Concerning
the style of my animation, I want to give it some sort of
Retro/Vintage abstract art
look
because of the energy it communicates.
Abstract
art
began
with the work of three artists who didn't know each other but
produced abstract works almost at the same time.
Wassily
Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Kasimir Malevich.
Abstract
art features forms that do not represent the outside world. When the
three painters discovered abstraction, they considered it as a
personal, philosophical and emotional approach.
Retro
Art Vs. Vintage Art
The
two terms are often interchanged in modern language; however there
are some distinct and important differences between them. Here we
will wade through the confusion and hopefully enlighten you with the
proper usage of each term.
Let's
start with the term retro.
Retro
derives from the Latin meaning "backwards" or "in past
times". The definition of retro that is most closely associated
with past trends of art and fashion derives from the French term
retrospectif, which was abbreviated to simply retro. The term retro
became popular in the 1970's to describe French fashion, and was used
in French novels and film. The word retro, shortly thereafter made
its way across to America and into American fashion and culture.
Retro
Art refers to art that just a little bit quirky. Think kitsch,
theatrical and eccentric. Retro is also something that is a bit more
modern than something that is defined as vintage. Retro focuses on
items dated between roughly the 1950's to the 1980's
Vintage
Art
Vintage
is taken from the world of winemaking and refers to the year in which
the wine was "laid down" or put into wooden casks. What you
should take from this origin is vintage art and overall vintage items
should be associated with a specific year.
Vintage
focuses on time periods of the early 1900's until roughly the 1940's.
The
recurring elements in the vintage style:
Background
and “paper effect” graphics : in
the 50s-60s the great age
of plastics had
not yet begun; shopping bags were of fabrics (raw cotton, mainly),
the packaging of the products in cardboard, and so on. Thus, the
paper played a fundamental role and just because of that the “paper”
effect – especially if aged, turned yellow, worn off because of
time and use – is one of the main graphic effects which recur in
the vintage style. The same holds for old postcards, stamps,
newspapers, pictures in black&white or the cuttlefish effect, on
condition that they have an experienced aspect.
Magazine
style and newspapers of the age: another
graphic style vastly used in webdesign is based on the aesthetics of
old newspapers, almost always in black and white or “turned yellow
by time”, combined with a retro typography.
Calligraphic
fonts or old style fonts: the
major part of vintage/retro design makes use of a typography based on
calligraphic fonts, which give a more realistic and informal imprint
compared to modern fonts and “old style” fonts, which with
difficulty can be integrated in other styles of design.
Colors: The
colors of the vintage style tend to recall the tonalities of paper
and cardboard: beige,
brown, cream,
maybe not in plain pigment but under the form of textures and
patterns. In addition the red,
the dark
green and
theblue are
used a lot. For who prefers a more dated and classic one, it is
advisable to limit oneself to black/white with
a hint of grey.
Broadly speaking the vintage style has opaque colors, “consumed”
(a bit like for the grunge): opposed to the retro effect (which is
famous for the style pop-art design and the brilliant colors) in this
style therefore bright colors should be avoided, limiting them to
some details which have to attract the attention of the user.
Visual
references:
The
thomas Beale Cipher Animation: An award winning animation in which
the retro/vintage textures and look is used throughout the animation
as well as the use of silhouette, this mix makes the animation very
eye catching and communicates very strong emotions.
Influence Images:
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