Thursday, October 14, 2010

Logo History

 
Batman:
Ø The original version was a simple black bat against the grey color of the bat suit
Ø Batman states that he wanted to have a yellow mark because it would serve as an easy target and that part of the costume was bullet resistant
Harley Davidson:
Ø Commonly referred as the "Bar and Shield" logo, it was created in 1910
Ø Each Harley-Davidson dealership has its own shop logo that says something about that dealership and sets it apart every other dealership
McDonalds:
Ø More than 23,000 restaurants in over 100 countries
Ø The McDonalds logo has been seen more broadly as a symbol of capitalism or globalization since they are the most famous American corporation to go global on a grand scale
Lego:
Ø Formed from the Danish phrase "LEg Godt" ("play well")
Ø In 1962, the first LEGO products were introduced in the U.S in sets of bricks

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Photo Blog

www.jr-art.net
To me, this photo says that this building is old. Things look cold and abandoned.
The appealing thing to me is how he took a simple black and white picture and made it seem more than what it really is.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Webpicks

1.   Name: Topic 101
2.   Main points of the article: to attract a high school/college audience and to capture the attention of an audience that’s grown-up online
3.   Most interesting: how quickly the videos loaded, different colors, flash
4.   What could I use on a future project: flash, videos, logos,

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Pre-Test

Pre-Test

1.               HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
2.         CSS means Cascading Style Sheets.
3.                A Blog is a frequently updated personal journal.   Blog is short for weblog.
4.         Three websites are Tumblr, Weebly, and LiveJournal.
5.               HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol
6.               WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get.
7.               URL stands for Universal Resource Locator.
8.               The internet roughly started around 1957.
9.               The three most-visited websites on the internet are Google, Facebook, and YouTube.
10.        Bill Gates getting pied in the face: