The image is made up for simple, childlike likes, but it's very visually interesting. why?
repetition of patterns, lines, shapes, what else??
from her work on The Iron Giant.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Laura Carlin, Iron Giant
Work by another illustrator, Laura Carlin.
The image is made up for simple, childlike likes, but it's very visually interesting. why?
repetition of patterns, lines, shapes, what else??
from her work on The Iron Giant.
The image is made up for simple, childlike likes, but it's very visually interesting. why?
repetition of patterns, lines, shapes, what else??
from her work on The Iron Giant.
Da Vinci master copy
My friends suggested master copy to improve my drawings.
I'll do that if I had more time. Too much homework.
http://comfortpit.com/drawing-exercises-leonardo-da-vinci/
I wonder how would the below look like in chinese ink.
Left vs Right brain
This ad and many other portrayals glorify the right brain creativity and thinking. I think, however, the left brain is the one that allows "right brain" ideas come true.
The world might be a better place without these unnecessary dichotomies.
Reflection: Lateral thinking
Lateral thinking is solving problems through
an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not
immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by
using only traditional step-by-step logic. The term was coined in 1967
by Edward de Bono.
Somehow this topic reminds me of my work before. There were a lot of "consultant speak" such as lateral thinking, thinking organisations, learning organisations, from the gurus such as edward de bono, dave ulrich, and the guy who moved cheese.
I don't know how much of this can be taught or forced. Example problems illustrating lateral thinking tend to have one "right answer".
I prefer to understand and assimilate processes, identify patterns across industries and data. I don't think I deliberately think laterally. But I just try my best to think in as many ways as I can. Lateral, vertical, diagonal, random, tangent, off-tangent...
Despite my tone that sound like one of the many people who think that these strategies are just fluff, I am someone who fervently believes in systems and processes and metaprocesses, and not just in them, but that they can be learnt.
I like to akin the learning of skill as the installation of an APP in my brain (analogous to the smart phone). And since I enjoy learning, I do enjoy installing new apps in my mind.
I read books on thinking systems all the time. One of my favourites is Peter M Senge's The 5th Discipline.
This is perhaps also related to my educational background being in psychology.
Somehow this topic reminds me of my work before. There were a lot of "consultant speak" such as lateral thinking, thinking organisations, learning organisations, from the gurus such as edward de bono, dave ulrich, and the guy who moved cheese.
I don't know how much of this can be taught or forced. Example problems illustrating lateral thinking tend to have one "right answer".
I prefer to understand and assimilate processes, identify patterns across industries and data. I don't think I deliberately think laterally. But I just try my best to think in as many ways as I can. Lateral, vertical, diagonal, random, tangent, off-tangent...
Despite my tone that sound like one of the many people who think that these strategies are just fluff, I am someone who fervently believes in systems and processes and metaprocesses, and not just in them, but that they can be learnt.
I like to akin the learning of skill as the installation of an APP in my brain (analogous to the smart phone). And since I enjoy learning, I do enjoy installing new apps in my mind.
I read books on thinking systems all the time. One of my favourites is Peter M Senge's The 5th Discipline.
This is perhaps also related to my educational background being in psychology.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Reflection on the image of the Artist
For this week's submission, I focused my research on another congruent point of my interest - the image of artists, in particular, female artists.
I had a conversation with a friend about how an artist should style and present him/herself.
Clothes and presentation and image makes the first impression, which is important in setting the conditions and tone for the rest of the relationship. And subsequently, profile shots are important, especially in this digital age.
It's interesting thus, thinking about the though process of artists and how they chose to present themselves in the way they did.
Additionally, for the artists, the viewer's impression has another layer of effect, that is, on their expectations of the artist's works. If an artist dresses very conservatively, and thus, those give an impression that her work is very conservative - will then to disappoint audiences who look to her for that kind of art. The artist's image, has thus, become something like a book cover for her repertoire of work.
In the end, I don't know what I should contrive to dress like. There's a saying, don't dress for the job that you have, but dress for the job that you want. But truth be told, I don't know what that's like until this weeks' research... that is, artists, usually wear black or white.
I had a conversation with a friend about how an artist should style and present him/herself.
Clothes and presentation and image makes the first impression, which is important in setting the conditions and tone for the rest of the relationship. And subsequently, profile shots are important, especially in this digital age.
It's interesting thus, thinking about the though process of artists and how they chose to present themselves in the way they did.
Additionally, for the artists, the viewer's impression has another layer of effect, that is, on their expectations of the artist's works. If an artist dresses very conservatively, and thus, those give an impression that her work is very conservative - will then to disappoint audiences who look to her for that kind of art. The artist's image, has thus, become something like a book cover for her repertoire of work.
In the end, I don't know what I should contrive to dress like. There's a saying, don't dress for the job that you have, but dress for the job that you want. But truth be told, I don't know what that's like until this weeks' research... that is, artists, usually wear black or white.
Leonora Carrington - English-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Carrington
using a cat - prop.
Georgia o'keeffe - American artist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe
quintessential art chick look
Louise Bourgeois - French-American artist and sculptor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois
her work
Marlene Dumas - Artist/writer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dumas
http://www.marlenedumas.nl/
self portrait
her work
It was not easy to access the image of this artist. To put in crudely, it seems like images of her works travel faster and further than the images of the artist itself.
http://www.marlenedumas.nl/
self portrait her workIt was not easy to access the image of this artist. To put in crudely, it seems like images of her works travel faster and further than the images of the artist itself.
Yayoi Kusama - Writer/Artist
It's interesting to see how artists style themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama
I won't like to wear a wig.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama
I won't like to wear a wig.
Mindmapping - infographics
With the information age, presenting information in a concise and interesting way is more important than ever.
Here are some good infographics, including a mindmap.
Here are some good infographics, including a mindmap.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
「忐忑」龔琳娜
Coming from a tradition of technique and mastery then letting go.
Art music
Contemporary music
New music
Interesting and beautiful.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Rowena Reed Kostellow
Why isn't there a wikipedia page for rowena reed kostellow? Hello, internet? Anybody home?
guess who?
Who is this couple? Look at their countenance carefully.
It's the last emperor of China Puyi and the last empress Wanrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi#/media/File:%E6%BA%A5%E4%BB%AA%E5%92%8C%E5%A9%89%E5%AE%B9.jpg
Another Ted video: John Green: The nerd's guide to learning everything online
And then, when I was in tenth grade, I went to this school, Indian Springs School, a small boarding school, outside of Birmingham, Alabama. And all at once I became a learner. And I became a learner, because I found myself in a community of learners. I found myself surrounded by people who celebrated intellectualism and engagement, and who thought that my ironic oh-so-cool disengagement wasn't clever, or funny, but, like, it was a simple and unspectacular response to very complicated and compelling problems. And so I started to learn, because learning was cool.Learning is a kind of culture.
Culture shapes us all.
We cannot always choose our culture. but as artists - don't we hope to shape it? don't we hope to contribute to it? aren't we super sensitive to it?
I will still try to choose as much as I can.
http://www.ted.com/talks/john_green_the_nerd_s_guide_to_learning_everything_online/transcript?language=en#t-339405
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