ADRIAN!

Monsieur Hulot - Collage and Cut Paper

2011-03-31T17:52:00.000-07:00

I had a lot of fun creating this photo collage combined with some cut paper techniques. Both cut paper and collage were used heavily in dada and synthetic cubism. I have a special place place in my heart for dada and cubism, so I'm a big fan of photo collage. The technique for collage is pretty straight forward. It's essentially an assemblage of parts, combined to create a new image. In addition to photos, other items are have often been used, including newspaper clippings and other printed ephemera, wood, ribbon, and other found objects. These collages can also include paint and at times are even covered with varnish, causing them to almost feel as if they are painted on. I have a long list of favorite artists that have used collage and cut paper. Some of my very favorite are Kurt Schwitters, Saul Bass, and Alexander Rodchenko. For this image I used a photo taken by Life photographer Yale Joel in 1958 of French comedian and director Jacques Tati. The background and the rain drops are created by scanning in paper that I cut with safety scissors (intended to be used by ages three to five) and the line of the smoke and the type were drawn using a very soft 7B pencil. I really like how it all turned out.

Intaglio

2011-03-31T17:28:00.001-07:00

Intaglio is a group of printmaking techniques in which an image is printed from a copper plate. A variety of techniques is used to create the image to be printed for the plate. One of these techniques is drypoint, in which an image is carved into the plate using a a metal tool. This leaves burrs on the edge of the line which results in a softer line. An image can also be created by etching in acid. To etch a plate, the surface is completely covered by a ground which will block the acid. If the ground is hard, an image can be scrapped out of it. If the ground is soft, the image is pressed into it. The plate is then immersed in acid. The acid then eats away at the exposed areas of the copper plate. Other techniques, such as aquatint, can be used to create fields of a more solid value. Once an image is created on the plate, the whole plate is covered in ink and the ink is then wiped. The areas that have been carved or etched out still hold the ink while on the surface their remains very little, if any ink. The ink in the plate is then transferred to paper by applying intense pressure on a press. Several posts down I attempted a digital recreation of intaglio on my "Orange Julius" image. On it I also imitated an additional technique used when printing intaglio called chine-colle. With chine-colle, when the print is passed through the press, pieces of colored paper with glue are also placed on top of the paper to be printed on. This results in the colored paper sticking to the print in a very flat manner, that often almost looks like paint. Some famous artists that used intaglio include Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt and Martin Schongauer

Train Lithograph

2011-03-31T16:40:00.001-07:00

This is my another one of my attempts at recreating the look of a traditional process by digital means. For this one I imitated lithography and I really enjoyed it. I'll definitely have to use this process more often. Lithography is a method of printing that has been used since 1796 and is based on the principle that water and oil repel each other. To create a lithographic print you need to start out with a piece of Bavarian limestone (seriously, it has to be from Bavaria. Most other limestones just don't work) that has been made very smooth. An image is then drawn onto the stone with wax or another oily surface. The stone is afterwards treated in order for it to attract water more effectively. When printing, the stone is made wet. This water repels the oily ink that is used and the areas that were drawn on with wax (and therefore repel the water) attract the ink. This method is effective at accurately reproducing a wide variety of line qualities. For this train, I attempted to recreate the textures and lines that appear when a lithographic crayon is used to draw on the stone. Also, in lithography, each stone can print one color, however, unlike screen printing and relief printing, a variety of densities of color can be achieved. I limited the amount of colors used in this image to mimic the traditional printing method. Many of my favorite artists of the past used lithography including: A.M. Cassandre, Will Bradley , and Ludwig Hohlwein.

Campfire

2011-03-31T16:38:00.000-07:00

Orange Julius Ceaser

2011-03-15T22:19:00.000-07:00

This is a digital version of an intaglio print. Carla Jimison would judge me, but I like it. Laura came up with the name. She's a clever one.

Impasto

2011-02-23T07:18:00.000-08:00

Impasto is a painting technique in which paint is applied very thickly to a canvas or other surface. It is most often done using oil paint, due to it's viscosity and the long amount of time it it takes to dry. However, it can also be accomplished to some extent using acrylic paint. In impasto, the strokes created with a brush or pallet knife are highly visible and at times even have a sculptural quality. Impasto is often used to catch the light in a certain way or to create other expressive qualities in a painting. It was heavily used by many impressionist and post-impressionist painters. Artists who used this technique include: Rembrandt, Monet, and VanGogh.

Screen Printing

2011-02-17T18:39:00.000-08:00

Screen Printing is a method of creating prints using stencils. A screen is used to hold the sections of the stencil intended to block the ink. The screen is stretched tightly across a frame. The areas not intended to be printed can be blocked out in a variety of ways, including physically cutting material or through photographic processes. Ink is then dragged across the screen using a squeegee or roller and it forced through the openings of the screen on to a surface below. The resulting image generally has very clean defined edges and a high degree of precision is possible. Compared to digital printing there are however subtle inconsistencies to the line that are often quite beautiful. Sometimes the screen can also be evident in certain areas of the print. Screen printing carries many of the same limitations as relief printing (discussed below). A new screen must be made for each color printed, which leads to issues of registration. Many of my favorite artists have used screen printing heavily, including: Charley Harper, David Wiedman and Jason Munn

Relief Print

2011-02-17T18:16:00.000-08:00

Relief printing is pretty much like creating a big stamp. To create a relief print you first must select a surface you will be printing from (also known as a plate or block). This could include wood, linoleum, rubber, metal or even potatoes. You then begin to carve out the areas that you do not want to be printed. This creates an uneven edge to shapes that can range from being slightly wobbly to extremely jagged. Once the carving is finished, ink is rolled with a brayer unto the surface of the areas that remain uncarved. The image is now transferred by placing paper on the surface and applying pressure. Several of the limitations of this process are the inability to print different values or colors from the same block. To print separate colors, separate blocks need to be carved. Care needs to be used when lining up these separate colors with each other in the completed image. This process of lining up is called registration. These limitations and the difficulty of registration give relief printing a unique look. Several artists that have used relief printing include: Dirk Hagner, Jim Flora, and M.C. Escher.

Drybrush and Scumble

2011-02-06T19:21:00.000-08:00

Drybrush is a painting technique in which you paint with a brush...that is dry. Drybrush technique can be used with both oil-based and water-based paints. The brush is first squeezed dry and is then loaded with a thick paint. It is then painted on dry support. The result is a scratchy appearance in which the strokes are clearly visible. In scumbling a thin glaze of opaque paint i applied over a surface and specks of paint beneath it show through. Some artists who have used these techniques include: Paul Klee, Rembrandt and El Greco.

Baritone

2011-02-02T20:27:00.000-08:00

When I was in fifth grade a played the baritone. It was as big as I was, but I still carried it the 3 blocks to school and then back home twice a week. Maybe if I would have picked a smaller instrument I would have kept playing. I should have learned to play the triangle.

Den Haag

2011-01-24T06:54:00.001-08:00

The Salesman

2011-01-18T18:29:00.001-08:00

I completely changed directions for my "cel animation" illustration. The old one looked a it depressing. This guy looks happy. Maybe a bit slimy, but happy!

Cel Animation

2011-01-17T06:30:00.000-08:00

(This is what I'm working on right now, but i'm not sure how I feel about it. It will most likely change soon.) This week I researched a bit about cel animation. Cel animation was the most common way of animating before the more recent development of computer animation. Cel animation gets it's name because of the celluloid that is used in creating it. In cell animation, the background painting is painted on an opaque surface and all other elements such as characters are painted on individual sheets of celluloid that can subsequently be placed over the opaque background. When creating the portions that appear on the cel the outline is inked on one side. Then the artist is able to flip the cel over in order in order to paint in the color and other details that aren't included in the main outline. To recreate this technique digitally, I first scanned in the hand drawn drawn portion and took at all the background, leaving only the line. I then Painted in the color on a separate layer behind the drawing. In my research for this process, I came across several amazing mid-century modernist animators. One of my favorites was Tom Oreb, who is known for his work at Disney as well as work with a few other studios. I also enjoyed the work by the animators at UPA and Ray Patin Productions.

The "t" Crosser

2011-01-09T19:34:00.000-08:00

In my digital illustration I was given the assignment to research the discipline of technical illustration, including several artists and the tools they used. I then attempted to digitally recreate the aesthetic quality of the work that they created with traditional means. The practitioners that I was automatically drawn to were some of the early artists and architects of the modern art movements. A few that especially caught my attention were Francis Picabia (particularly his Dada period) as well as Walter Gropius and Laszlo Maholy-Nagy, both famous for their teaching and leadership at the Bauhaus. The primary tool that was used for technical drawing at this time was the ruling pen, used alongside rulers and compasses. A ruling pen held it ink in a slot between two metal jaws. A screw was then turned in order to adjust the width of the line created my the pen. With a ruling pen an artist was able to maintain a consistent line width while still having the ability to adjust the width for different applications. In my illustration, I applied the use of clean lines with consistent widths. I also used flat planes of color that mimic the "machine aesthetic" valued by these modernists.

Invasive Species

2010-03-30T14:54:00.001-07:00

The Jay and the Peacocks

2010-03-30T14:48:00.001-07:00

"Fine feathers don't make the bird"
- Aesop

Self Portrait as a Sailor.

2010-03-30T14:47:00.000-07:00

Oliver Warbucks

2010-03-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

I used a digital version of an oil lift out technique for this one . . . kind of.

Indian

2010-03-30T14:43:00.001-07:00

Gallo

2010-03-30T14:40:00.001-07:00

I played around with some textures I made to create this rooster strolling around the Caribbean countryside.

Chartres

2010-02-09T15:48:00.001-08:00

I'm not sure how to pronounce it, but it looks charming.

Digital drawing made to look like a woodblock print for Digital Illustration Class.

The Kaiser

2010-02-09T15:45:00.000-08:00

Line and color drawing done for Digital Illustration Class.

Burglar

2010-02-09T15:37:00.001-08:00

Burglars aren't cool, but sometimes they look cool.

Vector drawing done for Digital Illustration Class.

50 inventions from 50 states

2009-10-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

I made this set of cards for an assignment for my graphic design class. I had to do a lot of research, but it was a lot of fun. I learned all kinds of fun facts like that Play-doh was originally made as a wallpaper cleaner, that bubble gum is pink because that was the color of food coloring laying around the day it was invented, and that popcicles were invented by an 11 year old.

Frank Gehry

2009-10-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

is awesome! He's my favorite Canadian post-modern deconstuctivist architect!

Monet

2009-07-22T17:24:00.000-07:00

Shadow Series

2009-07-17T15:07:00.001-07:00

Summer Drive

2009-06-29T22:00:00.000-07:00

Summer is finally here and it's hot! But it's perfect weather to go for a drive with the windows down!

Frost Bites

2009-06-27T14:47:00.001-07:00

I just got done with a project for my graphic design class working with IBC (Integrated Business Core). It's a program that the business department does where a group of students creates a company. They have to take out a loan and plan there expenses and everything. It's all the business students do for a whole semester and all of there classes are dedicated to it. We got paired up with a group called Frost Bites, that makes a custom ice cream sandwiches. I got to work with an awesome design team that included my good friends, Joseph Turner, James Teerlink, and Geri Egbert, who are all excellent designers. We made an identity for there booth, walk-along posters, a mascot, an ad for the school newspaper, and we touched up there logo. It was a lot of fun! Here's a little look at a few things we did.

Crickets

2009-06-19T18:58:00.001-07:00

Bobby went to San Francisco this past weekend for his brother in laws graduation. He brought back a present for us and made us promise that we'd use it. Well, they were salt and vinegar flavored crickets. Oh Boy! Bobby, Laura and I all tried them! They tasted like sunflower seed shells. Thanks Bobby!

Night Photography

2009-06-15T16:10:00.000-07:00

This week, my assignment for color photo was night photography, so Laura and I went out one night and took pictures in downtown Twin Falls. It was pretty fantastic. I think it's one of my new favorites!

Day 10

2009-06-13T21:20:00.001-07:00

Day 9

2009-06-13T21:19:00.001-07:00

Day 8

2009-06-13T21:17:00.000-07:00

Day 7

2009-06-13T21:14:00.000-07:00

Day 6

2009-06-09T20:57:00.001-07:00

Day 5

2009-06-09T20:33:00.000-07:00

Day 4

2009-06-09T20:31:00.001-07:00

Day 3

2009-06-09T20:24:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry I haven't been posting my Photo Journal every day. Don't worry, I've still been doing it. So, I'm going to post four days all at once.

Happy Ernesta Day!

2009-06-06T18:36:00.000-07:00

Abstraction

2009-06-05T21:34:00.001-07:00

For my color photo class this week, I had to take abstract pictures, that focused more on form than on subject. I had a lot of fun with this project. The colors seem to be a bit muted on here, and they're small, so I don't know if they have quite the same effect.

Day 2

2009-06-05T21:08:00.001-07:00

Ernesta Week

2009-06-05T20:51:00.000-07:00

So, this has been another pretty fantastic Ernesta week! I was going to take a picture of the food every day, but I only got Hot Dog Monday. But I like it!

Day 1

2009-06-04T22:32:00.001-07:00

For my color photo class I need to keep a photo journal for 8 days. Each day I'm supposed to choose one picture that I have taken that day. Laura did this same project last year and had a lot of fun with it. I'm excited to see what I can come up with. For day one, I have yet another picture of my brads.

Happy Holidays!

2009-05-30T18:31:00.001-07:00

Brad!

2009-05-29T16:13:00.001-07:00

Here are more pictures for my pet project. Laura took the last one. I think they're fun!

Jason Hewlett Poster

2009-05-27T20:39:00.000-07:00

Painting!

2009-05-24T19:39:00.000-07:00

Laura and I had some fun playing around with paint on brown craft paper.

Last Week

2009-05-18T16:29:00.000-07:00

So, I was looking at some photos that I took last week and I thought "Hey I like these photos, I should post them on my blog." So I did!

Bonneville

2009-05-11T20:18:00.001-07:00

Murtaugh

2009-05-11T20:03:00.001-07:00

I went down to Murtaugh this weekend and it was great! The weather was beautiful and Laura and I went out to take pictures. It was a lot of fun!

Compound Word Symbols

2009-05-11T19:30:00.000-07:00

I just finished this project for my graphic design class. We had to create symbols for 5 different compound words. Some of them are more obvious than others. How many of them can you read?

Pet Project

2009-05-06T10:00:00.001-07:00

In my graphic design class we've been given an assignment called the pet project. My teacher brought various items that he found around his house or at the DI. We had to choose one of these items. I chose a handful of brads. We need to take 10 pictures of our "pet" every week until at the end of the semester our teacher will give us a surprise project that we have to use the photos we have taken to complete. So far, I've learned that taking pictures of little shiny metal objects is really hard to do without blowing out the highlights. Oh well, I'll learn. I'm sure you'll see more of these photos in the future.

Back Alley

2009-05-04T15:52:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures that I took while going for a walk today. It's a pretty nice day.

Capsicum Sans

2009-04-27T22:57:00.000-07:00

I made an alphabet out of peppers!

Happy Conference Weekend!

2009-04-05T12:33:00.000-07:00

It's a beautiful day here! These are some pictures I took of changing clouds in Murtaugh.

Bright Spring Morning

2009-03-21T12:39:00.001-07:00

It's a beautiful day today! Spring came on time to Rexburg this year! This morning Laura and I decided to wake up early to go and take pictures. We got up just before sunrise and went down to Rigby. It was a lot of fun. I really like morning.

Early Memories

2009-03-06T17:20:00.001-08:00

Lately, I've been thinking about creative thinking. Sometimes it can be kind of tough to come up with creative, original ideas. Yesterday in Art Seminar, the speaker talked about how children are really creative, but then schools put down that creative thinking. So, I decided to try to learn a bit from my childhood self! Last night I started to write down, in a Moleskine Notebook, random childhood memories and do simple sketches for them. It's fun to realize how differently I saw things back then. I'm sure that the way I remember a lot of things happening are sometimes quite different than what actually happened. Some things may have never actually happened. Some things I may have just heard about, but I made a visual image in my head that I can't really differentiate from an actual memory anymore. Another aspect that I find interesting is how much I'm sure my memories were skewed over time. (Wow! I feel all philosophical!) Well, anyway, it's really fun. I'll need to keep it up. This is what I have so far. I'm trying to keep the visuals as accurate as I can to how I actually remember them. I hope you enjoy it! (I apologize for the spelling errors and sloppy hand writing. I hope you can read it.)

Darkroom Photography

2009-03-06T17:00:00.000-08:00

Last summer I took a photography class. I decided to post a few of the photos I took for that class. These were all shot on 35 mm film and printed in a darkroom. I miss the darkroom!

Blue Whale

2009-02-23T17:33:00.000-08:00

Here's a better pictures of my whale! I know I'm way more excited about it than I should be, but I like it! I want to paint more now!

Painting!

2009-02-21T17:50:00.000-08:00

Laura and I decided to paint today. I painted a whale! I'm a bit new to painting so I'm still learning. I'm not pro like Laura. Her's is real big!

25 Random Things

2009-02-10T20:58:00.000-08:00

So, everyone seems to have been doing this 25 random things thing lately. Laura did it and it was fun to read, so I thought I'd give it a try too.

1. I always tell people that my favorite color is orange, but I think it's secretly green.
2. My favorite breakfast food is leftover spaghetti.
3. My favorite socially acceptable breakfast food is toast and peaches.
4. My first CD ever was by the hip-hop gospel group, God's Property.
5. I used to want to be an architect, until I learned how many math classes I would need to take.
6. I'm one of those wierd people that likes to go to bed early and wake up early.
7. I one time had to dress up like a hula gorilla and stand on a street corner waving at cars for my job.
8. When I was 11, I had a crush on Dominique Moceanu and I bought her autobiography from the scholastic book orders at school... but so did Bobby.
9. Colorado is my favorite state I've never been to.
10. I know way more about Nsync than I like to admit. I blame Linda.
11. I've lived in Seattle for pretty much my whole life and I've never been up in the Space Needle.
12. I've worked harvesting potatoes in Idaho.
13. I love to learn about rocks.
14. I want to go to both Croatia and Uzbekistan someday.
15. My favorite ice cream is vanilla.
16. My favorite cereal is Corn Chex.
17. I've scooped ice cream at an All Star Game.
18. I love enjoying the sights wherever I am.
19. I like how letters look.
20. My third favorite color is dark gray.
21. I like almost anything with peaches in it.
22. I still use a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pillow case.
23. Linda used to forge my mom's signature on permission slips, when I forgot to have my mom sign them.
24. When I was younger, I wanted a rain forest room.
25. Even though I've seen it snow in June in Idaho more than once, it's one of my favorite places.

Typogram

2009-02-09T15:52:00.000-08:00

This is a typogram that I created for my typography class. To create a typogram, you make a logo that portrays the meaning of a word, just using the letter forms of that word. I chose the word diaspora. It means the scattering of a people (like the scattering of Israel). If you've never heard of it, no worries, it's a new word for me too.

Oh School

2009-01-28T20:37:00.001-08:00

It's going great. This is me doing homework. It's good to be back in school. Even if it means homework.

New Semester

2009-01-24T19:01:00.000-08:00

Sorry it's been so long since I updated my blog. It's a new semester up here in Rexburg, so I figured it was about time to add something. The semester's going great. My favorite class is my typography class with Brother Burgener. He's an amazing teacher. Here's a picture from our first project, a type hunt around Rexburg. I really liked this photo.

Type

2008-08-26T16:13:00.000-07:00

So, I'm a really big nerd and I was reading a book about the history of the alphabet. I thought it would be fun to try to create some of the characters from the Semitic alphabet (the original alphabet) in a Roman typeface. I know I'm one of very few people who would find that fun. So, a made and aleph (the ancestor of A) and a heth (the ancestor of H). I still have a lot to learn about typography, so I'm sure there's a lot wrong with these, but it was fun.

VanderHoeven Machine

2008-06-21T14:12:00.000-07:00

Demolition Rickshaw

2008-06-21T14:10:00.001-07:00

Leza

2008-06-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

This is another graphic design assignment. It's a logo for a Carribean Art gallery.

Russian Cultural Association

2008-06-21T13:58:00.000-07:00

I made these banners for the Russian Cultural Association website.

the Stenberg Brothers

2008-06-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

These are some posters I made for my graphic design class. We were assigned to design a poster to promote an exhibit on a designer of our choice. I made mine about Georgii and Vladimir Stenberg. They were Russian graphic designers around the time of the Russian Revolution

Hello Friends!

2008-06-21T13:11:00.000-07:00

I finally made a blog since all the cool kids are doing it and I felt left out. Actually, I'm mostly doing it because my mom said I should. I thought I'd just post some of the graphic design stuff I've been working on lately so all you friends can see it.