Art Vocab
This technique involves creating images using mathematical equations rather than pixels, allowing for infinite scalability.
What are vector graphics?
This element is why your blob is “organic” but your square feels like it has anger issues.
What is shape?
The other visual art course that Mr. Merced teaches.
What is Digital Art?
This principle refers to the way elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in an artwork, either symmetrical or asymmetrical.
What is balance?
Jim Carrey spent hours in makeup every day to transform into this green, grouchy character in a 2000 holiday film.
Who is The Grinch?
The digital battlefield where layers fight for dominance, and nothing you want to select ever listens.
What is the canvas?
The element that makes you question if the hue you chose for your character is making them look like they're blushing, sunburned, or just really embarrassed to exist.
What is color?
Formerly known as Lee High School, Mr. Merced attended here for his senior year.
What is Lewis High School?
This principle involves differences in elements like color, texture, or size to make certain parts of an artwork stand out.
What is contrast?
This famous actor voiced multiple characters in The Polar Express, including the conductor, the hobo, and Santa Claus.
Who is Tom Hanks?
This error happens when your software crashes, and you realize the last time you hit "Save" was during the Renaissance. "I ____ to ___"
What is “I Forgot to Save”?
The mysterious thing that determines whether your shading looks like a masterpiece or a smudge on a window.
What is value?
The university that Mr. Merced attended, which was named after a Founding Father known for his contributions to the Bill of Rights.
What is George Mason University
This principle refers to the cohesive quality that makes an artwork feel complete and harmonious.
What is unity?
The Nightmare Before Christmas uses this style of animation to bring the residents of Halloween Town to life.
What is stop-motion animation/ clay-mation?
This magical tool in Photoshop has ruined more friendships than Monopoly, thanks to its chaotic ability to select everything except what you wanted.
What is the Magic Wand Tool?
This element is what gives your drawing of a rock the depth of a marshmallow if you forget it exists.
What is texture?
Known as the Garden State, this was where Mr. Merced spent most of his childhood.
What is New Jersey?
This principle creates a sense of movement by repeating elements such as lines, shapes, or colors.
What is rhythm?
The character of Kevin in Home Alone sets up a fake party using a cardboard cutout of this famous basketball player.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This tool feels simple until you use it to draw a circle and somehow end up with a potato.
What is the Brush Tool?
This element of art is the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.
What is space?
This game has been a critical success at being Mr. Merced's favorite for over 20 years.
What is D&D [Dungeon's & Dragons]?
This "focal point" is the reason your viewer’s eyes go directly to the one part of your art that you messed up.
What is emphasis?
In Elf, Buddy’s breakfast spaghetti is topped with these sugary treats.
What are pop-Tarts and marshmallows?