A “playful paint program” that you can play with, at http://positdesign.com/media/paintplay/
built with Processing
built with Processing
This semester I’m studying Processing, a Java-ish programming language developed by and for visual artists. I churned out a couple of sketches last week, but this is my first interactive piece in the language. I’m really having fun in code; I’m learning; I’m absorbing the algorithms by osmosis, and just [...]
process work
process work
I’m slightly obsessed with seeing work-in-progress. I was lucky enough this morning to stumble across a draft of a lasting brilliant piece of design work that transcends into art. Every designer need reminding that nothing comes from wholecloth, and that every iconic image is the work of actual human hands. [...]
outside is frightful
outside is frightful
Welcome to New England: the mercury flirts with single digits, and us hardy folk are faced with the challenge of dressing to bounce between warm bed, icy winds, overheated public transportation, frigid dashes across streets where drivers interpret red lights as the merest of suggestions. And who knows whether our [...]
Joan wears pants!
Joan wears pants!
I was thinking about my little sister, and was inspired to whip this up for her. Just a quick photoshop doodle:
REMINDER: come see my art
REMINDER: come see my art
This is your chance to see “Dead, Wrapped in Plastic”—my sculpture of dead Laura Palmer—live and in-person!
we need a montage!
we need a montage!
I had a lot of fun with the first project for my video class, and am really enjoying digging back into FinalCut Pro.
Dead, Wrapped in Plastic
Dead, Wrapped in Plastic
One of my co-workers, an incredibly talented artist herself, invited me to submit a piece to a juried art exhibit, Baby, It’s Cold Outside… , “about how you do/do not define, dismiss, despise, and/or devote yourself to ‘feminism.’” I especially liked the guideline to “free to offend, just be mindful as to whom you piss off.”
Programming is just language.
Programming is just language.
Why takes the science out of programming. He says: learning programming is about learning grammar. This is, very literally, language I understand.
the world is quiet here
the world is quiet here
Because I’m making art and words and websites and plans. FYI.
time enough at last
time enough at last
I’m terrifically excited about the end of this semester and my time being my own again.
There’s just SO MUCH STUFF that’s fun that I can’t wait to start digging into. First, I need to do something about my website and blog. Every year or so I get bored of the design of my website, and this year I have a very special idea about folding them together
a found weekend
a found weekend
I dropped my programming class. And to celebrate, I bought four canvases. I began digging into (quite literally) a massive, sculptural art project I’ve had broiling in the back of my head for months. It’s top-secret for now, but David Lynch is its muse and it may end as half a diptych.
I made this.
I made this.
Because he’s totally not Vader; he’s Old Man Potter grumpface, all that whippersnapper Bailey’s Savings and Loan is nothing but a miserable little socialist scam!
Final Project
Final Project
Completed my final animation project on Friday. You can see it right here; just make sure to have the volume turned up on your computer. The animation was done in Maya, which is the same software that Pixar uses! I mixed the audio in Audacity, and did all of the post-production work in FinalCut Pro.
