sewhat photography

i took these photos to show the multiple emotions that went on during the time spent at sewhat. For example at the start of the day everyone was mostly happy/excited with a bit of nerves but not much at all, maybe even slightly stressed with regards to getting the costumes down there.

concept art, the meaning behind it

its a form of illustration which is used in the early process of creating a item, object or character for a film, comic book, video game etc.
several quick sketches of the subject will lead to the desired design. the sketches are then narrowed down by adding detail to the better ones and then deciding from there which one is best. concept are is also used to show development to investors, directors and clients. once the development of the work is complete, advertising materials often resemble the concept art.

concept arts origin came around in the 1930s by businesses such as, disney and was used from then on in the automative design industry.

To be a concept artist requires you to visually design a item, character or area that doesn't exist yet. they may on be used for the preliminary art work or they may be part of the actual design team until the project comes to a close. whilst its key to have the skills of a fine artist, they must also be able to stick to strict deadlines in the capacity of say a graphic designer. creating a happy medium between two very opposing areas. to be a concept artist you can come from pretty much any background its the way they interpret an idea where the concept artists creativity comes in, as subject mater is not in their hands.

some obscure surrealism techniques

bulletism- shooting ink at a blank canvas.
calligamme- a text or poem is wrote and the words and letters make up a shape, particularly relating to the message of said text or poem.
decalcomania- a process of spreading thick paint on a  canvas or paper, whilst dry placing objects into the paint for example paper, foil, wire etc. then before the paint dies remove the object then the pattern made becomes the basis of the final piece. artists such as, max ernst were famous for this.
eclaboussure- where oil and water paints were laid down and then the water was added(splattered or flicked) after. the remaining paint is then sucked up to reveal random splatters.

cubamania (form a surrealism)

in this technique its where a piece of work is simply cut into squares and then either automatically or randomly placed disregarding the look of the overall image. i thought this would be interesting to try using portrait photography to see what sort of image came out. 

although the name it does imply cube only theres has been some triangular ones. 

an example of cubamania art 

automatic art (surrealism automatism)

this technique basically takes away the conscious self-censorship that comes through in other techniques (not a bad thing). which set the piece up to show emotions, thoughts etc. automatic drawing is the parallel to automatic writing which is also a good practise for an artist. allowing the subconscious to come out. 

at the start i was simply just pencil and paper drawing but its developed over time and now theres quite a few painting and even graphic drawings which were done through automatic drawing. 

to me this is a good exercise to draw out peoples raw emotions and show what they are truly feeling. 

an automatic drawing by andre masson

hockney photo montage

these are 3 hockney or hockney inspired photomontages. i like how theres a range of ones where the photo is created by many separate photos and a photo which is just cut up into multiple smaller ones. 

 in this one its almost as if he took 20 photos of the man moving capturing separate stages in the mans movement but in the same collage. 

using alcohol with acrylic paints

start off with a 50/50 mix of a acrylic and water. paint the first layer then add alcohol using the end of a paint brush. leave to dry! 

continue to add layers until you are happy with the end result.

salt and splatter technique

Start off with some thick stretched out paper. Cover the bottom lay with whatever colour you want add a fair amount of water to the acrylic so it becomes runny. Add a layer of salt then wait for the paint to dry. Scrape the salt off, leaving a layer of slight bumpiness and paint. then proceed to use the splatter and throw techniques explained in other post.

research into paint throwing techniques

 the lines going through the paint were created by a clean paint brush pressed in and flicked, this brings out the colours layered underneath. 

 the spiral was created by water down acrylic in a cup and simply spilled in a spiral formation around the canvas. its also been layered up so the different colours were poured inside the shape of the first spiral(more or less)

 these throws were created by using multiple techniques ranging from using a spraying device to get faint dots, a nozzle on a paint pot to get finer lines and a pint pot with out nozzle to get large, thick lines. 

 the faint lines were created by a paint brush with minimal paint on, creating faint rough lines over played by thicker lines with are very defined in comparison 

 this was done by painting with a clean brush over the splattered yellows, greens and blacks(dots) in a  curved motion. the blacks give it that bit of extra depth that makes it stand out even as a background or bottom layer of the painting. 

this is the start where half of the painting was splattered thickly with yellow and the other with red