Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Illustrated Ampersand

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    This ampersand illustration is a practice session. I plan to use this effect of rough surface and off registered inks on the next promo poster currently in the works.



    This ampersand version is the one I decided to use for a 7.5" x 8" Giclée print on cold press watercolor paper.Source URL: https://tattoosnyong.blogspot.com/2010/12/
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Painting of the Day - Keck Abstract Art

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Cap W for LetterCult AlphaBattle

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    arlier this year I uploaded some cap letters to Alphabet Playground. As the year progressed I got swamped with commercial work and the cap letter projects had to be put on hold. Now that I have some time available I will be uploading new cap letters to Letter Playground. and AlphaBattle.



    The screen shot shows a sketch of the W as a drawing template. The vector lines were imported to Photoshop and filled in several layers. Various 3rd party filters were used to create the surface texture, offset shapes and distortion of the illustration.

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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Old Dudes Rule

    Happy Holidays to everyone out there!

    The past few weeks have been rather hectic with many rush deadlines and little free time to experiment with alphabets. Lately I have been thinking about printing a series of 13" x 19" posters. This one is the first and was created for a friend I worked with for many years. His creative mind gets better as the years progress.



    This is the quick layout sketch used for the drawing template.

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Melting ears (on Cory Arcangel's two works)

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    The one I liked was this:


    while the one that goes further is this:


    Both are fragments of works by Cory Arcangel.
    The difference between them is significant. The first one is a joke - it is a repetition, a trick played on the idea of reproduction or universality.
    The other one too. But the other one moves towards something else. It provides us with the doubt as to what it should be like. I don't know Schoenberg's op. 11, 3. I might have heard it, but I'm not sure how it sounds. Yet it certainly doesn't sound like these cats. Or does it? What is it about Schoenberg that makes him sound like Schoenberg? And why do we need him to sound like Schoenberg? (Why do we call artists people who interpret in the most faithful way? And no, this is not a rhetorical question. What is it about repetition that still makes it move us aesthetically? And no, any form of the answer "the difference within the repetition" will not satisfy me as long as I keep putting the same piece on my mp3 player and enjoy it beause it is the same, and still appreciate its freshness, not its "difference".) The thing, here, is not just about the cats, it isn't the old elephant-making-oil-paintings trick. It is rather about other possibilities of listening, of paying attention, of defining what you hear. Can we hear the Schoenberg in the original cat videos? Can we hear Bach in the original music versions? The Bach composition, in that sense, says too much - it states a clear correspondence between the original YouTube videos and Bach's work. The second says less: it says "it is out there, but it's hard to say where exactly, and why exactly we would stop there". (And does it while being damn funny). And that's when our ears melt and reconsolidate, they become other ears, and other, and other. We are forced to listen to what might be there, and not what we think is there.
    So why do I like the first video more? Maybe because I still enjoy what is there a lot.
    Or because I'm not a fan of Schoeberg.
    Source URL: https://tattoosnyong.blogspot.com/2010/12/
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Melting ears (on Cory Arcangel's two works)

Labels:

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    The one I liked was this:


    while the one that goes further is this:


    Both are fragments of works by Cory Arcangel.
    The difference between them is significant. The first one is a joke - it is a repetition, a trick played on the idea of reproduction or universality.
    The other one too. But the other one moves towards something else. It provides us with the doubt as to what it should be like. I don't know Schoenberg's op. 11, 3. I might have heard it, but I'm not sure how it sounds. Yet it certainly doesn't sound like these cats. Or does it? What is it about Schoenberg that makes him sound like Schoenberg? And why do we need him to sound like Schoenberg? (Why do we call artists people who interpret in the most faithful way? And no, this is not a rhetorical question. What is it about repetition that still makes it move us aesthetically? And no, any form of the answer "the difference within the repetition" will not satisfy me as long as I keep putting the same piece on my mp3 player and enjoy it beause it is the same, and still appreciate its freshness, not its "difference".) The thing, here, is not just about the cats, it isn't the old elephant-making-oil-paintings trick. It is rather about other possibilities of listening, of paying attention, of defining what you hear. Can we hear the Schoenberg in the original cat videos? Can we hear Bach in the original music versions? The Bach composition, in that sense, says too much - it states a clear correspondence between the original YouTube videos and Bach's work. The second says less: it says "it is out there, but it's hard to say where exactly, and why exactly we would stop there". (And does it while being damn funny). And that's when our ears melt and reconsolidate, they become other ears, and other, and other. We are forced to listen to what might be there, and not what we think is there.
    So why do I like the first video more? Maybe because I still enjoy what is there a lot.
    Or because I'm not a fan of Schoeberg.
    Source URL: https://tattoosnyong.blogspot.com/2010/12/
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The Beginning Phase Of A New Promo Poster

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    These two photos represent the preliminary sketch process and layout for my next illustrated promo poster.

    When discussing the lettering process I often mention the importance of drawing and to do a lot of it. All the sketches on my office wall are basically rough concept studies to learn how elements of the illustration may or may not work together. No fancy or refined sketches in the beginning of a project. Just a lot of quick thoughts and ideas to scribble on paper.



    The layout I will use for a drawing template took only a few minutes to sketch. However, I had to sketch all the preliminary studies to create a layout for my intended use. I now have the information I need to begin drawing vector art. As this project progresses I will probably do additional sketching for the complex areas of the illustration.

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Monday, December 13, 2010

The Embroidered Logo

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

ABSTRACT ART - Keck Abstract Art Giclee of the Day

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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Monday, December 6, 2010

KECK Abstract Art - Giclee of the Day

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

The RA Music CD Art

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    Finally got the CD art ready to go for my brother Rick who requested that a dragon nano be included in both his CD design and logo. The next step of this project iwill be the embroidered jacket which I will pick up from the stiching shop early next week.Source URL: https://tattoosnyong.blogspot.com/2010/12/
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