Here is my new 3D project, hot off the presses (or render farm). Who needs flying cars when you have hover cars on gigantic winding hovering roads? The future would look cooler my way.

Here is a project I did in Experimental Media, it’s six manipulated photographs about mankind’s dependence upon technology, and technology’s dependence upon mankind. Make sure you look pretty carefully at each image, as the manipulations are not supposed to be obvious at first glance.

There is actually a cartooning class at RIT and I am enjoying it like crazy! It is always great to practice things, but when it is something I already feel passionate about, I get an extra kick of excitement. Today we were doing pieces in the style of famous creators, each student needed to intensely analyze the artist we were assigned, then use that information to realize what interesting bits and pieces we could incorporate into our own styles. I was assigned Seth and given the graphic novel Clyde Fans: Book 1 for reference.

I made sure to note the documentary style, like there is a camera actually following a character around, and cutting to close ups in between. The characters tend to do menial real life tasks while words come streaming out of their mouths, not necessarily on topic. The backgrounds are loaded with detail, but always with simple objects, nothing is too complex. The color palette is very consistent, it is either blue, gray, a mix of the two, or pure white (on yellowish paper). Let me know if you think I got the style.

Because I received so many compliments on my pastel figure drawing last week (check it out), I thought you might want to see a few other pastel pieces I scrounged up.

This is quite an old fruit and vegetable still life, but I enjoy the reflective quality of the fruit and surface, and the color of the wall. Then I have two self portraits: the pointing one is the older (and least successful) of the two, but I like that I was at least going for the foreshortening and distortion. And the colors have some life to them in the inquisitive one.

Also known as “Rat Race”, even though you’re actually using lab mice. Lab mice that are high above Earth’s orbit. It will make more sense when you view it.

I know I haven’t posted for quite some time, but that is because I have been working hard on finishing up my finals. That includes designing an online portfolio, writing a paper, writing a journal, and two projects. The first project I finished is for QTVR:

Check out Air Guitar

You can vote and see ratings now! Oh, and you can sort them!

Now we’re getting into the 360 views that the class title “QTVR” promises. I went to take pictures of water falls at Stony Brook about 40 minutes away with Pat. Be sure to check his out as they are extremely cool! Below are just my images. I’ll be sure to get back to you when I have them in Flash interfaces next week.

The assignment for project 2 was to make a photo montage. It should reveal many sides of a subject. I chose as my subject squirrels. But my interpretation are that they are a bit parasitic. You see, my neighborhood in Rochester is becoming overrun by squirrels. They are constantly on yards, in trees, and far too often: in trash cans. Every green plastic barrel seems to have a squirrel-sized hole chewed into it. Maybe we’re being overrun by clever hungry squirrels… but the point is they’re everywhere!

I’m taking a digital photography class this quarter called QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) which does not use QuickTime at all, as it is an out-of-date technology. But still, we use Flash and it does the same sort of simulation. I didn’t realize I wanted a break from things so badly, but now that I have the opportunity to get out and take photographs it feels great!

Here are the results of project 1: three photographs with a theme. Can you figure out the theme? I’ll post tomorrow with the answer.