In today's lecture we first looked at prehistoric graffiti which falls into ‘point, line, plane design. Looking at prehistoric graffiti lots of the artwork was made using hands as seen in the Cave of Altamira, Santander, Spain 18,500 – 14,000BC. However Aboriginal cave paintings were similar to but more detailed which they were created using natural pigments and tools such as brushes, feathers, and sticks (date back to at least 40,000 B.C. and continue to the present day).
Even by looking at the examples it is crazy how these cave paintings influenced modern design as they were the very start of design.
‘Modern Day Cave Painting’ better known as ‘Street art’ is very common with Artists being recognized for their work and gaining popularity such as Banksy or Dan Kitchener.
Dan Kitchener is my favourite street artist which he creates all his art freehand creating line art then colours with spray paint which his neon art style inspires me. I have done photography projects in the past with his work to make his wall art more neon and alive. Below is an example of how he creates the outline of his work then adds all the vibrant colours to really make his work pop.
The letter "A" is thought to have originated from a symbol that resembled the head of an ox. The Phoenician name for the letter was similar to the Hebrew word aleph, which means "ox". The Greeks adopted the letter as alpha.