Final Automotive-web interface

This is my final rendition of my ultimate automotive web-communicative interface. This car is designed for those who love to drive, and to be in control of their vehicle. I have incorporated the traditional sense of a standard automotive interior, and integrated it with imaginable futuristic dual-display system. The displays are projected as transparent holograms. For security reasons, the driver-side screen is minimized when the car is in motion. However, the driver-side information is always displayed in the touch-screen on the steering wheel. The steering wheel has comfort grips at 10 and 2 o'clock. The left hand controls the interface with a series of buttons, as the right hand controls the cursor with a thumb-joystick. The passenger-side is equipped with its own digital display system, touch-cursor, and pop-out keyboard. The passenger's display can be active during all states of the vehicle. Technologically, the rest of the car is pretty standard, and is the way I would be most comfortable in an automobile.

Automotive web-interface

This is a sketch of my work in progress to for my automotive interface:


There are two main displays, one is on the driver's side and one is on the passenger's side. The displays are projected from the dashboard and reflected perpendicularly to the respective user in order to simulate a computer desktop. Some safety features would disable the driver's side display, or minimize it when driving, in order to prioritize concentrating on driving.

Drawing Perspectives

Up-close and personal:
Mid-range.... now you know what it is:

I see this object in from this perspective most of all, from a familiar distance:

Drawing Techniques

Quick continuous blind contour of a bicycle leaning against a parking meter along Mackay street.

A finished shaded sketch of the bicycle leaning against a parking meter along Mackay street.

Digital collages representing emotions

Melancholy:
Hungry:

Happy:
Angry:

Analog collages representing emotions

Melancholy:
Hungry:

Happy:

Angry:

Collage Trio

Self Portrait:

34 > 12


Monkey
I Want To Fly!

Collages / Montage Theory

Collage

Collage in traditional terms, means “to glue”, and dates back to 200 BCE in China. It surfaced again in the 10^th, 13^th, 15^th, 16^th and 19^th centuries in a variety of other places. Nowadays, collage has exploded in our society, from traditional collages with paintings and photomontages, to digital, literal, and musical collages. Photo-collages can be useful for grouping memories within a lifetime, whereas digital collages can be used to overload society’s consumers with commercial information. We are surrounded by collages everyday whether you know it or not, for example, the walls of my room come together as a collage filled with posters, pictures, paint textures, and corkboard. Altogether, the collage that the walls of my room produce is a representation of my living space.

Sergei Eisenstein

I found that the wiki biography of Eisenstein presented him as a total failure. To see at the end that he was capable of realizing 17 films, (not all finished) nonetheless that is an accomplishment in itself. There seemed to be much conflict with Eisenstein and his filmmaking methods between him and the USSR, Mexico, as well as the United States. The fact that he was clear in his methods of producing film, made Eisenstein a revolutionary visionary for the film industry worldwide, however, this sternness in his beliefs on how to create a proper film brought along conflict with the USSR’s government. Also, after losing the deal he had made in the United Sates, as Paramount Pictures did not like his script, he “failed” once more by not completing his Mexico film “Que Viva Mexico,” I believe that the fact that he didn’t have any clear ideas on the film’s structure lead him to believe he could not be replaced, since he was guaranteed freedom to pursue this project as he saw fit. Stalin was able to prove him incorrect by ordering his return to the USSR.

Soviet Montage Theory

Eisenstein introduced the five methods of montage as follows:

1. Metric
2. Rhythmic
3. Tonal
4. Overtonal
5. Intellectual

I believe these methods are used as the foundation of modern films. Now that I am aware of these methods, I can apply them to the films I’ve seen, as well as the videos I’ve produced. In the wiki example of Metric from Eseinstein’s “Oktober” it is quite clear that there is no direct relation to the frame at which it switches from the first clip where the small people are running around in a panic away from gunfire, to the second clip where the gunner is firing. The point is that it toggles back and forth between those clips not specifying the image presented in their own respective clips, but switching back and forth like that informs the audience visually. Now that I can think in terms of methods of montage, I believe I have used Rhythmic montage in my video “Frenemies” (click here to see) in the scene where Ricardo is in the bar taking shots of vodka. The character is seen consuming shots of vodka at an alarming pace from a multitude of angles. The Tonal montage encapsulates the emotion of the images presented. Whereas the Overtonal montage uses all of the previously mentioned methods of montage and simulates a collage within itself to create a complex emotionally-tied experience for the audience. Finally the intellectual montage is when the filmmaker uses a collage of images to produce an abstract idea. Such as the scene in “The Matrix Revolutions” where Neo is propped up in the form of a cross just like the symbol of Christianity (Jesus propped on the crucifix).

Collages Chosen:

Ipod Collage - Commercial Use

3 Dimensional Digital Collage
Personal Analog Collage

Tuning into my network

This is a map representing the people in my life and how I relate to them.

Legend:

Map:

Color Theory

Here is my attempt at a 21-tone grayscale
Here is my 21-tone monochromatic scale. I found that the red mixed much easier with the white paint, than it did with the black paint. Even after diluting the red + black mixture it became textured.

Here is my monochromatic representation of fire on logs. I suppose a fine-tipped brush would have been better to use.

Here is a complementary composition of my fire design. Using the complementary colors red and green.

Here is my final color scheme. As you move up from the base of the painting, the painting changes from cold (green and brown), to warm (red, orange, and yellow).

My Portfolio

http://ryanwest.co.nr

need I say more?

Typography - Arrows

I created a font face that made use of the arrow symbol. I tried to maintain consistency in each letter by using the same thickness of arrow, size of the tip, as wall as maintaining proper curvature. I find that the filled-in black-on-white version at the top is the most effective, and legible.

Pictograms

I used a simple iconic stickman to represent some of my daily activities as pictograms. Notice that inanimate objects are outlined, while the stickman (animate object) is filled in for emphasis.

Ransom Note

The size of the letters signify the importance of the word-meaning. The position of the words, and their orientation have been set in such a way to speed up or slow down the speed at which the text is read. Please note that I am not a real dog-napper.

5 symbols

"From anywhere to anyone"


Can never have enough money.


Luxury?


I can always rely on this guy.


I usually wait for this symbol to appear to prevent myself from getting hit by cars and cyclists. I believe some Montreal drivers believe red lights are optional.

In-class Textures

To the left is an set of textures using similar lines based on the interpretations of the definitions to the same six words used in the In-class Composition assignment:

ORDER
INCREASE
STRENGTH
CONGESTION
TENSION
LIVELY

Comments:
Use a fine-tipped writing utensil when creating textures, regular Sharpie's just don't cut it.

In-class Composition

To the left are compositions of identical squares based on the interpretation of the following words:

ORDER
INCREASE
STRENGTH
CONGESTION
TENSION
LIVELY

Comments:
It was difficult to produce a "Lively" composition using a 4x4 grid with a maximum of 16 squares.

Representative - Yes it is an umbrella

I love this picture because I believe it represents me quite accurately. It shows that I have hair, eyebrows, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, a neck, and a torso. All physical attributes aside, there is much more to me than simple anatomy, like my fixation on randomness. This photo is an accurate representation of myself embracing my arbitrary side. No animals were harmed in the making of that umbrella.

Interpretive - Behind the DELL

Glued to a standard 1280 x 800 laptop screen. I am often in close proximity to a GUI, whether it be in a Mac or PC, doing some Video-editing, or developing Flash applications. You are most likely to see me behind a monitor with a refresh-rate of 60+ Hz. Computers are not my life, they just like to hang out with me.

Day 1

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