Final Digital Art post.

All photos are my own. The hearts on I take thee heart were from Creative Commons found on Google.

Source Images for Comic Book.

Images I will be using as my source material to turn into comic book pages. The images are my own. I hope to turn these into comic images via photoshop

I am absolutely horrible at sketching. But the rough idea for the comic book was going to be a wedding and all the conflict that can build throughout the day before the culmination in joy.

My final work for the design competition entry.

I wanted photos that worked off one another while turning our thoughts of the graduate on it's head.

For the design competition I wanted to incorporate my photography with some type of hook. A design element. Yes that could be done in camera using leading lines or many other design techniques. But I wanted to include more than just a photo so I put together a concept for a movie poster displaying my work.

With three photos working around font that will catch the viewers eye I'm hoping to look authentic.

Website Design Two

I have the idea and colors in my head but I don't like the fonts and I can't figure out how one would add video onto the page. I'm sure there is a plugin of some sort I could use but I think it would add some pinache if there was a video on the splash page.

Website Design

I'd like to have a simple asctetic for my website layout. I'd like it to flow and be user friendly. One thing I'm not certain how to do is add video. But I like the idea of creating a clean look with a slideshow demonstrating my work as the featured part of the home page.

Sketches

Brainstorming Phase. EmpireX Logo

Artist Statement

Notes, write, edit.  Re-write, re-read, edit.  Throw it away. Write again, read, edit.  Writing as an artform has always been a tedious task at best for me.  However it is through this medium that I fell in love with (while simultaneously disdaining) the creative process.  I've always had an intrinsic infatuation with art. What were they thinking? How did they do this, how did they shade that? This carried over into a new found digital revolution of photography for me.

What time of day is it? When will the light be right, the direction, the background. What is the subject wearing, what accessories will stimulate the image?  Shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance.  Documentary, fine art, portrait. What is it I'm doing?  Every click of the shutter brings a tidal wave of technical questions flowing through me in one synergistic push.

It can be maddening to love what you do sometimes, because it's never enough. There is always something that could have been better, a detail missed.  Lights, camera(raw), actions. The real artwork begins.  A touch up here, a curve there, a level all around.  Everything can be adjusted, but really it's just a continuation of the pursuit of the white whale that is perfection.  Through the looking glass it can be seen, but never achieved.  The fun is in the journey.