because all media are new2D digital art 3 | mandala REFERENCES geometry color basics digital color EXERCISES euclid line art color relativity ARTWORK the elements Introduction A mandala is a symbolic representation of the universe, combining color, geometry, and allegory into a drawing whose radial symmetries and concentric scaling shapes are conducive to internal, personal psycho-physical practices, such as… read more »
3D modeling 4 | entities REFERENCES ||universes LI Learning keep it simple EXERCISES 3 kinds of rig ARTWORK possible world II Introduction You can tell a story in ten seconds. When John Lasseter created his animated lamps, computer animation was in its infancy, and the computer processing power we now take for granted was a… read more »
3D modeling 3 | environments REFERENCES ||universes LI Learning concatenation EXERCISES production 3 kinds of map world building ARTWORK possible world I Introduction This project will create an environment, part one of a project that will combine with an entity in the next project. Although this requires the artist to think holistically about how environments… read more »
3D modeling 2 | elements REFERENCES ||universes LI Learning altRealities EXERCISES 9 square grid material culture ARTWORK looking glass fabrication Introduction Duchamp’s “rectified readymade” shown at right demonstrates concepts of modeling on many levels: as a scale model of the larger 3D board game, the game itself as a conceptual model of warfare, and the… read more »
3D modeling 1 | essentials REFERENCES ||universes LI Learning nonObjective EXERCISES ball drop ARTWORK mondrianimation Introduction When people view a canonical work by Piet Mondrian like the one at right, they are quick to observe its flatness, its graphic quality, and its precision. Upon closer inspection, they are surprised to find the artist’s hand in… read more »
Fabbing 2D-3D | line > plane REFERENCES ||universes LI Learning hidden geo EXERCISES 9 square grid sculpt + slice logo etch ARTWORK topo transform laser fabrication Introduction The laser cutter and engraver is a surprising tool. Most people understand it as a 2D tool, cutting flat shapes and making marks in their surfaces. This it… read more »
Fabbing 2D | point > line REFERENCES ||universes gestalt theory dynamic EXERCISES gestalt praxis line art type drawing ARTWORK personal logo vinyl fabrication Introduction Piet Mondrian had a style of painting that employed a severely simple visual grammar of lines, planes and primary color. From this rather depersonalized vocabulary he created a very personally identifiable… read more »
2D digital art 2 | 13ways REFERENCES looking 2D basics gestalt theory EXERCISES gestalt praxis grid systems type drawing ARTWORK blackbird Introduction Who was Wallace Stevens? He was a radical, modernist American poet. He was also the mild-mannered vice president of an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. Polar opposites! We don’t think of opposing realities… read more »
2D digital art 1 | readymade REFERENCES in the cloud time + motion slideware EXERCISES dynamic fair use ARTWORK rrDNA Introduction In this project, you will experience appropriation as a careful conceptual strategy in which the meaning of an original work is altered by you through various means of transformation. What do we mean when we… read more »