Friday, November 12, 2010

Deffinition: Dribble

dribble |ˈdribəl|
verb
1 [ intrans. ] (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream : rain dribbled down the window figurative : refugees from central Europe dribbled into Britain.
• [ trans. ] pour (a liquid) in such a way : he dribbled cream into his coffee.
• [ intrans. ] allow saliva to run from the mouth : his mouth was open and he was dribbling.
2 [ trans. ] (chiefly in soccer, field hockey, and basketball) take (the ball) forward past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing : he attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area | [ intrans. ] he dribbled past a swarm of defenders.
noun
1 a thin stream of liquid; a trickle : a dribble of blood.
• saliva running from the mouth.
2 figurative foolish talk or ideas; nonsense : don't believe a word of that dribble.
3 (in soccer, hockey, and basketball) an act or instance of taking the ball forward with repeated slight touches or bounces.
DERIVATIVES
dribbler |-b(ə)lər| noun
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of drip . The original sense was [shoot an arrow short or wide of its target,] which was also a sense of drib. Sense 2 of the noun may have been influenced by drivel .

Location Options For DRIBBLE

 The perfect funky steam/water vents outside Budig hall!
 The Fountain at the front of Campus! Perfect for dribbling water!
 The side of the Art & Design building! You can even see that water has came out of this opening and left a trace of minerals.
Same thing just anther side of the building.
 Pipes coming off the Military Building
 Drainage right next to Summerfeild.
 Pool inside Roberson






 Basket ball court inside the REC: we had to practically give a limb to take these pictures!!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Color refinements

Well, almost done with my FINAL 6 color refinements and those will be put up in just a little while for all to see! Over the weekend I thought a lot about where to place our cardboard letter and I have come up with some really solid ideas, i just need to TAKE PICS!

My Ideas:
Allen Field House: somehow suspended from the hoop??
Naismith Drive huge drainage pipes: coming out of the pipes and hanging from the ceiling?
Chanslers house fountain?
Fountain at the front of campus
Pool by the Rec: we could hang the words off the diving board, Its open (5:30-7:00 during the week)
Drainage pipes by the football stadium
Steam pipes on the way down to Spencer Art.
Letters falling off a building that has gutters.
Letters coming out of a Gutter.
Shower heads in a locker room?


ANYWAYS! those are some of the ideas I have thought about, pictures will be up soon! As well as the 6 final color refinements!

BYE! <3

Monday, November 1, 2010

My word: CONNECT

My words Definition:

con·nect  (k-nkt)
v. con·nect·ed, con·nect·ing, con·nects
v.tr.
1. To join or fasten together.
2. To associate or consider as related: no reason to connect the two events. See Synonyms at join.
3. To join to or by means of a communications circuit: Please connect me to the number in San Diego. Her computer is connected to the Internet.
4. To plug in (an electrical cord or device) to an outlet.
v.intr.
1. To become joined or united: two streams connecting to form a river.
2. To be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as between airplanes or buses.
3. To establish a rapport or relationship; relate: The candidate failed to connect with the voters.
4. Sports To hit or play a ball successfully: The batter connected for a home run.
 
I chose the word CONNECT because it was a word that stood out to me because of the many possibilities that I could work with when cutting and pasting these words. I am happy with my word choice because i have been able to have a lot of fun with creating the cut and paste and computer examples of CONNECT. 

My color exercises!!

After working for a few hours on my color exercises and completing them I have a better understanding of how color can draw attention to certain subjects, create unity, and add interest to my word "connect". My three colors were hot pink, dark violet, and turquoise, these colors were very fun to work with and when all of my 15 exercises were done and I looked at the product as a whole the colors reminded me of an 80's work out video. The colors when placed next to Each other were very energizing and this was perfect for my word connect because of the connection of electronic products to outlets, thus giving them energy. Overall the color exercises were a lot of fun and I am glad we got to mess around with color.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

My Critique

I just got my critique done by the class... and I survived!! The class said they would like to see more green used and I agree with there statement. They also said that my one line and painterly were weak and I can also see that, but to be honest it was midnight last night and I just wanted to go to bed! But I am going to continue to work on my project this week and weekend and I can see it being greatly improved!! 


Cant wait to start the new project, it seems challenging but fun!

In class reviews of our Posters

Today, October 19th, we went through everyones posters and critiqued them as a class and I enjoyed getting every ones feedback because it really helps me see past my bias with my favorites and look at the entire poster as a whole. I also enjoyed walking around all the other classes because I find it interesting to see how each class has a slightly different way of executing there posters.

COLOR!! I am so happy that we had the choice to use color on our posters because after seeing them all color has made these posters really come to life! I chose GREEN on my poster because its a can opener and my index representation had green peas spilling out of a can and I just went with that. I am overall happy with how my color came out and I am proud of my use of green throughout my poster! 
 

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Laying in Bed...

well its very late and im in bed right now, i am pretty excited to start really working on the computers because its just so fun to me! i have had a horrible experience in trying to pic an object.... but i have finally chosen and completed nearly all of the sketches.. still have a few left to do though.. I think 20 of each is pretty strenuous!! Well cant wait to work on different kinds of materials tomorrow. NIGHT!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Why I Wanted To Be A Graphic Design Major!!

Well gosh, where do I start when it comes to being a graphic design major and why I chose to be one.. well to be honest it all started from a very young age I was always so interested in Art and my chilhood consisted of continuously filling coloring books up with marker, colored pencil, and crayon (my favorite as a child) as well as drawing I was very interested in the ways things looked, and composition. I used to always layout my barbie dream house with different furniture designs and make new bed sheets and pillow cases so that Barbie would always have a new design to spice up her dream house. Being a creative child has led me to become a creative adult and my parents and the school's I went to also led me to the place I am at today.

 In high school (I went to Blue Valley North in Overland Park, KS) I was in heaven with how many art classes i had access to and took nearly everything that I had time for. Ranging from interior design, fashion, graphics 1, 2, and 3, Photography, Digital Photography, and drawing and painting I have covered a large span of Art in my 4 years at high school and it was not until my Junior year that I finally came to the decision of Graphic Design after a KU student came to talk to my Graphics class, her name was Mallissa Oliver and after seeing what she had accomplished just shortly after graduating from KU I wanted to do nothing other than Graphic Design for well, the rest of my life. After that point and a lot of research about the Graphic Design program here at KU I began to put together a portfolio to turn in the fall/winter semester of my senior year. And now look at me now, sitting in the Watson Library writing about why I have chosen to be a Graphic Design major.

Talk to you guys soon!! 

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Summary of the IDEO movie


MOVIE TIME!! 
After watching the IDEO video it was easy to recognize that creative ideas in the workplace stem from being subjected to a fun and stimulating environment. For example the bikes being placed on the ceiling and how the offices could be taken apart and wheeled across the floor would make the work place very easy to work with and with that idea going for them its no surprise that they have been coming up with amazing ideas for such a long time and have such loyal and large companies coming to them with projects. Also there work environment stimulated them and encouraged them to come up with crazy ideas, and in the end these ideas can lead to usable ones.  

Monday, September 13, 2010

Interview Questions

Well I ended up interviewing everyone I knew, so there were no strangers but I still got interesting feedback!



Bad Design for under $5 Interview Questions

1. Does this product look aesthetically pleasing to you?
2. After holding and testing the object do you find any positive characteristics?
3. After holding and testing the object do you find any negative characteristics?
4. Have you ever used this product before? If so, please explain your experience
5. Can you tell me any parts of this object you would like to see be changed?

Audrey Young:
1. The product conveys a tan look with the dark brown color, though I don’t want to ever be that tan I think the bottle is aesthetically pleasing.
2. The only thing I like about this bottle is that it is small enough around that I can fit my hand around it.
3. Things I do not like about this bottle, after using it many times I have learned that you have to place it in a plastic bag just to transport it because the lid always falls of and the bottle will then preceded to leek oil all over the place. Also the ridges are too high up they feel awkward when your trying to use it, and the bottle can not be sprayed when its on its side or upside down.
4. Yes, I never have liked this style of bottle, its always requires more work than I want to put in
5. I would want a different style grip and a different lid that actually stayed on.

1. Does this product look aesthetically pleasing to you?
2. After holding and testing the object do you find any positive characteristics?
3. After holding and testing the object do you find any negative characteristics?
4. Have you ever used this product before? If so, please explain your experience
5. Can you tell me any parts of this object you would like to see be changed?

Jean Boone:
1. Yeah this object looks just fine to me
2. I think the only positive thing about this object is the shape and that is does not fall over.
3. After attempting to spray a couple of times the bottle was resisting to be sprayed. Also my hands got very oily because the spray stream is not strong
4 I have not personally used it but you have asked me to spray this on you before and it did not work well
5. new sprayer head and a better hand grip

1. Does this product look aesthetically pleasing to you?
2. After holding and testing the object do you find any positive characteristics?
3. After holding and testing the object do you find any negative characteristics?
4. Have you ever used this product before? If so, please explain your experience
5. Can you tell me any parts of this object you would like to see be changed?

Mackenzie Eveland
1.  No
2. I like the palm tree logo, that’s about it!
3.  The sprayer is hard to utilize and the bottle has very slippery plastic, it seems to fall out of my hand very easily.
4. Yes I have used this product before; I am not really a fan of this sprayer and how hard it is to grip once you have oil on your hands!
5. The bottle would be a lot better if it had some sort of rubber grip so it would not fall out of your hand!

1. Does this product look aesthetically pleasing to you?
2. After holding and testing the object do you find any positive characteristics?
3. After holding and testing the object do you find any negative characteristics?
4. Have you ever used this product before? If so, please explain your experience
5. Can you tell me any parts of this object you would like to see be changed?

 Sarah Schlosberg
1.     Ah yeah I guess… I don’t see anything wrong with it I wish it was a metal instead of a plastic
2.     I think the shape is fine but the spray was shaky to use
3.     You cant spray at all when its on its side
4.     Yeah I have used it once or twice with friends but I have never bought this kind of spray bottle and I probably would not buy it after testing it
5.     I would like this bottle to spray from all angles! Upside down is key for getting the back

1. Does this product look aesthetically pleasing to you?
2. After holding and testing the object do you find any positive characteristics?
3. After holding and testing the object do you find any negative characteristics?
4. Have you ever used this product before? If so, please explain your experience
5. Can you tell me any parts of this object you would like to see be changed?

Cody Larson
1.     yeah it looks fine
2.     it seems to fit my hand ok and it’s a nice height
3.     It does not spray very well or tipped on its side
4.     No I haven’t used it before today
5.     I think a feature where you could spray on the side would be nice

 Interesting Eh??

Tuesday, August 24, 2010