Since receiving my copy of CS5 from the school, I’ve anxiously been awaiting the opportunity to learn and work with Adobe Illustrator. This semesters course Designing Computer Graphics offers me the opportunity to do precisely that. Our first week focused on familiarizing us with the software by way of several tutorial based exercises and culminated with the courses first graded assignment, a self portrait. The assignment was fairly straight forward and tasked students with creating a self portrait using the tool and methods learned from this weeks earlier exercises. Below is a copy of my completed assignment after being exported… Read More…
Do you think Jackson Pollock’s work had a positive impact on developments in American art? I have to admit that as often as I have heard or read the name Jackson Pollock, I had never knowingly seen any of his work. My first real introduction to his work came recently during the virtual museum assignment. During my virtual visit to The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC (http://www.nga.gov), I watched a video documentary of Jackson Pollack. The video documented Jackson Pollock while painting outdoors using house paints, sticks and a rather large canvas laid out on the ground. After… Read More…
Do you think that Paul Gauguin was successful in his attempt to correct the misunderstanding of non-Western art as primitive in a regressive way? Unfortunately, I do not believe that Paul Gauguin was successful at anything more than creating a unique style of art that was obviously influenced by his time spent living in Tahiti. His Idol with the Seashell, c1893 Wood in fig. 25.15 on page 460 in the textbook A HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (Revised Fourth Edition), shows an example of a primitive piece with certain elements of Western influence. While this piece may work to demonstrate the… Read More…
Artist Statement: I had a great deal of fun working on this project. A quick look inside the .psd will reveal the dozens of color and filter combinations that I considered while trying to decide on a final concept. The more I worked with it, the more things just sort of fell into place. I’ve been on a real anime kick lately with my sketches and for this reason; I decided to attempt an anime subject in a pop art style and setting. I went for an oil paint on canvas effect and chose a vibrant pallet typical of pop… Read More…
Question: Do you think David Hockney’s research and theory on the use of technology by the artists of the Renaissance period is important for artists today?
Answer: Absolutely. In fact, I believe this theory is more relevant today than ever before. For years I created with pencils, inks and paints, and now, I create with a Wacom Intuos4. I’ve traded in my sketchbook for my Macbook and suddenly in would seem that many no longer consider my creations art. These detractors discredit my art purely on the basis that they are digital pieces. My company sublets a portion of our… Read More…
