Final Project!

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Sorry for late submission, but here it is for download.

War Collages Animated

Midterm - World at War

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.psd files: https://mega.nz/#F!iVAWiaQY!E4xVicuiVsO2SyZD8n8m0w

Collage Series Concept

Collage Series Concept

                  The concept for my series is a historical redux, a take on war by juxtaposing different sides to various wars and the attitudes expressed by them. I want to show the difference between firsthand and secondhand war experiences and how people involved view them. I also am going to use several different wars, in different times with different styles. The purpose is to show how war doesn’t change, nor does how people react to it or are affected by it. Though the weapons may change, the story does not.

                  As an example, one image I’ve already begun deals with the Manhattan Project. It should fall somewhere in the middle of my series. The central image is one of the group of lead scientists in charge of developing the atom bomb. Scattered around them are actual signs posted where they researched with sayings such as “Silence Means Security” or “What You See Here/ What You Hear Here/ What You Do Here/ When You Leave Here/ Let It Stay Here”. In the background, however, will be scenes of the bombings. Levelled cityscape, corpses, soldiers running to and fro, any images resembling the real toll of the war. Attached are some of the images I’m using.

                  I’m currently planning on making the first image of the series to represent WWI. I want to use images of chemical weapons, gas masks, and trenches to isolate which war it is but at the same time include all the common themes of death, despair and the like such that without mention of the weaponry and combatants it would be difficult to tell which war it was.

                  For the final image of the series, I plan to envision a future war, one where the weapon of choice is technology. It will be extremely different from the previous images in that it will be vibrantly colorful in contrast to the mostly grayscale images of past wars, feature much more media representation, and have an overarching theme of corruption. However, the same themes will be present as in the first images to establish the unchanging nature of war.

9/15/16 Collage "Stay Warm"

I know it's a day late, just my forgetfulness.

9/13/16 "MonkeyTV"

9/8/16 - Demo & 3rd Collage

Demo and recreation of the mysterious note from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (didn't take very long so I started a more complex one)



The piece I'll be working more on next week.

9/6/16 Quick Collage - "Eye of God"

Less of a collage I assume and more of an art piece.

Lev Manovich Response

In the excerpt from The Language of New Media, Manovich clearly details how in the postmodern era, artists have been becoming less original and have begun using already existing materials to create new art, using the "logic of selection". While not openly hostile to the concept, he does not seem to be in favor of it, but rather seems to back the idea of romantic creation. I have to disagree. While it is true much of digital art is a "modification of an existing signal", it is not universal. Take for example this piece, being the album art for Everything Everything's Get To Heaven, designed by New Zealand artist Andrew Archer. 

The work is entirely digital, however does not take from existing media in any way besides the tools provided. The phrase "modification of an existing signal" would have to stretch pretty thin to accommodate the painstaking process of designing, drawing, and coloring of such a complicated piece. On the contrary, here is a photo of artist Alex Grey painting one of his famous god heads.

The only difference between the two are the method used to create them, but both utilize the same creativity and skill of the artist. If a work of digital art can be called a "modification of existing signal", how is a painting any different? The existing signal in this case is paint rather than a paint tool. Both ideas were synthesized by the creator.

First Collage