GFX Production Creative Studies: Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition is about a placing and being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side, as a juxtaposition of words. The act of juxtaposition is to place two objects or word next to each other. When two things put side by side, conflict between right brain and left brain happens.

Generally people consider Juxtaposition is synonymous to Contradiction, Paradox, Incongruent, etc. But more than that, Juxtaposition has a sense of nearness. Therefore, I conclude that Juxtaposition is contrasts that being placed together in close proximity, or side by side. They are being placed, so we can see the differences and the similarities. Simpler word; Applying Contrast side by side.

Examples of Juxtaposition;

Youth and old age;
Servants and nobles;
Love-sick Romeo and fiery Tybalt;
The noisy public feast and the private whispers of the lovers;
Romeo's infatuation and Juliet's wit;
The old nurse and young Juliet; and so on.

The Benefits of Juxtaposition are;

Make a clear different of 2 objects, and learn from the object.
Obvious contrast makes us analyze things clearly.
Can have it as a revision, review and adjustment point.
Make a correction from that comparison.

This picture shows the act positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors".

Visual Puns

This is about creating an artwork which several form which look alike are connected and combined. Visual puns lower vision of visual metaphor.

STUPID LIKE A COW

There are two types of analogy can be found:

a. Metaphor
   - It is a figure of speech in which two different things are
   linked by similarity. It is not using with the word "as"
   and "like". For an example; Life is a box of candy and you
   will never know what you will get it.

b. Similes
   - It is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often
     introduced with the words "like" or "as". For an
   example; Her smile is like as sweet as candy.

Besides that, there are two category of analogy which is;

a. Logical analogy
   - Use similarities in design
   - Connect back to the subject
   - Comparison of bird and plane
   - Like for an example, Comparison of the whale and a submarine

b. Affective analogy
   - Uses emotional resemblance
   - Explain a certain characteristic of a person
   - Emphasis certain points
   - Like for an example, Construction workers working like ants.

Exercises In Class
We were asked to 3 sets of number from 00 - 99. The numbers represents words which is shown below;

1. Flower Head   .0
2. Lightning   Rain   .9
3. Ice   Wood   .8
4. Light Tree   .7
5. Fire     Spider   .6
6. Duck     Root   .5
7. Dog     Mountain  .4
8. Oil     Wind   .3
9. Leaf    Rock    .2
0. Fly     Water   .1

The number chosen represent the combination of words like for an example 11 represent Flower & Water. The words arrangement according to the numbers is from left to right (Not from right to left).

The number I choose was 31, 59, 71. The words combination are as shown below;

31 - Ice & Water
59 - Fire & Rain
71 - Dog & Water

After choose the 3 numbers, we have to combine those 2 words of each number and make into a sentence which are shown below;

31 - Ice & Water - The ice have melt into water.
59 - Fire & Rain - The fire have been distinguished by the rain.
71 - Dog & Water - The dog loves to swim at the lake water.

Then, after creating sentence, we have to draw based on what sentence we wrote. I used Adobe Illustrator CS4 to draw those pictures to make it look better. Those picture are as shown below:

The ice have melt into water

The fire have been distinguished by the rain

The dog loves to swim at the lake water

After drawing picture based on what sentence we wrote, we have to draw another picture. This time, we have to draw picture which represent the combination of two words and create a new object or concept. This time also I used Adobe Illustrator CS4.

Ice + Water = Icewater

Fire + Rain = Firerain

Dog + Water = Dogwater

How Mergers Go Wrong
We were asked to combine 2 animal creature into a new creature which is possible to live in the earth. I have done 3 picture of mergers animals by using Adobe Photoshop CS4 by myself. The picture are as shown below;

Butterfly + Frog = Butrog

Pinniped + Penguin = Pinniguin

Snake + Eagle = Snagle

Of course those combination of animals are high imagination and it's impossible for those animals to live in this earth but you will never know the secret of the earth and nature because all of this those creation like humans, animals and plants are creation of GOD. There are certain combine animals which scientist have found in earth. So, I do believe that my imagination of combination of 2 animals which I have done it could be possible to live in this earth. Who knows, those creature which I have merged it might have exist in this earth which have been created by GOD. The picture below shows the real combination of 2 animal which have been found on earth is shown below;

Frog + Salamander = FrogSalamander

Analogy

We were asked to choose 3 out of 12 pictures and create poems that describe the concept of "Love", "Life", "Happiness", "Pain" and "Man or Woman" based on the pictures given. I have chosen 3 pictures and created poems which can be seen below;

1. "Love" based on "Chili"