Printer Piece

This is a very cool use of printed work to create a stop-motion piece. Enjoy!

The Oatmeal on web design

If you haven't seen this, here you go. It's wonderful.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

haha.

Olivia_Matt Sheridan

Thursday's lecture from Matt Sheridan was inspiring. It is a good feeling that somebody from a small town such as Cortland has found his way in such a hard industry. I found his work a little confusing and not so much to my taste but the way in which he worked up to where he is now was very inspiring. It was good to hear that you can change your path multiple times in art and you'll eventually find your niche and what works for you and what makes you happy. It's not always going to be easy and you're probably going to have to take some jobs that you are not particularly fond of, but if you use those experiences to grow and learn from then they can lead to many more opportunities that are available. I also enjoyed how Matt shared that he thought some of his work was crap and wasn't ever going to be shown let alone win awards all over the country. It just goes to show that you may not alway like your work, but somebody out there will and might think it is the next best thing. Just stick with it, and use learning experiences to the best and things will work out in the end.

Matt Sheridan Talk

I enjoyed this gallery talk a lot. It was encouraging to see that someone can have success in a wide range of media, from storyboarding to animating, to directing and fine art installations. It was great to hear from an artist who has worked in such diverse fields as he has experienced all sorts of things and had a lot of anecdotes to share. I found his work with sound particularly interesting. He created huge sound projections that gave the viewer an immersive viewing experience. From what I have seen in the Dowd Gallery and his presentation, his large scale sound work is something that I definitely would like to see and experience firsthand.

Sarah_Matt Sheridan Talk

I really enjoyed listening Matt Sheridan's lecture about his work and his journey to how he got to where he is now. What I got out of the lecture was very similar to the David Mazure lecture; keep all your sketches and old projects you thought were horrible or failures, because someone out there might think that it's the next great thing in art. Also I took out of it not to be afraid to take a chance with projects or anything that you do. I was really excited when he mentioned all the shows that he had worked a good chunk on like Daria, and Beavis and Butthead. Such well known shows that almost everyone watched after school on MTV, and here was the guy that did a good chunk of animation and layout on.

Matt Sheridan's Talk

It was really nice to see somebody's work who is successfully working in the field of animation and is not limiting himself to doing work only for somebody. His talk about his work and his accomplishments was very impressive he clearly loves what he does and that's impressive. It was inspiring to hear him talk about projects he worked on like blues clues but he didn't limit himself just to that he wasn't happy and moved on to projects that keep him interested. It was also inspiring to hear that somebody who has graduated from Cortland went on to do famous things yet still be an artist building on his own work and working not only for somebody but creating own work that gets great reviews and is shown all over the world.

Sheridan Talk - Amanda

I enjoyed Matt Sheridan's talk and approach to his work. I like that he doesnt limit himself to one medium and is willing to take chances, because that is how I would like approach my work. He takes his ideas and runs with it, which is cool/refreshing. I like that he never lost confidence in his work even when turned down by various institutions, I dont think that I would have fared that well. I like how he takes simple ideas and makes it into interesting work, that to me is very inspiring.

Karen_Matt Sheridan's Talk

Matt Sheridan's talk was interesting and inspiring. It was amazing how he has worked on so many different projects, a lot of those being very well known. It was crazy how he jumped from one the to the next. It made me feel a little bit better though knowing that artists can change and have different jobs and want to go in different directions. He made me think that you really want to find that one thing you love to do, and then work and grow from there. Even though he wasn't always confident in his work, other people seemed to respond so positively to it. This makes me want to keep trying no matter what.

Matt's later work was pretty interesting. I liked his collages and his thought process. I thought it was very creative to have a piece where you listen to audio from a number you have to call from your cell phone. I've never had an art experience like that, but it's definitely something I'd like to be able to try.

Jackie_artist talk

Matt Sheridan's artist talk was very informative and interesting. What I got out of it was that the biggest thing is to believe in yourself and to never give up. He has done so many different things since he has graduated. He has created pretty much every form of art, and has experimented with many different mediums. I think an important thing to remember is that you may not always be completely confident in something you do, and you may think that certain goals may be impossible to reach, but other people might be completely inspired by your work, and you could end up getting recognized for it. You just need to believe in yourself, and believe that someone in the world is going to be inspired by your work somehow. This is personally what I need to work on.

It is also interesting that he has had so many jobs already. When he got sick of one, he would always find another. I think this is inspiring, because I have been worried about what exactly I want to do. But it takes a while to figure that out, and it also takes trial and error. You don't have to be set to doing one job the rest of your life. It is better to quit, and find something that makes you happy, than to stay at the job that makes you miserable. Plus, I think the more experience you have, the more well rounded you can become as an artist.

Jordan A. - 2-16

I found theses images while searching for logo inspirations. I found theses interesting because they are all of tigers but all give across different feels. I like how they abstract the tiger face and play with the line shape.

Finding Inspiration

Another place other than Computer Arts that I like to look to for inspiration is Threadless. Threadless is a place where artists can submit t-shirt or print designs to be voted on by other artists to be made in to t-shirts or prints. They also offer design challenges called Threadless loves... which are themed challenges. I like to browse around to see what other artists are doing.

olivia inspiration..

pizza box wall art
plates
butterflies

Vaz_2/15/12

I found more cool calendar layouts dealing with our current project. I like these ones because none of them use the standard layout of a calendar we are all used to seeing everywhere. Just gives some ideas of other ways to layout our calendar projects instead of the obvious way.

Cool Resumes

I was on stumble upon and came across this site that showed creative and interesting resumes. Whenever I think of resumes I always think of just doing them in a word document, but as designers we have to think outside of the box. I really liked the ones that were shown on this site. It definitely gave me some ideas of how I want my resume to be!

Vector Park

This site is a lot of fun. It has a lot of interactive vector environments and I just spent a lot of time exploring them. Definitely worth checking out if you have some time to kill.

http://www.vectorpark.com/

Olivia Fussner- help please??

Hi class, Happy Valentines Day, I was hoping to maybe get some feedback since we don't have class today. Don't afraid to be honest please! Thanks!

Feedback

Hi class, Happy Valentines Day, I was hoping to maybe get some feedback since we don't have class today. Don't afraid to be honest please! Thanks!

Olivia

Doing research for Portfolio Class I came across these really awesome resumes.

This is a digital portfolio for a group that does really interesting 3d geometric shapes work.

This is a digital porfolio for a guy who does illustrations. He has really good identity and uses the same characteristics for every one of his works.

Infographics

I love infographics! I thought this one was funny/informative. It highlights the typical workday of an average graphic designer. I found this on the Computer Arts website.

Kyle Atkinson Unique Business Cards

I came across these unique business cards a while ago and was very impressed by some of the ideas.