skool werk

This was made for image manipulation.  The assignment was to create a collage of current events and use some basic techniques that were taught in the first two classes.  I went a little further with it than required thrwoing in a couple of blending modes to create a ghostly effect of the child who had his hands cut off by rebels in either Liberia or Sierra Leone and blend the rebels of Lybia into the nuclear reactors that were tied to a story on Japan (it was not very clear if these are in Japan).  Compositionally wise I stayed with a simple central hiearchy, albiet with a slight complication of the nuclear reactors and the boy almost sharing the same hierarchical space with the boy only winning out due to him being in front of the power plant.

photo-a-day 10/30

Texture, texture, texture.  The local telephone poles lend themselves to a wonderful amount of texture from the years of posting flyers of lost pets and shows.  They remind me of nkisi nkondi from the Congo area, a wood statue that has nails pounded into it by those who want a certain affect to happen in real life.

Skool werk...

My first assignment for Concept Development was to make a calling card for a super hero or villain, I went the bad guy route even though I don't think my DJ name is very evil.  So pretending to be a homicidal maniacal type, I went with a juxtaposition of playful and mechanical...as if she was some sort of cyborg with a loose wire...

I had to reverse the A in Alice to make it fit better, but I think it added to the look I was going for, as well as the general flow of things.

photo-a-day 9/30

I can not for the life of me remember what the context of this photo is, as I tend to experiment a lot with light and movement in dark or night time settings.  These tend to fail a lot but I keep trying.  I don't know the exact aim of these are save for the abstract nature of the piece produced, which reminds me of some of my earlier painting, and maybe that is what I am ultimately reflecting with this type of photo:

photo-a-day 8/30

On Maui there are a lot of derelict structures that have been reclaimed by the island.  This is taken from inside a school that had warnings to stay out and how unsafe it was.  The school itself had primitive stick figure taggings, colapsed roofs, abandoned lockers and all sorts of sad and lonely memories.  It was quite a pretty sight and I will later post more of my derelict photos from this time period.

photo-a-day 7/30

Who fell asleep at the wheel last night?  There is a time when your body just knows better than you wish it would.  Here is yesterday's photo:

This was made using a really bad point and click camera, in fact all my old work was made using this camera.  I can't remember the brand or model but I didn't care at this point, I was trying to prove that it was the photographer and not the camera that made the difference.  This led to a lot of wasted film, but some of the end results have a nice and lo-fi gritty feel to them.

photo-a-day 6/30

Busy busy busy.  Thinking of new ideas for both personal, work and school related projects I lost track of time.  So in celebration of that here is some time elements as subject matter.

I really like concentrations on texture, and texture being the biggest focus of a piece.  I also like juxtaposition, and probably say that word at least twice a week (maybe a little obsessive?).  Although these are two opposing elements, there seems to be a similarity between the two, the grass of course being organic, but the rust as well feels like earthen ware and lends itself to an organic quality regardless of the shape of the iron.