Saturday, May 10, 2008

Review on Website

I chose to review Jennifer Simmonds website. I really enojoy her funky writing and fun playful feeling the page presents. Her homepage or index page is very simple and easy to navigate.
The art work page was visually a little messy, I felt like the video should be on a seprate page because it starts up as soon as the page opens. Also, the photographed art piece should be cropped and clean to give a more professional look. I think that some details about the art would be pleasing to page viewers as well. I really enjoy the colors and playful look its perfect to show the art educator Jennifer is going for!!!

Review on Final Project

For the final project review I chose Mellisa Muldrew clay animation video. The character seemed very intriguing to me, it was fun and light hearted yet you can tell ALL the hard work that was done to produce something that looks simple. The plot of the animation was interesting in a man verse nature perspective.

The stop motion frames must have been many in order to create the 1:28 video. Knowing the artist love for clay and how she said "It seems to sneak into every project of mine this year." I find this video Mellisa created to be almost a form of her year, where her work ends up consuming her in the form of clay.

The character Bob is perfect, he is his own character. The characteristics given to the shape shifting white blob, is perfect to the musical changes. The music seems to be perfect for the length and visual actions happening. Overall, this video was incredible.

Monday, May 5, 2008