DAI 323 - Blog Exercise 5

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This image is visually appealing. It says "Big Brothers Big Sisters" program which helps little kids have after school activities and stay off the street. The leveling is pretty good because it is pretty balanced as the bigger kid is significantly  taller as expected. But they balance that out with the kid swinging upwards.

 This would've looked great if they didn't at the sewer pothole into the well decorated bricks. It looks weird. It makes it imbalanced because there is too many circles. If it was just bricks on the left side then it would've been perfect. Even though it might have been a city issue, they couldn't made the bricks slightly to the left so they can add the cement around the left one more.

DAI 323 - Blog Exercise 4 Visual Vs Symbolic

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Sad, Anxious, Scared, Nicely Dressed, Too many people interviewing, Scarcity. Tired, Frustrated

The image has a line of unemployed people waiting to get an interview. But the thing about the line is that is goes around the block as far as the eye can see. The people seem scared, but they seem ready to get a job because they are nicely dressed. From the line you can tell that jobs in the U.S. have become a lot harder to get, and because of that the people in this image look tired and frustrated from their job searches.

Meaning 2 - Interactions Between the 3 Levels

Representation: The picture above clearly shows a can of beer. Almost all the around the world, a can like this resembles a type of beverage. The impact it has on it's users or viewers is that once they see this can, they know they can drink from it no matter what, all they have to do is pay for it. It relates to the other two levels of design because, first of all the symbols in the middle "Angkor" represents one of the most famous temples in the world "Angkor Wat", Any one that knows has researched Cambodia, that should have been the first thing to come into mind. The red and the blue colors if also put abstractly denotes the flag of Cambodia. The real flag has red and blue colors with the actual temple in the middle of the flag.

 Abstract: This is a abstract vision of the program "Internet Explorer" created by the Microsoft corporation. It plays a infinite role into our world today, once I look and this image I felt like I was connected to the world. Sometimes that's how people feel, the need to be online and to be "connected" to other people. This relates on the two other levels, the symbol in this image is giving out the word "Internet" "Connected" "Open Doors". On a representational level this image is definitely reflects on how we live in our world today, for example, homework use to be turned in every class IN PAPER, now we can turn it in by uploading them, or by posting them on an online blog like this.

Symbolism: This picture denotes a very iconic team in major league baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers. Even though I like this is a relatively new design for the team, it really stands out from all the other new designs I've seen. If you watch baseball, that circle inside the glove is actually a baseball, and the glove itself it made of the letters "M" and "b" which make up the Milwaukee Brewers. To the non-baseball viewers it might just seem like a normal abstract glove and ball, but to a person who watches almost every Giants game then you will see different aspects in the image. On a representational level this dictates, American comfort, and just good old fashion baseball game.

DAI 323 - Blog Exercise 1 (Meaning 1)

 

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 The representational level of this image is clearly explained and very detailed. As a human being you should at least know what this represents. It the scientific representation of water. When two hydrogen connect to an oxygen ion, they make the life source that we need on Earth. The green lines representing the connection between the two elements. This image can also be seen symbolically as the essence of life.

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This piece of art is amazing of how I currently feel right now. This gives a concept of a person who has too much in his/her head and just needs a little break from reality, which I think that is why the Sun is so close? Maybe the person wants to go somewhere far away. I believe this abstraction is leaning towards symbolism also with a lot of people relating to it. Because when times get rough, take a break, and come back to it later.

This image to me is clearly an objective abstraction.

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 Everyone in the United States and live in the city should have absolutely seen this symbol. It's on every product and every production company's label. It signifies the authority that if you copy this style of production in any way, you can be accused of copyright infringement. This symbol means "copyright" so never ever copy anything with the symbol like above or else you would be in deep trouble.