A Day in Minecraft

Project was meant to be in a Triptych style. In my project I wanted to use machinema. I decide on Minecraft based on the fact that it was such an open world game and the imagery so beautiful. This video is a small glimpse of exactly what one could do in Minecraft. Its also the telling of life. You are born or in this case loaded into the game, then you go on with life and eventually die.

Sounds

These are the sounds I collected for my next project. Its me typing out the lyrics to each sound to the tune of the song. I thought the idea was nifty and went with it!

Mixer Project: A Day at the River

My idea behind this project was to take a story and tell it from different perspectives. In these videos I had my friends retell our day at the river. The idea was with different perspectives all playing at one time you would get the whole story and not just bits and pieces. The over all image would be complete!

This is the link to the actual project!

Second life!

The Journey begins!!~

My face!

Might I say this was one of the most difficult things Ive had to do. It looked like a piece of cake to begin with but you have to not only stretch but blend also. It was a pain in the butt but i tried the best i could. all in all i think it came out pretty decent. I did have some problem putting it on my avatar. i had white spaces left but i think i cleared them all up. the only thing i couldn't figure out how to do was fix the white around the eyes.

Next is virtual me!:

I found this really awesome Bulbasuar T-Shirt. Just wanted to show people. Its the anatomy of Bulbasuar!!!! >< 

(Nerdy me is showing through)

Next is my fantasy me!:

She is my favorite. I was going for a more of a sorceress feel to her and i think  pulled it off quite well. The item that i made are the orbs surrounding her. I thought it was a nifty idea. It took me awhile to get the hang of build mode but i pulled it off!

I forgot to take a picture of the building process but under objects the orbs i made are labeled as 'This is it'

This was quite an enjoyable project. besides the mishaps and complications i ran into I'm glad we got to do this!

3D!!! oh snaps....

This 3D project was a killer project. i loved trying to figure out how to make the cylinder type objects. i had tons of problems making this though. the big one was to make it all very straight without bends in the beads. it didnt turn out as i would have liked it but overall i think its pretty kool. another problem i ran into was trying to make the wire look like a wire. i couldn't find a way to make it a bit more 3D like. Coloring is slightly off but over all i think it came out pretty ok.

Originals::

Two by Land: Katherine Sandoz and Nicole Donnally

Two by land is a gallery exhibiting Nicole Donnelly and Katherine Sandoz they both have works relating to landscape interpreted differently. Even though there work is different they compliment each other’s quite nicely.

Nicole Donnally had an art style that I can personally relate with. It was just abstract but with a nice touch of splash creativity. Some of her pieces looked as if she had started with the canvas facing one way but then decided to flip it around and works on it that way. Like she had a thought to begin with then decided last minute that she was going to do something different and flip it around. It was quite nice. I also like the dripping paint in some of them. I usually incorporate that into my own artwork so I was happy to see someone else did that as well. What else I also enjoyed was her way with colors. So bright and vibrant!

Katherine Sandoz on the other hand had a very abstract view on landscaped. There were very geometric and simplistic in shape. You got the feel of what she was going for without all the details a lot of people would try to put in. the colors complimented each other very well. It was a simplistic art that looked like it took a lot of time. One of my favorites (I cant remember the name) looked like a boat. It had the while outlines of it but that was all to indicate what it was. The colors used are some of my favorite to pair with, it being blues and pinks. The pinks were located in two heavy spots and two other smaller spots. This breaking the rule of three!

In conclusion both artists are lovely!

Persuasion by Pricilla Varner (Gallery)

What do you think of when you hear the words Happy, Sunny, childhood, yellow, ladybug? None of these words are associated with each other except under the context of me asking you. All these words should ignite happy feelings and thoughts. What do you feel when you see a picture of a grassy field? What Pricilla Varner does is put the two ideas together to make her concentration ‘Persuasion.’ She uses words to persuade the viewer into having certain feelings or thought regarding her photographs. I thought this idea/concept was just dandy. Instead of the viewer coming up with his or her own feelings of the artwork she tells you what to feel. I loved that idea. This had nothing to do with what she was trying to get across, but I interpreted it as kind of the Big Brother idea. Where those in control tell you have to think and feel leaving no room for imagination and self-development. That right there would have been the icing on the cake!

Priscilla Varner plays with the ideas of well…persuasion. In front of each piece is a set of words, so you read the words then look at the photograph. In turn the words you read set the mood and how you end up looking at the photograph. None of the words were related to each other but their association was there. Each word was in a different font setting a different mood for it. Most of the photographs were in black and white. I felt like she did this so that color couldn't change your view or feel of the piece. There was a time in my life where I wanted to study photography mostly that of black and white, so the photos were of more interest to me than anything else. My favorite photo was that of a carousel. Most of it was in focus but there was a blur aspect where the carousel seemed to be moving.

In conclusion this gallery was the bomb. I loved the idea behind it, even though I translated it differently and came up with my own view of it.