tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20873215167190431092024-03-13T05:08:18.911-07:00Digital Illustration at CSUFChristian Hill's section - Fall 2013The Comic Art Profhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598833827976916981noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087321516719043109.post-72737370373802949032013-09-21T11:59:00.003-07:002013-09-21T11:59:58.323-07:00Found in a Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tiffany Lamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14257931270019960547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087321516719043109.post-18468412052650242322013-09-15T11:08:00.004-07:002013-09-15T11:10:34.787-07:00My Favorite Artist<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I remember
looking at some of Neal Adams artworks. His illustration inspired me to look at
the Batman comic book when I was young. I have collection of some of his old
comic books that he illustrated</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. His art style
is direct that shows realism and tension according to what strip he is working
on. I would recommend Neal Adams if you
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Born on June 15,
1941, Neal Adams an American comic book and commercial artist is well known for
helping create the definitive of DC comics character imagery; comic character
such as Batman, Superman and green arrow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Nael Adams tries
to freelance for DC comic at start but he was rejected. Adam later did Archie comics;
he was a penciler and a background work on the Bat Materison strip. Later on would
take on advertising, storyboarding, comic strip job and animation. He was inspired by Bob
Peak, Bernie Fuchs and Al Parker. Later he would decide to go for DC a second
time. Nael Adams shows the ability to portray Superman and batman. He later
soon move on to working on Batman stories. His Batman works inspired many
illustrator of that character today.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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his <a href="http://www.nealadams.com/" target="_blank">website</a> ..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01588969748205650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087321516719043109.post-89456231490755491832013-09-10T16:44:00.003-07:002013-09-10T16:44:45.462-07:00What Creativity Means To UsAs any artist knows, creativity is crucial. But how often do you actually <i>think</i> about it?<br />
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<i>What is Creativity?</i><br />
Simply put, it is the act of creating something original and new. This was a popular answer, but definitely not the only one. Many of us see creativity as a form of self-expression while others see creativity as something synonymous to imagination. One student aptly stated, "creativity is breaking the laws of (life), by bringing your dreams and nightmares into reality and solving problems by asking '<b>Why not</b>?'"It's a commodity (heartless, I know) in which the commercial value is only surpassed by its intrinsic one.<br />
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<i>What tips would you share that you use to improve your Creativity?</i><br />
We've all felt it at some point– the dreaded feeling of frustration and helplessness. But there are many solutions; perhaps one may just work for you. One student suggested "taking a road trip in your mind and allowing the most random things to pop up". Don't be too eager to stay stuck in your head though! The importance of learning and exploring the world is a common sentiment shared among us. After all, the more things you know, the more ideas you can come up with. Listening to music is another way to get the creative juices going. In fact, any kind of background noise is shown to increase productivity. And many of you cannot stress the importance of practicing on a consistent basis.<br />
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<i>What hurts your Creativity?</i><br />
A fellow artist warned that "a lack of new experiences or stimulants starves the mind of creativity." Another claimed that not getting any feedback hurt her creativity. An outside opinion should always be welcomed (if not considered). Ultimately, it seems that the biggest danger an artist faces is... self-doubt. An extremely inspiring student reminded me that "<b>Failure is a part of the creative process... In life, failure is taught as a bad thing. In the art world, that's how you begin.</b>"<br />
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<br />Tara Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18165819762357287485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087321516719043109.post-42311363344907213262013-09-08T16:32:00.003-07:002013-09-08T16:34:08.264-07:00My Favorite ArtistBeatrix Potter. Obviously.<br />
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I remember getting a collection of Beatrix Potter stories and illustrations when I was about seven or eight. I practically ate the thing. I loved it, it was so magical. Her style of illustration is the perfect blend of scientific and believable, and whimsical and relatable. Which I think is a hard combination to get right. I never noticed that mice cannot wear clothes and it never occurred to me that hedgehogs do not make tea.<br />
I bought it. I bought it all.<br />
I still do.<br />
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Born in 1866, Beatrix Potter never experienced all the animated and illustrative popular culture that we do now, and even I in my modern, fully-realized, well-informed pool of reference cannot master the powerfully simple and impossibly timeless illustration that she breezed through as if she invented whimsy itself.<br />
Her scientific education and silly childhood imagination have come together so perfectly and delightfully that I have decided that you (readers,) must become more familiar with her work.<br />
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Here is a link to a <a href="http://www.peterrabbit.com/en/beatrix_potter/beatrixs_life/beatrix_potters_art/scientific_illustrations">specific page </a>in her dedicated <a href="http://www.peterrabbit.com/en/">website</a>, showing her chops as a story-teller and lover of nature.<br />
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Everyone, take a moment to appreciate childhood.<br />
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Thank you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15313917322211542550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087321516719043109.post-25334452111477524172013-09-07T14:02:00.001-07:002013-09-08T00:39:02.061-07:00Found in a Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Amburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08922663299335116832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087321516719043109.post-40324189655037913012013-09-05T15:34:00.000-07:002013-09-05T21:01:10.826-07:00Great Resource: Pictograms<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span id="goog_2121273351"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_2121273352"></span><span class="Apple-style-span">The design of clear and iconic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://csufdigitalillustration.blogspot.com/2013/08/figures-of-visual-communication.html" target="_blank">figures of visual communication</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> benefits from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the study of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://theblackharbor.com/inspiration/usa/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Olympic Pictograms</span></a></span>. The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://olympic-museum.de/pictograms/symbols1936.htm" target="_blank">1936 Berlin Olympics</a></span> and </span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.olympic-museum.de/pictograms/symbols1948.htm" target="_blank">1948 London Olympics</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">saw an early attempt to represent each sport as a drawing, yet that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">effort reached its most legible and streamlined form with the pictograms of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.1972municholympics.co.uk/otl_aicher.php" target="_blank">Otl Aicher</a> </span>for the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankaposters/2631052071/in/set-72157605195187030/lightbox/" target="_blank">1972 Munich Olympics</a></span>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A good pictogram should look like what it depicts, but it should not look </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">like anything else in order to avoid confusion or other meanings. In other </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">words, mere visual resemblance, as in tracing a photograph, is not enough. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In addition, the design must exclude all other interpretations. To achieve </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">this, the artist must seek the most representative pose and camera angle, as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">well as the most stereotypical shapes and proportions to capture the essence </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of the subject. Once these decisions are made, the artist rigorously </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">removes all the unnecessary details and keeps the critical few. As Milton </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Glaser said, "just enough is more." The last steps entail a style-check </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(making sure all the pictograms look like they were drawn by the same hand) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and balancing the composition.</span><br />
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A well-designed pictogram meets a high level of universality. For instance, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in a pictogram of a soccer player, the depicted athlete could be any person, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as opposed to a specific soccer player. Likewise, any observer familiar with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the game of soccer, regardless of his language and level of literacy, would </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">recognize the sport of <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/designfacts/4374222253/lightbox/" target="_blank">soccer in the pictogram</a></span>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This approach to illustration sometimes goes by the label of "reductive </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">illustration," because the artist reduces the amount of visual cues to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">absolute bare minimum, in an effort to reach the essence of the design.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">More resources on pictograms and related topics:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pixelresort.com/blog/how-and-when-to-use-pictograms/" target="_blank">Pixel Resort on when and how to use pictograms</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1stmuse.com/pictograms/" target="_blank">Article on Olympic pictograms with history and many samples</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.olympic-museum.de/" target="_blank">All the Olympic pictograms over the years</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankaposters/sets/72157605195187030/" target="_blank">More art by Otl Aicher at Flickr</a></span></div>
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enrolled in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cal State Fullerton</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Digital Illustration classes, who will contribute to this blog?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most students come from Southern California, yet a
few have travelled from the remote lands of Porterville, CA (Monache HS),
Fremont, CA, Kingsburg, CA, Escondido, CA (technically in Southern California, but pretty somewhere out there!), Seattle, WA and Payson, AZ (Payson
High School).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One student even listed
a Vietnamese high school, but we’re not sure if it’s local or 14 time zones away!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When they’re not doing homework, our classmates are
clocking in as retail managers, pet groomers, PMC Event Coordinators, and
Disneyland dancers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What they’d
really like to do for a living is: children’s book writers and illustrators, greeting
card designers, art teachers, multimedia designers, storyboard artists,
animators, graphic designer for video games, 3D modelers, interactive art
directors, wine label artists, actor, visual developers, concept artists, and the
owner of gallery/bar/café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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minimum wages, but the more obsessed students mentioned: UDON Entertainment,
Disney Imagineering, Microsoft, any prestigious fashion magazine, and <i>Wired</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Which past and current pros inspire our future
pros?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Blair, William
Bouguereau, Tim Burton, Alphonse Mucha, Paul Rudish, Scott Campbell, Julie
Vivas, Brianna Garcia, Dr. Seuss, Sandy Skoglund, JMW Turner, Tex Avery, David
Wiesner, Norman Rockwell, Luke Lucas, Paul Rand, Carlox Angarita, Chuck Jones,
Frank Frazetta, Andreas Deja, Audrey Kawasaki, Gustav Klimt, Dave McKean,
Aubrey Beardsley, Pearl C Hsiung, David Delamare, Marumiyan, H.R. Giger, and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What do they do in their spare time? One student recently became a
first-time father of a little girl (so he’s swamped!), while another is a
mother who impatiently nags her kids into making her a grandma. And with what little time they have
enjoyed recently, they have read: <i>Engulf in Flames</i> by David Sedaris, <i>Talisman</i>
by Stephen King, <i>Storm of Swords</i> by George RR Martin, <i>Soul Obsession</i> by Nicky
Cruz, <i>Free Pizza for Life</i> by Chris Clavin, <i>The Five People You Meet in Heaven</i>
by Mitch Albom, <i>Neverwhere</i> by Neil Gaiman, <i>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a
World That Can't Stop Talking</i> by Susan Cain, <i>Into the Wild</i> by Jon Krakauer, as
well as many classics, such as <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i> by Jules Verne, <i>The
Little Engine That Could</i>, <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i>, <i>Lolita</i>, and <i>2001: A Space
Odyssey</i>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In 1958, Gerald Holtom drew an inverted "V" and crossed it with a line before fitting it inside a circle, creating the <a href="http://www.teachpeace.com/peacesymbolhistory.htm">peace sign</a>. Nineteen years later, <a href="http://www.miltonglaser.com/">Milton Glaser</a> placed a simplified heart design between the letters "I" and "NY" and created the iconic "<a href="http://www.miltonglaser.com/the-work/81/new-york-state-i-love-ny-campaign/">I ♥ NY</a>." In so doing, these illustrators added to our visual lexicon. They took what was once the domain of words and sounds, and they drew a visual translation. Thus, just as writers coin words, illustrators coin symbols. This ability ranks as one of the powers of a visual artist. </div>
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To create icons or symbols, artists draw never-seen-before combinations of marks or, alternately, they explore the magic of figures of visual communication. Unlike the peace sign, which in itself doesn't look like peace, figures of visual communication allow illustrators to introduce new signs that need little to no explanation, because their appearance usually relies on a combination of existing and recognizable images. And remember, by definition, an illustrator's job is to enlighten, make clearer; therefore, clarity (that is, no need for explanation) drives our efforts.</div>
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Figures of visual communication, a phrase adapted from literature's "figures of speech," come to life as the result of many different types of processes or operations, such as the substitution of the oval with the heart onto the key in the example above.</div>
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In class, I presented many such families of processes, including one based on arithmetic operations, as a method for creating new signs. Here is a visual summary of it.</div>
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