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Article Evaluation
The article I chose to read was about Art History. Everything in the article was relevant to the topic. The information in the article is not out of date, but I think that it should be noted that there is an unlimited time line for art history, and that what we know from the past is from discovery. The article kind of makes it sound as if Art history just pertains to the tang dynasty in China, and Western Europe Art. With that being said, the overall tone of the article is very neutral. Also all the links were accurate and worked. When checking the talk page, I noticed that no one commented anything.

Another topic I am thinking about choosing is about geckos; more specifically the cat gecko. I know absolutely nothing about geckos and a lot of other people probably don't either. There are a lot of species of gecko and no information on them, so I think I'll start writing about the cat gecko. The article that I read about the cat gecko explains that this type of species in found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,Cambodia,Thailand. They received their name from curling their tail up when they sleep;similar to a cat. The article then goes on to describe the color and attributes of the cat gecko.

Looking back at the species of gecko, I decided to choose another species that has absolutely nothing written about, so I chose the Afroedura Africana gecko, also known as, African rock gecko.

So, I have completely back tracked and have chosen a topic for my article. I have assigned myself the topic of Commercial Art. While I love animals and was somewhat interested in writing about a species of gecko, I found it hard to find any information on the geckos. So, I decided to do a complete 180 and will be focusing my topic on Commercial Art. This is more related to what my major is; graphic design.

The article on Wikipedia titled "Commercial Art", gives an overview of what commercial art is; providing a summary of the types of jobs that use commercial art and what skills are needed. The citations in the article need verification and a few additional sources. The article then proceeds to make a section that is basically dedicated to Andy Warhol( using him as an example). Andy Warhol's pop art incorporated regularly consumed items such as Campbell soup and coca-cola bottles. His artwork helped advertise these products to consumers, making his art a form of consumer art. I think it will also be beneficial to include a little back history of the artist, such as, that Andy Warhol started out as a commercial artist for magazines and department stores I feel that the article is very vague in some parts, even though it does inform the reader on what consumer art is and how it relates to other genres of art as well. When editing this article I would want to verify the sources and maybe add some of my own. I would also want to elaborate on certain areas of the article, adding information on exactly what the difference is between commercial art and graphic design, just because they sound really similar. There is also a part of the article that is pretty repetitive as well(Andy Warhol section). The section currently states "Commercial art is art that is created for commercial purposes to promote services, products, and ideas to viewers.[1] In the process of creating commercial art, an audience is taken into consideration when designing and/or forming the goods that are being advertised/promoted. An example of this can be seen in the recognized works of American painter and consumer ad designer, Andy Warhol.[5] Using Campbell's soup and Coca-Cola bottles as everyday products of consumers, he recreated a visually stimulating design through pop art that advertises the products through consumption habits of consumers.[5] Consumerism was present when pop art was popular. Pop art could contain mass cultural objects and/or celebrities (popular culture and mass media) to endorse markets and goods.[6]" To improve this section of the article, one of the things I would do is add a picture of Andy Warhol's commercial art pieces. Currently the only artwork shown is an 1898 poster by Jan Van Beers. The reader doesn't know where this picture is from and/or who the artist is because it does not have a citation or anything written about it in the article. To edit this I would replace the image of Jan Van Beers poster design and replace it with another artist, Dahl Taylor. I would write,"Someone who has experience making commercial art is illustrator and fine artist Dahl Taylor .Taylor's image of a Samuel Adams Beer sitting on a field next to a baseball bat and hat makes the viewer want to grab a cold one with a couple of friends at the next baseball game". Also, inserting a picture of his design. There is a section in the article that is headed "Genre". I would add to the part stating, "Commercial art can include many genres of art and categories of art technique, including:" and add the following sentence:"Commercial art and graphic design industry encompasses the business of selling artwork for business (promotional) purposes, rather than for strictly aesthetic purposes." .

** UPDATE** I tried to fix the images to the Dahl Taylor commercial art piece, but I don't own the copyright to it and I couldn't find it in Wikipedia edits, so I just went with a picture of Andy Warhol and his Campbell soup artwork.