Reviewing Part III

The juxtaposed images relate to one another in various ways. In the projects, I discovered that the images were arranged in a concept, which is a general idea derived from something that is formed in the mind.

The way the images are displayed on the page gives the viewer a different vibe. For instance, there must be dominant, subordinate, and accentual pieces on the work of art in order to draw the viewer into the work and keep them interested. The dominant image is the largest. This draws the viewer's attention directly, since it is the largest and most blunt object in the art form. The subordinate is the size that is smaller than the dominate, yet is still keeping the viewer's attention. The accentual piece is to make the viewer understand how drastic and dramatic the sizes of the dominant and accentual images are. It is very important to make sure that the images do not guide the viewer's eyes off the page, rather keep the eyes fixated on the work, freely moving and viewing all of the juxtaposed images.

Negative space is the area between two objects. While placing the images in certain spots, I was concentrating on the negative space, making sure that there was a dominant negative space in my work, along with smaller negative space, while still allowing the eyes to move throughout the work.

A certain theme went through my mind when thinking of the images for this portion of Part III. I wanted to convey a message about the war. I decided to make the dominant structure something big and dramatic, holding a great deal of meaning to the message. I chose a bomb for this because they are so dominant, powerful, and exactly what everyone thinks of when they hear "war". I chose the phrase, "War doesn't make boys men, it makes men dead" because it accentuated how I felt about this topic and I chose to show this image five times throughout the piece. For my accentual image, I chose the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a boy being shot at Vietnam. I decided I wanted this image to be dramatically smaller than the bomb because the issue of men dying and innocent civilians being killed does not go through people's minds quite as boldly as the BOMB. Also, the accentual image (the photo) made the viewer's eyes more drawn in to the larger image because it showed the drastic size difference. The message was quite clear in this piece.