Perspective Unveiled: Architectural Insights from Painting

Throughout history, perspective has been pivotal for artists and architects, with roots tracing back to Leon Battista Alberti’s seminal treatise, “De pictura” (On Painting) in 1435. His work revolutionized artistic and architectural representation, providing a systematic method for creating convincing illusions of depth and space.

Pros and Cons of One-Point Perspective:

One-point perspective, with its single vanishing point, offers simplicity and clarity, making it accessible for beginners. It excels in scenes with objects facing the viewer but struggles with complex angles, potentially leading to distortion and limitations in depicting diverse viewpoints.

Pros and Cons of Two-Point Perspective:

Two-point perspective introduces depth variation and versatility, allowing for dynamic compositions and realistic spatial relationships. However, it’s more complex and requires careful alignment of multiple vanishing points, posing challenges in managing distortion and accuracy, especially towards the edges.

Hidden Possibilities and Limitations:

Perspective drawing offers insights beyond technicalities, shaping our understanding of spatial perception and composition. By delving into its historical development and nuances, architects can enrich their design practice and discourse, leveraging perspective’s expressive potential.

Perspective, a cornerstone of artistic and architectural representation, continues to shape our contemporary environment amidst the digital age, intersecting with the instrument of the camera in profound ways. In today’s architectural practice, the principles of perspective remain fundamental, influencing design methodologies and visual communication strategies. Architects leverage one-point and two-point perspective techniques to convey spatial concepts and immerse stakeholders in virtual environments through advanced rendering software. The advent of digital photography and smartphone cameras has democratized architectural documentation and representation. Architects harness the camera’s lens to capture built environments from various viewpoints, enabling real-time visualization and analysis.

However, while digital tools offer unprecedented capabilities in architectural visualization, they also pose challenges in maintaining authenticity and human-centred design principles. The ubiquity of digital imagery underscores the importance of critical thinking and visual literacy, as architects navigate between the idealized representations and lived experiences of built environments. In this dynamic landscape of creative exploration and technological innovation, embracing historical insights while adapting to contemporary tools enables architects to enrich architectural discourse and design practice in profound and meaningful ways.

1st Formal analysis assignment (meme review)

Woman Yelling at Cat made is a redesign of the meme where Smudge the cat is getting yelled by a lady from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the context used is usually for some silly argument. There isn’t any personal info regarding the person who drew this so I will use their online name, Ukiyomemes, instead. Originally, the source image is a photograph, but Ukiyomemes made it into a painting to aesthetically fit memes into your home walls. As the artist’s name suggests, the drawing style that this art uses are called an ukiyo-e which is a genre of Japanese art popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries. 

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A pleasing thing about this art is the colors used. Taking a quick glance at the entire color palette of this work, there is a solid black, a vivid red, blue, yellow and green which is quite common with an ukiyo-e. Also, ukiyo-e tends to have flat colors and by that, I mean you see solid colors for most part of the drawing with no blending for shading, capturing colors at its minimalistic form. Looking at the women on the left, she is wearing a red kimono in contrast to the friend behind her wearing a dark blue kimono. Red is usually associated with intense emotions like passion, love and anger while blue is for sadness, relaxation and calming. So, it is quite fitting that the unhappy pointing woman is wearing red while the blue kimono lady is holding her friend back as to calm her down. 

Lines in this piece are really important. It defines the shapes of a design like the autumn leaves on the left woman’s kimono that otherwise would be a simple color on her sleeves. Lines divide the solid red so that patterns of leaves are formed. Another use of lines here is the texture and forms they create. Smudge got squiggly black lines to show his fluffy fur, the line inside the hand is to show creases and the women has white lines on their hair to show the direction where the hair is folded or styled into. The choice of kimono design also plays similarly to the colors used. The red one has spiky autumn leaves, and the blue has a round flower motif. Sharp lines can be seen as aggressive while rounded lines seem mellow, which again, reflects the 2 ladies’ current emotion well. 

When it comes to my understanding of this work, I only see it as a redesign of a meme. In the end I still see it with the same context, a lady getting worked up over a random cat. One thing I would say that can be taken as a message, is the usage of ukiyo-e style. Since ukiyo-e is a fairly old style, time passed and it became less known to the current audience so the fact that someone still uses this style spreads awareness that this kind of genre exists in the world too. Overall, I appreciate the artist’s ability to capture the same vibe as the original photographs. The overly angry lady, the girl behind trying to calm her friend down and the bewildered cat…it is so random as concept, but it just works. The fact that the artist also put their own spin to the work makes it a one of a kind art. 

53rd IVLA Conference Featured Artist

53rd IVLA Conference Featured Artist

I have been chosen to be a featured artist at the 53rd International Visual Literacy Association conference. The theme this year is “Seeing Across Disciplines.” The conference kicks off tomorrow with the bulk of the programming happening on Friday and Saturday.

Register here.

The virtual exhibit will be here.

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Open your eyes and ask yourself Does Billie Eilish look “Happier Than Ever” or to join the debate, Empowered in this PR photo for British Vogue that accompanies her new album? And what happens when the words (thoughts) and pictures (feelings) are not in alignment? Are we more or less vulnerable to the suggestion of impulse buy of Vogue Magazine or Gucci bustier? VISUAL LITERACY is key to visual, emotional and financial health. NO JOKE. #billieeilish #britishvogue #vogue #visualliteracy #health #financialliteracy
https://www.instagram.com/p/COgsLqBjRKe/?igshid=cdeeceh43zje

Always admired @thebigdraw and love their vision. This is a great honour, to be featured by them.😊
#TheBigDraw (formally #TheCampaignforDrawing) is an #artseducation #charity for #visualliteracy and the #universallanguageofdrawing as a tool for #learning, #expression and #invention
#advocacy #empowerment #engagement #access to #creativeopportunities and the #limitlesspossibilities of drawing. They run #TheBigDrawFestival – the world’s biggest #celebrationofdrawing. There are many
#social, #economic and #health benefits of #drawing and I love how #free it can be🖊 #Tryit

معجب دائمًا بـ thebigdraw وأحب رؤيتهم. هذا شرف عظيم ليبرزهم
“السحب الكبير” (رسمياً حملة الرسم) هي مؤسسة خيرية لتعليم الفنون لمحو الأمية البصرية واللغة العالمية للرسم كأداة للتعلم والتعبير والاختراع
إشراك التمكين
الوصول إلى الفرص الإبداعية والإمكانيات غير المحدودة للرسم. يديرون “مهرجان السحب الكبير” - أكبر احتفال بالرسم في العالم. هناك الكثير
الفوائد الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والصحية للرسم وأحب كيف يمكن أن يكون مجانيًا. جربه.
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“Taita’s Balacona (Nana’s Balcony) - Cairo Past"
“Cairo Taxi” series
Oil on Canvas
30" x 20" (76 cm x 51 cm), 2019.
#CairoTaxi #Egypt #Reflection #Childhood #Memories

“تايتا بالكونا (نانا بلكونة) - كايرو باست”
سلسلة تاكسي القاهرة
زيت على قماش
30 “× 20” (76 سم × 51 سم) ، 2019.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTQJYpl79f/?igshid=wqblm8xafvih

To impart what you have to the young is very uplifting. In return you also learn from them the most that we least remember - - simple joy.
The innocence and curiosity of youth are what we ought to reflect. To teach them the right ways in today’s challenging digital world is a must. Their questions inspire you to do better, their perspectives brings you back to what is basic, their laughter makes you wish you never grew up.
Not how to shoot but WHAT TO SHOOT, no filter and no cropping, They did it great.
Thank you
Colegio de la Immaculada Concepcion (CIC-Mandaue) Photography Club. Keep Shooting!

#visualliteracy #photographyworkshop #mobilephonephotography #mobilejournalism #dataprivacy
https://www.instagram.com/p/B857Tk8BUqT/?igshid=8c7qrdvzqeew

To impart what you have to the young is very uplifting. In return you also learn from them the most that we least remember - - simple joy.

The innocence and curiosity of youth are what we ought to reflect. To teach them the right ways in today’s challenging digital world is a must. Their questions inspire you to do better, their perspectives brings you back to what is basic, their laughter makes you wish you never grew up.

Not how to shoot but WHAT TO SHOOT, no filter and no cropping, They did it great.

Thank you

Colegio de la Immaculada Concepcion (CIC-Mandaue) Photography Club. Keep Shooting!

#visualliteracy #photographyworkshop #mobilephonephotography #mobilejournalism #dataprivacy (at Colegio Dela Inmaculada Concepcion - Mandaue)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B856kegBUQn/?igshid=1js33brungyao

Time for #arteducation #3rdgrade #visualliteracy #visualliteracyineducation Teaching my students to look at the world like an artist, break down its complexity and its beauty to a collection of simple shapes and forms, then assembling together the shapes and forms to be able to express and depict their world. #6intelligences #visuallearning #kinestheticlearning (at John And Jacquelyn Miller Elementary)
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTOjfTnIsH/?igshid=1heuj6d4hdmg1

Time for #arteducation #3rdgrade #visualliteracy #visualliteracyineducation Teaching my students to look at the world like an artist, break down its complexity and its beauty to a collection of simple shapes and forms, then assembling together the shapes and forms to be able to express and depict their world. #6intelligences #visuallearning #kinestheticlearning (at John And Jacquelyn Miller Elementary)
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTOjfTnIsH/?igshid=iss8s3xr08eu

Happy Monday, friends! We’re looking forward to spending the week with some wonderful young people. These are some of our Grade 9-11s working together on unpacking signs and signals, with @whatsjanetlindley @shabba_the_ghost and
@tatu963 .
#dramaticneed #createchange #creativechange #artseducation #visualliteracy (at Rammulotsi Manyanya Viljoenskroon)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtdI8JwgbVX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y5er5aqf35jm

“The study of color theory reveals that the color black is not a single color; black is the result of an object which has absorbed all the colors of the visible spectrum, reflecting not one single color, but the accumulation of all colors, to the eye.

To put it into perspective:
black - Black - is an all encompassing, imperceptible spectrum of all that can be.”

That which extends beyond that spectrum - and becomes open to perception - succumbs to the confines of the viewer.

Do not mistake that which cannot be seen as a limitation of the object.“ - Autumn T. Thomas
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#woodsculpture #kerfcuts #perspective #multimediaart #perspective #visualliteracy #denverblackartist #denverartist #atthomas #autumntthomas #multimediaart #sculpture #multimediasculpture #africanwood
https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1qXcmlTeX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=186uj1ip1ohdz

#woodsculpture #kerfcuts #perspective #multimediaart #perspective #visualliteracy #denverblackartist #denverartist #atthomas #autumntthomas #multimediaart #sculpture #multimediasculpture #africanwood (at Art Gym Denver)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVCDmMl4Yi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zlace2axcmp1

Perry Nodelman’s Lecture on Picture Books: Words About Pictures that can lay down the foundation for examining South Korean Picture Books using visual literacy :)

A cleaner design, available for custom design and commissions. Business card holder? What will you do with yours?
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#woodsculpture #kerfcuts #perspective #multimediaart #perspective #visualliteracy #denverartist #atthomas #autumntthomas #iamnotawoodworker #multimediaart #sculpture #multimediasculpture
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_t3GHBgex/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=59e7mu0ehtdg

The kids achieved so much in their first mural painting session last week! I can’t wait to see how it takes shape today
Progress shots from a positive anti-bullying #mural project at Elizabeth Grove Primary School 😊🖌👩🏻‍🎨
@cityofplayford #primaryschool #antibullying #kidsart #characters #visualliteracy #colorful #painting #murals #paintingwithkids #imagination #animals

Few things are more heart-warming than seeing students become Doodle Radicals. @nmaahc #Smithsonian #DoodleRevolution #visualliteracy #go

About to start our day at the Smithsonian’s @nmaahc. Grateful to be educated by all of the students coming. #DoodleRevolution #VisualLiteracy

“Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.” - Michel Houellebecq
© Photo by Jimmy A Domingo @camera.obscura.ph
#fotocom #dlsu #lasalle #lasallian #photography #streetphotography #visualliteracy #hope #everydayphilippines #cat #feline #seduction #catsofinstagram #tenderness #instinct #photowalk #quirinoavenue

In school, children learn how to read and write verbally, but not visually. These children grow up to be adults who are clueless about visual communication.

Chitra Alaap - literally meaning ‘picture dialogue’ in Hindi - is a (hypothetical) brand dedicated to tackling the lack of visual literacy among Indian youth.

Here’s my attempt at creating a befitting logo for Chitra Alaap.

#graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #designblog #designblogger #newblogger #cognitivedesigns #designthinking #creativeneuron #creativity #design #visualliteracy #visualcommunication #branding #creativroom #workagraphy #thedesigntalks #logosai #logotype #logo #logodesign @mylogoinspiration