For our upcoming Tiny Monument exercise, I started doing some research on pop up art and I found the German artist Peter Dahmen who makes these amazing architectural paper art. If anyone’s considering making their monument our of paper, I would really recommend reading the article below to learn about his Read more…
After starting our new “Data Visualization” project, I did a bit of googling to see how artists who are much more experienced at using Java code are making art. I came across this website (https://devart.withgoogle.com/) where they specifically showcase art made with code, curate virtual galleries, and host competitions for Read more…
While looking up some interactive art pieces, this piece by Candy Chang really struck me. Chang created these chalk board walls with the “Before I Die…” prompt placed on the top and chalk so that people could respond, and placed them in public spaces across dozens of cities. These “Before Read more…
While exploring some ideas for our poster project, I came across this article where the author, Taylor Slattery, explains how people’s attention spans have shortened due to overexposure to images on social media, and how short animations can regain that attention. I think this is very interesting because she explores Read more…
As we’re continually working our way through animating our collages, I did some digging on Instagram (ugh I know right after our talk about the Internet and social media) BUT I found an artist who uses Photoshop to animate classic paintings. He definitely uses more advanced skills than us but Read more…
https://www.malikafavre.com/ Malika Favre is one of my favourite illustrator and graphic artists and she’s famous for her ‘Pop Art meets Op Art’ style. She manipulates traditional optical illusions to create beautiful works celebrating women and their achievements. Her short animations reminded me a lot of our animation component of our Read more…
As we’re starting to incorporate colours into our new project, I just wanted to share a resource I have been using for a long time to generate colour palettes for my artwork. I personally find it difficult to randomly pick colours from the colour wheel and pushing them to harmonize, Read more…
As we’re starting the Invisible Cities project, I immediately thought of this popular maze game I used to play which had the most beautiful graphics. The creator Ken Wong designed these perpetual motion machines that could be manipulated to help the main character find an exit in the game drawing Read more…
Following the introduction to our new short project, I did some more research on Susan Kare, specifically the works she has displayed on MOMA. I found a link for some artworks that are photographed online, and I think it’s really interesting to see her process of transforming hand-drawn pixel designs Read more…
Feature Image I saw this video a couple years ago and I was immediately reminded of it when we started discussing the latest “Sound Analysis” assignment. Nathalie Miebach collected storm data and other data points on natural phenomenon, and used it to guide the creation of a sculpture piece. Although Read more…