This work is done by Ciro Marchetti from Great Britain. He did a lot of work on astronomical themes. Ciro uses photoshop for a lot of his works, that helps to reflect all the imagination he has. He uses different mixture of colors and layers to come up with the final idea. Ciro's art has won a number of prizes at MacWorld competitions.  I liked it because it seems for me very clear and bright.   

Week 4 Apophysis

I named this photo - Green with Envy

I have finally suceeded in making my first apophysis and I have had so much fun with this assignment. I am so glad to be back on track as well. I value any and all opinions and feedback. I love how there are so many different diverse options to choose from in the apophysis frames.

MOCA Week 6

Oliver Wetter signs his art as Fantasio. He says he has painted ever since he could think. He is a 24 year old German who has explored and created in almost all medias, His digital art today is an amalgam of painting, digital illustration, 3-d modelling, photography, and typography. He thinks of his art as "all-genre." He writes, "To describe my art is something difficult, because it's a progressive development towards the perfect use of nearly every media..." He describes his style as maybe Magritte-inspired symbolism. Sixteen of his works are included in this exhibit.

MOCA Week 5

"Untitled Series C"

The top photo caught my eye as it reminds me of an angel with bold beautiful wings

Transient Aspirations

The artist that I selected for this week is Oliver Gili who is from England. Prior to editing his work in adobe photoshop, he uses acrylic and oils to create his artwork and then scans it into his computer. He has exhibited at galleries in his hometown, as well as showing his work via projectors in local eateries, pubs and clubs. Oliver Gili states that "he draws upon the techniques of post-impressionism, the artificial realities of computer game graphics and the intensity of stained glass. Mr. Gili can also be reached via email at olivergili@bigfoot.com

MOCA Week 4

"Fix It"

"Faces"

Hello everyone, I am sorry for the absence was a little under the weather and am finally regaining my strength and energy.

The artist that I selected for Week 4 is Regina Lafay. At just the age of 19 she began to experiment with painting on top of her prints prior to discovering Adobe photoshop. Her artwork can be seen in various movies, magazines and as tattoo prints on individuals. Her artwork is a healing vessel to those who have experienced abuse or suffer from mental illness.

Additional photos of her artwork can be found on her website at www.lafay.org

MOCA Week 5

Regina Lafay began her career in 1990 at age 19 as a photographer. Several years after her career began she discovered Adobe Photoshop, and started adding different elements to her photographs such as paint, smudge tool, and other applications to enhance her images. Lafay has stated that the goal behind her artwork is to help raise awareness and uncover the beauty of raw emotion, in addition to help heal herself and those who feel isolated and alone. Ultimately she hopes that the artwork she creates assists in the education of those who do not understand what many individuals experience as survivors of mental illness and abuse. After viewing several of her images, I definitely got the sense that there is a deeper meaning behind her artwork. I chose “Rebirth” and “Finding Peace” because I enjoyed viewing them, and also because I felt that both of the images and their titles represent the messages and feelings that are the intention behind the artwork of Regina Lafay.

GRAPPA

This assigment was a lot of fun, it seems like it would be something really easy at the same time hard to create but for me it was very hard. I have a lop top that does not have a regular mouse, so in order to get this kind of pictures done I had to try a million times so it would look like there were swirls. This is an amazing tool to use this pictures look so amazing and is only by a touch of one tool. I really enjoyed working oni this assigment.

This is my ultra fractal image. I don't understand why it states evaluation copy all over it. I signed up for the 30 day trial. This was my first attempt. I like to go with the reds and yellows. Fall colors. Anyone else have this problem?

I love this image. It is called Venice. I like the way the colors run into each other. When I think of Venice I think of the City of Water. The blues and purples contrast nice against the orange, aquas and tans. It is beautiful.

The artis that I choose this week is Carol Cooper she is a Canadian artist. Her prints are digitally painted photographs that sometimes incorporate fractal and abstract. All her work are digital photographs that she manipulates. This picture remined me a little of the work we did this week the Apophysis, I love how we can change and make anything with the right colors to make it look just right.

APOPHYSIS

This was an amazing task, I love how creating a picture has to do with math and various points. This was so much fun to create and I will be using it a lot more.

Vadim Gorodnitsky

Vadim is an Israel native whose themes, in this collection, or religion based. Most of the pictures are of the old testament, while others are spins on Greek myth. There was nothing on MOCA about the artist so when I searched the internet for some information, I found a list of cameras and lens that he uses, but could not find out what program(s)he uses. He has two cameras - a Canon EOS-350D and a Casio QV-R3. He uses the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens. His pictures are a blend of real photographs with digital additions and alterations. The first photo is his variation of Atlas, the second is Icarus followed by Creation Myth.

Week 5 Ultra Fractal

I like this program, but found myself getting frustrated that I could not make the images come out the way I liked. This is the best out of my trials - I call it DNA. I loved the luminosity of the strands in the center combined with the subtle mirror in the background. In most of the photos I did, I used a combination of mapping styles - most common were Kaleidoscope and Ripples. I think this will be the program I play around with the most after the class is over because it has the possibility of creating some really cool desktop backgrounds. That is my photo test for fractals. If the picture looks great on my desktop, then I think its a winner. If it doesn't work on the desktop, then its back to square one.

Week 6 MOCA assignment

Kolja Tatic is a Yugoslavian architect who told MOCA that he utilizes 3D rendering programs to create these pictures, but I infer from his website that he uses many different programs when he works. He refers to himself as a painter and an author even when working with photos on the computer. His website has a heartfelt essay he wrote that both laments the slow growth of appreciation for computer-generated art and rejoices in the limitless abilities that "mastery over the graphics software" can give the artists of the world. http://koljat.tripod.com/

These are "ShadowHP" and "Blue Fog" from his current exhibit, "Glass City." Its primary theme to me is of loneliness and serenity. There are shadows and geometric shapes such as spheres in virtually every work.

Week 6 - Line Rider assignment

My Line Rider assignment is posted on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAI_7_ZqBsc

I am sorry it is not as pretty as I would have liked, but it took a very long time for me to meet the parameters of the assignment (one minute and no crash at the end). I guess my brain isn't wired for physics and geometry? I am happy with it the way it is.
Have fun, to everyone who hasn't tried this yet. Katherine

I chose a Pam Blackstone image this week. I liked the sleek look and feeling of this fractal image. The use of black and white gives it a silver effect. I feel like the ball could be rolling all around, up and down like a child's toy, or one of those office toys you buy for your desk.

ace of Hearts Week 5

This week (5) was very exciting. It was a little difficult to come up with a design that I felt good about. Using many different variations within apophisis to fianlly get something i could post. Spent a lot of time on this project. check out the rest of my work on photothing. Im looking forward to checking out everybody's work also.

UFO in the eternity (?)

Unfortunately, in spite of the fun I was having with that project, all my creations are meaningless. so, I just call that "sunrise in my computer's lake". 

Week 5

I enjoyed this week's assignment of creating different design elements with the fractal tools. There are many effects that can be applied through this method to the images which really enhances the overall appearance of the designs. Pam Blackstone's work on the MOCA website were great examples of fractal design, and I really admired her work. My favorite image of Blackstone's would be "Spooky Moon." I liked how it seemed as though the image was created with many layers, giving it a sense of depth. I created several images using the Ultra Fractal program, and have posted this image of what I thought looked like an infinite staircase to nowhere. I have posted additional images on Fotothing.

The name of that work is Hitchcock Meets Warner Bros. I found it amazing!!!!! it reminds me of a majic cartoon, I don't know why. it is made by Janet Parke. She is known at Ballet Memphis (Tennessee) as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. However, she has been also known as an established fractal artist. Janet won a lot of prizes and exhibited a lot of her collections. She was actually almost hte first one who explored UltraFractal and posted a lot of tutorials on that. That work was completely done in UltraFractal. well, more inspirations for me :)

MOCA Week 4

Glanfyll Lewis started experimenting with computer painting in 1994 following the introduction of computers in her architectural practice. She encouraged diversity in her work starting from the premise that the element of chance should be embraced and not ignored and that the complexity of form, spatial arrangements, colours, textures, etc., can lead to an increased potential for accident. She is constantly aware that any study of nature reveals diversity of form and evolving disciplines. She encourages this principle in all of her paintings."

MOCA- Wk 5

Though I wanted to deviate from a fractal artist, I chose an artist who works primarily with fractals. His work, to me, is amazing. David Makin was born in England in 1962, and began working with fractals in 1999 when he started using "Fractint", an older fractal software. He got hooked to this type of art and began writing his own fractal software. Now, he uses Ultrafractal, which he writes formulas for. He uses 99% of those formulas to create his own prints. He's won multiple awards and has had sevreal published works. Most recently, David Makin has begun working with 2D and 3D IFS fractals including static art and animations. It's amazing to think that he created these pieces using the same software that we used this week.

Fractals

This weeks assignment wasn't the easiest for me. I loved looking at the pieces that were already posted to the blog. They were exciting to look at! After watching Jerry's videos, I thought that creating these pieces would be a cinch. I love the fractal image that posted on our syllabus and the ones from the MOCA are amazing as well. I thought I would be creating something similar. When I engaged with the program, I found it hard to get subdues colors. I am a lover of bright and intense colors, but I thought that it might be nice to work with some subdues colors because many of the images that I found myself working with were intricate enough. The final images that I created, I think, still have my aesthetic. Since today is the first day of fall, I am choosing to share one of my favorite images that reminds me of fall. Check out the rest on fotothing. Enjoy.

Week 4 MOCA

Carol Cooper is a Canadian artist who combines many different aspects of digital technology within her work. Most of Cooper’s art integrates mathematical influences such as fractals and geometric forms; in addition to incorporating various abstract elements. Carol describes herself as a “self-taught artist, and has been creating art digitally since 2001. Carol says that she “embraces digital technology,” and “loves the free-spirited feeling derived when creating abstractly.” I enjoyed viewing all of her work, but I have posted one of my favorites called “What’s in the Pot?” Cooper’s inspiration came from her mother’s home cooking, and describes the piece as a representation of the “familiar aroma when you entered the kitchen, a staple meal that you had at least ONCE a week. A meal that always tasted the same, no matter how many times it was cooked and served, a meal that MIGHT not even have a recipe.” I felt that Carol Cooper’s artwork related well with this weeks assignment.

Siegfried Schreck

This week I chose Siegfried Schreck. He lives in Hamburg, Germany. Besides being a digital photographer, he is an artist, poet, and songwriter. He currently has a number of art exhibits throughout Germany. He uses Photoshop, Picture Publisher and other graphic programs in his digital work. His art embodies a free and generous spirit. He is quoted as saying, "I feel myself as a warrior between poetry and painting," he writes.

To me, his pictures look like modern Picassos. I really liked "Think Machine" (the picture on the right) because of the focal point in the center accentuated by the blurred background. The other photo is called "Circus" and I just really liked the use of color. I am not one for modern art and geometric shapes, but I found his art interesting.

Week 5 - MOCA assignment

To keep with this week's Fractal theme, I selected Juliette Gribnau, from the Netherlands. She uses Ultra Fractal and Xenodream (if you follow the links to her website (for graphic art and web design) there is a link to download Xenodream and other software as well). She was introduced to computer art by her children and applied art training from her younger years. What I like about her "Deep Sea" is its dreaminess and the soft colors, (which I had much trouble trying to find in Ultra Fractal). Gribnau's "Quad Spiral is just sharp". I really like how she extends the spiral right off the apparent page. I think her sense of space and color is just very attractive.

Week 5 - Fractals

Fractals are fun... I think I may prefer Apophysis, but once I got the hang of this I was able to do some neat designs. I ended up with about 14 different designs over the course of an afternoon and interestingly, everyone in my family liked different ones. I've posted more on Fotothing. Here are the two everyone mostly agreed upon. The dark blue is "Forbidden Forest" and the other I call "Anticipation" (since no matter what we thought it looked like, it gives the impression that more is yet to come.) I wish I could remember how I got to these designs but I was mostly clicking by instinct. I do recommend messing with the different parameter numbers- and negative numbers can do VERY interesting things.

MOCA- Wk. 4

This week I chose another German artist, 24 year old Oliver Wetter. Oliver has used many types of mediums; however, he feels that the digital realm has little to no boundaries. Oliver thinks of his art as "all genre". The collection that I took this piece from was called "Fantasia", and it consists of a mixture of painting, digital illustration, 3-d modeling, photography, and typography.

I call these pieces "The beginning of Autumn". The first image is almost the original. I say almost because I forgot to take a picture of the original coloring. This is how it looked but I went and changed the colors and played with the saturation and blurred it a bit. Then I started to play with the different variations. These are the two I really liked. I love them warm colors. I really thought this was going to be harder than it was. I had fun with this.

Apophysis creativity

This is a big explosion of emotions. Photoshop helped me a little to explode it more effective:) 

this is kind of a simple outcome. But I decided to post it because it is alive :) and her name is Lolita :))) 

This photo is by Giovanni Auriemma. He was born in Naples, Italy; graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples with a major in scenography. Computer graphics he learned by himslef. As he told, he tries to combine the unexpected and unusual with the human warmth. He likes all with a ack of symmetry, where he can bring some unexpected creativity.

Apophysis

I call this one "Wormhole". I enjoyed this program - the symmetry that can be created is fantastic. I was having a problem deciding which one out of the ones I made should be my desktop, but "Wormhole" is definitely my favorite. It's very sci-fi.

Week 3, 2nd Assigment

I choose this week the work of Tantra lives she works with photoshop and pictures. She uses Photoshop and images selected from a large group pictures that she as well manipulates. Also you can see how she uses layers and how she blends them, which is what we learned to do this week in photoshop.

Week 3

I did a lot of the steps in the "how to video" that proffesor did for us, there are so many tools that we can use as well as layers and actions to do what we want to pictures. My favorite is the blur effect. attached is the original picture that I started with and finishing with the picture that I created with all the photoshop tools. I'm really enjoying this class

2nd Week 2 Assigment

I choose Peter Hammond he desings large and small pictures. He uses digital cameras, all his work is made out of photographs and he uses photoshop, uses a lot of layers to produce his work. I thought sense we learned a lot about photoshop this week this would be a perfect picture to show everyone.