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Powerful & Personal Symbol Designs

Powerful & Personal Symbol Designs. What is POWER ?. THREE DEFINITIONS… Being able to doing something Great ability; strength; might; force C ontrol over others; influence. How can you use your POWER in Art Class?. Being able to create something original

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Powerful & Personal Symbol Designs

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  1. Powerful & Personal Symbol Designs

  2. What is POWER? THREE DEFINITIONS… Being able to doing something Great ability; strength; might; force Control over others; influence

  3. How can you use your POWERin Art Class? Being able to create something original Great ability; expressing yourself Affecting people with your art

  4. We are going to create a POWERFUL & PERSONAL RADIAL SYMMETRY DESIGN • What is a symbol? • What symbols have personal meaning to you? • How would you design your own symbols? • Let’s look at some symbols…

  5. SYMBOL DEFINITION A letter, picture, object, etc… that represents something else PERSONAL SYMBOL A letter, picture, object, etc… that communicates something about you

  6. SYMBOLS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What ideas or meanings do these symbols communicate or represent?

  7. Mayan Symbols

  8. Aztec Symbols

  9. N.A.S.A Symbols for Planets

  10. # 1st Row Latin Cross, Star of David, Omkar (Aum) # 2nd Row Star and crescent, Cross pattée, Yin-yang # 3rd Row Khanda (Sikh), Ayyavazhi (Hindu), Triple Goddess (Pagan)

  11. Radial Symmetry is seen in NATUREand MAN-MADE objects…let’s investigate some examples.

  12. Radial Symmetry is a design format that radiates from the center. Designs with radial symmetry usually form a circle. Radial symmetry is often found in nature.

  13. The Sun Stone in Mexico

  14. Microscopic Diatoms are a type of phytoplankton

  15. Flowers and Manmade objects have radial symmetry

  16. Radial Symmetry organizes the colors and shapes in this window. Rose Window, Notre Dame Cathedral, France

  17. A Sand Mandala in Tibet = Radial Symmetry A Mandala is a map of the cosmos or earth, stars and planets.

  18. Blending: Combining two or more colors to make a new color.

  19. Gradation: The gradual change of a color from light to dark, or dark to light.

  20. Dots & Dashes: A mark making technique that is good for making visual texture.

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