So my newspaper article was a little bit of a side step. I say that because I didn't go too much into the details of what I'm trying to invoke. I guess I wrote it from a perspective I fear I will have to face. That of an audience that has a casual exposure to video games. Frankly its an audience I will find myself brushing against if I continue down this route. I don't fault them but it may lead to a stilted surface conversation because of a gap in experience. Anyways can't say that the newspaper piece was of any great literature. I started with a boring character and he stayed boring throughout his small writeup. I think the only part I would keep in a rewrite would be the bit about how he only really wanted to sit down.
But that's done. I have other things to write and do. Like my characters for this project.
I've tied myself to using "Jack" as my lead characters name. I would say it's because I could make a Jack and Jill reference...but really its because its a short and easy name to use in dialog.
I need to finish up work on his model. AKA animate it so I can plop him into the unity engine and advance the environment art.
Since most of the other characters are skeletons with small clothing changes it shouldn't take me too long to fill out the rest of the cast...Course I'd rather like to say that in past tense.
The one thing I did this week was story board the work out so I can at least see a progression.. they work well enough in concert so if the worst comes to it I can present them along with my final piece to help shore up any lack of content......wait have I already telegraphed doubt and insecurity? I need to get back to work then.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
1/11/13 The Blog lives again
1) Please reflect on what you learned
about yourself over the course of the semester, what you heard in the
course of the review, what resonated for you, and how you will proceed
with this information as you begin next semester.
Oh what Have I learned about myself? Uhhhhh.. Do I really want to sit down on the therapist's couch? Well I guess it is rather comfy. Alright lets see...I think I can boil this down to a basic idea that I don't seem to be able to get over. This gallery showing is meant to make a statement. That's a simple idea right? I should be creating a work that makes a well reasoned effort to tackle an issue of the world. Even when that statement is a logical one born from an artistic style. "splashes of ink can form something!".....To me that statement doesn't have teeth. To me that's really a statement that can be answered with a simple yes or no for the bubble sheet scan-tron 9000.
The more interesting question. The one I'm sure you yourself maybe have asked is why did my work shut down? And that question and the answer I believe I may have for it is a layered one. One that in this setting would be an ideal fit. To be fair I do like images that are just pretty. I like thinking about creating environments for use in games and otherwise...But those pieces don't really ask or present a good artistic statement on their own now do they? I don't think they do.
I managed to take in a lot of wonderful environments over the course of this break. Both from life and from the games and movies I derive many pleasures from. But the fact that I failed to truly create last semester has got me really interested (and concerned, and fearing) Its interesting that last semester led me to have the "I'm not an Artist!" talk before break began. Of course I'm a artist! It is time to pull the camera back and capture the elements and emotions surrounding such a moment of doubt.
So I begin a new semester as one would. Wounded and frightened for having experiencing the past. Hungry and driven to rise to the future.
Oh what Have I learned about myself? Uhhhhh.. Do I really want to sit down on the therapist's couch? Well I guess it is rather comfy. Alright lets see...I think I can boil this down to a basic idea that I don't seem to be able to get over. This gallery showing is meant to make a statement. That's a simple idea right? I should be creating a work that makes a well reasoned effort to tackle an issue of the world. Even when that statement is a logical one born from an artistic style. "splashes of ink can form something!".....To me that statement doesn't have teeth. To me that's really a statement that can be answered with a simple yes or no for the bubble sheet scan-tron 9000.
The more interesting question. The one I'm sure you yourself maybe have asked is why did my work shut down? And that question and the answer I believe I may have for it is a layered one. One that in this setting would be an ideal fit. To be fair I do like images that are just pretty. I like thinking about creating environments for use in games and otherwise...But those pieces don't really ask or present a good artistic statement on their own now do they? I don't think they do.
I managed to take in a lot of wonderful environments over the course of this break. Both from life and from the games and movies I derive many pleasures from. But the fact that I failed to truly create last semester has got me really interested (and concerned, and fearing) Its interesting that last semester led me to have the "I'm not an Artist!" talk before break began. Of course I'm a artist! It is time to pull the camera back and capture the elements and emotions surrounding such a moment of doubt.
So I begin a new semester as one would. Wounded and frightened for having experiencing the past. Hungry and driven to rise to the future.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
December 11th. Late post. Reinvestment
Things will be different.
I am writing this post to the mind trapped in its fortress. I will be different. I cannot let it prison itself behind indifference to the work. I must advance. Even if I feel worry I must advance. I cannot sit back and let one drawing be the only statement. A statement that I have avoided trying to understand or unlock.
Things will be different.
I am writing this post to the mind trapped in its fortress. I will be different. I cannot let it prison itself behind indifference to the work. I must advance. Even if I feel worry I must advance. I cannot sit back and let one drawing be the only statement. A statement that I have avoided trying to understand or unlock.
Things will be different.
Friday, November 30, 2012
November 30, 2012 Not right now
No blog post right now. Got to work. Abstract needing to be extracted from my abstractions. Facing another pivot moment which is a glorious moment to have right before a review presentation. Not sure how much will be turned at the moment. I know there are nice things in what I've done but I believe some new rules/ideas/materials/objectives might be in order.
I'll create a new post Sunday or Monday that showcases my work and ideas for the future.
In the mean time this stupid debate came up again. I'll use the term stupid here because on both sides it seems to encourage a level of zeal that blinds many from seeing eye to eye or attempt to understand the other side or experience it themselves. Its... A debate I might a moment to address at a later time. But for now I think the short answer is "ignorance blinds." And that is a stamp that I could apply to many reactionary shouts on both sides.
http://kotaku.com/5964751/this-art-critic-thinks-video-games-have-no-place-in-the-museum-of-modern-art?post=54767310
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/nov/30/moma-video-games-art
the funny moment that comes out of this is someones argument that art is insane by referencing our latest penny stamps speaker. Janine Antoni. I think the insult tossed around there was "art snobs" which I suppose could be set against the terms the critic from the guardian suggested such as Gamebollocks.
(Can't we all get along?)
I'll create a new post Sunday or Monday that showcases my work and ideas for the future.
In the mean time this stupid debate came up again. I'll use the term stupid here because on both sides it seems to encourage a level of zeal that blinds many from seeing eye to eye or attempt to understand the other side or experience it themselves. Its... A debate I might a moment to address at a later time. But for now I think the short answer is "ignorance blinds." And that is a stamp that I could apply to many reactionary shouts on both sides.
http://kotaku.com/5964751/this-art-critic-thinks-video-games-have-no-place-in-the-museum-of-modern-art?post=54767310
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/nov/30/moma-video-games-art
the funny moment that comes out of this is someones argument that art is insane by referencing our latest penny stamps speaker. Janine Antoni. I think the insult tossed around there was "art snobs" which I suppose could be set against the terms the critic from the guardian suggested such as Gamebollocks.
(Can't we all get along?)
Saturday, November 17, 2012
November 17, 2012. Becoming a habit?
Another late post and another early morning writing?
I hope it's not gonna become a habit.
Anyways before I talk about what I hope to have for the December review. Let me just get these images out of the way.
All here? cool. Been playing around a bit so that's my excuse for a later blog post. These are just three of several combining attempts. I picked these three for display because they all have some element of interest that I would like to refine for a finished image.
For the review I really hope I can produce and be able to display some images that are refined on a technical level. Having loose sketches around my studio space has been fun. But what would be really nice is to have a couple images that I can use as a benchmark for the rest of the project. This is a journey of scenes and if I can't show my panel that the scenes are real..well..That would be disappointing.
I think that sums things up so back to work I guess?
( This writer is alright but can we have the guy who wrote longer press releases back? He sounded like he had something more involving to say.)
I hope it's not gonna become a habit.
Anyways before I talk about what I hope to have for the December review. Let me just get these images out of the way.
All here? cool. Been playing around a bit so that's my excuse for a later blog post. These are just three of several combining attempts. I picked these three for display because they all have some element of interest that I would like to refine for a finished image.
For the review I really hope I can produce and be able to display some images that are refined on a technical level. Having loose sketches around my studio space has been fun. But what would be really nice is to have a couple images that I can use as a benchmark for the rest of the project. This is a journey of scenes and if I can't show my panel that the scenes are real..well..That would be disappointing.
I think that sums things up so back to work I guess?
( This writer is alright but can we have the guy who wrote longer press releases back? He sounded like he had something more involving to say.)
Friday, November 9, 2012
November 11 2012. Got nothing
Got nothing much to say.
Slowed down. Played more.
Rubber bands and bundled string make interesting brushes to use with Sumie ink.
Should be making more intentional images then I am.
Should at the same time avoid copying Yoji shinkawa's art style because that's just something you shouldn't do.
Should have made a better grant proposal. Of course I missed some minor details that I caught after the fact.
Should contact every IP student who is making a book for their final piece and should have us band together to create a special setting/show platform for our work. That way we can display or stuff proudly in one of the art galleries without having it be overlooked. Got this idea after learning that Colleen is heading down a parallel route as myself. Including similar current issues.
Shouldn't continue to post blog posts without images.
So I didn't
Shouldn't write this blog entry at 1:25 in the morning.
Help others to help ourselves.
Goodnight.
(the mind shuts down and the vessel is thankful for a moments rest)
Thursday, November 1, 2012
November 2, 2012 put your feet up and comptemplate
Work slowed down this week so I could reflect on what I have done and will do. This means of course that there have been less energetic waves of action but a silent lake allows one to understand the full effect of a single dropped stone. (what is the stone in this case? I'm not sure. I just wanted to complete the image)
This Grant and group critiques are like a rainstorm catching the traveler on the pilgrimage. Forcing you to seek shelter from an empty structure and spend time meditating.
...I was planning on talking about artists like Yoshitaka Amano and Yoji Shinkawa this week. About Ashley Wood and world war robot. Amano and Shinkawa being two artists I am once again intently observing due to the materials I currently explore... But that's not the important thing of this week..
I've said this week that my project is about taking the participant on a journey through something. And that will remain true..But to walk without reason is wandering. To plan every step is tourism..
I think I don't have a good reason why someone should take this journey. The grant has gotten to be a sticky issue as I continue to work on it. How do I ask for money when I cannot really speak towards the importance of it?
I believe I touched on a important distinction this week when contemplating Maureen's desire to enshrine meaningful moments people have with certain fabrics. I saw the quilt she envisioned as the container. The binding of a memory book. Her role was to create the framework to capture and expose these individual moments in a unique fashion. The quilt is not the work itself but the canvas holding anothers expressionistic oils... I believe that the journey I promote may be a similar structure. A device that will allow me to rest some thought or desire upon. I feel that I have been building a scaffolding of bamboo around an empty shell. Scaffolding has it purpose and everything I have worked on so far will carry me to the end. But now its time to sit down and contemplate what it is I am building towards. What direction I should travel.. Even if I am simply walking towards the warmth of a distant fire it is a direction of intent.
I don't know if I am using the proper language to explain my thoughts on this matter. I was accused not so long ago by a friend that I wrap myself in metaphors and make strange/clouded arguments by doing so. This blog post really is to just continue my personal reflection on what road to take next.
I hopefully will be able to arrange a small but intended journey for next weeks critiques.
I also feel a desire to write some fragmented poems or moments to complement it.
(A clouded head is a wonderful puzzle. You can squeeze and grasp the edges of the aether before you, but the golden center with its crystalline glow still denies you the nirvana that drives your thoughts pursuit. pressing hands into something weighted yet yielding so you may touch enlightenment.)
((needs a rewrite but that image might be something. but really now don't get food poison cause its not as glamorous as I make it out to be. I haven't painted a clear picture here and instead have used only the ghost of a watercolor frame))
This Grant and group critiques are like a rainstorm catching the traveler on the pilgrimage. Forcing you to seek shelter from an empty structure and spend time meditating.
...I was planning on talking about artists like Yoshitaka Amano and Yoji Shinkawa this week. About Ashley Wood and world war robot. Amano and Shinkawa being two artists I am once again intently observing due to the materials I currently explore... But that's not the important thing of this week..
I've said this week that my project is about taking the participant on a journey through something. And that will remain true..But to walk without reason is wandering. To plan every step is tourism..
I think I don't have a good reason why someone should take this journey. The grant has gotten to be a sticky issue as I continue to work on it. How do I ask for money when I cannot really speak towards the importance of it?
I believe I touched on a important distinction this week when contemplating Maureen's desire to enshrine meaningful moments people have with certain fabrics. I saw the quilt she envisioned as the container. The binding of a memory book. Her role was to create the framework to capture and expose these individual moments in a unique fashion. The quilt is not the work itself but the canvas holding anothers expressionistic oils... I believe that the journey I promote may be a similar structure. A device that will allow me to rest some thought or desire upon. I feel that I have been building a scaffolding of bamboo around an empty shell. Scaffolding has it purpose and everything I have worked on so far will carry me to the end. But now its time to sit down and contemplate what it is I am building towards. What direction I should travel.. Even if I am simply walking towards the warmth of a distant fire it is a direction of intent.
I don't know if I am using the proper language to explain my thoughts on this matter. I was accused not so long ago by a friend that I wrap myself in metaphors and make strange/clouded arguments by doing so. This blog post really is to just continue my personal reflection on what road to take next.
I hopefully will be able to arrange a small but intended journey for next weeks critiques.
I also feel a desire to write some fragmented poems or moments to complement it.
(A clouded head is a wonderful puzzle. You can squeeze and grasp the edges of the aether before you, but the golden center with its crystalline glow still denies you the nirvana that drives your thoughts pursuit. pressing hands into something weighted yet yielding so you may touch enlightenment.)
((needs a rewrite but that image might be something. but really now don't get food poison cause its not as glamorous as I make it out to be. I haven't painted a clear picture here and instead have used only the ghost of a watercolor frame))
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