18 June 2018

Film Industry - dead giveaways

Signs you work at a CGi company

You wake up screaming with nightmares of intersecting polygons.
You get a paper cut and you bleed coffee.
Your best friend is your mouse *sniff* you never let me down*
You pet your desk lamp and call it Luxo Junior.
Pets get paged thru the intercom. “Fido to the back door please. And stay!”
You criticise “Reboot” because they don’t render the shadows
The sun rises and sets, apparently
You find yourself making ‘signs you work at…’ lists

Signs you work in film

7am is considered ‘sleeping in’
You use ‘stand by’ and ‘copy that’ in normal conversation
You buy household light bulbs based on colour temperature
Your fridge is empty and you have no clean underwear
People who wrap cables wrong irritate you
You can’t watch a movie without finding issues but watch until the credits end
Your turnarounds are so short you can’t get your phone fully charged
You can never get to a bank in business hours
You have no idea what day of the week it is

Signs you work in signage

You can word a disclaimer without thinking
All your fonts end in ‘XB’ or ‘black’
Anything under A4 is considered ‘fine print’
All your friends know what ‘vector’ means
The only time you feel steady is when you’re on a ladder
You have sixteen terms for very strong glue
You don’t know how to unlock Caps Lock

signs you work in sculpture

01 June 2018

Graffiti and Street Art

Graffiti Art

Aside from other disciplines, fresco/mural/street/graffiti is a more recent development.

#psycandy #1up

what i looked like in 2011


what i looked like from the other side in 2010

• 2007 •

"astrid" (detail)

"chaos / kaos"

• 2008 •

• 2009 •

• 2010 •

"madonna carried by angels"

"cherub" on canvas (commission)

• 2011 •

• 2012 •

• 2013 •

"art & love" (commission) digital

"chaos"

• 2014 •

digital CG 3D art "psycandy"

• 2015 •

my tutor: dolce (brazil)

• 2016 •

"mystic elephant"

• 2017 •

• 2018 •

16m² (commission) jameson whisky / cafe caprice

This page will be updated as I dig up photos and/or paint some walls...

Related: The Best of Chaos

so far the best theory

Postscript

Notes

Some of the art pictured is based on existing works, notably:

“Creation of Adam” by Michaelangelo, c. 1510, “Madonna Carried by Angels” by Jacopo Palma, c. 1590, “Whaam!” by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963

Commercial (Graffiti for film sets)

It is preferred to paint in the presence of the client, although feedback is possible by remote. Sketches typically serve as prep and are submitted for approval prior to application.

The process of good graffiti art has four stages:

ascertain compatibility/suitability (dimensions, surfaces, deadline)
plan, draw, finalize monochromatic on paper
factor special paint, rigging requirement
prime, sketch and paint the target in 3-5 complete passes

It is worth noting that scale is a factor, particularly with reference images:

It's all about scale!.

~ ↑uφ

Postscript iterum

experience timeline, hand art

* 'Iterum' is 'again' in Latin.

09 March 2018

FreeHand

FreeHand is everywhere.

Today I noticed, not for the first time, the FreeHand motif painted neatly on the tarmac. They're like everywhere. Well, okay, it might also mean 'Free Hugs' or a million other things, but the most obvious is FreeHand. Some might argue Fire Hose, or Fire Hydrant or Fire Here or Fish Habitat, but that's just water, innit? So FH is, then, er... Flowy Hydroxide? Fairly Heavy? Ooh, ooh, FunFair Hydro.

fookin hell

Fuckers should just slap a "W" on there. For Water. Or, if you're walking South, M for Moisture. Or, if you emerged from the East, E for Emergency Water. Or, if you happened across the 'W' from the West, the '3' will still look like a 'W', which is universal for Wishing Well.

I digress.

Everyone knows FH is FreeHand, like DW is Dreamweaver, FL is Flash, FW is Fireworks. Macromedia got there first, those Fantastic Heroes.