I want to learn how to change image texture. This is pretty fucking cool.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Stop Motion
I have become obsessed with stop motion videos.
Here are a couple I think are really awesome. Really cool effects and something I would want to do.
Here are a couple I think are really awesome. Really cool effects and something I would want to do.
Elements of Balance
I went to the Elements of Balance exhibit in the foreman gallery on 2/13/09. It was composed of 3 different artists: Lynn Estomin, Hee Sook Kim, and Niki Ketchman. As I approached the gallery there was an impatient line of Hartwick art students waiting to get some “grub” and head into the show. Previously, before the opening, as I would walk by the glass wall of the gallery, I would wonder what the nig sculpture on the upper level was made of, who made it, and why?
The first artist was Lynn Estomin. Her work was composed of photographs, although, looked historically incorrect, were very easy to look at. They had a relaxing and silent aura about them. After looking at the photographs I read her artists statement. The main idea behind her work was to exploit a “continuing statement on the beauty of nature and the fragile relationship between humanity and the environment”. Her work seemed to link the magnificence of our natural geography with the wonder and tale of ancient art. Her project began over 10 years ago while she was hiking through New Mexico. She combined art from two different areas of the world. My favorite piece of hers was titled Tree Fingers which was archival giclee print on watercolor paper. I didn’t know what giclee print was so I looked it up and I read that Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. Also that, giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. The reason why I liked this particular piece is because it displayed every natural element of the earth all in one photo. It started with water and then moved to rich soil then to desert and ending with beautiful mountains in the back. It looked so real as if there really was a place that had huge sand dunes surrounded by mountains and with clear water just a few yards away.
The next pieces I looked at were by Niki Ketchman. I am a sculpture and can appreciate most sculptures but I really was not fond of her vertical sculptures. They seemed to represent minimalism in my eyes, which I am not a fan of; yet, I absolutely loved her Inside Out sculpture which was placed on the lower level of the gallery. I couldn’t fathom how tedious it must have been to compose a structure made of 2 inch steel rods. I was very impressed. Another aspect of the sculpture I enjoyed was how on one side of the sculpture the mesh was completely blank, yet when you walked to the other side and looked through the mesh had black leave spray painted, looking as if they were falling down. It was almost an illusion of the sort. What I also found to be really cool was that Niki Ketchman went to graduate school at Montclair State University in New Jersey, which was where I spent most of my childhood and still visit a lot to this day. Also I plan on attending Montclair State for art school after Hartwick, so I already felt a connection with her as an artist. Niki started her art career drawing with ink and then turned her drawings into 3-D wire forms. From there she created large bodies of sculptures made by crimping and bending aluminum wire. I can relate to this as well, considering I my concentration is sculpture I learned to use wire to make minor sculptures before I had the access to casting. Wire is great to use as a structure and to show texture. Aluminum has actually become my favorite medium to use. Niki was inspired by artists such as Eva Hesse who is known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics, Martin Puryear who works in media such as wood, stone, tar, and wire, and his work is a union of minimalism and traditional crafts, and Louise Bourgeois, who is best known for her Cells, Spiders and various drawings, books and sculptures.
Lastly, Hee Sook Kim said she created to share her experiences she’s had in America filtered by the culture she grew up in. I was not too fond of her work so I didn’t spend a lot of time looking at it. In her artist statement she said she was influenced by old Korean paintings. She used Suhi ink and calligraphic brush strokes.
The first artist was Lynn Estomin. Her work was composed of photographs, although, looked historically incorrect, were very easy to look at. They had a relaxing and silent aura about them. After looking at the photographs I read her artists statement. The main idea behind her work was to exploit a “continuing statement on the beauty of nature and the fragile relationship between humanity and the environment”. Her work seemed to link the magnificence of our natural geography with the wonder and tale of ancient art. Her project began over 10 years ago while she was hiking through New Mexico. She combined art from two different areas of the world. My favorite piece of hers was titled Tree Fingers which was archival giclee print on watercolor paper. I didn’t know what giclee print was so I looked it up and I read that Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. Also that, giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. The reason why I liked this particular piece is because it displayed every natural element of the earth all in one photo. It started with water and then moved to rich soil then to desert and ending with beautiful mountains in the back. It looked so real as if there really was a place that had huge sand dunes surrounded by mountains and with clear water just a few yards away.
The next pieces I looked at were by Niki Ketchman. I am a sculpture and can appreciate most sculptures but I really was not fond of her vertical sculptures. They seemed to represent minimalism in my eyes, which I am not a fan of; yet, I absolutely loved her Inside Out sculpture which was placed on the lower level of the gallery. I couldn’t fathom how tedious it must have been to compose a structure made of 2 inch steel rods. I was very impressed. Another aspect of the sculpture I enjoyed was how on one side of the sculpture the mesh was completely blank, yet when you walked to the other side and looked through the mesh had black leave spray painted, looking as if they were falling down. It was almost an illusion of the sort. What I also found to be really cool was that Niki Ketchman went to graduate school at Montclair State University in New Jersey, which was where I spent most of my childhood and still visit a lot to this day. Also I plan on attending Montclair State for art school after Hartwick, so I already felt a connection with her as an artist. Niki started her art career drawing with ink and then turned her drawings into 3-D wire forms. From there she created large bodies of sculptures made by crimping and bending aluminum wire. I can relate to this as well, considering I my concentration is sculpture I learned to use wire to make minor sculptures before I had the access to casting. Wire is great to use as a structure and to show texture. Aluminum has actually become my favorite medium to use. Niki was inspired by artists such as Eva Hesse who is known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics, Martin Puryear who works in media such as wood, stone, tar, and wire, and his work is a union of minimalism and traditional crafts, and Louise Bourgeois, who is best known for her Cells, Spiders and various drawings, books and sculptures.
Lastly, Hee Sook Kim said she created to share her experiences she’s had in America filtered by the culture she grew up in. I was not too fond of her work so I didn’t spend a lot of time looking at it. In her artist statement she said she was influenced by old Korean paintings. She used Suhi ink and calligraphic brush strokes.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Graphic Design Sculpture
What is Digital Sculpture? Found a explaining it.
I googled graphic design sculpture image and came up with a pretty tight "graphic design sculpture".
The artist is Pierre Vanni.
His website is
pierrevanni.com
Some other cool Digital Art and Sculpture pieces can be found on
Vedddy Niiice.
I googled graphic design sculpture image and came up with a pretty tight "graphic design sculpture".
The artist is Pierre Vanni.
His website is
pierrevanni.com
Some other cool Digital Art and Sculpture pieces can be found on
Vedddy Niiice.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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