Obscure

Fabio Selvatici says the work features "the inner impulses of the human soul, the psyche, and the travails of inadequacy in relation to the same claustrophobic environment that oppresses [his subjects]."

Mixed Media

Yet another Solve Sundbo creation.

(see Face! blogpost)

How great are these?? So fun! 

When I found them I got a little giddy...

 Brilliant.

Mixed Media Beauty

I'm currently taking a Mixed Media / Sculpture course at Pitzer College.

As a tribute, here are some beautiful Mixed Media photographs.

All photos by NY based artist:

Matt Wisniewski

LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS

２０１２年のロンドンーオリンピックの広告。

全部アルファベットで描いてあるんだ！

さすがプロには私は全然負ける。。。

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"Athens, Greece-based designer Charis Tsevis just put out a new set called Chariots of Color 2012 that's inspired by the upcoming London Olympics."

An ad campaign for the 2012 London Olympics using typography.

Unbelievably talented work.

 

Redesigning the Norm

A cute way to change the way we see everyday objects.

Through the Window

Project 2C: Peep Hole

Going back to a more generalist concept; my last project is a look into the world with lens of fantasy. 

We have a woman in a gown with a spiral of leaves surrounding her. She is connected to vines crawling behind her and around her. She produces an aura of blue and yellow as she stares at the city. (In this case; Tokyo). The project is quite self explanatory. The woman represents nature and purity, and she is distressed at the sight of the walkway of skyscrapers, office buildings and shopping structures. She brings with her her "security blanket"; her bits of nature. They surround her and she tries to fix the world with the vines. The "window" is created to give the audience more perspective. To make it seem like we are peeking into her subconscious. The color and texture is supposed to represent cement -- she is held in. The cement is still lightly dripping across the scene, signifying that she is trapped and that change isn't near.

City Skyline

Project 2A: Crystal Ball

For my first project I decided to try to convey a message through my artwork about how our society is obsessed with building new structures, and is thus destroying the environment. I had a couple of ideas in mind, but settled with a spherical shape. The sphere represents a crystal ball (like the ones oracles and fortune tellers use) which can tell the future and the past of a scenario. In this case, the scenario is a city skyline at night with a reflection in the water. The reflection in the water has been transformed into trees - reminding the population of the potential forest that could have been growing there in place of the skyscrapers. I used various colors to change the trees overall look so as to make it look like a real reflection from the buildings. The entire ball is set in a black abyss, signifying the lack of change we are presenting to the situation. It's a free-floating problem, with hardly any steps to changing it for the better.

Desertification Disintegrates Animals

WWF

In an effort to educate the mass public about desertification, the degradation of land in drylands, Mardid-based agency Contrapunto BBDO created this series of eye-catching ads for the World Wildlife Fund. An elephant, leopard and parrot are seen deteriorating into clouds of dust, reminiscent of the dried up floors in the eroded landscapes.

According to WWF and Wikipedia, desertification destroys 6.000 species every year and is caused by a variety of factors, such as climate change and human activities, desertification is one of the most significant global environmental problems.

                I really like these ads for WWF.  Amazing combination of fantastic photography and talented Photoshop skills.  I love that WWF usually makes a series for their advertisements - a handful of posters revolving around the same theme, using the same techniques.  Another thing I love is the use of light in each of these pieces.  The rays of light seem to be burning and even hurting the animals.  The dust looks realistic and powerful.   The designer also did a great job in slowly fading into the dust instead of having a harsh change between animal to dust.  It slowly crumbles away... 

What number are you?

Part one of my final project for my

SCRIPPS ART 141: Digital Imaging Class

Project 2A: Static Identity
This project is going in a slightly different direction - more towards personal and individual issues rather than societal and environmental problems.  The quote taken from the prompt is pinpointing my main point.  People have several identities in the world now.  Their physical, emotional, and cyber ones are just a few examples.  You can be whomever you want to be online, and that creates an alternate personality for many people.  There are people who live a second life through an avatar on online sites.  On top of this, once you've created an avatar or a social networking site, you are completely vulnerable to being hacked.  People can steal identities and create havoc amongst people's lives.  The TV at the back signifies the static of the cyberspace we live in.  It is not stable, it is hard to understand, and it's all blurred into one big bunch.  I used children for the face because they are the new generation.  Children are growing up on video games and technology, hardly writing and reading.  They will grow up to have multiple personalities as well.  Hopefully none of us, or them, will lose sight of who we are, and what number we are in the world. 

Project 1

My first two projects from my Digital Imaging Class at Scripps College.

The project was to find a concept and create a photoshop project from scratch.

A remake of my Highschool Painting on Photoshop.