CREATIVITY

This week i found an interesting take on 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch.  This image captures creativity by utilizing a classic piece of artwork and transforming it into something modern.  It's content is a take on not being able to get your head out of the box (television).  The subject is still the same subject as 'The Scream'; a piece of expressionism.  The identifiable form is print, or magazine illustration.  i also like how the artist chose to drain the picture of color, sticking only to black and white.  It makes the subject feel more desperate, and the environment is bleak.  (Adbusters, Dec, 1999, Vol. 1, ISSUE #2)

COLOR HARMONY RULES

     This week i have a cover photo for an issue of Lürzer's Archive.  We can see multiple uses of color harmony rules within this composition.  Monochromatic is the main scheme which we see filling most of the background.  Different shades of red are carefully placed to produce a nice, balanced image.  Analogous may also be considered a main scheme because of the several shades of red, red/orange, and orange.  Within the center of the composition (upon the skeletal woman's shirt) there is a Complimentary color scheme between the Red and green.  A very cool color (almost teal) is used for emphasis in drawing our attention to the magazine title and balanced y the dashed line of the same color on the left hand side.  (Skeletal Woman, lürzer's Archive, Vol. 06-2015, Advertising Worldwide)

COLOR INSPIRATION

This week i have a picture of the cover of an issue of Adbuster's magazine.  What drew me in was the shattering ketchup bottle and how much it stood out from the rest of the photo.  The background is very soft, using white/black/grey (and very minimal light green on the shoe) while the foreground is bright red.  The image itself is asymmetrically balanced by position of the label.  There is also heavy emphasis on the bottle label itself by form of the surrounding ketchup splatter and darker color.  The intensity of the red from the ketchup bottle is the primary focal point of the piece as the background has a darker tint in general. (Source: Adbuster's magazine, #122, part 5, Manifesto for World Revolution,  November/December 2015)