Audrey Kawasaki

The artist that I originally wanted to present was Audrey Kawasaki but I did not know how to relate her to new media. She is from Los Angeles, California and studied fine art painting for two years at the Pratt Institute in New York City but left without completing her degree because she felt that all her teachers had a very strict definition of what are was and that she had little room to explore what she wanted to do.

When she settled back in LA, she developed her own style of oil painting on the organic grain of wood panels. She is naturally pretty timid and soft spoken but once she is with drawings, she feels comfortable and able to express herself freely and honestly. Her work is influenced by innocence and sexuality. Erotic element is something she has always been passionate about  with a strong urge to expand upon it.

Neo Visualism

Photographer

Anthony Rogers

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Tahirih Zorich

Anthony goes to Academy of Art University in San Fransisco, California and Tahirih went to Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. They were my friends from Hanford High School and their portfolio work really inspires me to continue pursuing Digital Technology and Culture. Here is my favorite album of their collaboration called Yin & Yang with Ashlyn Booth Stubbs as the model.

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Blank Canvases

Months ago, I bought a few canvases from Hobby Lobby but I have not had the time to paint any of them yet. Some of the ideas that I have been wanting to paint are a cartoon doll, feather, dandelion, owl, octopus, crown, key, cross, bow... Hopefully I will be able to paint most of them this summer when I am not at work.

Linda Tsang also known as Bubz or Bubbi on YouTube inspired me to paint a misty forest and she was inspired by Tim Gagnon. I have painted one before with an old friend but sadly, I left it at his house and will not be able to get it back.

Interdisciplinary Arts

A visual book is an experimental structure that conveys ideas, actions and emotions using multiple images in an integrated and interdependent format. Every image is connected in some way to every other image.

This is a pop up card that I made for a friend of their niece and daughter

Any material may be used for pages and image can be generated using photography, printmaking, drawing, or other techniques. Two-dimensional composiotn and three-dimensional structure conbined is especially important with pop-up books, which cometo life when the pages are turned and the tabs are pulled.

Narrative and Nonnarrative

Style, the way in which filmic elements are selected and arranged, determines the overall ambience and can help indicate historical setting. Any story can be told in many ways.

Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo and Juliet, 1968. Romeo and Juliet.

Baz Luhrmann, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1996.

Every story is constructed using a chain of events called causality. The storyteller presents us with a series of clues, which we construct into meaning.

Titanic. Young Rose preparing to jump.

Titanic. Elderly Rose at ship's railing.

Traditional and Transformative Materials

Stone such as limestone, basalt, marble, and other dense, fine-grained stones have been used in prehistory to create durable and imposing objects. Using chisels, mallets, and rasps, stone carvers can create remarkably delicate forms with an amazing array of textures.
Clay essentially made from refined earth can be hand-formed using coil, slab, and carving techniques. When fired, it becomes extremely durable and can be decorated with beautiful colored glazes.
Metals such as bronze, gold, silver, copper, pewter, and brass are more commonly used for jewelry and utensils. Most metals can be cast, forged, soldered, etched, and stamped.

My sister crafted this metal city in her jewelry class

Wood readily available in most areas is inherently beautiful, easily painted, relatively lightweight, and surprisingly versatile.It can be carved, steam-formed, and assembled using various hinged and joints.
Glass, which is made primarily from silica, can be transparent or opaque and, with the addition of copper, cadmium, cobalt, and other materials, can take on a complete range of colors. In its molten state, it can be poured, blown, pressed into molds, drawn into threads, stamped, and extruded.
Fibers covers a wide range of linear materials, including strips of willow, bamboo, and reeds, as well as the more familiar cotton, linen, silk, and wool. Most fibers can be painted or dyed and can be worked in many ways, including weaving, braiding, knotting, knitting, and felting.
Plastics can be transparent, translucent, or opaque, and formed into sheets and then cut and assembled. Plastics are lightweight, varied in color, and relatively cheap and many types can also be extruded, cast, vacuum-formed, and stamped.
Many artists today deliberately use ephemera (materials that rapidly decay) or trash (which is already in a state of decay).

I carved this tiki dude out of soap

Principles of Three-Dimensional Design

We tend to scan an entire composition, then analyze the individual parts. Closure is the mind's information to connect fragmentary information to produce a completed form.

Zac Freeman, Detail of Steve, 2006. Found objects on board.

As with all design decisions, choosing the right scale and proportion greatly increases expressive power.

Giovanni Bologna, Apennine, 1580-82. Stone, bricks, mortar, Villa di Pratolino, Florence region, Italy.

Constructing Meaning

A shared language is the basis on which all communication is built. For a reader of Chinese, the flowing brushstrokes form characters that communicate specific ideas. For those of us who know no Chinese, the calligraphy is visually enticing but conveys no specific messages.

Huai-su, Detail of Autobiography, Tang dynasty, 7th-10th centuries. Ink on paper.

A stereotype is a fixed generalization based on a preconception. On a benign level, we ignore individual characteristics and emphasize group characteristics. Stereotypes require little thought. In some situations, the viewer responding automatically is ideal.

Roger Cook and Don Shanosky, images from a poster introducing the signage symbol system developed for the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1974.

Problem Seeking and Problem Solving

Brainstorming is a great way to expand ideas, see connections, and explore implications. Keeping a journal or a sketchbook is an ideal way to record your ideas and create connections and can help you construct your own learning process. Anything that expands your thinking is fair game.

This is my friend showing two of his completed inspirational notebooks

The very best artists and designers are often accomplished in more than one field. Whenever the base of knowledge expands, the range of potential connection increases. Art and design require conceptual development as well as perceptual and technical skill.

Illusion of Space, Illusion of Motion

Through the illusion of space, artists invite viewers to enter into an imaginary world. Expression can be heightened when this world is particularly intriguing or when the illusion is especially dramatic. Fractured space can be created when multiple viewpoints are combined in a single image.

David Hockney, Henry Moore Much Hadman 23rd July 1982. Composite Polaroid.

When presented within multiple images on a single surface, we must feel the movement, complete the action, or anticipate the next event. We use our imagination to connect static images to create the illusion of motion. As an object moves, it sequentially occupies various positions in space.

Thomas Eakins, Double Jump, 1885. Modern print from a dry-plate negative.

Multiplication can also play a role in visual storytelling.

George Tooker, Government Bureau, 1956. Egg tempera on gesso panel.

Principles of Two-Dimensional Design

Unity can be defined as similarity, oneness, togetherness, or cohesion and variety can be defined as difference. We face a new compositional challenge with each design we make. Each idea has its own expressive requirements.

Vija Celmins, Untitled (Ocean), 1969. Graphite on acrylic ground on paper.

Balance refers to the distribution of weight of force within a composition. Symmetrical balance occurs when shapes are mirrored on either side of an axis. Approximate symmetry is created when similar images appears on either side of a central axis.

Richard Estes, Miami Rug Company, 1974. Oil on canvas.

Scale and proportion create two types of size relationships. Both strongly affect compositional balance and emotional impact. Proportion refers to the relative size of visual elements within an image. Scale commonly refers to the size of a form when compared with our own human size.

Proportion is an essential part of figure drawing.