Surreal Landscape, Digital Painting | Fall 2009 Class: Adv. Imaging Professor: Doug Clark Software: Photoshop This digital painting was made for part of my final project Disconnected From Reality. The idea was to place photographic cutouts into illustrated environments to portray a sense of isolation and disassociation.
Beyond the Sea was inspired by a song titled The Iron Sea by Keane. I wanted the words to have a handwritten look so I wrote it out and scanned it into the computer. I duplicated and layered the text onto a photograph I took of the ocean in St. Augustine, Florida, and set the blending mode to screen so my original black text would appear white.
One of the projects in my Digital Imaging class introduced us to using scanners as a means of creating art, aka scanography and scanner photography. The extremely shallow depth of field and flat plane create a really interesting look. These three images didn't make the cut for my portfolio but I thought they were fun. Check out Scanography for more scanner art samples. Snake with Flowers, 2009 The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog, 2009 Falling Baby, 2009
I’ve been reading a ton of articles concerning logo design today when I stumbled upon this blog , and it got my blood boiling a bit. The lesson to be learned from it is that working for free cheapens us, hurts us all, and makes our work under-valued. This seriously troubles me. I still have a little bit of school to complete before I’ll be out looking for a job, but man oh man do I really need a job when I graduate. I know a lot of people are lucky and manage to go to college free one way [...]
Art Alliance Student Art Exhibit Houston Cole Library, Jacksonville State University
Photos from our opening reception at Artworks. This show featured a variety of work by JSU Art Alliance members. Many thanks to Artworks for inviting us to share our work, and to all the guests that came out for the reception. This group exhibition was a great learning experience for all of us.
