Simon Birch: Cubism Revisited // Posted on June 27, 2010
I’ve been on a kick lately finding new artists that inspire me. Simon Birch is a great example. I enjoy his work because I, like a many illustrators, have the difficulty of finding the patience to create works similar to Birch’s in a digital format. What I mean, more specifically, is the creation of vector [...]
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Performance Art // Posted on June 20, 2010
It was a cool summer night filled with good music and good wine. The topic of conversation: performance art. A good friend had shared her distaste for this peculiar art form, which is relatively new. It was difficult to not agree with her as this method of exploring the world through encounter rarely rises above [...]
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Sam Jinks // Posted on June 16, 2010
I have immense respect for sculptors, due in part to a few bad experiences I have had in sculpture class. Sam Jinks is one of those sculptors. For a final paper in a sculpture class I critiqued the works of Sam Jinks, a macabre photorealist sculptor that focuses on the human form. Drawing from his experience [...]
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Flickr 9000 // Posted on June 15, 2010
I find it hard to imagine a world where the Internet is not in existence. Every now and again I find creatives on the web that are using the medium of the Internet as a platform for their design, particuarly curious non-mainstream design. I somehow had neglected revisiting Flickr 9000′s photostream, even after bookmarking it [...]
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James Victore: Sensation Design // Posted on June 11, 2010
I remember watching a short youtube film in a graphics class that chronicled the careers of some noteworthy American designers. One of the designers popped out at me instantly: James Victore. He jumped out at me for a few very different reasons. My contemporaries would classify me as a heavily Swiss influenced designer. That is [...]
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