Week 1

First day of University;

- Introduction to Joanna Berzowska's course on visual form and communication
- Will be learning about relationships between analog and digital
- This course will be non-digital therefore no programming
- Learn about lines symboles, gestures, typography, patterns, shapes and design aspects
- Watched humouristic videos with John Maeda, Stefan Sagmeister and Don Norman who went over topics such as simplicity, beauty and happiness.

"Graphic Design: The New Basic", interesting book to look upon.

Although this was only the first class, it seems quite interesting even though we will be working with such simple terms such as lines and symboles.

First assignement;

Representational and Interpretational?



The first picture on the left would be an interpretation of me because it is not exactly who I am, it is altered and modified to represent me. ( I did change my hair colour so do not mind that drastic difference) The cartoon effect changes the perception of my real image on the right. It is almost a translation to the other picture that clarifies or explains more simply the understanding of who I am.
As for the picture on the right, it would be a representation of me, depicting who I am in reality to the image on the right. This is who I stand for in this self-portrait, I represent myself. The image on the right does not show who I am necessarily in an artistic way unlike an interpretation of something or someone. I do not think there is a right or wrong answer as to what one may think is representative or interpretative.