Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
Space Invaders (Finished pt.2)
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
A few months ago I was asked to submit the "Many Faces of a Space Invader" poster to a kind of video game art zine. I took the opportunity to remake it, addressing what I felt were some of the weak points of the original and adding a few new ones I'd recently thought of.
Tags: space invaders
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staceyhasenfratz.etsy.com
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Stacey has some cool new photos available on her Etsy store, check it out here. "Vegetable Chefs," shown above, was made entirely by hand -- no Photoshop. Would make a great gift!
Tags: photo, stacey, vegetables
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Interview: Adam Goodnight
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Adam Goodnight is a co-worker with an active imagination. He draws and writes at length about fantasy worlds. We conducted this interview over AIM at work today.
Logan: Thanks for being my first interview. You "paint" fantasy landscapes on a computer. Tell us a bit about your process, including software, tools, etc...
Adam Goodnight: Well I usually begin with a concept, like any other artist, however I will most often draw out the initial idea on paper. The concept can be first represented as either a map of the place or the actual landscapes composition. I have also been known to simply draw out seperate elements at first and try to fit them in one place that they all seem to relate to. A lot of my work is actually used to represent concepts that are still growing, I rarely abandon a good concept even if the first image looks horrible.
Software is usually Adobe Photoshop, however when I was younger I would try to use 3D programs...I soon found them restrictive, especially with the limited technology (I) had back in the 90s.
L: When you talk about this stuff in person you often refer to them as concepts, and most of the images on your site are accompanied by sometimes lengthy backstory information. Is this a vital part of the process with you, or do you come up with most of it after you've drawn it?
A: (It) goes both ways.
L: You're working on a novel. How is that tied in with the paintings?
A: The novel actually spawned from a very simple drawing of a clocktower that I was inspired to draw by a movie known as Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer. A Japanese animation that has absolutely no realtion to the book in any way beyond the promt to draw the tower. The tower concept grew from a floating clocktower in the middle of space to a dream world and then it grew into a representation for the Roman god Kronos who I misinterpreted to be the God Saturn. After this the tower then became a living creature and then an essence existed that was in direct relation with the tower. The tower and its essence honestly came from a reflection of my deepest thoughts that actually would scare the shit out of me. Also the turmoil I have always felt with the notion of death and loneliness. So yes, in this case the entire novel came from a drawing of a clocktower back in 8th grade.
L: Sounds fun. I'm sure readers are interested in when the novel will be out, any guesses?
A: My goal is to have the rough copy done by next christmas. It is difficult to say. As I grow the story grows, also some of the concepts I wish to express take time to research. The actual release will be determined by when and where I can get an editor or aid, I have the concepts however I have no formal writing experience and that is an issue.
I truely believe that the biggest obstacle to any artist is their ego, and this may be a perfect example of how one may think the concept is fantastic and at least worthy of expressing, however in actuality it is not.
You can see more of Adam's work at www.chaoti.com
edit: His nav is weird. The illustration gallery (best part) is here.
I created a twitter account to keep track of all the outlandish things he says. Check it out.
Tags: goodnight, Interview, wtf
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Stacey’s Photobooth project
Monday, May 19th, 2008
The above image is one of the final pieces my girlfriend Stacey, a photography major, will be displaying at her own show at EMU this summer. It was made entirely with photo strips taken from a photobooth -- no digital work. Setting up the composition the way she did is still kind of mind-boggling to me, and I think it turned out really well. She just set up a flickr; so far it's just this and pictures of our new apartment, but you can check out the large version of this image here.
Tags: flickr, photobooth, stacey
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The Death of Jennifer Sisko
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
I'm currently smitten with this painting by Brandon Bird. This may be old news to a lot of you, I remember first seeing this site years ago and I'm guessing its popularity peaked when his Law & Order Coloring Book was featured on Conan O'Brien. I'm personally more impressed by the pop culture-inspired paintings though, especially the ones (yes plural is appropriate) based on Star Trek: DS9, my sci-fi guilty pleasure. The painting is not for sale, although it looks like there are still prints available. Very tempting...
See also: Letters to Walken and No One Wants to Play Sega with Harrison Ford.
Tags: brandon bird, ds9, painting
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