Waking Life

So I am definitely trying to watch this later when I have a break from school work. I find the central focus of the movie to be extremely compelling. It is also interesting to be how different artists tackle the job of creating a moving picture out of screen shots from a movie. i loved the way the styles would just switch off and into each other; it made for something all the more interesting. I also found the way shadow movement was made more obvious while watching it from an adobe illustrator perspective when in regular life one does not really notice such things. weird...

Lecture, Ben Volta

I was really interested in Ben's work. I know some chick questioned whether or not he felt like it was actually HIS work but I definitely do; he's the mastermind behind the whole concept the kids are working on. i feel that spreading art is extremely important; especially in neighborhoods such as North Philadelphia where kids are not as exposed to the arts as other more well-off kids are. I'm interested in getting involved with the communal arts program here at Tyler and hearing him talk just sort of pushed me more in that direction.

woah.

This is my horrible first attempt. I am defffinitely starting over. I look like a psycho.

Tuesday's Lecture, H. John Thompson

He was an interesting artist, definitely. He considered himself a painter but did more three dimensional works. I like the idea of pulling painting away from its usual setting and creating something different. I'm sure mad people consider him to be a sculptor but I feel like if he is conducting himself as a painter and setting up his work as he would if he were painting, than his works are paintings. I really enjoyed this lecture. It kind of inspired me to consider what qualifies as a painting ans how I can branch out from the box the art world has put the art of painting in.

Self Portrait

This is my self portrait. It was pretty easy to do and in the end I deleted some of my layers to give ait a more simple look.

Tuesday's Lecture

This week's lecture just focused on choosing next semester's classes. We were basically advised to get certain classes out of the way so that we could work on declaring or more experimental art courses. This means that I have to take my maths   -___-

We were informed of the option of taking summer classes at a local college or university of ours during the summer. I might just do that. Get the annoying stuff out of the way. Plus..aren't summer courses always really short? Like a crash course.

Jenny Saville

Jenny is an English painter who's works have been compared to Lucian Freud and Rubens. She has also stated that she draws a lot of influence from Picasso. Her paintings are all larger than life and generally have a gruesome feel to them. Understandable, I know she has observed many plastic surgery procedures for influence.