Cheng Mun's 2208 Journal

Subtractive Colour:
"When we mix colors using paint, or through the printing process, we are using the subtractive color method. Subtractive color mixing means that one begins with white and ends with black; as one adds color, the result gets darker and tends to black."
The CMYK color system is the color system used for printing.
Additive Colour: 
"If we are working on a computer, the colors we see on the screen are created with light using the additive color method. Additive color mixing begins with black and ends with white; as more color is added, the result is lighter and tends to white."



The RGB colors are light primaries and colors are created with light.

• The high contrast of complementary colors creates a vibrant look especially when used at full saturation. This color scheme must be managed well so it is not jarring.
• Complementary color schemes are tricky to use in large doses, but work well when you want something to stand out.
• Complementary colors are really bad for text.
• example 

Original Images:

Process: 
For the backdrop, I had duplicated the space section so that it would fit within the circle.

Response:
Initially, I had intended for the image to look like a coffee and a donut on a circular plate. However, The space station still looks like a space station, whereas the donut looks more like a planet. The ferris wheel acts more like a frame or window of some sort. The repetition of the circular shape creates harmony in the final image.

Description:
On a black background, the image looks like a window looking out to space. The final image completely deviates from the three sourced images although the theme of space might remain, largely because of the backdrop used.

Analysis and Interpretation:
Once again (similar to previous tutorial exercises), the background plays a significant role in contextualising and giving meaning to an image.

Evaluation:
Perhaps, to achieve my intended look, I should not have included the space backdrop behind the frame. I also wonder what my final image would turn out to be if it was a black paper cutting instead of a white one.


Digital Experimentation:
Here, I applied a different background in the hopes of making the space station and the donut look more like coffee and donut on a plate. By using a different background, the space element and theme disappears. Although it still does not look, convincingly, like a coffee and donut on a plate. Perhaps, it is due to the scale and composition of the image.

Evidently, art pieces that incorporate positive and negative space never fail to amaze me.

When I came across Tommy Perez's work, I just had to share it.


Look at his logo! Even his logo includes positive and negative space, and it is so colourful and fun and just...beautiful. *inserts heart eyes emoji*

Positive and negative space: where the absence of information is still information.

Positive and negative space may be hard to create in art, but once achieved can produce really beautiful and thought-provoking results.

One familiar example: