Digital Delight

Art from around the web, collected for Julie Orser's ART 141 Introduction to Digital Imaging course at Scripps College.

Final Thoughts

First of all: I can’t believe it’s the end of the semester! I feel like the first day of classes was a week ago. I’m not sure where the time went, and I’m not sure I want to know, but it’s incredible how quickly the school year seems to go by now. I don’t know if it’s just the fact that I’m getting older (and busier), but I remember when I was younger that the school year felt like it was damn near a millennium.

This semester has been an interesting one. I’ve enjoyed my classes. I took this one as an enjoyable elective, as I’ve always loved messing around in Photoshop — I’m pretty much self-taught! The other three were all for my major, which is great since I love my major, but it’s also a bit stressful (since I love it Ihaveto do well in it, and you know, I like my major GPA to be a 4.0). So, for me, this class has been a fantastic way to relax, indulge my creative side, and learn new tricks in Photoshop that I’d never known before. It’s also kind of spoiled me — any other program besides CS5 looks pretty horrible to me. The readings have been really interesting, though sometimes a bit strange, and I’ve really liked learning about the artists other students have presented to the class throughout the semester. My favorite part, though, was our Photoshop lessons. Julie’s a great teacher, and knows how to crack a joke. She’s also incredibly patient with a lot of the students who’d never used Photoshop before — major props for that.

I’m not sure which piece I’ve created has been my favorite, but I have to say, I’m leaning toward the two pieces I did that explored hyperrealism and conceptions of the fantasy genre. I absolutely love the one with the grey horse; I think it’s some of the best Photoshop I’ve done, ever. I really enjoyed exploring the theme of obsolescence and self-identity in my final project, though. Looks like it’s a toss-up!

I wish this class wasn’t ending, actually. I feel like I’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. I know Photoshop can do so much more. I’ll have to start learning on my own again!

darksilenceinsuburbia: René Magritte . The Tomb of Wrestlers, 1960.  Oil on Canvas. Private Collection, © Charly Herscovici, c/o ADAGP, Paris 2011. I used to have nightmares of usually small, light objects (namely cotton balls) growing monstrously huge and suffocating me. The painting brought back those nightmares, though I doubt my dreams were ever this fragrant.

darksilenceinsuburbia:

René Magritte . The Tomb of Wrestlers, 1960.  Oil on Canvas.

Private Collection, © Charly Herscovici, c/o ADAGP, Paris 2011.

I used to have nightmares of usually small, light objects (namely cotton balls) growing monstrously huge and suffocating me. The painting brought back those nightmares, though I doubt my dreams were ever this fragrant.

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Kal Gajaoum.

http://www.kalgajoum.com/

In 7th/8th grade I visited France with my French class and we were able to see the Moulin Rouge. When we got back, we had to do a group art project representing what we saw there. My best friends and I made a small-scale replica of the Moulin Rouge tower, complete with a motor and a spinning fan. Looking back, I feel bad for my parents (they had to help — a lot), and I’m pretty impressed with my adolescent self. Seeing these paintings brought back memories of my trip and the project I took on when I got back. That was such a great time in my life.

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Mark Laita.

Catholic Nuns and Prostitutes.

Lingerie Model and Woman in Girdle.

Mark Laita‘s photo essay: Created Equal takes an incredibly interesting look at American culture. The comparisons he constructs are both stunning and intriguing.
(By )

Again, because I adore it so much.

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Haris Purnomo.

Acclaimed Indonesian artist Haris Purnomo created a series of life size babies suspended in mid-air like cocoons called ‘Visitation’. (by Honey)

I’ve always thought babies were a little bit strange, and a little bit creepy. I’m not sure whether or not I want to have a baby in my future, but this project may or may not be altering my thoughts on the matter. I’m incredibly creeped out right now. Somehow, these humans have been made to look like some kind of alien life form, and I can’t say that I really like it. At all. Which probably means Purnomo’s work is successful, at least for me!

designcloud:

Cogito ergo sum by Gokhun Guneyhan

Poster designs with inspirational quotes of philosophers.

I’m sorry, I got to the Abraham Lincoln one and just had to laugh. So crass, but so (sadly) true. And, you know, the poster does get the point across…

theartofanimation:

Marion Bolognesi

This is beautiful, and eerie. I used to take a watercolor painting class and it’s images like these that make me miss it so much — watercolor has such vibrancy that other paints can’t quite achieve. Stunning.

darksilenceinsuburbia: Salvador Dali . Study for the Dream Sequence in “Spellbound”, 1945. Oil on Panel. © Salvador Dalí. Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS, 2007. I’ll have nightmares tonight, for sure. Thanks Dali!

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Salvador Dali . Study for the Dream Sequence in “Spellbound”, 1945. Oil on Panel.

© Salvador Dalí. Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS, 2007.

I’ll have nightmares tonight, for sure. Thanks Dali!

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Seung Mo Park.

Using a process that could be the new definition of meticulous, Korean sculptor Seung Mo Park creates giant ephemeral portraits by cutting layer after layer of wire mesh. Each work begins with a photograph which is superimposed over layers of wire with a projector, then using a subtractive technique Park slowly snips away areas of mesh. Each piece is several inches thick as each plane that forms the final image is spaced a few finger widths apart, giving the portraits a certain depth and dimensionality that’s hard to convey in a photograph, but this video on YouTube shows it pretty well. Park just exhibited this month at Blank Space Gallery in New York as part of his latest series Maya (meaning “illusion” in Sanskrit). You can see much more at West Collects. (art news, west collects, lavinia tribiani) (by Christopher)

It always amazes me how some artists create entirely new mediums to work in, and this artist is absolutely no different. This is unbelievable. The YouTube video is definitely worth the watch; like the description says, it’s hard to get the dimension of the piece in a simple picture of it. Incredible.