Vector Project - Quotes

My quote are:

"The good old days", The only good days are ahead - Alice Childress
"The present is a point just passed" - David Russell
"Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions" - Edgar Cayce

This is a vector project, using Adobe Illustrator to editing three chosen quotes. I used a lot of tools in this project, from text & shapes to transform, and Effects. and its fun playing with all the features. I also played with layers, and surprised that there can be layers under layers.

Vector Exercise - Font

This is a vector exercise using Adobe Illustrator (CS4). I have played a little bit illustrator when i was in high school, but we only touched a little bit on it. The fonts i used are "cracked (CREATIVITY)", "Stencil Std Bold (IDEA)", "Myriad Pro (ART194)"...etc. The tools i used are Type Tool, Ellipse Tool, Envelope, Recolor Artwork...etc. The texts contain in this art work are "ART194 Vector - Creativity, Imagination, Idea".

Photomontage

This is the final piece of my photomontage project. Didn't get a good start finishing my first project on time, and I am sorry to turned this in late. This is a a building not too far away from our classroom. I believe its name is Lattie F. Coor Hall. Buildings that have a lot of windows always come to my favorite list, because they symbols the modern architecture and always reflect lights from the sun, which shines a lot. I took about 10 pictures on this building in different days, and used almost all of them on my work. The picture didn't line up exactly straight, but i kind like the feeling of its in-straightness. The tool i used were mostly copy&paste, crop and transform.

Discussion Questions

What is art?
Art is people's observation of things around or inside themselves. Artist transform what they feel, what they see, or even what they imagined into art. whether its an object, a paint, or through digital output.

How would you define art?
Different people see things differently. Different people views art differently too. To me, art is a way to express my ideas, my emotions, and my imaginations. Its a way of communication between the artist myself and my audiences.

Is it possible to assess and evaluate art?
yes, every art have its price, but people view art differently. Therefore, art pieces might be priceless to its creator. Art pieces might evaluate to be millions. But, some people might think they only cost few bulks.


If so, what is good art, and conversely, how can one determine what is bad art?

Its really hard to determine a good art or bad art. Technically, we can evaluate an art at whether its good or bad by looking inside its content, its composition, its effort of time, and its impact to people who sees it. Nevertheless, some people might dislike an art while some people love it to death.