Dark and Gothic Tales Design and Architecture There was a whole lot that happened in the hundred years between 1750 and 1850. Honestly, people were just trying to spice things up with fun events, like the French Revolution–it was fun… Continue Reading →

So I have a lot to say about this project, and it may not come as a shock to anyone, but I disliked this project. First of all, I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. A… Continue Reading →

Cottage-core Design and Architecture of the Past The Baroque era was one of the most influential artistic eras, characterized by lavish detail, strong contrast, bright colours, and emotional drama. One of the periods in the Baroque era that stood out… Continue Reading →

Paolo Uccello was a very talented Florentine painter and mathematician from the early Renaissance. He was notable for his advanced work with perspective in paintings. It was said that he would stay up all night to grasp a deeper understanding… Continue Reading →

Clothing and Colours Between 3100 AD. to 30 AD., ancient Egypt had a very broad array of clothing styles between the classes, which I wasn’t very surprised about. Those who were poor wore very little and those in the upper… Continue Reading →

Figure/Ground This Toblerone logo uses figure/ground. People’s minds like to organize what’s in the foreground versus what’s in the background, to make sense of the image. The mind can also shift to see more than one image, this is called… Continue Reading →

Closure This giraffe shows the use of closure. The image is missing the main base of the animal, but our minds “fill in the blanks” to complete the picture.

My “Yearbook Spread” was created to fit a celestial theme. I could not decide on any one theme for a very long time, but I landed on one that I have been meaning to play around with for a while…. Continue Reading →