Entry 4: Pointing Poster of the Nerdy Kind

Entry 4: Pointing Poster of the Nerdy Kind

   

Dumbledore Wants You To Wizard Rock The Vote
The Harry Potter Alliance
21st century

 One of my favorite book/movie series is Harry Potter from JK Rowling. The fandom is so big that there are fanfiction and concerts based upon the series. When we started to talk abount pointing propaganda posters I thought about a poster that i have in my room that I got at a Wizard Rock concert when I was young. On the poster, a illustration of Professor Albus Dumbledore pointing at the audience. I believe that the poster is trying to get fans to sign up for the Harry Potter Alliance  group which is a activism group. Wizard Rock is a genre of music specifically for fans of Harry Potter.
     

Alfred Leete
1914
" Britons Wants you, John your Country's Army! God Save The King."

     The poster reminded me of Alfred Leete's pointing poster. These type of posters point to the audience and convinced them to do something. The pointing posters were popular in both World Wars. The image below is from World war I and tried to convince the audience to give money for the War Efforts. The picture says, " Britons Wants you, John your Country's Army! God Save The King." It is common for these posters to  guilt trip the audience into doing what the government wants
it's citizens to do. Leete was active during the early 20th century and designed many posters.

Entry 3: Celtic manuscripts and the Wisen World

Entry 3: Celtic manuscripts and the Wesen world



This week I would like to talk about the Celtic manuscripts. In particular, The Book of Kells. The above picture is from page 54 of Meggs History of Graphic Design.  In the Book of Kells, the authors of the four gospels are represented as animals; Saint Mark is a Lion, Saint Luke an ox, and Saint John is a eagle. When studying any art history I always look at the mythological. Graphic design is no different. This particular manuscript is of pagan tradition and based on Egyptian culture.

The way that the four gospels are represented  reminds me of the TV show Grimm. In the show there are different types beasts within normal humans. These are called Winsens and their world have different types of animals that are housed untill they transform. How does this relate to the Celtic manuscript? Well, the beasts come from different mythos and folklore-mostly from Germany as most of the beasts' species names are from Germanic origin. The above picture is from the book Grimm: Aunt Marie's Book of Lore which is similar to one of the Grimm books from the show in a condensed version for the fans. The image is reminiscent of the early manuscripts down to the fronts used and the adornments on the sides like a border.

Entry 2: Woodblock press and foil art

Entry 2: Woodblock press and foil art
February 10th 2018

     The starting of the press during the early fourteen century is really fascinating. Wood is quite a improvement from metal and steel press. It is easier to carve, lighter, thus making it easier to reproduce. Also, I am in love with the smell of woodwork. The artists were closer to nature which would prove refreshing during the Industrial revolution. One woodblock printer was Gilles Savoure. Woodblock printing was used to make playing cards. These playing cards were play by higher class and royalty. These cards are remenesiance of modern solitaire in which each picture represents positions on the society hierarchy-kings,queens, joker, jacks, and peasants. The above picture is of a playing card made by Savoure in France.
   

     From playing cards to modern art. I remember playing with aluminum foil as a kid. With a roiling pin I would carved out small patterns similar to what they did with woodblock printing.  This is called Zentangle Art. It is made by small children. It is interesting to see the similarities. I don't have a photo of one but what I do have is a image from letslassothemoon.com that showcases the art form. It is fun for the whole family.

entry 1: Headlines from the past and future

Entry 1:
February 3rd 2018

Headlines from the past  and future

     One of the most important aspects of graphic design history is the study of how text changed over time. Text has changed significantly from the early pictograph to our computers. The most important aspect of text is how it captures the human eye. This entry is going to look at newspaper headlines-how it changed from the very first newspaper to the modern newspaper. The first newspapers had only text. The important words or phases are bold and presented in a larger front size. In 1621 A.D, the first English newspaper formed. The above picture is from the August 1668 issue of the London Gazette.
     

     This news paper spread the news of the week to the people of the UK. I chose this picture due to the fact that the London Gazette is still around today. It is interesting to see how much the paper changed over the centuries. The type pattern within the London Gazette is still around today. Down below is a screenshot of the Rolling Stones magazine. The main title of Article is bold with a high front size. The second part of the title is smaller enabling the reader a clear view of what the story would be about. An important quote is in the middle of the story surrounding by text.

Works Cited

Jacket, Dust. worlds-first-english-newspaper-to-sell-at-mullocks. 2015. 03 02 2018. <https://www.justcollecting.com/books/worlds-first-english-newspaper-to-sell-at-mullocks>.

SPANOS, BRITTANY. "From Cuba With Pop: Camila Cabello’s Rise." Rolling Stones Magazine (2018): 20-21. Magazines.