Surrealism.

Artist name : Salvador Dali (May 11, 1904 - Jan 23, 1989)

Art movement : Surrealism

What is surrealism?

• Surrealism is a movement that expresses the imaginations as revealed in dreams.
• free of the conscious control of reason.

Aim of Surrealism

• reveal the unconscious and accommodate it with rational life.

Example of artwork

three sphinxes of bikini

Elements of Design:

a. line - different kind of line were being used, straight, curve, heavy, light, soft or hard.

b. shape - is a well-formed shape, is not confusing.

c. direction - the lines are mostly vertical that gives us the feeling of balance, formality and alertness.

d. size - the size of the object infront is obviously bigger than the ones behind it, this shows that it is closer compared to the other one.

e. texture - the texture of the object is smooth.

Principles of Design:

a. balance - the large light tone object is balanced by the darker smaller object at the side.

b. gradation - it is dynamic, it has a gradation from light tone to dark tone then to light tone again.

c. repetition - the objects look similar but they are not the same. it shows variation.

d. unity - the picture shows that it is in a desert. the objects link to each other and show unity.

sleep

Elements of Design:

a. colour - the colour is very clear and not messy. it consists of primary colour like blue, secondary colour like orange.

b.. value - high value between object and the background. the object is dark in colour and background is light in colour, it shows a great contrast and balance.

Principles of Design:

a. contrast - the object at the center shows more contrast compared to the one behind it.

b. harmony - this picture shows harmony. the colour of the objects are almost the same, giving it a feeling of harmony and not confusing.

c. dominance - dominance of the object gives interest to the artwork. it stands out in the picture. it attracts attention.

Other artwork

melting clocks

Reference

1. Salvador Dali self portrait

http://hicatholicmom.blogspot.com/2008/09/fine-art-friday-salvador-dali-and-hell.html

2. three sphinxes of bikini

http://greensurrealism.pbworks.com/w/page/15877249/Salvador%20Dali

3. sleep

http://www.arts-wallpapers.com/surrealism/salvador_dali_wallpapers/

4. melting clocks

http://awindowintomodernism.blogspot.com/2011/01/androgyny-in-dada-and-surrealism-from.html

Aspiration&Dreams.

My name is Choong Wai Sin and currently studying my psychology degree in HELP University. I have been dreaming of becoming a psychologist since young. Having the curiosity of how human thinks and why do they behave in such a way, leads me into this field.

In my university, I also took up design class as my elective because i think i should learn courses from other fields as well. Design was my first choice as i can learn how to use Adobe Photoshop and edit my own pictures. That is the thing that i always wanted to learn. I actually took up a photoshop class in my high school, however, it did not last long as i do not have the time to stay back every week. Therefore, now i took up this opportunity to take design class as my elective.

My dream is not only to be a successful psychologist but also a creative person. In order to succeed in my field, i have to think out of the box and try very hard to catch up in this design class. As i am not quite a creative person, therefore i must work even harder compared to other people in the class. People say, you must have a vision then only you will become successful. So now i will work towards my vision and dreams, hoping that one day it will come to pass.

How to design the header?

Header is the most important thing in a blog, because it is the first thing that people see when they come to your blog.

Therefore, creating a header is very important.

It should be attractive enough to make sure the reader continues reading your blog.

For my header, i used Photoshop CS3.

Here are the steps:

First of all, i chose a picture that i want to use.

Then i used magnetic lasso tool to crop out my head and my body separately.

Then hold Ctrl + T to adjust the size. My head is enlarged whereas my body has become smaller. Then i combine both together and merge both layers.

Next, choose a background that you want, and drag it into the merged layer. To make sure the picture blends well with the background, select the merged layer and click on Filter (on the menu bar) -- blur -- Gaussian blur -- change the radius accordingly.

Finally, add in your blog title and merge all layers into one.

TADAA! now you're done! (: