Observational Sketch

Observing Skulls

For part of my primary research I decided I should look at skulls and how they are shaped differently for differently for different species. So I went to Exeter Museum to so some observational sketches of any skulls they had. Unfortunately they only had two different skulls which were a Tigers and a Siberian Dogs. I decided to draw them anyway, I did them both in HB Pencil and I did as much detail as I could and were proud of the outcomes.

What I learned from this exercise is that when I draw something from observation, I need to really focus on what I'm doing because it's easy to make mistakes.

Tiger Skull

Siberian Dog Skull

Finally some of my work! - Initial Sketches

Sketch Book Work

So here's my first personal piece of artwork!

At college my first brief was entitled 'Traces'. This we could interpret however we wanted, be it scars, forensics, maps etc. I decided I would work it in a more personal way looking at my traces, such as where I've been educated, where I've lived and my interests and hobbies.This is a quick sketch I did in designing my final piece for my college course. It is a self portrait on my self (it's not great but, it's good enough!) and a skull merged together. So here are a couple of basic and preliminary sketches.

Fine-liner sketch using different techniques

Pencil sketch using different types of techniques

For both sketches I used straight line techniques and continuous line techniques so that the two halves of the image would contrast the different representations of me. I prefer the skull on the fine-liner sketch as it has more tone and looks much darker and Gothic, and I prefer the actual face of the pencil sketch as I like the softer tones and lines. I think when I produce my final piece I will take both of these ideas into account to produce the best of my styles.

My Own Artwork

In the next few days I will be uploading some of my own artwork, designs, and doodles! If you could leave any feedback on them- positive or negative, it would be very help full!

Thanks, Ash

New Media Photography Artist

Ted Grudowski

Ted Grudowski is a 3D Photographer which works just like going to see a movie in a cinema; you need to wear a pair of 3D glasses to view the images in 3D. Although it isn't a picture that stands out on it's own (like 3D Printing) the concept of the style is well thought out. His photography is abstract and I believe to view them in 3D would make viewing them alot more enjoyable.

(Title Unknown) image taken from Grudowski's official page

More at: newmediaphoto.com/‎

Graphic New Media Artist

Henrik Sahlstrom

Henrik Sahlstrom is a graphic Designer/Concept Artist currently working with EA DICE. He designed the concept art for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and has previously worked with Starbreeze developing games like Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena and Syndicate along with others. He also freelances.

Comparison of the Brothers Concept art and in-game Art

More info at: http://henriksahlstrom.wordpress.com/

Fashion New Media Artist

Alexander McQueen

Alexander Mcqueen is a textiles artist/Fashion Designer. He was one of the first artists to stream a catwalk live on the internet. His fashion show- entitled Plato's Atlantis was working with pop artist Lady Gaga and on the night of the show she tweeted her new single 'Bad Romance' was going to be aired at the end of the show causing thousands of her fans to log on to Showstudio.com who were streaming the show which resulted in the site crashing. However, the live catwalk was ground breaking and hadn't been done before despite the crash. Nick Knight had also created a sci-fi film that provided the backdrop to the show. He also had mounted cameras which were also used as part of the show.

Screen Shot from Plato's Atlantis

More info at:

• http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/news/what-happened-to-mcqueen-s-live-stream#image=1
• http://www.designsoftheyear.com/2010/02/10/alexander-mcqueen-springsummer-2010-catwalk-presentation-plato%E2%80%99s-atlantis-uk/

New Media Fine Artist

G.H. Hovagimyan

G.H. Hovagimyan is an experimental cross media, new media and performance artist who lives and works in New York City. Once piece I found by him is called 'A Soapopera for iMacs' which is composed of 4 Apple iMacs placed in a furnished room like a family in a soap opera. At first I didn't quite know what to think but then I realized it was more of a humorous piece. The computers interact with each other and the people around them. The computers talk about food, sex, politics, cars and shopping and react to key words spoken by either person or other computers. However, words can be misunderstood and conversations can go in odd directions.

More information at:

• http://www.artelectronicmedia.com/artwork/a-soapopera-for-laptops-a-soapopera-for-imacs

A Soapopera for iMacs