Author: Johnnie Jackson

Animal Pattern:

The repeating images were taken from the wing design of a Chinese Moon Moth, an image of which happened to be in my inventory. By taking a part of the wing, blowing it up, and playing with the slanted designs of the pattern, I ended up making something headed for the “synthetic” range a bit.  I was sort of inspired by late-80’s early-90’s backsplash designs.

Vegetable Pattern:

Here, I went for a Mod approach. Inspired by the flow of the Japanese symbol for Advanced Drivers, I decided to go for a long-climbing “Seeds ‘n Vines” look for the pattern. I decided to put a lot of emphasis on the “vine” aspect in both the foreground (the seed/vine stack) and the background (the horizontal vines).

 

For a quick additive piece, I ended up doing one about stages.

The original idea for the image was a sort of neat image of ghostly apparitions walking the same stage as others have before them and adding their own effect to the stage as they do so. The main, non-ghostly performers do their thing regardless of what mark their forbearers left, presenting themselves as a new legacy that will eventually fade into the wooden floorboards with their predecessors.

It was mostly composed of other stags, layered together based on the effect stood out the most. The main body had the most interesting stage and performer composition, while the smaller bodies had interesting lighting or movement for the few performers that showed up there.

For reference, the original picture (from a production of Hamilton):

Morning, folks.

I’m not going to say a lot, because I’m not sure if I talk a lot these days. So, I’m going to say hi. Hi!

I’ve been somewhat interested in how Digital art works, i guess, since I’ve been going somewhere in between it and traditional art. I’ve been somewhat struggling with both and I need to get a grip on it if I want to make it into something I can do something with. Anyhow, I’d like to put in a couple of things.

So here’s the first item:

Not much to say about it. I had a lot of colors on hand, and I wanted to see how solid I could make something with the pencils I had on hand. The poppiness of the Robert Goddard piece at the Worcester Art Museum also had something to do with it.

 

 

This thing below is an icon-sort of thing.

It looks froglike, because I like frogs, I guess. Here it is, all snuggled up in a bunch of blankets and leaning back on a big pillow, and wearing an expression that is somewhere between half awake and half asleep. It knows not what it thinks about, for the thought is blurry and quickly forgotten. The bubble, I guess, was mostly a bit of frustration with my own memory since I tend to forget things until I need them.

 

Thanks for getting to know me a little, and see you folks in class.