Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Ideas...are not forthcoming

Project ideas...hmm...I still want to go with the whole drawing aspect of things but I'm not entirely sure as to which direction to take it. I had a talk with Andy about using the drawing idea...and this other idea popped into my head: tattoos. Ever since primary school I have always been drawing little designs on the back of my hands and my fingers, and I've found that tattoos have always fascinated me. Though I'm pretty sure that I will never get a real one as I don't want a permanent mark forever that won't fade like a scar does over time.


Tattoos...I've noticed that on some people that their tattoos sometimes act as a sort of illusion, like they move slightly if you stare at them too long. And also those who have these beautiful ones all over their arms makes you wonder if each tattoo has it's own story to tell.

Internet and Media

So what I'm doing now is a continuation of the Digital Art course, Internet and media. The first class was pretty good. Andy showed us a couple of websites that we could use to generate ideas for our own websites and he also showed us his own. It was really interesting to see what kind of medium Andy used and what skills he had picked up throughout his career. 


The first project that we have to do is to design a website about something or someone of interest to us, externally. Well, something that is of most interest to me is drawing; mainly cartoons/comics, manga and the like. Though I've noticed that many people that also like these things take one too many steps too far when creating something, especially with characters that already exist. It seems to be abusing artistic license. I wonder though, do the creators of those characters realise what their fans are doing to them?