It is quite difficult for someone of the western world to have never seen any of Storm’s work. Like most, my introduction to his work was through the well-oiled, finely tuned mammoth of machine called Pink Floyd; an amazing band (I might add) who grew up with Storm. Nearly all the artwork published under the guise of Floyd is thanks to Storm and his colleagues at Hipgnosis and Storm Studios.
You could say Storm caught a few breaks in his career. He was lucky enough to know one of the most famous rock acts of the 20th century, as of which opened doors to success and fame that few designers ever achieve. However, despite the fame, he is still a revered designer.
What exactly did Storm do to stand out from the pack? He wasn’t just a guy who knew people; he was a man with innovative ideas and the tenacity to fully realize his goals. In this book I intend to shed light on Storm Thorgerson, world-famous album designer.
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What really struck a chord (ha ha) with me is how terribly interesting his work is. He often designs and organizes the most mundane objects or events in a composition that gives off a very surrealistic vibe.
“Alternatively it might be the case that an every day observation, some small ordinary event, which when isolated, framed in the camera and re-presented to the viewer, can take on a different and worthwhile quality.”
Take a look at Asha’s 1979 album cover Correlations. In its simplest terms, the cover is of a woman bending down to drink from a water fountain. However, the approach to photography, the decision to use a woman, the paleness of her skin, and the shape of the water as it rises toward her ever-widening mouth is all carefully considered and brings more meaning than...
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Pink Floyd's crowning achievement, The Dark Side of the Moon, exemplifies thoughtfulness as well. It is crucial for the album designer to accurately translate the music into a visual medium. The music contained in this album called for a high level of thought. The album consists of big themes that constantly pester humanity: money, greed, religion, power, time, death, sanity and ambition. Storm and Hipgnosis associate George Hardie successfully translates these themes into one of the most iconic album covers in rock n roll: the prism and the refracting light.
"The refracting glass prism referred to Floyd light shows - consummate use of light in the concert setting. Its outline is triangular and triangles are symbols of ambition, and are redolent of pyramids, both cosmic and mad in equal measure, all these ideas touching on themes in the lyrics."
The American artist Fred Tomaselli arranges pills, leaves, insects and cutouts of animals and body parts to create his pieces of art. His incorporation of items are arranged to suggest a level of perception along with a heightened visual experience. This gives me, the viewer, a sense of Energy. The perception of color that Fred uses gives a gravitating feel. If you take a look at the heart of this piece you can instantly visualize the different items Fred incorporates into the piece.
...ent ground. the background is bright red and has large graphic circles of yellows, pinks, and blues. They seem to mimic the idea of a musical notes. It is composed of flat figural forms cut from vibrant paper. This was not the only album cover that Romare Bearden ever created. He also did another album cover for Wynton Marsalis called J Mood.
Anything from a police man leaning on a wall that gets lost in the crowd on busy days to a cleaning lady next to a garbage can. Duane creates life like art pieces that you can lose the fact that they are fake. The amount of detail along with the expressions on the figures’ faces tells the tale. The spectator creates a relationship to the piece because its the familiar look or feeling they receive from the experience. Duane uses the figures’ as they are portrayed to accomplish an everyday ordinary person moreover with that technique displays the ability to relate the viewers to the art
Hopper's work is an unmistakable prologue to American abstract expressionism. The geometrical shadows on the dividers at early afternoon and the nature of the light on the items conjure deliberation. Mark Rothko once said that he never preferred inclining lines in canvases as for their situation they were supported by the light that goes into the spaces. The inclining lines that Rothko alludes to are shadows on the divider made from light, yet past the legitimization is the surface that Hopper accomplishes with his
To begin, I truly take to heart the theme of the push of the arts, which plays out in the background of Trumbo. As an artist, continuously
Starting with visual elements I saw lines, implied depth, and texture. I see lines by him using lines created by an edge. Each line is curved not straight but it works with the piece. By using this he creates the piece to make it whole. He uses many curved lines within the painting I don’t know if there is a straight line in the whole thing. The next element I saw was implied depth. Using linear perspective you can see the mountains but they look smaller than the rest of the piece. They are the vanishing point in the back making it look as if you can walk down and they will get closer and closer to you. The last element that I saw was texture. They talk about Van Gogh’s painting, The Starry Night having texture through a two- dimensional surface, in which this painting has that similar feel. Van Gogh uses thick brush stokes on his paintings to show his feelings. There is actually a name for this called, Impasto,
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His experimental and unique perverse screenwriting has shocked and inspired numerous people. His aesthetics painted horror vividly and presented itself dramatically. His musical and cinematic vision was a healthy extension of his devilishly, clever, and demented mind. His modes of publication with music, film and print, had and still a tremendous fanbase. He has gained our attention in every media related forum and we can’t look away, even if we try. He has left us cheering, screaming and on the edge of our seats. We leave feeling bad about ourselves for watching his visual storytelling unfold. “You know, it’s like, I’m going to sit here for 90 minutes and watch these guys get fucked up with no hope. That’s what I love about these films, you walk out feeling bad about yourself, saying “Why did I enjoy that? What does this say about me as a person?” It is a cathartic experience that horror lovers can have again and again. Not acting on those horrific urges, but instead, becoming one of his characters that were just never really understood and that evil is real. Evil never dies and revenge always wins or at least in horror
...lassical composers, I applaud this man for his creativity, style, but most of all for the great contribution he has made to the music and film world.
In present time, Vincent van Gogh is probably the most widely known and highly appreciated person of postimpressionism. During his brief lifetime, Vincent’s work went almost unknown to this world. His work now hangs in countless museums throughout the world and is considered priceless. His work became an important bridge between the 19th and 20th centuries.
Graphic designer and typographer Stefan Sagmeister has always had a unique way of viewing the world, therefore has created designs that are both inventive and controversial. He is an Austrian designer, who works in New York but draws his design inspiration while traveling all over the world. While a sense of humor consistently appears in his designs as a frequent motif, Sagmeister is nonetheless very serious about his work. He has created projects in the most diverse and extreme of ways as a form of expression. This report will analyse three of Stefan’s most influential designs, including the motives and messages behind each piece.
When viewing Georges Seurat’s, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (Fig. 31-37), perception is changed vastly depending on the viewer 's proximity to the piece. At close range, all that is visible is a mass array of countless circular dots and tiny lines in a vast range of colors. Greens, blues, reds, oranges, yellows, white, browns, black and purples are all visible in a multitude of intensities. The Divisionism technique utilized causes this piece to appear as an abstract collection of colors when viewed at close range. Yet when distance is between the piece and the viewer, these seemingly sporadic dots come together to create a complete and detailed scene. Primarily consisting of biomorphic shapes, Seurat’s incorporates in every inch of the canvas
Pink Floyd was the first band in outer space. Since the mid-'60s, their music has relentlessly tinkered with electronics and all manner of special effects to push pop formats to their outer limits. At the same time they have wrestled with lyrical themes and concepts of such massive scale that their music has taken on almost classical, operatic quality, in both sound and words.
In doing so, he has established a signature mark. Both his films mix drama and comedy in a way that does not diminish the other. He exaggerates his characters for comedic effect but makes sure that they never crossover into being too slapstick. His films are short, around ninety minutes, and use montages to move quickly through narrative. His films contain both causal and episodic narratives. All his scenes are relatively short so his characters have lots of opportunities for different interactions. And he uses nature to reveal how a character is feeling. The way he tells a story is unique and constantly fascinating. His style and brand of humor is instantly recognizable, whether you 're watching one of his features, shorts, or advertisements. He still has the opportunity for a long career ahead of him and as he moves into more mainstream Hollywood, it will be important to see how he changes. His films may not have won any Oscars, but they have received acclaim in New Zealand and abroad. His effectiveness as a director and writer is impressive and his talent undeniable. Because he has been able to carve out this auteur identity in such a crowded industry, his films are surely worthy of study in the future. At the very least, they 'll always be highly
Looking through a viewfinder and a lens to capture a single moment does not take a lot of expertise; it is really a simple thing to do. However, if a person truly appreciates the art of photography then they take their time and concentrate on the object, person or event they are trying to capture in order to find its true meaning and do the picture justice. “The professional photographer tries, when taking a photograph, to choose an instant which will persuade the public viewer to lend it an appropriate past and future. The photographer’s intelligence or his empathy with the subject defines for him what is appropriate. Yet unlike the story-tell...