It Feels Good to Be Back In Photoshop

Old: 6.25 x 9.375
75 ppi
New: 3 x 4.5
150 ppi

Old: 12.5 x 9.583
72 ppi
New: 6 x 4.6
150 ppi

Old: 12.5 x 9.125
72 ppi
New: 4.709 x 3.28
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Lecture with Eileen Neff

Eileen Neff received her Master's in painting from Tyler 30 years ago, however she left her painting behind her when she discovered photography. Since she comes from a painting background, she approaches photography in a completely different way than people from a strict photography background; people like me I guess. I originally started playing with art with a similar framework: drawing and painting. I didn't formally study photography until late in high school, but that is my favorite medium now. I didn't really care for Eileen's work or perspective from any point of view though. I felt it was really simple and having such a wide variety of training, she could take it to a much higher level.

Photoshop Penguins

Sharon Louden

Once again, technology and art. I was glad that this one was less technology oriented in the way of networking and some of her fiber optic and glow in the dark work was pretty cool. I'm kind of confused on my opinion of her; I did like some of the work, but as for the drawings and animations, call me a snobby artist, but I don't find repetitive squiggles appealing.

I'd definitely get that kitchen glass spike installation thing though!

self portrait. finished??

This is my Salvador Dali style self portrait. I like it, but I don't feel like it's successful in completing the project. For me, Dali is much more surreal and I couldn't find patterns in the shapes and colors to put in subtle images as Dali did with Lincoln in Dalivision. It doesn't seem surreal enough to me, but then again, I'm not much of a surrealist. I also had a really hard time getting smooth strokes. In Dali's work, you can barely see the beginnings and ends of his brush strokes but in Illustrator, the strokes were obvious.

Salvador Dali

Just about everyone is familiar with Salvador Dali. Born in 1904 in Spain, Dali is most highly regarded for his surreal images. Symbolism is rampant in his works. What I love most about his pieces is that nothing is ever what it seems to be. You can take his paintings literally or formulate your own ideas, but whenever you come back to them, I always find something new. For the self portrait, I'm mostly going to imitate this: Lincoln in Dalivision.

Swatches

Weekly Collection

I FINALLY FOUND ACETATE!!!
I'm hoping to do a massive amount of scanning either tomorrow or Monday between classes.

I have them, I swear!

Illustrator Self Portrait

I couldn't get the little fringes off, and I got way too irritated with it to figure out haha.
This was fun for about 10 minutes at a time or if I really got the hang of a feature. My favorite thing creating was the lips and the area around them. Other than that, I'm really not happy with how any of it came out. I like paper version much better. I absolutely cannot stand drawing on a computer. I'd much rather get my hands dirty with some charcoal and pastels.

Bradley Litwin

This week's lecture was on kinetic machines and redrawing them using computer programs; kind of technology within technology. I found it kind of interesting. I would NEVER have the patience to sit there and piece together all those wacky machines, so I definitely give him props for that ability. What I found most interesting was the evolution of the computer programs. I use Photoshop all the time, so for me to think of a 16 color program is weird. It's fun to look in retrospect and marvel at what people did without special effects and computer editing. It definitely humbles my work

Catching Up!!!

Fresh off the bus from Williamsport, here's stuff I couldn't post since I couldn't pick up internet service.

Logos:

And Tucker, the ugly dog:
I've also decided that Illustrator and I don't work well together...

While I was there (visiting friends at Lycoming) I got lots of fun kiss prints from either friends or random students. Getting odd looks is fun. Hopefully I'll get a chance to put them up here soon, but I got about 10 new ones, including blue and green. Thank you Halloween stores!