The Bystander Effect (English)

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” A quote by the famous scientist Albert Einstein is a reflection on the topic of The Bystander Effect. The Bystander effect is a social psychology which where a chance of a person helping someone in need will be affected by the number of people present in the scenario.

According to studies and experiments done by multiple psychologists, they have found that people will most likely help the person in distress with only a few audiences or people around them. These psychologists have tested this phenomenon with people as they measure the amount of time the specific person took to help. Found and confirmed, a scenario where there are only a few people will there be most likely to help in a faster time than where there are a lot of people.

It can also be called The Diffusion of Responsibility. This is a phenomenon where the chance of someone helping will decrease depending on the number of people around them. The person will mostly think that if there are a lot of people present in the scenario, then they might think that those other people will help the person that needs help.

This is a serious thing as it can cause much more distress to the person who is in need. Society should take action when someone is in distress as soon as they see that they are. Different scenarios where The Bystander Effect caused people to ignore someone in distress might lead to something bad happening.

Brainstorm (Art)

MY WHY: My why is to promote cityscape/urban through clothing and posters. My idea is to create something like a place where there is a lot of building. One of my ideas that I want to do is take on of the buildings at Time Square in New York. 

One of the many artists that I will base my art design is David Carson. 

Brainstorm:

Topic- Cityscape/Urban

Ideas:

Buildings

Billboards

Coordinates

Highest Buildings in The World

Art (Final)

Every series in my folio are mixed with different media and techniques. The first series in my folio contains two media, painting and sketch. The cross is repeated in four of these artworks in different ways. The first artwork is based on Jesus' hand. I did the cross as well as the hand. I painted the blood, red so it has a little bit of colour. The first artwork contrasts the second one as they both have meanings. On the first one, the cross is holding Jesus while at the second one, Mary is the one who carries Jesus. I took advantage of the colours aswell by sketching the sad and dark part of Jesus' life and making the birth of Jesus a colourful one.




My folio consists of different and a lot of colours. What is noticeable and repeated on my folio is glass renaissance. I based some of my artworks on church glass or windows as they relate to my why. On the middle of my second folio, I placed three glass-like renaissance artworks and it covers three main and important events on Jesus' life, His birth, His Crucifixion, and His Resurrection. I did all of these by basing them in glass renaissance. I took advantage of the positive space by using all the space on my paper and covering them with colour. These artworks are linked to Michaelangelo's paintings by placing a halo. Michaelangelo's paintings are covered or have a halo behind saints, or Jesus Christ. I used this and add it on the glass renaissance. This also covers the old artist models by adding a border on my art like what Lichtenstein and using dark and simple colours like Frizzel.




My folio covers two media by showing different types of techniques like kitchen lithography, painting and sketching. I also did a mixed media by doing a gel/ink pen and adding paint on it. I also did a sketch with paint on it like for example, the rose and the opening sky.

Art (Thumbnail Sketch 3/Kitchen Lithography)

We have studied how to do Lithography, specifically Kitchen Lithography. In order to do a quick and good artwork, we decided to do kitchen lithography. It is supposed to be placed at the second folio but I decided to put it on the first one as it will add more depth and a different technique would be placed.




I also did a cross on my kitchen lithography as it will look good on my folio. I was supposed to only put one of them but I decided to put both of them and change the design of the other one. I added a board outside the cross which relates to Lichtenstein's use of borders in his artwork. Both of these crosses symbolise the dark or monotoned events that happened on the cross. I took advantage of the negative space on the left artwork to make the cross pop out. I then decided to add a border on the second one add some detail on the artwork.

This is one of the sketches that I was planning to put on my second folio. It is a simple sketch of the pierced side of Jesus. It is the last wound that has been struck by a soldier which then became a believer. I'm planning to also put red paint around the artwork to resemble blood and make it more noticeable.

Art (Folio 1 Complete)

This is my complete folio one. I added more paintings to add more colour to my folio and continued to show the importance of the cross. Every artwork on the folio one relates to my why of religion, specifically Christianity. I decided to repeat the cross as a symbol of Christianity. When I searched the word Christianity in Google, I saw a lot of crosses which I then decided to base my artworks with on the cross by doing it in different ways and techniques. Not all my artworks are not based on my two artists but I did use some of their ideas like the dove in the middle. I based the background from comic books as comics use colourful backgrounds. I also did a comic based background on the bible and the cross at the left side of the dove. Halos are also an important thing in doing religion as a topic on art. I researched some artworks that are based on religion and almost all of them has halos. I then used it on my folio as they will much resemble a church like art. Besides my two chosen artists, I also based my artworks to Leonardo De Vinci and Michaelangelo as they did a lot of paintings that relate to my why.

Art (Thumbnail Sketches 2)

These are the two thumbnail sketches that I think that will go to my folio. I have not decided yet if I should put them but they do relate to my why. I planned that I should place more painting as my folio lacks colour. I decided to do a basic and a plain one on the candles. These candles relate to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The fire resembles that they are alive and provides light to the darkness. I have not decided on what the other artworks I should place below but I do have a clear idea on what I should do.

Art (Half Panel One)

This is the first half of my folio. They are consist of wet and dry media. I chose to revise my whole plan and with my teachers help, we decided to focus on my why and alter my art topic. We look at some artworks that are based on religion and we saw that most of them are in churches. The artworks that are in there also focuses on mostly three main things, Jesus' Birth, Passion/Crucifixion and Ressurection. I then decided to focus on these three main things while not changing my why, to promote and show that religion can also be done as a topic in art. My first four artworks also contrast each other. The top artworks on my folio are showing Jesus' hand in different situations, in his crucifixion and his birth. While the two below them, again showing the cross as a main element on the folio. I have not shown any comic-based techniques on these four artworks but I did use the techniques that both Lichtenstein and Frizzel used, the use of colours. Mostly, Lichtenstein uses basic colours on his artwork while Frizzel mostly uses dark backgrounds and greatly uses the positive and negative space on his artwork.