Maintaining a Personal Format

Hello Everyone! Today I would like to reflect a bit on how design always contains a part of the artist and how, even if there is a target audience, the designer will inevitably show some of themselves and their own style or personality within each work that they create. This is true throughout all of […]

InDesign Assignment

Hi everyone! Recently in media arts class, we have been starting to work with Adobe InDesign. Here is a sample of what I learned so far. Hope you enjoy!

Adding Some Personal Colour

Hello everyone! This past month was Black History Month, and, honoring this, I would like to talk a bit about a black artist and how their work in media arts brings to light their own personal culture, background, and life experiences. As well, I would like to talk a bit about how media arts as […]

ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGN

Hey Everyone! Today, I would like to explore the issue of eco-friendly design and making product design, production, and distribution more sustainable with less of a carbon footprint. When designing a product, designers must consider materials, the method that they will use to produce or mass-produce the product, as well as how they will distribute […]

Artistic Collaborations

Hey Everyone! In today’s blog post, I want to talk about collaborations. In art, film, and fashion, collaboration is very common, and a lot of good work can come out of it. It is also quite common to see collaborations between different types of art; for example, between a visual artist and fashion designer. The […]

Photoshop Assignment/Quiz

Hi Everyone! Recently in Media Arts class, we have started working in Photoshop and learning some basic skills which relate to editing, combining, removing things from, and enhancing images. We were given a short quiz to do in order to display and practice the skills that we learned in Photoshop. Here are some examples of […]

CRITIQUE REFLECTION

Hi everyone! Today I am going to be addressing the topic of art critiques. Art critiques are always a part of any arts class, be it visual arts, media arts, dance, or English and literature. For many arts like English, critiques come in the form of edited work where the teacher will receive a draft […]

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Hi Everyone! These past few weeks, I have been going around the city in my day-to-day routine capturing photos that portray a certain word. Her are my final photos. Enjoy! Portrait Landscape City Big Space Little Space Fast Slow Time Food People Far Away Close Up Profile Garbage Opening Selfie

INSTAGRAM APPRECIATION

Hi everyone! Today I decided to talk a bit about Instagram; specifically, I will be talking about Casey Neistat’s feed and some things I like about it. First of all, Casey Neistat is a YouTube personality, blogger, entrepreneur, and video-maker. He deals with technology a lot in his videos. For example, he has done collaborations […]

Who am I

Hello there! Welcome to my blog, Musings. My name is David and I am a grade ten student at De La Salle College in Toronto. This is a blog of reflections and “musings,” usually relating to media arts. I have always had an interest in art. When I think back to JK, the only class […]