Cool Art

Really the title of the page is "Cool art that will mess with your head".  Trust me it will mess with your head.  A good compilation of old and new visual tricks that will keep you guessing, and keep you interested.  Im still trying to figure out some of them. http://www.reallywarped.com/CoolArt.htm

Lets Give THIS a Try

             Art carved on a leaf, need I say more.  The process is insane, but the product is undeniably cool.  I would like to see a Monet but maybe that is a lot to ask for.  For now we have some pretty cool examples of what can be done by carving think layers off of leaves like the one below.  Hit the link if you want to see more.  http://koikoikoi.com/2010/09/the-art-of-cutting-leaves-by-natures-art/

What is Art?

        Art can be defined differently from person to person, but to me personally it means to create something new and unique.  This new work whatever it may be can almost never be reproduced in the same way as the original. This unique quality allows people to appreciate a piece of work and truly allows it to become art.

Trash Bag Art, No Kidding

This is creativity at its best without a doubt. This guy makes some pretty cool monsters out of bags and when the subway goes under the ventilation they come alive. It will make a lot more sense when you actually see it for yourself.

Back to JB

       I hope nobody is over Julian Beever yet because I have another interesting bit of media on him.  On previous posts I put a preview of his website and link to go and view all of his amazing work.  Now I would like to share this video of his 3-D sidewalk art making process.  Please enjoy the Pavement Picasso.

Propaganda Poster

          I wanted to base my propaganda poster off of some well known WWII propaganda posters as you can see above.  I created and transformed almost everything in Illustrator and organized in Photoshop.  I have always felt that a strong symbol of accusation is the pointing finger so it only seemed right to use that as my main focus point.  I do not passionately disagree with the WWII propaganda posters you see concerning more production and defeating the enemy, but I wanted to use well known and easily understandable classic propaganda to give my poster that classic feel.

Vector Exercise

         This was my first real attempt at using Illustrator and I had a lot of fun messing with the tools even though they were mind numbingly frustrating.  I tried to make it look like a "P", or is it and "R"?  The letter can be whatever you prefer of the two.  I also wanted it to appear as if it is boarded to the background.

Stop Motion

I found my first ever attempt at stop motion animation and decided to upload it and put it on youtube. I apologize for the mediocre quality but that's what happens with a lack of experience, so please enjoy. Here is a link is youtube is still down and out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlZH5cPixrg

Photo Montage

      This is the final edit of my photo montage project.  The mountain you see is called Lookout Mountain because from the top it has an expansive view in every direction and was used in the old west as, well, a lookout.  To me the significance of this mountain comes from something entirely different.  I grew up at the base of this mountain where a park was built when I was very young and is just behind where I stood to take the photos.  I spent my childhood hanging with my friends from the neighborhood in this very spot and the way I arranged the photos depict how my minds eye sees and remembers this particular place.

Extras

I had some sunset pictures that I took while I was working on my final raster project, so please enjoy.

 

Julian Beaver's Pavement Drawings

Julian Beaver is an incredibly talented artist who does all of his on the pavement.  Below is a link to his portfolio which is comprised of a variety of his drawings.  The largest and most interesting group is the anamorphic illusions section.  Under the link you see one of many examples taken from this anamorphic section, and it is a good way to get an idea for how the illusions work and what makes them so special.  Don't forget to check out the link for many more awesome anamorphic illusions.

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Raster Extra Credit Project

  
     Happy Dan has been to a lot of places in his life, and most importantly he is happy no matter what happens.  This time however things may not go so well for Happy Dan.  CartoonLand Seemed like a great idea, an escape from reality so to speak, but maybe too far from reality.  All is looking up upon arriving to his new fun-filled home town when things begin to seem strange.  The happy cartoon bears have been infected with an unknown disease that causes them to crave the flesh of their fellow cartoonians.  Will Happy Dan survive to tell the tale of his unfortunate decision? Will he still be happy?  Only time will tell in his new book, Happy Dan in CartoonLand...It's Not All it Seems.

My Self Portrait

     In my self portrait i tried to fit as many of my hobbies in as I possibly could.  I also decided to incorporate myself into each item because I feel that the things I enjoy doing make me who I am.  I love photography and playing the guitar so those were obvious musts.  I also decided to throw the laptop in because I am a total nerd when it comes to computers and I spend a good deal of time on them, unless they are Macs.  My next nerd related hobby is the Xbox seen on the top of the photo.  I have spent a great many nights putting off essays in order to advance to that next level on whatever game I am currently obsessing over.  Last we see that I am in fact floating out in the middle of space in front of the Helix nebula which is about 700 lightyears from earth making it one of the closest nebulas to us.  I am absolutely nuts about space so it only felt appropriate to tie everything together floating through it.

The Art of Guitar Making

Guitars are an amazing instruments and an incredible amount of work goes into making each and every one. I found a great article describing the process and a little bit of history involving the art of guitar making. Check out the link.

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Guitar.html

In honor of the first blogger assignment that we did i thought i would find a little sampling of my favorite artist for everybody. Many people are familiar with the first video below, but are not familiar with how it was made. After viewing this epic backwards music video i suggest that you scroll down to the video directly below it to see the "making of" video. He had to learn to sing the song backwards so that when the video was played backwards it would be forwards. It is very confusing and interesting, but it is also a wonderful work of art.


JACK JOHNSON - SITTING WAITING WISHING
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Time well spent

I needed to access blackboard but it was down so i found this video and watched it about 23 times.  I felt like everyone should be privileged enough to enjoy.

3 Questions / First Day

To me art is defined as something that in most cases is hard or almost impossible to perfectly replicate from piece to piece due to the time and creativity that is put into it.  Art could also be anything that has not been done before even if it is fairly simplistic.

It is tough to choose who my favorite artist is with so many talented people in the world, but if I had to choose I would choose Jack Johnson.  He is a lyrical wordsmith, a guitar genius, and he does well with live performances unlike many musical artist these days.

My favorite colors by far are a tie between very dark red and black.