Good Website

Good Website

For a good website, I have chosen YouTube. Specifically because YouTube is filled with a community worth exploring. There are millions and billions of videos uploaded to YouTube and thousands of people join everyday and make that community bigger... And better! You can basically upload any kind of video you want to YouTube, from games to fail videos etc. Many people actually make a living from the money they earn from YouTube, simply because they are so entertaining and focused on what they do, that they have actually become an internet sensation throughout the internet universe.

A good example of someone who is very famous throughout the internet from YouTube is someone named 'TheSyndicateProject'. Also known as Tom, he has gained many many amazing opportunities from his YouTube videos, such as being able to travel around the world for FREE. Getting sent the latest and most expensive laptops and equipment currently being made. Currently he has over 4 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!! He gets about 100,000 subscribers a week, so clearly he is extremely famous throughout the internet universe. Of course there are many other YouTube sensations who have made it out there on the internet, but 'TheSyndicateProject' is the one who definitely stands out amongst all of them.













Anyway, I'm getting off topic. My point is, you can literally become famous and make a living from YouTube. Of course YouTube has it's flaws but none of them compare to it's good aspects. YouTube videos can also receive likes or dislikes, so therefore you receive feedback from the community letting you know whether they like your video or not. Also the community can leave comments sending you feedback on your videos or comment something funny about your video.

YouTube is simply a place for everyone. The question is... Are you good at it? If you are entertaining and people like what you do in or with your videos, then they will keep coming back, and most importantly... Share your videos. YouTube is full of possibilities and the layout is simple and organised.

Bad Website

The BAD website

For a bad website, I have chosen "Afterlife". This website clearly has no purpose to it's existence and it's pretty much completely filled with every single pointless thing in the history of website history. There is no real reason for this website to exist, and it has no purpose besides the fact that it makes you want to punch the person who created it. 

As you can see in the screenshot I have attached, this website is literally filled with pure nonsense. Sure it is called "The Afterlife" and I give the creator a medal for a creative imagination, however there is nothing good about this website except for the fact that you get to see a baby playing the guitar. The website uses far too many gifs and babies, clouds, moving objects, and random excuses to put into a website. Honestly its really disorientating seeing all this stuff moving all at the same time.

Take a look at the screenshots provided. Imagine all of them moving, flashing, and lighting up all at the same time (including the sky). It is really painful to watch all of this going on all at the same time. This website has no purpose and has no real target audience or specific reason for it's creation. I don't understand the reason for the existence of this website except for just being on the internet.

Legal and ethical constraints that apply to social media and website design

Copyright

Copyright prevents people from using other peoples pictures, writing, music, etc. without permission and payment. Also I or anyone else for that matter, are not allowed to even post anybody else's work on my blog without permission. 

Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol became famous by taking simple photographs of objects and taking them out of context to create art. Andy Warhol was sued in 1995 because he used someone else's photograph in his own art, which became famous. Andy Warhol was always using other peoples photographs and treading a fine line on copyright terms.

Lichtenstein - Lichtenstein created art that was very similar to some of the panels in comic books. He had taken influence from comic strips and sometimes he took a bit too much influence. People started questioning whether his art was actually art at all. The art he took influence from was drawn by famous comic book artists such as Jack Kirby, Jerry Grandenetti and others. When Lichtenstein created his art, he only slightly transformed them from the original art in the comic books.

Shepard Fairey - Shepard Fairey is a street artist who came to fame when he created the Obama photo 'HOPE'. The Obama 'HOPE' poster fell under fair use law. In 2009 he pleaded guilty to destroying documents and submitting false images in his legal battle over the use of the AP Obama photo used for inspiration of his 'HOPE' poster. Shepard Fairey was accused of copyright infringement and his art work fell under the fair-use law.

Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual property rights expands over other copyright infringement and so on. Intellectual property rights can prevent people and companies from stealing ideas and or designs etc. Also it prevents copyright over trademarked signs and to protect consumers etc.

Intellectual property rights can also give protection for innovation, design and the creation of technology. The purpose of Intellectual property rights is to provide protection for the results investment in development of new technology etc. 

Permissions

Copyright prevents people from taking your ideas and making them your own, however sometimes if you get Permission, you are able to use someone else's work. Of course Permissions is only eligible when something is long enough, or requires Permission for someone else to use your content etc.

Libel and sensitivity to groups of society

When creating a piece of art, a piece of technology, a book etc. everyone has to be careful because they most definitely have to make sure they don't have any copyrighted infringement on their work, but they also have to make sure they aren't discriminating against anyone, or a particular group of people.

Decency

I think it's quite obvious that decency plays a large role when creating work etc. Decency has standards and for something to be "Decent" it has to meet these standards. Decency can be something from a persons appearance to their attitude, or how others like to look at it as morality and responsibility. This goes the same for a piece of work someone has created. The work has to have a nice layout, no bad language (expletives) and so on. If you are creating a piece of work without "Decency" then it's going to be frowned upon and there are obviously going to be a lot of complaints so when creating a piece of work you have to a bide by these regulations.

Safeguarding

More skateboarding pictures

I went back to Manchester on Thursday and took a few more pictures for skateboarding and website design etc. Since my website is based around the sport of skateboarding I managed to get a few pictures of me and my friends skateboarding. Also I have taken a lot more pictures of my skateboard and others.

 
These 3 photos of my skateboard are my favourite photos I had taken during that day, specifically because of how the sun light reflects back off the board. Also I took the first picture of my skateboard at an earlier time in the day, therefore the sun hadn't moved to the angle of the other photos. Here are some other photos I had taken during my time in Manchester skateboarding.

 Some of these photos are slightly dark due to the light being in the background, however I have included them in this post because I figured that I could take them into photoshop and see what kind of effects I can use of the pictures to see if I can get an interesting outcome.

Skateboard pictures

 Recently I went to Manchester skateboarding with some friends and managed to snap a few pictures of the skatepark. Obviously there are going to be more at the end of the week, however I haven't been back since. When I go back and take more pictures I will be sure to get more!

New designs for website

When i created one of my t-shirt designs for my skateboarding website ( I plan on using some of the designs on skateboards) I used a website called Weave Silk. Basically you can create a lot of lines and squiggles etc. and some how the lines will just look creative, and if you have an imagination then you will start to be able to make out an image within the lines, but that determines what kind of imagination you have. Here are some other designs i have created;

Here is a screenshot of one of my designs on a skateboard;

History For The Last 100 Years Of Art

Over the years we have unravelled and developed our skill of art and photography. It started way way back! In 1907 - 1920 we had Cubism and Picasso. Now obviously they were huge for creative skills in art and photography etc. Picasso and many other people in that particular time were evolving how we look at art.

Furthermore, art in the 1920's to the 1930's led the way for a range of modernist art styles, which were less decadent and often inspired by Egypt. In my opinion, the art in the 1920's/ 1930's was very interesting. It contained art such as cubism, and Art Deco as well. Some of the pictures below cubism and how it has been implemented into modern day fictional characters such as Spider-Man, Boba Fett, Superman, Wonder Woman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and many more! So all the art that came to be back then, still exists today and has given us a new look on art and character design etc.

When we move past the 1920's and 30's and head into the 1940's, World War II had already begun in 1939, so heading into the 1940's was a tough time. However, the 1940's gave birth to many styles of art because of what was happening around them at the time, being involved with the war let their imaginations and life experiences thrive into making new styles of art that we still use today. Abstract expressionism is one of the many art styles that was born during WWII, not only that, but it also put New York at the centre of the artistic world! Below there are some very famous art painting using expressionism.

In the 1950's pop art came into existence. Pop art is an art movement that merged in Britain in early 1950's then later in to the United States. When pop art came to exist in the United States, it marked the return of hard edged composition and representational art. Pop art included adding imagery from popular culture such as advertising, new and many more. Pop art often contained comic books and similar imagery. Early pop art in Britain was a matter of art and Dadaism explored some of the same subjects. Pop art replaced the destruction of what used to be.















The 1960's many artistic impulses began to arise. The 60's had the famous artists of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, so the 60's were a great decade for artists and art in general. Art started to be explored through music, film and many more. Also the 1960's was still famous for it's pop culture, they started using household objects and other items to change their art etc.

Now in the 1970's art focused more on environment or small ideas on a large scale. In this era art such as Earth art, land art and many more arose in this era, even graffiti art. This art challenged our minds and helped us to connect with the environment around us, for example; The Spiral Jetty, is considered to be the central of American sculpture, Robert Smithson. The Spiral Jetty is environmental artwork which was created in early 1970's and was constructed to explore chaos and order, how natural forces such as wind, rain, sun, snow etc. effected the art piece over time. Illusionism, photo realism, and hyperrealsim were also well know in the 1970's. These types of art sought to question their interpretation of reality. Illusionism shares the physical space with the person looking at it. On the other hand, Photo Realism is the genre based on painting a photograph.


Graffiti art in my opinion is the most interesting because it can be about anything and mean anything. Sure that is like most art today, however Graffiti art does it in a more imaginative and creative way (of course this is in my opinion) because i think Graffiti art is more for people who enjoy colour, shapes and characters all put together. Some amazing things have been created using graffiti art, and also with other art techniques.

Art in the 1980's art became bigger in scope, ambition, theme, budget, promotion and cultural presence. People who had a lot of art liked to think it suggested that they we're rich and had power. During the 1980's collecting art was a sign of one who had education, lifestyle and class. In the 1980's a lot of art was nearly double the size, and most of the art consisted of many shapes put together to create other shapes and so on. Here's a few examples;

So art in the 1980's as i was saying consisted of shapes, now if you look at the red picture, you can make out someone lying on a chair, however the entire picture consists of many shapes. The other picture however, consists of lines and patterns. So really the 1980's art explored more with using a shape or object and using it to create something else entirely.