Blog 2

After I read through the article “Kidd, Hickey and Weschler”, I regarded it as an article, breaking away from the normal ideology of forming a picture. Before we invade our territory, we should aware that normal and familiar ways to work on posters is to from Left to Right, Top to Bottom. However, it is not unchanging. Different ways are capable of showing various ideas, if the writer has already made a blueprint in the mind.

I am curious and little confused about that “Left to Right, Top to Bottom, Big and Small; on a two-dimensional plane, all of these tools rely on relative truth. Now we come to In Front Of and In back of, which for us are big, fat lies” (p6). Why fist three tools are relied on truth while last on is lies. Is this mean that the last tool will make an illusion that people regard something, in front of screen, as a bigger one than the other, which is in the back of the screen? In fact, the back one is the bigger one.

The article “The Heresy of Zone Defense”, at beginning of the article, visualizes a popular 1980 NBA Finals. Erving’s amazing performance attracts millions of basketball fans. While the author applies basketball as an introduction for his further discussion about civilizing rules. I am fond of what Jackson Pollock said in a magazine that “It is okay to drip paint”. Jackson breaks the conventional idea about painting. He combines the heart and mind with paining. Painting is not just a picture, but it is an abstract way directly to express drawer’s emotion.

Contrary to basketball which has been ruled and changed in the past sixty years, while, art does not submit to the rule. From reading, collage administration nearly destroyed the initial idea and spirit of basketball. As result, I am curious about art history. Is art still a freedom platform for drawers to express their ideas and to create everything? Is there any forbidden law issued to confine people’s mind? 

The article “why is this man smiling” talks about that how digital animators are becoming more and more alive. At begin, I am interested in light various behaviors when it hits different things’ surface and bounces off, like milk, marble and plastic. After the author talks about the light hitting the face, the previous description helps me a lot.  The exact opposite way between performing a human show and animation attract me a lot. Human show is inside out, while, the animation is outside in.  A tiny different facial expression sends out much different message. Animation maker, as result, should pay attention to daily people’s expression anytime and anywhere. In that case, a vivid animation is able to come out. Also thanks to the technology, a mouse and a keypad, makers used to perform lots of animation expression.

I question about “we fail when the audience notices anything”, Is this mean that animation maker should make all the expression alive without any traces?