Strategy of Content

Demographics..

Who likes street art/ street photography? Maybe a younger demographic would be more prone to collecting, reading about, looking at street art/ photography. Whether it is graphic design, graffiti, a creative ad done in a street art style, a marketing strategy done with street art or street photography in mind. What does this demographic look like? Who are they?

My demographic would interest all, but will most likely entice the 18-44yr old. Using the course resources online I believe my demographics would be male and females, all individuals of all race and ethnic backgrounds. With this demographic having the highest utilization of social media, and owners of smartphones, and users of internet.


People to watch:

•  Khalik Allah - A 5%er, a street photographer, a filmmaker, an all around creative. His content is films, and street photography which he uses the light off the street lamps, or the light from the bodega. He is someone to watch out for as his success is inevitable. I met him once before, collaborated with him on a Popa Wu shirt, his passion is insatiable. He has an aesthetic for beauty and see's it in people that can't see it within themselves. For him, to have the knowledge of self, it is only right to spread that knowledge, as he does with everyone he encounters.

 

• Katch1-a talented graffiti artist turned skateboard designer is now tattoo artist and still participates in Pow Wow Hawaii. You can see his pieces in Kaka'ako. I first saw his work as a student at Kalani High School staring out the window of my class, we had a wall that he threw up pieces all over it. At 1st I didn't realize what an impact graffiti would have on me, but today I do. I follow him on Instagram, he posts his pieces that he does around Oahu. He continues to do tattoos. For me, to have all the money in the world doesn't make you successful, one's value is measured by the influence you have had on others, and that is priceless. Katch1 book for sale. IG handle: @katch1

• Jamal Shabazz- Vintage photos are what Jamal posts a view of what New York looked like in the 80s and 90s, I like his photos not only because they are film but also because they show the era that was surrounded by graffiti, and saturated in hip-hop in New York. IG handle: @jamalshabazz

Photos, Articles, Hashtags, Infographics..

For my personal media campaign I will correlate it back to my blog, by using other apps such as Facebook, Youtube, and Pinterest. I will also use candid photos and designs I have seen that interest me or I have done. I also will post quotes from my blog as a caption for InstaGram, or on Twitter.

The hashtags I will be using are #ics119 #streetart, #streetphotography, #urbanart, #graffiti #graphicdesign, and #urbanart in all of my blog posts. 

The visual aids I will use in my campaign will include images in my profile, and some of my own photos that show my passion for street art/ street photography and graphic design. I will also use photo's from my own blog posts as you see below.

 I love Pinterest, I mean who doesn't everything you are looking for in one place, below are some of my favorite graffiti images found on Pinterest that I would use for blog posts.

Feedly is great for articles about my interests and gives great content that can be used for blog posts. Also, in helping repurpose blog posts and any other info in regards to street art/ street photography and graphic design. 

 I will be creating infographics to show design tips, street photography tips, statistical info, quotes with images,  and tips with images. I will use the below infographics that I have posted in my blogs before. 

Participation is key.

I will participate in all discussions thru all social media platforms, and engage my audience. I want to post blogs that will inspire them to initiate conversation and develop a repertoire with anyone with the same interests that have questions or feedback. I will be open to all comments and be true to who I am which will help me network with others and build with them in and maybe collaborating with them on projects.

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Mahalo.

Framing My Personal Brand

1. Simple.

Change the world with art.

2. Unexpected.

Bebrainfit.com advises that, "Art increases brain connectivity and plasticity. Every time you engage in a new or complex activity, your brain creates new connections between brain cells. Your brain's ability to grow connections and change throughout your lifetime is called brain plasticity or neuroplasticity.

3. Concrete.

 

4. Credible.

Nursingshools.net has compiled a list of 100 Excellent Art Therapy Exercises for Your Mind, Body and Soul. These exercises promote one to be in touch with their emotions, relaxation, happiness, trauma and unhappiness, and gratitude. Check out these art therapy exercises to share with others to assist in their relaxation, happiness, trauma and unhappiness, and gratitude.

5. Emotional.

"Art changes people, and people change the world." -Cathy Malchiodi 

6. Tell a story. 

 JR, a French street artist does his TED prize wish talk by illustrating how he uses art to change the world, and how others can do it to.

We are what we share...who are you?

 An article I wrote for my Hawaii artists album, Perfect Strangahz

It was published in the Streetz magazine

Fingers on a keyboard type, Joslyn Noelani but who is that? What makes the person behind the keyboard ever so curious to find about me. Might it be I have all the answers to all your questions, probably not. Is it possible I have the secret on how to make a million bucks? That might be true, but probably not as quickly as you'd hope. What possesses them to know about me? Could it be that magnetic characteristic of mine.......passion.

When a search is done and people see my name anything tied to me will disclose a person passionate about life and everything in it. It will be displayed by the love of poetry, writing, hip-hop, beats, graffiti, graphic designing, film photography, conceptualized designs, customized designs, the list goes on. I am a person of deep thought so anything I have created is of deep thought...whoa that's deep, hahaha.

What I want them to see is someone who grew up not believing in themselves, and through trial and error stood the test of time to understand the value of who they are today. My goal is to position myself within the social media, and internet world, where my skills will be in high-demand. My business will be a company that can cover all bases, graphic design, silk screen services, branding, social media, web design, writing, you name it, it can be done. 

I have a knack for conceptualizing ideas, I am a creative graphic designer who longs to display anyone, anything in a way it has never been displayed before. Another expertise is writing, whether through life experience's or writing in general it will always be in a provocative style that intrigues the reader. Third expertise is overall being a creative person who loves to create.

We all are creative creatures even if we do not know it, deep within us we as human beings have a desire to create. What we create shows the world who we are, so why don't we create art, or music of quality. Not only of quality but art, music of substance, thru substance we can deliver a message. Whether the message be of hope, love, passion, peace, struggle, or fortune it is the lasting emotion it leaves that can change the heart of people. And, when our creations can change the hearts of the people we can change the world. Let us start today.

 

 

Repurpose Blog Post #ics119

Let us change the world through art. 

Let Art Speak! Our View On How Art Can Change The World.

How to create art to help change the world.

1. First and foremost, express yourself in art.

2. Create art that is not only pleasant to look at, but also has an idea, a message that it carries. 

3. Produce art that influences thought, provokes thought, so in this way it can change the way people feel.

Image from Pixabay Creative Commons license CCO

This photo is a piece that uses photos of two girls that have been plastered on the wall, as if they are just coloring with crayons. The spray painted message above, "PLEASE NO MORE WAR LOVE" is a testament to what the little girls are wishing for, the added peace sign in the 'O' is what they long for. With the flowers drawn on the bottom of the piece it offers an innocent look on a large problem, that occurs throughout this world. All the war that goes on affects the children that have to endure the battle scars. This example is a tale of peace for that bleeds for our future, our children. 

This art yet so simple beats with a strong passion of hope. 

photo credit: Joshua Rappeneker

1. Allow the art, to reflect your own emotion.

2. Allow the art to change the way we think and feel.

3. Allow the art to express yourself as a means of a language of its own type.

photo credit: lenbuster syftningsfel

As I stated in my blog post, "When does graffiti become art?" Whether you do graffiti or 

graphic design when you conceptualize a piece you can change the world 

when the thought is there to back it up.

When does graffiti become art?

Opinion: Graffiti is art at its inception, it is a form of self-expression and the medium is spray paint.

Walking down the side streets of Kakaʻako on the island of Oahu you see it meticulously crafted on the side of a warehouse, a conceptualized piece. Is this graffiti or art? One can presume that a piece like above is art. But there are people that despise graffiti and would label it, as vandalism. But what is vandalism? By definition vandalism is the crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people. Obviously the above street art is intentionally taking a blank space and making it beautiful for other people to see.

Lady Pink a graffiti artist from the 70, 80s in New York said, " Its only graffiti or vandalism if you get arrested, if you don’t it is art." But in these days, Pow Wow Hawaii takes a "week in February in the Kakaʻako district of Honolulu, and brings over a hundred international and local artist together to create murals and other forms of art." These old rundown warehouses are transformed into creative pieces of work that make public spaces an outside gallery for all to view, not only to view but to assist in sparking conversation.

In NYC, Times Square is littered with advertisements trying to sell every and any product that is ever sold. With neon lights the letters sprawl across the buildings Virgin, Kodak for all to see. Advertisements like those in Times Square or any huge billboards should be labeled vandalism. As we cannot in turn change or alter ads, nor can we communicate with the company who is doing the selling. If street art is the beginning of a conversation, advertising is the end. Stop talking, stop thinking – and buy these shoes!

Image from Pixabay, Creative Commons license CC0

 Graffiti is art, and it always will be, street art is the conceptualized pieces. And, when we value street art as art, we can engage with it as a community and help to grow it into something beautiful. 

Facebook this, Facebook that

Facebook, facebook, hashtag facebook. An app, a website, we all use it but for what? The famous blue and white F logo flashes in my face, I easily click it waiting to see the news or gossip of the day. I don't think it's as popular as InstaGram now is, but it is still an app I find myself on when time allows. I use Facebook to look at pictures of what everyone is doing, it gives people a chance to catch up with family and friends. It helps to connect with those that share the same interest with you. I just started buying clothes, and lipstick off Facebook. 

Who really knows how much time they spend on Facebook? I mean really who times themselves on anything these days when it comes to websites or apps. Its so easy to go from one to the next and not even realize how much time was spent on each site. If I am busy I don't really go on any app or site, as I don't have the time. But when I do I probably spend 30mins-1 hour when time allows, other than that I am actually living life. My facebook is private, as is my IG, I don't like to put things out there so I don't really worry about it. But I always change my password, and make a complex password. 

How does one know something is true of Facebook? Funny question and really you don't. People can make you think and falsify the life they live, its all about perception. How you perceive something to be? How it was presented to you, and how you took it. But as far as articles and info you have to follow the source, who said it, wrote it, all the pertinent info needs to be considered. Ultimately, it is up to the reader to determine if something is true or not, and even then you could be wrong. But trust your intuition cause that is usually right, when it seems to good to be true it usually is. 

I know any type of social media can have a negative impact on work, grades, spending quality time with one's ohana. People get stuck on social media with what's the latest gossip, trend, shoes, anything it really is an escape of reality. When I have assignments to finish I will not have my phone near me, because I can easily get caught up on what's going on in Facebook or IG. So its like an addiction this phone, social media thing that needs to be worked on everyday. I always take care of family, my business, school work, before anything else. When the kids go to sleep then I can look what's going on in Facebook land, or the IG world. There is more to life then who posted and what or who said this, and who said that. I got my kids to love, and my house to take care of, and money to be made to allow me to be stuck on this social media fix. 

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The Art of CRAP Detection

For this blog post I decided to search for articles that had everything to do with graffiti and creative design. As I tend to always make a connection between graffiti and design. I know that graffiti holds a huge element of design, typography. Its not anyone's typography its the artist, not font picked from a computer but letters drawn from one's own hand. It doesn't get anymore personal than that. Being that a passion of mine is graphic design, a lot of the things I do somehow always correlate to my love of graffiti. Go figure.  

The articles that passed the CRAP test were from reliable sources, like that of a University and contained the theses of the scholar writing it. The articles were current enough, and were all usually from University's that were housing the theses' of these scholarly collegiate students. 

Bombing, Tagging, Writing: An Analysis of the Significance of Graffiti and Street Art, score 4
https://diigo.com/09fya9

The Writing on the Stall: Graffiti, Vandalism, and Social Expression, score 4
https://diigo.com/09fvat

Street Art & Graffiti Art: Developing an Understanding, score 4
https://diigo.com/09fvbj

Up On The Wall: How Working Walls Unlock Creative Insight, score 3
https://diigo.com/09fyab

The somewhat trustworthy articles were current enough but I felt were the opinion of the writer of the article. And the writer was questionable, also didn't have reliable resource to back up the findings. I also felt as reading thru that it contained a sales pitch of a product. 

The Process of Creativity, score 3
https://diigo.com/09fyac

Design Criticism and the Creative Process, score 2.5
https://diigo.com/09fyad

8 Secrets To Creative Thinking (Hint: Steal From Others), score 3
https://diigo.com/09fycr

Vector Polishing Techniques - Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials, score 3
https://diigo.com/09fyct

For the articles that I felt were untrustworthy they seemed to be trying to sell me something, like a book that I had to have to be able to create a great design. Or it the article was trying to entice me to join some master course that would have me designing or making money by freelancing in no time. 

How To Find Freelance Work With No Work Experience, score 0
https://diigo.com/09fya7

22 free ebooks for designers, score 1
https://diigo.com/09fycw

How to price logo design services, score 1
https://diigo.com/09fycx

Learn a new skill with over 3,000 tech training courses, score 0
https://diigo.com/09fyd0

Infographic below. 

 Posted it bigger to see it in all its glory.