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Silhouettes The History and use of silhouettes. Silhouettes What is a silhouette? Definition: a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface (cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes ). The

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Silhouettes

The History and use of silhouettes.

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Silhouettes

 What is a silhouette?  Definition: a line that traces the outer

limits of an object or surface (cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes).

 The term silhouette is well understood

now, though this was not always the

case. Early designations included

"shade," and "profile." Silhouettes were made freehand and with tracing devices, by amateurs and professional artists alike.

Courtesy of: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/silhouette.html

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Silhouettes

 What was a silhouette

used for?

 Usually for medals and

antique coins, but the first silhouettes may have been the profiles made of King William and Queen Mary, produced about 1700.

 The medium of early

silhouettes was lamp black (soot) on plaster or glass.

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Famous Silhouettes

 What silhouette can you find on a daily basis that

is recognizable?

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Some Recognizable Silhouettes

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Even some you may see everyday

This is in a graphic

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Some in a logo

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Let’s see if you can recognize these…

He was born on July 23rd in 1989.
He played the young David

Copperfield on TV in 1999.

His debut film was ' The

pleasure garden '

He directed Psycho .

Dan Radcliffe Alfred Hitchcock

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…continued

She broke her nose surfing in 2003.
Her first film was 'The Mask'

Cameron Diaz

His debut album was ‘Greetings from

Asbury Park, New Jersey’

His backing band is the E Street Band.

Bruce Springsteen

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…one more

This movie came out in 1982
He was always “phoning home”

Movie: E.T.

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Man Made silhouettes

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Man Made silhouettes

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Student examples

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Student Examples

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Silhouettes of Landscapes

 Just by this silhouette, at left, can

you tell what city it is?

 Here is what you need to do.

Please go out at dusk or dawn and take a picture of either your house

r a ridge of trees that make a

silhouette.

 Then create or “mock up” a man-

made silhouette.

DUE Wednesday-October 2nd

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Homework Checklist

 Take 3 different pics at either:

sunrise or sunset

(i.e. shape of trees or outline of a building etc.) Tip: get out approx. half hour before

sunrise: 6:50am sunset: 6:48pm

 Find one used in a Logo or a graphic  3 - “mock up/man made” silhouettes  DUE Wednesday-October 2nd

(That would be 7 images in TOTAL) Too Dark Too Light

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Taken to another level on www.youtube.com

 America’s Got Talent

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInQ2jzUmXI