Visual Arts

Visual Arts

What is art? Art is a very debated concept. Some people are quite confused, maybe even offended by what is believed to be art. For example, a lot of art is controversial. Visual art comes in many forms. From photography, fantasy and graphic art, to painting, sculpting, drawing, animation and so on. The images above and below exhibit some of these artistic phenomenons, such as famous 1930s cartoon character Betty Boop, fashion and style, comic book illustrations, outdoor displays, artistic tools and a road sign.

Interestingly, the school zone sign represents a quasi universal way of depicting a human being for representative purposes. Popularity of this genre of portrayals, called stick figures, may be evidenced from animation instruments such as templates within Xtranormal, Goanimate, Pivot, and of course, Stykz.

Art cannot always be seen. Image: Megan Jorgensen (Elena).

Similar to other professions, ‘designer’ may refer to a variety of specializations: fashion, graphic, web, interior, IxD and so on. IxD stands for interaction design. From prehistoric cave painting to computer graphics, drawings changed much. Still, fascination with the visual art is paralleled in the saying: ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’.

The celebrated anime and/or manga style is achieved through various techniques. In addition to watercolors, pencil, graphite, charcoal, crayons, ink, pastels and oil paint may be used to complete such and other drawings, among other materials. In the digital era, software (products by Corel, Autodesk, Serif and other publishers) contribute to computer generated imagery (CGI) and computer-aided design (CAD). Finally, an unfinished or rough drawing is called a sketch. Sketching is yet another form of producing artistic pictorials