Links to my other blogs:

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http://videofeedback1.blogspot.com/

http://videofeedback2.blogspot.com/

http://videofeedback3.blogspot.com/

http://videofeedback4.blogspot.com/

Old Art revealed by digital technology

This is an amazing TED talk about Da Vinci works that were analyzed using new digital technology. What is revealed is that the "new" layers of varnish painted since the original creation have changed the artworks. Enjoy:

http://www.ted.com/talks/maurizio_seracini_the_secret_lives_of_paintings.html

:30 second TV commercial

Final Project Proposal

To create a 30 second TV ad that represents a line of chocolate drop made by a company called Hershlee's.

Sketches:

Target group: Lovers of chocolate chip cookies.
Analysis: This is kind of a love hate thing for me as my studies in Visual Literacy and American Cinema have made me realize how much influence the modern image is having an impact on Society at large and how poorly imagery is being utilized towards what could be a positive end product. What could possibly be better than fresh oven baked chocolate chip cookies? I chose this for the simple reason that I have experience with TV production and incorporating both Photoshop and Illustrator has been a long time desire of mine to fulfill.

Format: This could be any of a number of final outputs, from AVI file type to MiniDV HiDEF tape, but for the purpose of this assignment will be relegated to an MP4 filetype for streaming playback via the web, hopefully off this blog.

Software utilization: Photoshop, Illustrator, AVID Liquid Pro 7, possibly Title Deko.

July 30th 2011 - 3pm on... music

music concert event poster
July 30th, 2011 Corning, NY
everyone is invited
it will most likely be a hot, humid day
dress appropriately and bring sunblock

The results:

Joe's Garage

BLAKE

The Magnetics

DAKOTA

Charlatan Entry

"Happy Meal" by CRBaldwin

An entry to the Charlatan design competition which is located here:

http://www.graphiccompetitions.com/jump.php?contest=the-charlatan-ink-art-prize-2011

The design competition theme for this year is derived from a work by Paul Guaguin with the same name,"Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?" This graphic provides answer to these questions by juxtaposing iconography of the past, present, and future along with conventions currently found in every day Life but which also existed in the past and probably will continue to do so into the Future. Primal blood thirst has always been with us, a kind of food we continuously feast upon, the question now though is, with robots about humans more and more everyday as time goes on, will humans have a reserved spot for consumption in posterity or will consumption be passed onto that which we humans create?



possible Charlatan competition entry 3

Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?

original images courtesy:
boblum.com (kids running with asimo)
life.com (big asimo with arms raised)
ual.es (asimo wave)
life.com (asimo dancers)
acceleratingfuture.com (gun toting asimo left)
robotshop.com (gun toting asimo right)

possible Charlatan competition entry 2

MMM mmm good!

Original concept CRBaldwin

possible Charlatan competition entry 1

Computing into the distant Future

original image courtesy: funnypages.net

Tesla Greatest Hits Album cover re-do

I redesigned this album cover as I felt the original cover (located here: https://teslatheband.com/estore/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=142 )

while a capable piece of work didn't truly reflect the kind of energy and fun I expect out of the band.

I explored Adobe Illustrator using pen tool outlining to recreate Mr. Sun, as well as fills and gradients and the star tool. I then grabbed my digital camera and a small blue mixing bowl and went outside anf filled it with rocks and took a picture of it and imported it into PS. Then inside photoshop I entered the text, drop shadowed much and recreated the various elements on the original "raisin bran" cereal box that this image imitates as well as used layer blending, various fonts, outline glows, the lasso tool, magic wand and some other tools to create this finished unit. The original image is the cereal box design for Kellog's Raisin Bran.

Space Station 10 9

Hershey candy bar wrapper updated

graphic submission for visual literacy class