Task 1 Tools(Design concep)

Digital resources

Laptop
- Essential for creating digital works as well as searching online for information sources.

Softwares
- Software like Adobe illustrator and Photoshop . Illustrator to create illustrations, Photoshop for photo manipulation

Digital camera
- Used for taking pictures for idea generation, flashbacks and exploration.

Analog resources

Work space
- A personal space for getting comfortable in working

Tool box
- For keeping various of useful tools and easy for carrying.

Tools in toolbox Color pencils
-Sketching using different colors to make different types of character or environment.

Ruler
- Making straight lines, cutting paper if no scissors are available and measuring. Accurate cutting.

Masking tape
-Sticking paper on walls  without damaging the paper or using as a masking or covering when painting

Knife
-Cutting and making shapes inside or outsides of paper.

Scissor
-Cutting various things from tape to paper.

Variety of pencils
- For sketching, shadowing and writing.

Staple gun
-To staple anything that requires stapling.

Documentation

Presentations
- To show proper understanding of what was done as well as the process

Storage
- Storing work properly and carefully to prolong the work from damage.

Task 4 and presentation(professional ethics)

Our group presentation and case study about copyright infringement on Apple vs Microsoft

Team:

Mark

Reynard

Mantin hakka village visit(museum gallery heritage)

We are tasked to do a research about culture, food, history and such in Mantin. Our group members agreed to do a research about hakka village. The hakka village in mantin has a very small and narrow road. It is quite hard to navigate inside the village and the junctions are confusing. We ended up in a dead end and decided to do our research in the houses here.The houses there was made of wood and is clearly very old. We knocked on one of the houses and there was an old lady who greeted us.

Picture of the old lady

Our group and the insides of the house

We talked and asked alot about their history. Their history dates way back to 1860 when they are brought in from China by the British. She also says that most of the people in the village is from Hui Zhou, China and had lived in hakka village in a simple and peaceful life. Also, we asked about the bird cages and birds which seems to be everywhere around the house and almost around Every house. She said that the birds are grown to fight in an arena much like a chicken fight betting. She told us Hakka village also had a school and a temple which stood for 100 or more years now and with those many years the villages now consist mostly of elder people and their children already left for urban areas.

An old picture of a school and the students.

After asking a couple of questions we thanked the old lady for her kind hospitality and left. Hakka village doesn't seem to have any shops around and we dint get to taste any food there.

Gallery Curator and Artwork (museum gallery heritage)

GALLERY CURATOR

A curator is like a manager in a gallery who keeps everything organized. They are responsibilities for acquisitions and and collections care. Curators makes decisions on what objects to take and oversee their potential and documentations as well as conducting research based on the collection and history that provides proper packaging of art for transportation and shares that research to the public.


GALLERY ARTWORK

Artwork in a gallery would be displayed in an intention to be sold. There are many types of artwork in a gallery such as many types of paintings , sculptures, installation arts and many more. Artworks sold from galleries are usually have their profits split one half goes to the artist while the other goes to the gallery to keep the gallery funded without problems.




Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum

Assignment 1 (professional ethic)

Research on how professional ethics to be applied to subjects below:
1. Use of Font
2. Use of Software
3. Use of Media ( Audio / Video / Photography )
4. Use of Illustration

Ethics in the use of fonts

Fonts each have its own creative design created by their designers and is easy to be shared among computers but the legal and moral issues are often ignored.

Ethical Practices

There are four rules we must practice in font licensing they are :

• Contact the foundry or supplier of the font if you have questions. Even if you don't know who the foundry/supplier is, you can ask for another foundry/supplier of another font to help identify the creator of the font.
• Making sure the we have the license to use the font even if it is already installed into our or someone else computer.
• When installing a font that you wish to use, we must make sure that we have the license to install it if not, then we have to acquire the license before using it.
• Never give or lend a font to anyone, even your friends or colleagues. They must first acquire the license to use such font.

Font are not brought by anyone, instead they are licensed for a limited amount of people. Licences for these fonts can be obtained from specific foundries that created the font and granted in a form of an EULA(end-user licence agreement)

Using a font without a licence will have consequences such as paying the foundry with an extra cost penalty and could prevent you from obtaining a full compensation.

Ethics in the use of software

Computer software is an intellectual property that is owned by the people who created it. Using a software without a licence or permission is illegal. When buying a software, you are also purchasing the licence to use it.

Using a software without licence is wrong (Piracy)

Software programs can only be installed and be used on one computer per copy. If the same copy of the software is installed on multiple computers, it is deemed software piracy and the publisher can take legal action.

Risks of using an illegal software

An illegal software may have and could be outdated, contains bugs, can damage data and even hides viruses.
These problem may cost you a lot more to repair damage than you may have saved. Using illegal software may get you into serious trouble if caught. It will damage your reputation as well as landing you into prison.

Internet piracy 

There are many websites that are selling illegal software products and are a serious threat to electronic commerce. While there are many publishers who offer their legal software online, we must be aware that pirate operations are also on the internet as well.

Tips to help ensure you are buying not buying an illegal software on auction sites :

>If the product doesn't look original. It may be pirated
>If the software is too cheap. It may be pirated
>If there are no manuals that comes with software. It is pirated

Ethics in the use of Media(Audio / Video / Photography)

The hardest ethical problems are in media as people need to deal with things ordinary people would usually not do. Truth is the top problem in media ethics which also conflicts with multiple values.

• Taste : photos that cover war and disasters tend to capture the shock of their audience
• Privacy : Details of the lives of public figures (actors, singers) is mostly the most interested media topic in  media. Making it public will not always make the information true.
• Interest : Secrets and other sensitive government related information may pose an interest to the public.

There are many methods to enforce ethical behavior by acquiring commitment to ethical behavior from employees and adhering a code of ethics.

Ethics in the use of illustration

Illustrations provides a unique feel to any work. Each of these illustrations brings different ideas and perspective. Illustrations can bring freshness and unique view to any content as well as help communicate messages.

Pricing

Fee for the use of a certain illustration should be based on how it was going to be used and not whether it is original or not. The fee should base on how exclusive it will be used and whether a client wants all uses for a limited time.

Original works belongs to the creator

We must remember to protect the value of the work. Every artist works are protected by an artist's copyright. This protection will be in effect until the artist passes away and even have an extra 70 years additional protection after death. Every original artwork belongs to the creator although it can be reproduced with a limited time licence. Changes to the artwork is prohibited unless it is done by the creator him/herself or was given permission by the creator.

Reference

http://www.aiga.org/design-business-and-ethics/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_ethics#Ethics_of_entertainment_media
http://college.cqpress.com/sites/masscomm/Home/chapter14.aspx

visual recording(museum gallery heritage)

Project title : Evaluating gallery space 

Photograph NO. : 

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Date : 4/6/2014

Time : 12:49 pm

Key people/ subject in photo : 

Viewing area(through window)

Focus on frame : first window

Celling Air conditioner and lighting

Focus on frame : Closes celling air conditioner

Usable space

Focus on frame : Chairs

Entrance to the room

Focus on frame : Entrance door

The action/event : Evaluating the space available for setting up a gallery.

Location : Library

Why is the photo important / significant : Shows how much available space we can use to set up a gallery, viewpoints and accessibility

Challenge faced : Limited areas to hang sculptures near walls but the large space in middle should suffice.

Analysis of issue : None

Color & Emotion : Bright and peaceful  

Additional Comments : None

Museum and gallery(museum gallery heritage)

The main difference between art galleries and museums is that museums displays the art and only for viewing. While galleries also shows art but also sells the art to interested and wealthy individuals.

MUSEUMS

Art museums are building that collect, preserve and research objects of historical, scientific and artistic value
as well as provide social and educational services. Museums collect and care these objects for their value and making them view able to the public. Museums are said to be able to 'bring the past  to life' as they show different periods of our history. They also enable visitors to feel and see the past through this objects.

Museums are mostly free of charge and free to be viewed in public. This is because most museums are funded by the government, foundations and donors that generously donate and support the museum without profit.

GALLERY

Like Art museums, Galleries also shows art to the public but the main difference is that they also sell the artwork in auctions to interested buyers especially artist. Although some galleries do no charge any admission fees but they encourage people to view and buy their work. Artworks within the gallery are not permanently kept.

HERITAGE

Heritage is a range of objects, traditions and cultures that we have inherited and were passed down from our ancestors. Songs, recipes, dances and many others elements that are inherited by us that we use to identify us and our culture.  

Reference
http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-an-art-gallery-and-museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Release%20Documents/AM%20what%20is%20a%20museum.pdf
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/What_Is_Heritage%3F
http://www.umass.edu/chs/about/whatisheritage.html