Heroic Icons

The image in the poster on the left really portrays what the copy says. The soldier not only has patriotism, but holds firmly onto it in his hands. I feel that this poster works well for stirring up the emotions of the American people during times of war.

I really am glad that I had the opportunity to read "Heroic Icons". I never thought about the importance of an artist and designer on shaping the opinions of large groups of people or stirring their emotions to support what a government wants them to do. Kind of makes me feel that art, no matter what kind, can be important and not just "fluff". Kind of makes me feel that I could possibly do something that would be important and not just "fluff".






The first poster to pop into my head after reading the article was "Rosie the Riveter". It was one of the few war posters that I've seen and have even seen a time or two in movies that took place during WW II. " A few months after Rockwell’s image, the most famous image of Rosie appeared in the government-commissioned poster “We Can Do It” (Yellin 44)."















I never realized that there were any other Rosie the Riveter posters other than "We Can Do It" until I was looking for a picture of it. "Norman Rockwell’s image on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943 was the first widely publicized pictorial representation of the new “Rosie the Riveter”. "
I feel that Norman Rockwell's version looks a little more like the "everyday woman" than Yellin's version.














In the "Heroic Icons", Superman and other comic super heroes were "tapped into the universal desire for invincible heroes to uphold, in this case, "Truth, Justice, and the American Way." Thinking about Rosie the Riveter made me think of Wonder Woman. I thought that maybe Wonder Woman was modeled after Rosie the Riveter, but then I found out that Wonder Woman "first appeared in All Star Comics #8, which was published by All American Publications in December of 1941. " I find it kind of interesting that they were created around the same time.

Posters From the WPA

The artist is trying to influence behavior by example. The artist is showing mothers that they show check to see if their child has a problem with their sight. I like how the artist made their message appear as an eye chart. Putting the boy in a red sweater draws my attention to the child and then the child's eyes draw my attention to the mother holding the paper for him to read. The poster is convincing me to have my child's eyes examined by showing me a mother who is concerned enough about her child to see if he can read the paper she is showing him and if I'm concerned enough about my own child I should do the same.


This palette has warm tones. The variations in brown values allows for shading. The red attracts attention.


The artist's style is simplistic with some minor shading. The people in the poster have been simplified, but are still not too abstracted so they still have realistic qualities.


The poster makes me want to go to the zoo to see the different types of animals. The poster is asking me to visit the zoo. The poster is convincing me to want to go to the zoo by showing me an interesting looking animal in pretty realistic detail making me interested and curious about all the other interesting animals that are at the zoo for me to see.




The yellow is somewhat bright and attention getting. The variations in value of the browns allow for pretty good shading allowing for giving three-dimensional shape to objects.



The artist's style is pretty realistic giving great attention to detail. Although the subject in the poster is not photo real, the artist makes it looks pretty realistic do to the detail in the shading. The yellow used in the background really makes the subject "pop".



The artist is using a couple of different birds doing playful things to capture the interest of the viewer to buy the book and check out the 100 pictures of different birds of the world and see what fun and amusing things that they are doing in the photographs. The poster wants me to buy the book of 100 pictures of birds from around the world. The poster is convincing me to buy the book of 100 photos by showing a couple of playful birds.


This palette is fairly bright with only one dark color. There is a combination of both cool and warm colors. There are not a lot of variations in value of one color, but there is one big contrast in light and dark between the white and the black. I like the contrast between the warm golden yellow and the cool crisp blue.



The artist's style is very simplistic with no shading. Even though the animals are very simplistic, they still look realistic. The artist's style is also playful with the pelican trying to eat the "E" and the toucan perched on the "D".