Final Blog Essay
Ke Ding
Ding.547
My project is about the research and reflection of customized car in both U.S. and China. Customized car is kind of culture. From my own opinion, all kinds of good culture should be respected and encourage to develop. U.S. is a free country of cars. This is why customized cars become more and more popular. Compare with China, the history of automobile industry is very short, therefore the vehicular traffic laws are in developing. Lots of people have wrong cognition of customized cars.
After the second word war, mass customization production methods is widely used in industrial countries. Then, cars become exclusive product for wealthy. Car culture gradually into people’s life and gradually produced a variety of automotive entertainment such as travel, driving adventure and racing activities etc. These activities become a way of life of cars owners. At the same time, a new car’s culture also is on the rise which is customized. Actually, the fans watched and refitted customized car with growing fascination.
I use six photos, two graphic design and one video to show the customized cars as my recall. For photos, I use a cartoon and oil painting effect to redesign them. Since, in my opinion, the developing of customized car in China like a cartoon which are unreal, just like a Utopia. In the other word, people can only see the customized car on cartoon rather than the real world. For the video, I make an advertising video for a car organization which called iAcaro. This organization invited large number of car lover. About two-thirds are younger people aged 20 to 32 from wealthy families while 10-20 percent are older auto enthusiasts who drive their supercars mainly at the track on their free time. Most of them Most of them have fairly good education. Therefore, most of them have a strong legal consciousness. This group of people are trying them best to change the stereotype which is people who drive customized car are easy to break law.
I’m preparing to make my own car show in the future which include teaching knowledge of customized car as well as the used car. Therefore, the skills of iMovie and Photoshop appear to be particularly important. From the changing warm to cool colors, and taking long long exposures pictures, then the making of short movie. This class help me to know more deeply about these essential skills. In fact, art education is to improve our perception of identity and understanding of art, as well as developing the expressive force of art and creativity.
In addition, art education makes this semester more enjoyable. I take lots of professional courses which are tough class. However, art bring me mental and physical relaxation. In fact, as a modern living and leisure, more and more people are paying more attention to mental and physical relaxation. And the art is really beneficial to somatopsychic relaxing. After whole day hard working, this class will offer the great opportunity for me to relax.