Eitan's Open Minded World

    "Moon over Massapequa, New York. Third Quarter. 50 Percent of Full. 5:48 AM ET September 5, 2015."   by  John                                                                                    Wisniewski  is licensed under  CC BY-ND 2.0      So far, I've had a lot of fun with this class. When I was a kid I used to loved drawing so rekindling that aspect of my childhood is a pleasure to say the least. I would say the most fascinating takeaway from this class is understanding the minor and simple details that an artist apply into his work. These details really give that piece the extra appreciation. Their was also the learning aspect of the class. There was a bunch of historical e...

    "Damian Lillard at the Black Lives Matter march in Portland"   by  Matthew Almon Roth  is licensed under  CC BY-NC 2.0 Last week we had an assignment about key moments that defined 1968. The events that took place in this year was really critical for America on how it would be defined for decades. As these events took place I started seeing a connection between 1968 and 2020. The way both of these years just screamed disaster. They shared very similar moments but also had very different ones. There was a bad main disaster that everyone agreed was awful. For 2020 its the killer Coronavirus, and for 1968 it was the cold war that if invoked enough could end all life. Both of these had dramatic effects on everyday human life. In 68 you were trained how to deal with a nuclear attack, you would have this fear on you every day that it could be your last. In 2020 because of the virus, millions of people had to apply for unemployment, as well as s...

  "Winnie the Pooh & Us"   by  ProSam  is licensed under  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0   Last weeks assignment required us to make a sort of comic book. This was, in my opinion, extremely challenging due to the limitations that we were given. Essentially, we were given only 5 colors to draw with and no words. The assignment was about a recreation of a children's story tale. I thought I would do Winnie the Pooh. I originally thought about making Pooh a yellow and red square and Piglet a small pink cylinder, but because I would already be using more then half of my colors on just 2 characters, I decided to make the characters really detailed and the background colorful. This was really difficult because I quickly realized that showing  emotions through facial expression is not simple.  A simple raise of an eyebrow would change the entire   expression of the character. This really humbled me and made me appreciate artists mo...

               Last weeks assignment was one that tested our knowledge with literary techniques and how capable we are at performing them. After understanding some of these techniques, I honestly never noticed how much we use them on a daily bases . When I kept track of all the metaphors I was surprised how many my friends and I used to joke with one another. We just called it "clever insults" and never thought twice about it. It feels like they were engraved in us to a point where it became casual. An example of this would be when I saw the assignment required you to pick your any book/film, and make a poster or advertise for said book. The first book that came to my head was 1984 and alongside that came a clear idea of what I want to create. In that idea I noticed I was already using literary techniques without trying to. However I should give credit when its due, George Orwell (The author) did a great job depicting the dysto...

     "SNAP (1976) #spiderman #comics"   by  Q9F  is licensed under  CC BY-NC 2.0      Growing up, I was always told “Stop reading comics, they are like candy for the brain.” To be fair to the people telling me this, that's all I was reading. I came to America as an immigrant not knowing much to any English . I was like 3 grades behind my entire class when it came to English and literature. I couldn't read the same books my class were reading because it would take me much much longer to finish a page. And I couldn't stand reading the pre K/Kindergarten books because it made me feel like an imbecile. So I just read comics all day. Sure you can make a very strong argument to say novels are superior, I mean they are 3 dimensional. With novels the author makes you imagine the atmosphere, the scene and the characters you are journeying with whereas in comics you are put in said scene. However one strong parallel trait with novels and comics ...

            This weeks reading spoke about the correlation that perception has with sensation. I always found it hard to believe that your eyes can deceive you. I mean your eyes are simply showing how the world looks. "What you see is what you get" and to be fair, its true. When light bounces around objects and hits your pupil, it sends information to your brain through your retina. However its your brain that controls what to do with this information. My first time understanding perception have an affect was back in 2015 with the whole black and blue or white and gold dress. I was amazed that the brain can subconsciously change how we view realities but it also scared me because I wondered what other tricks is my brain playing on me. I think John Green put it best "Sometimes seeing is believing but believing is also seeing."