CRITIQUE 2

-Dream

The visual content of this picture is a woman looking down at something. She has a glow around her and light is shining on her highlighting part of her. The rest of of the picture is dark and in the shadows. The picture is unclear and dream-like. I can’t see what she is doing with her hands and looking at. The woman in centered in the picture and whatever is behind her is unclear.

The three design elements are tone, texture and shape. The tone makes up the whole highlight and shadows of the entire picture. The texture is whispy and soft. The shape is the area of tone that provide shape for the whole design.

The three design principals are emphasis on the woman. Rhythm of her hair and clothes. Unity of the whole picture flowing together.

The color scheme is black and white. It is used effectively but I think it would look pretty in color as well.

I like the picture the way it is.

The light shining on her catches my eye in this piece.

I like it. I think it is very dream-like and peaceful.

Street Kids

The visual content of this photo is five kids on the ledge outside of a window on the street. They seem to be climbing down while the two at the top over the door look like they are fighting. I love the shape and positioning of this picture. Everything in it seems to flow together and is unrealistic but comical. The building is old and dirty. The door is uninviting and dark so it is cute that the kids are coming out of the window.

The three design elements are line, texture and size. The continuous suggested lines that the kids form. The texture of the dirty brick building. The size of the huge building, doors and pillars compared to the kids.

The three design principals are balance, proportion and rhythm. The balance of the of the kids to the right and then the one on the bottom balancing them out. Proportion of how everything is so huge compared to the kids. And rhythm is the directional pattern that the kids are going.

The color scheme is black and white. I think it is used effectively as it looks like it is an older photo.

I think it is very visually effective and creative. The kids draw me in to the picture and the girl hiding behind the pillar.

I like it a lot.

-Mirror

The visual content of this picture is a bunch of kids by the street half dressed and in torn up clothes. The clothes, windows and street looks dirty. There is a little boy on a tricycle behind the mirror with no glass. He looks like he is going to ride through it. The boys holding up the mirror are not paying attention the boy on the tricycle.

The three design elements are color, size and line. Color is black and white and helps the photo look more real. Size is how huge the mirror is and line is the diagonal direction of the street and buildings.

The design principals are balance being the mirror. Proportion of the size of the mirror compared to the little kids and emphasis on the mirror.

Black and white color used effectively.

The kids that looks like he is going to ride his bike through the window draws me in.

I don't really like the photo image. It's a mess and doesn't really make sense to me.

Tread 3

The visual content of this photo is a woman standing looking into a brok-en piece of glass or the wall and seeing a man in it looking back at her. The wall looks torn up and dirty but the people look dressed up and neat. It looks like light is coming in from the side highlighting the woman’s arm and side of her face. She seems to be looking right at the man that we see behind her.

The design elements are tone, texture and direction. Tone being the overall darkness of it. Direction in the way she is looking at something in her hand reflecting the man behind her looking at her. Texture of the wall and how part of it is ripped off.

The design principals are balance being the woman in the right-front of the picture. Proportion of the size of the woman compared to everything else. Emphasis on the man looking back at her in the mirror or wall.

Color scheme is black and white and works but I think it would be pretty in color.

The man looking at her catches my eye. It makes me want to know more about him and the picture.

I really like this picture and wouldn’t change a thing.

-Tread

The visual content of this photo is a flower with a rock tied to it. The pot that the flower is planted in is not in focus while the rock and the actual flower itself are very crisp and clear. They are sitting on top of what looks like a wood rough wood table. The picture makes me wonder why a rock is tied to the stem of the flower.

The elements are size, line and texture. The size of the flower. The vertical line of the flower and the line the string makes. The texture of the wood table it is sitting on.

The principals are balance being the right side, the flower, being so big and then the left side, the rock being so small. Proportion of the plant to the rock. Emphasis on the parts that are crisp and not blurred.

It is black and white, very pretty, works with picture.

The crisp parts draw me in, I like it.

-Emergency

The visual content of this picture is a little boy in the drivers seat of the truck looking out the back window as the truck is driving away. You can tell from the snow under the truck that it is either moving of there is a big snow storm and appears to be raining pretty hard. The red truck sticks out in the dreary snow covering the ground and sky. I like this picture and the name “Emergency” a lot.

-Boy

The visual content of this picture is a boy standing with a grenade in his hand is that the shape of his body is the same as the tree behind him. It took me a minute to see the grenade in his hand. He is making a face and holding his other empty hand like he has a grenade in that one too. There is a lot of shadows on the ground from the trees and the sunlight showing through the leaves.

-Identical Twins

The visual content of this picture is twin girls dressed up in dresses, tights and bows in their hair. There arms are straight by there sides the same way they are standing. The first thing I noticed was their eyes. They look creepy and unnatural to me. I would like the picture better if the girls were playing or in some more natural position than standing there with their arms straight up and down.