This document defines and provides examples of various styles including grunge, pop art, punk, urban, and cartoon. It also defines genres such as factual, music, adventure, fantasy, and graphic novels. For each style or genre, a definition is given along with a description of features in an example design that represent characteristics of that style or genre. The styles and genres covered provide an overview of different categories for visual designs and written works.
2. Grunge
Definition
A style of rock music characterized by a raucous guitar sound and lazy vocal delivery.
Grime/dirty
Features of the design
there is a use of bright colours used for the flowers but it is fading in the background of the watery scenery, is dull
but that makes the flowers more eye catching. The flowers are bright at first then it fades into the water and into the
sky . If you look closely you can see can see the word dark which shows the themes of grudge dirty and grimy.
3. Pop-art
Definition
Art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine
art values.
Features of the design
There is an explosion of colour and it is very eye catching. The outline is an woman. Using a black background
Bolden's the lady made out the swirls. Also the only features that we can see is the body, lips, forehead and hair.
4. Punk
Definition
A loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s.
Features of the design
The artist included their name on the art in bold black letters. It is in a formal font. The image is a tongue cut in three
individual pieces . We only see 4 white straight tooth's and a pin piercing the background.
5. Urban
Definition
Urban design involves the design of buildings, groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes, and the establishment of
frameworks and processes that facilitate successful development.
Features of the design
There is a grey background to emphasize Jesus and the shopping bags he is holding. There is a crown of thorns on his
head and the white things hanging off him must represent blood. In the shopping bags we can see presents and also
we can see a candy Cain which represents Christmas.
6. Cartoon
Definition
A simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a
newspaper or magazine.
Features of the design
The background is a rainbow. There is a lot of diamonds everywhere and on top of the rainbow and SpongeBob, is
happy and his dimples are red. He has big eyes and blue eye. In the image you can see that all SpongeBob's features
are emphasised. This image is very eye catching and we focus on SpongeBob and the background helps SpongeBob
stand out even more.