Performance Video

My performance video.

Some editing was done to make this upload to blogger. the end scene has been shortened and the resolution was reduced significantly to allow for an upload.

Art is what the artist says it to be.

By being performers, we are all artists, one way or another.

Another huge thank you to the lovely cosplayers of Pax East.

Drone Art?

I pot this blog more as a question than as a legitimate blog in order to get some inquiry about this.

Is it actually possible to make art with drones? If so how?

I suppose my own answer would that a whole bunch of drones could be aligned up so that when their picture is taken from a specific height it makes a large scale design much like that of earth art.

Or as another possibility, there could be lights attached to the wings of each drone and they could be scripted to but on a light performance for viewers late into the evening. I would pay to see this...

What do you think?

3D Printing

The big one. 3D Printing.

This is a subject that could literally be talked about for hours upon hours. It's good and it's bad at the same time. It's complex but simple as well.

3D printing is our future it seems. At a pace that is almost incomprehensible, 3D printers have been made small enough to simply fit into the space of an office and now pretty much anyone with a few hundred bucks lying around can just go get one from Best Buy. 3D pritning is something that allows the imagination to run completely free and allows the creations of our mind to find a tangible form in our hands. Beyond being able to make a tiny version of the David sculpture for your table top game, it also allows a variety of useful functions such as making copies of lost tools on the ISS.

Need a new wrench because yours fell into orbit and burned up? Just print a new one!

Pixel Art

We have all seen amazing works of art created by amazing people using oils, pastels, charcoals and many other mediums. But what about the creations on the digital spectrum?

Let's ignore Photoshop for a bit and focus on something much more simpler. I'm talking about something that is akin to the 1980s, and that is Pixel Art. The creation of art though little tiny squares of color that forms wonderful pieces hardly imaginable on such a small scale.

Don't believe me? Have a look for yourself.

http://skull--kids.tumblr.com/

Pixel Art is an art form just like any other and it allows us to communicate ideas and thoughts through a truelly gorgeous and nostalgic way.

Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop CS 6.

That's the current version of Photoshop available to most users nowadays. When Photoshop first began, it required only a few mbs of ram (about 2 to be precise, a lot of people had to actually upgrade their computers to run the 'intense' graphics) and could do very limited things. Those things however were considered witchcraft at the time. Now Photoshop has the ability to turn a slice of pizza into a beautiful model. Has Photoshop gone too far or is it just getting started? I really cannot wait to see where it goes in the next ten years. Being an avid user of the program has be hoping for more and more intelligent UI in the program and I'm excited to see what sort of amazing creations come from Adobe next.

Digital Art

I wanted to touch on this at least once seeing as how the subject was rather short in class.

Digital art has come an increasingly long way and I plan to write a blog or two about the different programs involved. We know have the ability to make art on computers and it's pretty astounding to say the least. The fact that I can now write out a few hundred lines of code and have it generate a crazy design that would have taken me hours to create and animate with other programs truelly shows that the field of digital art is expanding rapidly and with all the new technologies available every year, this process is sure not to slow down anytime soon.

Holo Lens

I recently watched an exposition provided by Microsoft of their new holo lens technology and how it could immerse the user in an entirely virtual space within the comfort of their living room. This quickly goes back to my blog about virtual reality and how I was wondering what the future would be. Could this very well be it? Imagine equipping the lens, picking up a simple rod and having it transform into a paintbrush for you to apply paint where ever you felt like without the mess. There could be programs for different types of paint and you wouldn't ever need to worry abut screwing up. You could even have a high quality printer make prints of your work when you're done and there's no need to buy paint supplies when everything is provided by your holo lens.


Just food for the painterly thoughts in all of us.