David from our thursday class didn't collect portraits to use for the memory project. if anybody out there reads this note, send me an email if you're willing to send something to him. i'll pass along his email by request.
thanks a million! i'm sure he'll appreciate it.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
safety in artmaking....
i wanted to address a common theme that i noticed with our triptych projects: safety.
safety is terribly important in artmaking - when you weld, or wield powertools near loved ones.
but safe images and safe thinking can limit us as artists, and certainly affect your audience. the triptychs that we saw were largely safe, revealing little about who you are, or insight into what makes you so astounding.
so i dare you guys to push harder, dig deeper, and find a way to reveal your thinking processes. please - don't expose yourself in ways that we can exploit or take advantage of - i'm not asking for us to become a group therapy meeting. but i want your work to be more meaningful, more potent, more striking, and that means taking some real risk, and possibly using examples from your own life that you can communicate with real visual power.
let me inspire you with this image by artist John Baldessari:
safety is terribly important in artmaking - when you weld, or wield powertools near loved ones.
but safe images and safe thinking can limit us as artists, and certainly affect your audience. the triptychs that we saw were largely safe, revealing little about who you are, or insight into what makes you so astounding.
so i dare you guys to push harder, dig deeper, and find a way to reveal your thinking processes. please - don't expose yourself in ways that we can exploit or take advantage of - i'm not asking for us to become a group therapy meeting. but i want your work to be more meaningful, more potent, more striking, and that means taking some real risk, and possibly using examples from your own life that you can communicate with real visual power.
let me inspire you with this image by artist John Baldessari:
weird posting images
hey there! you may have noticed that your image uploads in a strange way - looking something like this:
if you find that you have some weird dead space, and that your actual image is awfully small, it means that there were some tiny stray marks on your artboard. to clean it up, open up your illustrator file, select all (apple a) and see what you find. that will show you all the shapes and objects on the page. go around and delete any extraneous marks that extend your composition.
forget how to save as a jpg? it's easy! go to file, find export, and change the format to jpg. remember to save it as an RGB color file, and bump up the image quality to 10.
if you find that you have some weird dead space, and that your actual image is awfully small, it means that there were some tiny stray marks on your artboard. to clean it up, open up your illustrator file, select all (apple a) and see what you find. that will show you all the shapes and objects on the page. go around and delete any extraneous marks that extend your composition.
forget how to save as a jpg? it's easy! go to file, find export, and change the format to jpg. remember to save it as an RGB color file, and bump up the image quality to 10.
text project...
hello gang!
Min Jung thought it might be a good idea to pass along the idea of downloading fonts for this text project. if you think you're interested in locating more exciting fonts than your computer has, or that our lab has, you can search pretty easily for free download-able fonts, but here's one place to start: http://1001freefonts.com/
keep in mind that you'll be unable to load any new font on the lab computers - we don't have access.
however, if you plan to pop some new fonts on your own machine, and you can't figure it out, give a shout and i'll help you out. or you could probably cut to the chase and ask Min.
Min Jung thought it might be a good idea to pass along the idea of downloading fonts for this text project. if you think you're interested in locating more exciting fonts than your computer has, or that our lab has, you can search pretty easily for free download-able fonts, but here's one place to start: http://1001freefonts.com/
keep in mind that you'll be unable to load any new font on the lab computers - we don't have access.
however, if you plan to pop some new fonts on your own machine, and you can't figure it out, give a shout and i'll help you out. or you could probably cut to the chase and ask Min.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
this american life - camera man
here's a great, short animation that you might get a kick out of. it's an excerpt from This American Life, a radio show turned tv show. it's animated by Chris Ware, who you may want to look up - he's responsible for Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid on Earth, which our bookstore sells. it's worth reading.
it's a terrific example of the content matching the style - it "looks" as strong as it "thinks." that's something i'll squawk about a thousand times...
it's a terrific example of the content matching the style - it "looks" as strong as it "thinks." that's something i'll squawk about a thousand times...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
ahoy there!
this semester we're trying something new. every foundation computer student is being asked to create a blogger.com blog, and to post every project that you work on. we also need to create a student list, so that every blog links to every single student.
this will let all of you see all the work of everybody else. yow!
the upshot here is that you can see other solutions to similar projects, you can ask each other technical questions based on what you see, and you can share ideas to solve common problems.
when you complete a project, and we finish up your crit, not only do you need to submit your project to me for grading, but you need to upload a jpg version to your blog. you won't receive a grade until you've completed both requirements. when you post your jpg, you also need to jot down a short statement explaining your thoughts, approach, and reaction to that project.
i ask that your comments & posts be cruelty free and kind. be critical & honest, but not mean spirited.
nat
this will let all of you see all the work of everybody else. yow!
the upshot here is that you can see other solutions to similar projects, you can ask each other technical questions based on what you see, and you can share ideas to solve common problems.
when you complete a project, and we finish up your crit, not only do you need to submit your project to me for grading, but you need to upload a jpg version to your blog. you won't receive a grade until you've completed both requirements. when you post your jpg, you also need to jot down a short statement explaining your thoughts, approach, and reaction to that project.
i ask that your comments & posts be cruelty free and kind. be critical & honest, but not mean spirited.
nat
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