Card Game Project

Concept:
The idea to connect colored lines was inspired by the need to have a simple but colorful game.

The Work:
First the general pattern of the cards were designed. This is shown in the first picture. Each card was meant to only have 3 lines, with different colors. Each card also had its own unique set of colors. In order to have 15 unique sets of 3 colors, 6 colors had to be used. The different combonations of colors can be seen in the second photo.
After the designs of the cards were established, the color distribution is as follows:
Red=8, Orange=6, Yellow=8, Purple=7, Green=9, Blue=7
Obviously some colors are easier to connect. This brings about a slight bit of strategy to the game.
On the back of the cards is the word CONNECT, the name of the game, in a similar line connecting fashion. The word was deliberately left black and white to contrast the coloful front of the cards. The back of the cards can be seen in the third picture. A possible arrangment of cards after full play can be seen in the final photo.

Information about the game:


Connect: The color game that doesn't cross the line...it connects it!

How to Play:
This is mainly two player game. First one card is set aside, deemed as the start card. The remaining cards are distributed out amongst the players.
To begin, the start card is placed in the middle of the gaming area. The first player must choose a card from her or his hand that contains a line the same color as one of the lines on the start card. This card is placed beside the start card so that the same colored lines connect. The next player continues in the same manner, connecting same colored lines. When cards are placed, they may not overlap in general game play. The first player to get rid of all her or his cards wins! After finishing the game, step back and view your artwork.

Other Ways to Play:
Connect only the warm colors (red, yellow and orange)
Connect only the cool colors (blue, green, and purple)
One player can only connect the warm colored lines, the other player, the cool colored lines.
Connect the lines in order to make familiar shapes (triangles, squares, letters, etc) first (overlapping is allowed).

Photo Gallery from Exhibition 2/4/09

Gallery Night

I think it is a great use of class time to allow us to explore what our fellow classmates have produced in the past years. It really opens your mind to an array of possibilities. I especially enjoyed looking at the art books that were upstairs in the computer room--each student had such a unique vision and went about creating it in such a different way. From collages, to poetry to tattoo art, themes and media were many. It makes me want to find new media to work with. I look forward to the next gallery night.

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES: THE ARCHIVE, Duke’s undergraduate literary magazine

Hi professors,
I am the editor of Duke's art and literary magazine, The Archive. We're currently looking for submissions for our upcoming Spring 2009 issue and I was hoping to enlist your help. Would you mind forwarding our submission information to students in your visual arts courses from this and last semester? In the past we've published primarily photography, but we would love to have more drawings and paintings in the magazine as well.

Thank you so much for your help!


Ryan Brown


Do you write, draw, or take photographs?

THE ARCHIVE, Duke’s undergraduate literary magazine, is interested in your work.

We are now accepting submissions of short fiction, poetry, photos, drawings, and other 2-D art for the Spring 2009 issue.

Email all submissions as attachments to: DukeArchive@Gmail.com

We will be accepting submissions until February 14th.

There are no length or content restrictions. Art is published in black and white or color. Submissions are reviewed anonymously by The Archive staff. If you have any questions about submitting or are interested in joining the staff, please contact Ryan Brown (rlb30@duke.edu).

P.S. You can browse old issues of the magazine online at http://dukearchive.wordpress.com/

Two Exhibits Open at Smith Warehouse

Thanks to Casey Alt for these pics of last night's opening at the Smith Warehouse.

I really liked the show as a whole. Especially the exhibit upstairs I thought all the images and compositions were really cool. My favorite downstairs was the display with the Venus of Villendorf, Birth of Venus, and Marilyn Monroe I believe. It demonstrates our society's obsession with being slim, and that we think of photshop as a tool to fix blemishes, or what we do not like.

Art Exhibition #1

I really liked the "Rotting Fruits" piece that was downstairs. After class today, I paid more attention to the colors of the piece, particularly the solid background colors. I noticed how the colors are very distinctive (red...orange...yellow) at the top, but as the fruits continue to rot, the backgrounds become darker and more blended together. By the end, some of the colors appear almost the same.

Body Ornamentation

In the exhibit upstairs I found particular interest in a group of four photos. Each of the photos was in black and white except for one or two objects. These portions were vivid and brightly colored. In all four pictures the only thing in color was a type of body ornamentation such as tattoo, make up or perfume. I found it interesting for these things to be highlighted in this way. These ornaments have become commonplace and almost arbitrary additions to our everyday attire. In these pictures they stand out and express the beauty that has been lost when these ornaments are actually on the body.

After walking through tonight's art show, all of the art was very impressive. The digital work was very interesting. The Duke LIFE board game and the lacrosse booklet were especially eye catching to be because they are most specific to my life, being a Duke student and a lacrosse player. Upstairs, the map of someone's mind was a very cool idea. i also enjoyed the map of a desk from a sunday into a monday. The way the time is shown through a calendar and how the chaos on the desk grew overnight. All of the projects were very creative and different from one another. They were all very well done and it was fun to get to see work done by other students.

Project #1 - Lucas Best

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