Monday, November 25, 2013
Link of the Week! - 11/25
Wim Delvoye is a Belgian artist who has a lot of neat stuff worth checking out. His website is really cool cause its set up like a little online game with a city that has different sections of his stuff on different buildings or stores.
http://www.wimdelvoye.be/
http://www.wimdelvoye.be/
Friday, November 22, 2013
The initial process is almost done.. 11/21
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Artist Link of the Week!
Misaki Kawai does some really cute art and it shows in her website. It's easy to navigate and she has some interesting stuff!
http://www.misakikawai.com/
http://www.misakikawai.com/
Artist of the Week - 11/11
He's a really cool artist and his website is easy to navigate.
http://www.coryarcangel.com/
Cory Arcangle
http://www.coryarcangel.com/
Cory Arcangle
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Make Up!!
I know this doesn't count on my grade but I didn't want my blog to have less than everyone else's. :)
Link for week of 10/28-11/1:
http://www.yhchang.com/
This has a bunch of cool flashing animations, some of which are really cool things like speeches by leaders.
Commenting for the week of 10/28-11/1:
I commented on Belle and Manny's blogs.
Link for week of 10/28-11/1:
http://www.yhchang.com/
This has a bunch of cool flashing animations, some of which are really cool things like speeches by leaders.
Commenting for the week of 10/28-11/1:
I commented on Belle and Manny's blogs.
Extra Credit
http://kevinfrancisgray.com/works.html
I took a look through his profile and went through the photos of his sculptures. Honestly, most of them have this kind of central theme of their faces being covered or restricted by something. To me, that represents that there are things stifling and repressing us and our visceral senses. The face covered, takes out your sight (perception, way of viewing things), your hearing (being able to truly listen), and your mouth's mobility or even sense to taste (you cannot open your mouth to speak freely, you cannot truly taste the world around you). The colors he tends to pick are very rich and traditional to sculptures (brilliant golds, onyx, marble white, and a resounding gray). The sculptures are typically people (being restricted in some way) and his initial style is resembling that of some more classical sculptors (personally) like Da Vinci (I saw resemblance to Da Vinci's David in the structure and features of his people). These works of art typically arise this feeling of intrigue in me at first, until I delve a little further into what they could truly mean and represent with their brilliance (most notably, the gold ones). Then, they begin to invoke anger and passion (from the synopsis that they represent people being oppressed) or sadness at the same synopsis. All in all, they are visually stunning pieces that really get you thinking and I wish I could know the true meaning of the art and not just my own guess at it and my own feelings.
I took a look through his profile and went through the photos of his sculptures. Honestly, most of them have this kind of central theme of their faces being covered or restricted by something. To me, that represents that there are things stifling and repressing us and our visceral senses. The face covered, takes out your sight (perception, way of viewing things), your hearing (being able to truly listen), and your mouth's mobility or even sense to taste (you cannot open your mouth to speak freely, you cannot truly taste the world around you). The colors he tends to pick are very rich and traditional to sculptures (brilliant golds, onyx, marble white, and a resounding gray). The sculptures are typically people (being restricted in some way) and his initial style is resembling that of some more classical sculptors (personally) like Da Vinci (I saw resemblance to Da Vinci's David in the structure and features of his people). These works of art typically arise this feeling of intrigue in me at first, until I delve a little further into what they could truly mean and represent with their brilliance (most notably, the gold ones). Then, they begin to invoke anger and passion (from the synopsis that they represent people being oppressed) or sadness at the same synopsis. All in all, they are visually stunning pieces that really get you thinking and I wish I could know the true meaning of the art and not just my own guess at it and my own feelings.
Skeleton pelvis (and brief summary of it's current stage)
Skeleton ribs and spine
I started off by making the spine with cardboard and attaching the skull to it. Afterwards I constructed a sternum and attached ribs around the sternum and structure. Some ribs need to be stretched out but right now I'm concerned with the initial structure before I can get into any tidying up of the skeleton itself.
Skeleton head
This is the first part of my gargantuan life-size skeleton. I just got together bunches of news paper and catalogs and began forming a ball. From that initial structure, I began adding facial like features and curves that the human skull has. The jaw was the last thing I added and I will be touching up on it when I can paper mâché it.
Link of the Week
http://www.blublu.org/sito/drawings/001.html
He's a really cool street artist and his website is awesome, it's super easy to use and he does some cool artwork!
He's a really cool street artist and his website is awesome, it's super easy to use and he does some cool artwork!
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Nov. 5th Assignment
Link: http://www.youramazingplaces.com/40-unusual-and-creative-statue-and-sculpture-art-part-1/
Sculpture: #5
Title: Giant Tap
Location: Tecnopark Winterur, Switzerland
This piece really caught my attention on the website because I have seen it in person. We were driving by to go to a museum and everyone started peeling to the windows to look at this crazy sculpture. To this day, it still fascinates me how it appears to be structurally unsound and floating. It really captivates my attention because, other than the fact that it looks like it's floating, the faucet is such a brilliant and metallic gold; gold always makes me think of luxury. The placement of the sculpture, I also find interesting, because, although most sculptures and statues are in parks, this was at the edge of a park near a motor freeway (or a street, I don't really remember) leaving it in clear and easy view. The water also captivated my attention because I couldn't fully understand the artist's real motive behind making a faucet.
Sculpture: #5
Title: Giant Tap
Location: Tecnopark Winterur, Switzerland
This piece really caught my attention on the website because I have seen it in person. We were driving by to go to a museum and everyone started peeling to the windows to look at this crazy sculpture. To this day, it still fascinates me how it appears to be structurally unsound and floating. It really captivates my attention because, other than the fact that it looks like it's floating, the faucet is such a brilliant and metallic gold; gold always makes me think of luxury. The placement of the sculpture, I also find interesting, because, although most sculptures and statues are in parks, this was at the edge of a park near a motor freeway (or a street, I don't really remember) leaving it in clear and easy view. The water also captivated my attention because I couldn't fully understand the artist's real motive behind making a faucet.
SHOE PLAN!!! (super duper late)
I threw away my original manuscripts but re-sketched what I had originally intended to make of my shoe. For the most part, I think it went along with the master plan for it but lack of supplies and time made me cut out a few of the cooler parts of my shoe (grass, glass mosaics, etc.). It really expressed the extra metaphors I wanted to convey and I learned a few new cool tricks to use so the project was overall successful. :)
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