Garrett Pruter

Garrett Pruter is a New York based illustrator currently studying a degree in Illustration from Parsons School of Design...nice

Crayola

This graph traces the increase in Crayola options from 1903 to 2010!

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He Visited - Finished prints

he indulged


he refused


he provoked


he opposed



he rejected




he prostrated


he gorged


he leered


he obliged


he succumbed


he anticipated


he suffered



he deserved.

he visited

Okay so I am STILL working on this Roald Dahl project, it is now in the final stages. I am just finishing the etches so the images look quite different from these original sketches but for the purposes of gathering some feedback (from my many many followers) on the idea of introducing text, I thought that the sketches would serve the purpose fine as the compositions haven't changed all that much.

So the idea is to make the final etches into a hand bound book, the title of which would be "He Visited", referring to the title of the R.D story "The Visitor" of which this is an adaptation. Each double page spread would then read with the text on the left hand page and the image on the right. It would be as follows:


he indulged

he refused

he provoked

he opposed

he rejected

he prostrated

he gorged

he leered

he anticipated

he suffered


he deserved...


Maybe a bit dramatic at the end? Just trying to keep it simple.

Colour hierarchy

Paul Klee - Zwei Gange/Two Ways, 1932

Paul Klee - Architektur der Ebene/Architecture of the Plain, 1923

Josef Albers - Homage to the Square: Mitered, 1959

Josef Albers - Homage to the Square: Festive, 1951

Josef Albers - Dominating White, 1927

Hierarchy Research Project

Having chosen Hierarchy as my subject of study for this research project I have started by looking at Maslow's hierarchy of needs. This is the physiological theory of human needs and motivation posed by Abraham Maslow in 1943. By studying the behavior of what he called exemplary people (Albert Einstein, Jane Addams and Eleanor Roosevelt etc.) he gathered his results to produce pyramid of our needs, which he called a hierarchy. This was an interesting way to look at hierarchy for me as when I started this project I was only really thinking of it in terms of class structure. From here I started looking at different theories of hierarchy.

The idea of colour hierarchy has led me to thinking about graphic design and how it employs colour to emphasize things in a visual order to the human eye.

Ordering color according to its three attributes can produce a visual hierarchy, assisting a person’s ability to assign a prescribed order of dominance and importance to information. Hue, value and chroma structures play an important role in bringing visual relevance and purpose to an object or grouping of objects.

-Dennis M. Puhalla Perceiving hierarchy through intrinsic color structure



Personal colour swatch zink magazine cover

The idea of deciphering where my eye goes first and why, when confronted with graphic images, is fascinating to me and has got me thinking about the hierarchy of all sorts of visual confrontations. For instance the simple act of body language. Not something most of us consciously consider however we all naturally use it in our day to day lives in order to communicate with other people, and even to gain power in a situation.


Fritz Lang's 'M'

These two images taken from Fritz Lang's 'M', is a perfect example of how film uses the angle of the camera to illustrate this idea of visual intimidation to gain power.

This type of physical hierarchy can also be seen in furniture design.

This set of stacking tables (1927) by Josef Albers, author of Interaction of Color, is what set me thinking down this path of hierarchy within furniture.

This chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh was intentionally designed with a straight back in order to correct the sitters posture. A straight back and good posture is something that society pairs with the upper class.

Another example of C.R.Mackintosh, the higher the back the higher the stature.

This low backed chair (again by C.R.Mackintosh) would have been used for a servant. The lower back is to stop the sitter slouching or becoming too comfortable.

The use of furniture in art and design is something that is heavily connected to hierarchy.

This is a piece of furniture designed by burojet design. The elaborate couch painted on the wall is purely there to give the illusion of comfort and wealth.

Giancarlo Neri's huge table and chairs leaves a looming presence on the landscape.