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Synesthesia

I felt like this image adequately communicates the visual representation of a sound considering sound is an energy and this image illustrates its movement in a way. It also helps that the 'sound wave' is red and not just black on a white background.

Money Design

I'm one of the people that feels like the United States has some of the most boring money ever! Well, that was until i looked at the money of other contries, i couldn't believe the simplicity of some of the designs. Needless to say, i'm partial to colored money. But not multi colored money, money that uses one color but the design is nice too. I went searching for money designs and one struck me instantly as my favorite. A red colored bill with a simple design. Unfortunately i lost that image and chose this one for my blog



I like it for the same reasons as i liked the original bill note i found. Excluding the green, it utilizes mostly different shades of red. It is the Algerian bill for 10 Dinars.

The Grid

This artwork is a good example of a loose grid.
At first glance there appears to be a round shape in the square, but upon closer
investigation, you can see that it is just different sized squares creating this illusion.
It is part of the 'Earth and wood' collection by Lincoln Steward titled
"Grid" and cut from 1/2" thick oak.



This artwork is a good example of a tight grid.
All the squares, pink and yellow are close together and somewhat warped to create a curvy effect.
This was done by artist Robert F. Balazik, hosted with a lot of his other work at Shutterstock.com
and under the title "vector graphic depicting op art/pop art checkerboard pattern background"

Chuck Close

Chuck Close is a famous painter that does his works based on the use of a grid. This featured piece is called 'Leslie'! For obvious reasons it had to be my favorite (my name is Leslie). Even more that that, Close's work reminds me of mosaic. Mosaic type works are a preference of mine because they take such time to do. I like to do them because viewers can appreciate all the tiny details put in to the artwork. I enjoy his use of color to make this face appear out of a cluster of little squares of color.