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Tuesday, August 26

Basics of Communications

Illustration

• Freelance/Independent
• In not working for a company, an illustrator is allowed to keep the rights to their work.
• They are merely sell the right to reproduce their work.
• Also helps to serve those with short attention span since the projects are varied.
• Self-starting
• Inner drive
• Initiative
• Comfortable with living in a modern world in which not having a job is almost sinful.
• Can I afford to bee self-employed.
• May have to take on other non-artistic jobs before I build a reputation and people come to me.

Don't worry about the artistic peer's opinion. It is the everyday audience that an artist is working to impress.

Illustration is story. People have to understand it.

Be unique.

• Know it before you do it.
• You may start out clueless and find your way as well as long as you put thought into it.
• Don't go with the first idea. Stay clueless and be open to changes.
• There is more originality in stupid ideas.
• Good ideas have a sort of sameness.

Chaos theory gave way to the Newtonian model of the universe.

Creation =/= Selection

Creation

• Making of the elements

Selection

• Designing and composing of existing elements to make something new

Wasting talents

• Creating something already made. Reinventing the wheel.
• A child clinking on a toy xylophone is more emotional than a professional adult lip syncing.

Unsatisfactory

• Always wanting more better tools. Nothing wrong with an old-fashioned pencil.
• Seeing something better, you're inspired. Therefore instead of looking at something online of another artist, look at life.
• Draw life.
• Draw dreams.
• Draw confusion.

Have a frame. No vignettes.

Triangle

• Pictures
• Too many of them but it speaks to everyone.
• What it looks like
• Engages the eye
• The illusion of light
• Offers credibility
• Icons
• No emotional connection but it's easy to recognize. Only speaks to a select few.
• What it means
• Engages the brain
• The illusion of space. The brain is a space traveler.
• Offers memorability
• Media
• Could put off an audience such as the use of actual body parts or use of such mediums such as money could have people question its credibility and take the attention away from the piece itself.
• What it is
• Engages the body
• The illusion of form

Seeing

• Is not believing. Once you believe something is lost, it's difficult to see it.
• Thinking you're seeing something is more of a projection.

Read Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics

Watch ZERO THEOREM

Thursday, August 28

Have a human personality to your work.

The escape pod was NASA's version of the diving bell

Even the dead expect permission if you are to use their face.

If you are using reference, try to have more than 30% difference.



Tue, September 2

It's not about who made it. It's about the character made.

• Don't be concerned with the art style and think about the character.
• Don't let talent be arrogant and focus on showing off style. Rather work on the content.
• There is always a human standard so don't worry about art standard. The chalk drawings lost style because we all worked on it but they're appealing since they all spoke to us about humanity.
• Taking a break will bring about another personality and inspire so that may get you out of a rut.

Thur, September 4

Presentational work - Gives eye contact to viewer. Usually close up. Western.

Representational - No one is aware they're being looked at. Usually the audience is pulled back. Eastern. Rude to stare.

Have your generations bits be different sizes. Similar sizes conflict with where the eye should go unless that's part of the idea.

Include texts.

Hand lettering is unique now. Artists are aware of what makes good typography so we should use it.

Everyone has digital fonts so it's not as unique.

Barron loves linework. Thicker line makes the artwork seems smaller. Thinner lines makes it seem bigger. Similar to resolution.

If there is clarity, there is usually no subtlety. Sometimes a slow read can be good. Clarity sometimes lacks enthusiasm.

If an artwork is iconic, craftsmen has to be bullet proof.

Watch Stag at Sharky's.

Jasper Johns. America Flag Painting.

Inuits have three masks in their dance. They show audience members only one of the masks so everyone has a different experience.

H.R. Giger uses 2 airbrushes. Opaque white and opaque black. The broken strings of shapes in the airbrush is what provides his style. He is about form.

Dieter Roth

Ben Shahn

Joel Peter Witkin

John Brown Painting

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