brick wall behind them.

2. The direction of the image I fell like it towards the lady's hair. I am a bit thrown off though because nothing really points towards that, she just stands out in the middle. The texture of this image varies. There is a rough texture from the brick wall and then a smooth texture from the blue/green chairs. The color of this photo is a little warm. The photo looks old so all the colors are faded a little.

3. The emphasis of this photo is definately on the hair of this woman, it may be that it is rediculous or just huge, but that is what is being shown. The proprotion of the image works. There is some tile brick at the top and the green chair at the image which helps with the balance of the image, also the other design elemet.

4. The color scheme is a warm feeling and then the chairs have a cold temperature, fake leather feel. The gray hair absorbs a little red coloring, probably from the fact that it is an old photo, but helps to give the woman a warm feeling also.

5. I think the color of the seats should have been different. It throws off the picture as a whole, or maybe had a different color wall, something to unite the picture a little better.

6.What catches my eye is the big gray hair. It doesnt really fit with the image and the color is so opposite that it is the first thing I see.

7. I actually dont like this image, I feel like there was no thought put into it and it was a random photo taken at a restaurant, which is fine, but for a design critique, it just doesnt thrill me.

Project 5

Project 5 was the book cover. I really enjoyed this project more than I thought I was going to. I worked with a lot of pictures that I had from doing film shoots over the semester and did my book on film. I also added the logo that I made in ART100 for my company and it just put the icing on the cake. The first print I made did not quite fit, so I had to adjust it all and print a second copy. But I really enjoyed this and if I ever write a book, I am making the cover.