Drawings

A post about reviving drawings by utilising PhotoShop

[This is a post from my design blog. 

I moved this over as a chunk of html 

- just to see if I grabbed the correct bits 

- A blog post on drawing nonetheless]

Dodgey documentation: I'm hoping to find time to actually sketch. I was looking at my Dropbox files earlier and found some of the raw pictures from an exhibition I had a comic in some years ago. I sold the piece (titled Changelings) and have no access to it any more.  I have some documentation - a few small image files - photos.

'Recovery': Here is an example of a PhotoShop 'creative recovery' process I did. I loved the characters. Ink on paper (original), then photographed (not well), then I did the best I could with recreation in PhotoShop. I had no specific tehnique, I was working on it in a way I would work on an etching. See the original photo below - that is as big as it gets.

Original from Changelings comic (see character on the left)

PhotoShopped image from Changelings comic

Whole comic: ink on transparent paper with collage underneath

 I was so focused on this piece when I created it, with no distractions. I love the characters... Perhaps I will do another comic with them...

Animation

Last year my animation "Galloping" screened in an exhibition at Bunjil Place  on the Outdoor Screen:

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION "Colour, form, movement, light and subject matter are all fluidly entwined, stretched and redefined throughout these selections of animations by RMIT University Masters of Animation, Gaming and Interactivity alumni - curated by Senior Lecturer Matt Riley" - Bunjil Place

It was nice to revisit this animation - I added my name and the Animation and Interactive Media AIM acronym to tie it in to the body of work - as it is an outdoor screening public space.

When I created this animation for Peter Fay as a part of his Bloodlines touring exhibition, my plan was to add sound - but realising it would be in multiple gallery spaces I chose not to. Here is a track by Pan Sonic I was listening to at that time - seems perfect to me.

Orpheus of the Underworld

During my 2006 Megalo Residency I created an animated etching called Marks. Inspired by an Artist book (etchings) I created in 1994 at the Graphic Investigation Print Studio for my Artists’ Book, Orpheus of the Underworld.

Here is one of the etchings from the residency that went into the animation.

Copper plate etching plates with prints

Copper plate printing process: inking up

The most obvious still from Marks inspired by my Orpheus Artist book:

I'm revisiting it today as I am doing some inkwinks work here

Here is the original post I did on my website blog about the residency