Dark and Light Create Balance

I love this image. Many reasons why I can not put into words. But somethings I can explain is the balance of light and dark There is minimal light her, which is the source of being able to view this image in the first place. The title of the piece is Controlling Chaos. You look at the image and you see this strange, bubbly object that is twisting around with only 1 source of light in the background.

Thes et up gives it certainly a chaotic feeling. The take-away from this is not using balance but setting up your design in the way it is most effective. Here the example is using strong light to dark.

I do not know what tis is, but....

I like it. It is like a mix between very old Japanese art and Pablo Picasso. I can not describe this but I just find it appealing. It seems random to me, but the creator had some sort of idea in mind for this. To put in to words what I take away from this is that, well......There are somethings in design we do not understand but others do. We may never understand somethings but that should not take away from what is before you. You do not need to understand something to like or hate it.

There are tons of images similar to this in history and today. You jsut go up and skip it ebcause it looks different than what you expect. Images do not need to tell you what they mean. of course it is nice to know, but the visual aspect is there regardless.

Making New from Old

I have no idea what inspired this video, but I believe it not only hilarious, but very creative. It starts off by playing chess but somehow they start playing other board games with the chess pieces and make an entirely long and inventive idea. It was just a video for laughs as their other ones are. But this is awesome! They took a bunch of old and dated board games and made something new and cool out of it. If I had the time, and knew how to play some of them, I would totally go and try it. Though I would have to find a dramatically cool room first.

I have not seen anything like this before, but I have been subscribed to these guys for a little while. Check out their other creative videos at their channel which you can find by searching "Barats and Bereta" on youtube. Creativity is the basis of youtube even though some use it just for rants and stupid stuff. Now enjoy the video!

Some think video games are useless

But those people in my opinion are wrong. Some people are able to use video games and come up with something on their own. It is like a chain of inspiration. The following music piece was conceived by a youtube artist. He created this music from the feelings and impact made on two games, Star Ocean and Phantasy Star. They had such a good impact that he could create 3:05 of music. This is something we all need to learn. We need to take in what is already here, gain a feeling and feel the impact, then create something on our own. Not everything can be done on one's own. Sometimes we need to take in what is in existence and make something of it. Not everything ie useless. Everything has something to offer. And now without further ado, here is the piece:



I feel that this music is just awesome. Serene and gives you the feeling of what the future can hold and what he hope to accomplish.

Why can't all urban areas be this cool?

Look at this picture. Do we have anything that looks this cool in Indiana just from highways and a city background? From my experience, no. And if there is, I would be glad to see it. The lighting of this picture and perspective is awesome. I can't tell if this was created in photoshop or it is natural. If it is natural, then that is amazing. I would love to see something like this in real life. It is a nice scene and has nice colors going on.

I can't really improve it myself but it could do with probably another color in the mix. That is about it but if it is just a real place, then there isn't really anything to be done. I for one like this picture and would love to see more of this.

Time's Scar

First off it is best to listen to this before youmread the blog, so here is the video:



This piece is beautiful. It is not only from one of my favorite video games of all time, which I believe to have the best OST ever, but it is composed with many different elements you normally do not see. The OST itself is made up of many elements including but not limited to: African Percussion, flute solo, orchestrated pieces, and more. It is an odd group of music for a video games as you usually see guitar and drums only. There are many different versions across youtube and I propose you go listen to some of them. It is a nice song. This and the other soundtrack's songs, well most of the non-battle ones, give me the feeling like I am in a clean, outside field with a nice breeze blowing. It just gives me the feeling of piece that I don't usually feel in a place like Indianapolis. No other song, or soundtrack for that matter, has ever given me such a feeling even close to that.

I really do not see how I could make this better other than that I would love to see a longer version. Not only did this orchestra give the right sounds for a new variation but it also kept the feel of the original piece. That is what remixes or other versions should do to an original. Give it the justice it delivers itself. Here is the original piece:



Listen and compare. Not TOO difference, but slightly variated to say the least. This is on of the best songs I have that I can remember clearly on a daily basis. To end this post, I leave you with several other peaces from the same OST that I find great.

Box Trees

Driving back from school down Meridian Street yesterday, I saw trees. Of course you wonder "So? there's always been trees there!" These weren't ordinary trees, oh no. These were Box Trees. So you wonder: are these treese that are in the shape of boxes? Are they like when you go trim the hedges? NO! These are trees where someone has cut a box shape out of it. Everyone knows when the brances get too long for big vehicles to drive, the government or property owner has them trimmed down. However who in the right mind thought this was a good idea? It looks absolutely horrendous and dumb. Someone had to been lazy or they had to have hired a guy with a single arm.

It looks terrible. Whoever is paying them got ripped off. Because this was a poor job on the cutter's part. They need to go back and re-do the darn thing. I mean there was one tree that if they went up a single more inch, they would have mmde it look nicely cut. That is either dedication to make a box shape or they are just that lazy. Plus large trucks still can't get through some of the opening so that is another downside. To all the tree cutters out there: don't be lazy. Make the trees look nice so we don't have to be hounded by boxes wherever we go. Thank you and good night. I leave you with that note.