sun and moon - part II
I was playing with the idea of a dominant sun as the biggest and maybe most important item in our galaxy. Only, when the sun goes down, the moon finds a place at the sky (you can see it in my painting as the sun-reflection on the sea).
With my draft I wanted to illustrate this idea. Besides I tried to get a connection between the romantic scenery (dusk at the sea) of my draft and the fact, that the symbol will be used for a photographer.
Also according to the idea of a dominant sun, I tried to illustrate in my second draft, that the energy of the sun (in my draft only implied at the bottom) is the reason of the shining moon. This draft is a lot more abstract and symbolic than the first one.
derbauer.de
http://www.derbauer.de/index1.html 
Check out this flash-website of the german creative agency "derbauer (db) media".
I like the metallic three-dimensional design and the use of animations, you´ll discover after clicking an internal link.
Check out their works as well, "derbauer" (which means "the farmer") produced for its clients. It´s amazing, that you always will recognize their style, but you won´t find the same design again.
sun and moon
You can see the sun and the moon in two different ways: First of all, there is a scientific meaning for the beings and the nature on earth. But there were peoples in the past, who also saw them as symbols in their religion or in their philosophy.
sun:
scientific facts:- distance from earth: 149 600 000 km
- diameter: 1 392 000 km (109 Earth diameters)
- circumference: 4 373 000 km (342 Earth diameters)
- mass: 332 946 Earths
The sun is the biggest and maybe the most important item in our sun-system, because it spends so much energy, which give the ability for life on earth.
Everything in the sun-system circulates around the sun.
non-scientific beliefs:The former German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898) once said:
"[...] Human beings are loving and adoring these things, of which they are most afraid of."If you think about the peoples, which loved and adored the sun as their God, you´ll find out, that all of them lived in regions, in which the sun was very representative:
The Atzecs, the Egyptians, the Persians.
They had this belief because of the bad effects of the sun - like droughts.
moon:
scientific facts:- Earth´s only natural satellite
- distance from earth: 384 401 km
- diameter: 3 476.2 km
- mass: 0.0123 Earths
non-scientific beliefs:The moon never had the attendance in religion like the sun. But they were some religions, which worshiped it. There were mentions of the moon on the oldest literatures of Egypt, Babylonia, India and China. The reaon abou that is, that people always speculated over the origins of the phases of the moon. And so, they started to believe, that there is a relation between these phases and the growth of plants and animals.
Because of the craters on the moon, people also began to see faces on the moon. A legend was founded, which told, that there is a man in the moon.
Sources:
Sun - Wikipedia.orgSun - Bismarck-Quote (German)Moon - Wikipedia.orgMoon - Religions And Cultures Of Moon WorshipMoon - Woman & Man In The Moon
My first picture
Here is a picture I shot in our bungalow in the Rock Garden Resort near Phan Tiet after we had a nice party the day before.
My mate Toffi is still sleeping, as his girlfriend Ana holding his hand and looking dreamily to somewhat far away.
I had luck with the situation of the sunlight as I experimented with the black and white function of my camera. The sunlight is throwing a shadow on Anas cheek and besides it is perfectly highlighting her face, which is saying so much and nothing as well. Perhaps, you can read in her face the exthaustion of a party-night, perhaps she is homesick, perhaps she is thinking about the numbers of beer, she drank the day before... We can just guess her minds.
I shot this photo with my private camera: Canon Powershot Pro 1.
May I introduce...
...the blog-journal?That´s my blog-journal for the course COSC 2284 - Electronic Imaging & Design of the RMIT International University Vietnam, where I am currently doing my study abroad.
Our lecturer Maddy wanted us to start a blog-journal for discussing relevant aspects of design and to get feedback to our own works. So, don´t be shy - say, what you think about my works.
We have to post at least twice a week, so this blog-journal will be filled soon...
...myself?I am Chris - originally studying at the faculty of Digital Media at the Furtwangen University in the black forrest/Germany. This study abroad is my sixth semester at university.
Here in Vietnam I chose three courses from different semesters in the B.Design-program (Web Page Construction, Electronic Imaging & Design and Narrative For Multimedia). My purposes here in Vietnam are primary to get an idea about studies in foreign countries (and of course to improve my skills) and secondary to see a completely different culture than the European. So it´s good to have the chance to do a an international accredited study here in Vietnam and alongside have the time to learn so many things about these different cultures - not only in Vietnam, but also all over Southeast Asia.
So, good luck
Chris
