Sketch blog and other assorted effects!!! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:40:00 -0600 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:40:00 -0600 My first entry of the New Year isn't very thought provoking, just fun, at least for me! This is a 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback, I have been saving up for this car for two years and I finally have almost enough to purchase it! I thought I would share these pics, mostly because; I have nothing else to say! Talk soon! J Bell!!! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/462050/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:40:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/462050/ I am going to be gone for while, because it is the Christmas shopping season and I was promoted to Asst. Manager at my job. I will stop in once in a while to read some articles and leave some comments.  Thanx!!!!! Jed http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/427508/ Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:06:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/427508/ Okay, I am still pretty busy, but it is getting little less so. So here is my new entry  and the reason it says the cheater  way is because, I am just posting an interesting article about what graphic design is . Also, go and check out the superman trivia contest on SuperAngels blog!!! Really fun!!! Graphic design is the process of communicating visually using typography and images to present information. Graphic design practice embraces a range of cognitive skills, aesthetics and crafts, including typography, visual arts and page layout. Like other forms of design, graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated. Early Page from the Book of Kells: Folio 114v, Decorated text. Tunc dicit illis Graphic Design spans the history of humankind from the caves of Lascaux to the dazzling neons of Ginza. In both this lengthy history and in the relatively recent explosion of visual communication in the 20th and 21st centuries, there is sometimes a blurring distinction and over-lapping of advertising art, graphic design and fine art. After all, they share many of the same elements, theories, principles, practices and languages, and sometimes the same benefactor or client. In advertising art the ultimate objective is the sale of goods and services. In graphic design, "the essence is to give order to information, form to ideas, expression and feeling to artifacts that document human experience."[2] The paintings in the caves of Lascaux around 14,000 BC and the birth of written language in the third or fourth millennium BC are both significant milestones in the history of graphic design and other fields which hold roots to graphic design. The Book of Kells is an early example of graphic design. It is a lavishly decorated hand-written copy of the Gospels of the Christian Bible created by Celtic monks around 800AD. From 1891 to 1896 William Morris' Kelmscott Press published books that are some of the most significant of the graphic design products of the Arts and Crafts movement, and made a very lucrative business of creating books of great stylistic refinement and selling them to the wealthy for a premium. Morris proved that a market existed for works of graphic design in their own right and helped pioneer the separation of design from production and from fine art. The work of the Kelmscott Press is characterized by its obsession with historical styles. This historicism was, however, important as it amounted to the first significant reaction to the stale state of nineteenth-century graphic design. Morris' work, along with the rest of the Private Press movement, directly influenced Art Nouveau and is indirectly responsible for developments in early twentieth century graphic design in general. Modern A Boeing 747 Air Force One aircraft. The cyan blue pattern, the US flag, presidential seal and the lettering were all designed at different times and combined in this one final design. Graphic design is applied in virtually every organization or society. There are virtually no limits to the size and applications of graphic design. The signage in the London Underground is a classic[citation needed] of the modern era and used a font designed by Edward Johnston in 1916. In the 1920s, Soviet Constructivism (art) applied 'intellectual production' in different spheres of production. The movement saw individualistic art as useless in revolutionary Russia and thus moved towards creating objects for utilitary purposes. They designed buildings, theater sets, posters, fabrics, clothing, furniture, logos, menus, etc.[citation needed]Jan Tschichold codified the principles of modern typography in his 1928 book, New Typography. He later repudiated the philosophy he espoused in this book as being fascistic, but it remained very influential.[citation needed] Tschichold, Bauhaus typographers such as Herbert Bayer and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and El Lissitzky are the fathers of graphic design[citation needed] as we know it today. They pioneered production techniques and stylistic devices used throughout the twentieth century. The following years saw graphic design in the modern style gain widespread acceptance and application.[citation needed] A booming post-World War II American economy established a greater need for graphic design, mainly advertising and packaging. The emigration of the German Bauhaus school of design to Chicago in 1937 brought a "mass-produced" minimalism to America; sparking a wild fire of "modern" architecture and design. Notable names in mid-century modern design include Adrian Frutiger, designer of the typefaces Univers and Frutiger; Paul Rand, who, from the late 1930s until his death in 1996, took the principles of the Bauhaus and applied them to popular advertising and logo design, helping to create a uniquely American approach to European minimalism while becoming one of the principal pioneers of the subset of graphic design known as corporate identity; and Josef Müller-Brockmann, who designed posters in a severe yet accessible manner typical of the 1950s and 1960s. An important point was reached in graphic design with the publishing of the First Things First 1964 Manifesto[3] by Joshua Isaac Walters which was a call to a more radical form of graphic design and criticized the ideas of value-free and purely commercial design. This was massively influential[citation needed] on a generation of new graphic designers[citation needed] and contributed to the founding of publications such as Emigre magazine.[citation needed] The Graphic Design field has really been an exciting field/major for college students. For example, many students attend Western Connecticut State University and then find excellent Graphic Design jobs in the field 80 miles south in New York City (Manhattan). Uses Graphic design is used whenever visual intricacy and creativity are applied to the presentation of text and imagery. Contemporary design practice has been extended to the modern computer, in particular WYSIWYG user interfaces, often referred to as interactive design, or multimedia design. Anywhere there is a need to communicate visually, there is potential enhancement of communications through graphic design. Here are a few examples: In Administration From road signs to technical schematics, from interoffice memorandums to reference manuals, graphic design enhances transfer of knowledge. Readability is enhanced by improving the visual presentation of text. Intricate and clever pictures are used when words cannot suffice. In Advertising Graphic designs have a unique ability to sell a product or idea through effective visual communications. It is applied to products as well as elements of company identity like logos, colors, and text, together defined as branding. See advertising. Branding has increasingly become important in the range of services offered by many graphic designers, alongside corporate identity and the terms are often used interchangeably.  In Education Graphics are used in textbooks for subjects such as geography, science, and math to illustrate theories and diagrams. A common example of graphics in use to educate is diagrams of human anatomy. Graphic design is also applied to layout and formatting of educational material to make the information more accessible and more readily understandable. In Entertainment From decoration, to scenery, to visual story telling, graphic design is applied to entertainment. From cover to cover in novels and comic books, from opening credits to closing credits in film, from programs to props on stage, graphic design helps set the theme and the intended mood.  In Journalism From scientific journals to news reporting, the presentation of opinion and facts is often improved with graphics and thoughtful compositions of visual information. Newspapers, magazines, blogs, television and film documentaries may use graphic design to inform and entertain. On the Web Graphic designers have long been involved in web design. Combining visual communication skills with the interactive communication skills of user interaction and online branding, graphic designers often work with web developers to create both the look and feel of a web site and enhance the online experience of web site visitors. In the job field, companies these days look for someone who can do both graphic and web design. There is a great deal of argument in the professional design community about whether or not this trend is positive. Although it has created new job opportunities for skilled graphic designers, it has also created a glut of web designers who think they can do graphic design but really have little artistic talent. It is important for designers to understand the intricacies of the other medium before offering the skill as a professional service(transitioning from graphic design to web design). Tools The primary tool for graphic design is the creative mind. Critical, observational, quantitative and analytic thinking are required for designing page layout and rendering. If the executor is merely following a sketch, script or instructions (as may be supplied by an art director) they are not usually considered the author. The eye and the hand are often augmented with the use of external traditional or digital image editing tools. The selection of the appropriate one to the communication problem at hand is also a key skill in graphic design work, and a defining factor of the rendering style. In the mid 1980s, the arrival of desktop publishing and the introduction of graphic art software applications introduced a generation of designers to computer image manipulation and 3D image creation that had previously been laborious. Computer graphic design enabled designers to instantly see the effects of layout or typographic changes without using any ink in the process, and to simulate the effects of traditional media without requiring a lot of space. Traditional tools such as pencils or markers are often used to develop graphic design ideas, even when computers are used for finalization. Computers are generally considered to be an indispensable tool used in the graphic design industry. Computers and software applications are generally seen, by creative professionals, as more effective production tools than traditional methods. However, some designers continue to use manual and traditional tools for production, such as Milton Glaser. There is some debate whether computers enhance the creative process of graphic design.[4] Rapid production from the computer allows many designers to explore multiple ideas quickly with more detail than what could be achieved by traditional hand-rendering or paste-up on paper, moving the designer through the creative process more quickly.[5] However, being faced with limitless choices does not help isolate the best design solution and can lead to designers endlessly iterating without a clear design outcome. New ideas can come by way of experimenting with tools and methods, be they traditional or digital. Some designers explore ideas using pencil and paper to avoid creating within the limits of whatever computer fonts, clipart, stock photos, or rendering filters (e.g. Kai's Power Tools) are available on any particular configuration. Others use many different mark-making tools and resources from computers to sticks and mud as a means of inspiring creativity. One of the key features of graphic design is it involves selecting the appropriate image making tools out of it's ability to generate meaning rather than preference.[6] Some graphic design ideas are created entirely in the mind, before approaching any external media. A graphic designer may also use sketches to explore multiple or complex ideas quickly[7] without the potential distractions of technical difficulties from software malfunctions or software learning[citation needed]. Hand rendered comps are often used to get approval of a graphic design idea before investing time to produce finished visuals on a computer or in paste-up if rejected. The same thumbnail sketches or rough drafts on paper may be used to rapidly refine and produce the idea on the computer in a hybrid process. This hybrid process is especially useful in logo design[8] where a software learning curve may detract from a creative thought process. The traditional-design/computer-production hybrid process may be used for freeing ones creativity in page layout or image development as well[citation needed]. Traditional graphic designers may employ computer-savvy production artists to produce their ideas from sketches, without needing to learn the computer skills themselves.     Lol are you alseep yet ????????? http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/412696/ Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:53:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/412696/ The answer of last week's entry is that it........... Comes with coffin!!!! Thanx to everyone who participated and a special thanx to those who guessed it!!!   Now for my Fav poem!!!!! HOUND OF HEAVEN By Francis Thompson (1859 - 1907) A failure for so-long; a one-time opium addict; died of tuberculosis. His poems, mainly religious, are rich in imagery and poetic vision. I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;    I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways    Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter;             Up vistaed hopes I sped;             And shot, precipitated,    Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears, From those strong Feet that followed, followed after.             But with unhurrying chase,             And unperturbed pace, Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,             They beat — and a Voice beat             More instant than the Feet— "All things betray thee, who betrayest Me."             I pleaded, outlaw-wise, By many a hearted casement, curtained red, Trellised, with intertwining charities (For, though I knew His love Who followed,             Yet was I sore adread Lest, having Him, I must have naught beside); But, if one little casement parted wide,    The gust of His approach would clash it to.    Fear wist not to evade as Love wist to pursue. Across the margent of the world I fled, And troubled the gold gateways of the stars, Smiting for shelter on their clanged bars;        Fretting to dulcet jars And silvern chatter the pale ports o' the moon. I said to dawn: Be sudden; to eve: Be soon;    With thy young skiey blossoms heap me over        From this tremendous Lover! Float thy vague veil about me, lest He see!    I tempted all His servitors, but to find My own betrayal in the constancy, In faith to Him their fickleness to me,    Their traitorous trueness, and their loyal deceit. To all swift things for swiftness did I sue;    Clung to the whistling mane of every wind.      But whether they swept, smoothly fleet, The long savannahs of the blue;    Or whether, Thunder-driven,    They clanged His chariot 'thwart a heaven, Plashy with flying lightnings round the spurn o' their feet—    Fear wist not to evade as Love wist to pursue.        Still with unhurrying chase,        And unperturbed pace,    Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,        Came on the following Feet,        And a Voice above their beat— "Naught shelters thee, who wilt not shelter Me." I will only be blogging 2 days a week from now on, So I will do my best to return comments!!! If I forget you it is not because I am not being freindly just missed! Just come and bugg me if I miss you!!!! Jed http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/401373/ Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:49:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/401373/ I found this clipping a while back in a car trader magazine!!!! Notice anything in the ad? Write it in your comment!! I will give the answer next post! Hint read everything carefully in the picture!!! I finnally got my 100th comment from... BABYRACH91!!!!  Have fun with this!! Keep Rawking for Jesus, Jed http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/395583/ Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:52:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/395583/ Hey Y'all I am back for the school year! The reason why I was not here for a while was that my company had me working 6 days a week!!!! It was fun and I made good money, so all is well!!! I was tagged by POTCGirl What is your favorite color? Pastel blue!!! What did you eat for breakfast? Granola bar! The Food of Champions What is your middle name? Aaron What instrument do you play? Used to play drums, but now I am learning the guitar.                                                                                            What's your favorite sport? Football, Volleyball, and mixed martial arts(UFC) When is your birthday? January 21st What is your favorite transportation? A motorcycle!!!!!! What is your favorite boardgame? Monopoly any kind!!!!! What is your favorite website? I have no idea, maybe CMT or HSB or Bodybuilding or and it goes on and on and on……. Last person you talked to on the phone? My friend from work Olvia Where do you like to shop? Clinton crossing premium outlets What did you have for dinnner? BK What is your favorite car? A dual wheel, silver, quad cab, Dodge truck ooooorrrrr a maroon, tricked out Audi TT!!!!   Where do you live? CT Would you rather be a tiger or a unicorn? A unicorn, definitely, they are majestically strong…. Calm, yet wild enough to be feared, totally me!!!!!   I tagg The first 5 ppl who comment me   Keep Rawking for Jesus!!!! Jed http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/392304/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:41:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/392304/ I am sorry for not responding to comments and posts, but I have been working everyday the pasts weeks. I should be back to a reasonably structured schedule  around Sept. 7.   Thanx y'all! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/381071/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:24:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/381071/ I am going to be gone for a week, because I am at my camp (YPI). I know I have some tags to finish I will get to them, I promise! So, if I don't respond, now you know why! And if it says I am logged on it is probably a glitch or someone else! Cya y'all l8ter! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/367266/ Fri, 3 Aug 2007 05:43:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/367266/ Here are a few pictures of a pink moth orchid that  I made for my mother. It is all handmade from clay except for the pot which came from a different plant. Hope you enjoy them! Flower! Angled flower with vintage photo (really, really old family photo!) One more flower! The long awaited......... ME!!!!!!! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/361373/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:56:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/361373/ I know haven't been here much lately because I have been busy working and studying for the SAT. However, I decided to upload these pics for you to enjoy. Here they are 1. Self-Pic 2. Mandy Moore (star of "walk to remember") 3. Brian Jacques, Author     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/354736/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:30:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Countrybeachbum/354736/