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Orlando Magic
Image from hotel room taken on recent trip to Orlando. Amazing what today’s digital cameras can capture.
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Digital Doodle
Create pen and ink “doodle” drawing-10 minutes (including thinking time)
Creating digital rendering-4 hrs. (including time to explore options)
One of the reasons I enjoy working with pen and ink is that when I’m finished with a drawing, I sign it and it’s done. Next.
If I aspire to create a digital rendering it’s a different story. There are soooo many options for expression using current digital tools it can become a challenge to focus on a direction and execute.
I enjoy exploring different digital options as every tangent can lead to an image with a different feeling. Each exploration is also a learning experience and interacting with digital tools is fun. However, while exploring, it’s good to ask ourselves if we’re really exploring or are we putting off completion because we’re afraid to finish. You know the old fear of failure thing, can’t “fail” if it’s never finished. As creative people who strive for perfection, we sometimes need to become fearless, stop exploring and just deliver.
Is it just me or does this ever happen to you?
Teach Kids to Play in 3D
Reading, writing and math…..guess what, we need to be introducing kids to the concept of expressing their ideas with 2D and 3D technology tools. We’re missing the proverbial boat when it comes to encouraging young (and older) people to develop and express their “crazy” ideas.
Unfortunately in the schools, this line of thinking gets placed under the heading of Art Class. Creative expression and art is not necessarily the same thing. We need to get better at offering creative expression opportunities. We need to identify those who have ideas, concepts and visions and give them the skills to express them. If we want to help make the world a better place to live, maybe we can start by planting and nurturing the seeds of imagination so we can share in the harvest of innovation and creative problem solving.
What do you think?
How to Design Build and Install an Atrium Sculpture in 1:33
My artist buddy Lyle London and I designed and built this stainless steel and glass sculpture for Renown Health in Reno, NV. Doing a project like this is a real trip! Have a look at this 1;33 document of the process.
Looking Up
Other info about the project on the www:
Temple Grandin-The Movie
Movie about Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who provides some serious inspiration for creative expression.
Tee Directory Lists AltmanTees
Tee Junction has added AltmanTees to their Tee Directory. One of the most popular t-shirt blogs on the whole internet, this little beauty is updated daily with t-shirt and t-industry chatter!
ATshirt Blog Publishes Launch
ATshirtblog.com featured the “Social” AltmanTee on their blog. Check it out!
Micah Monserrat is the guy behind ATshirtBlog.com. Micah loves T-shirts and T-shirt blogs. ATshirtblog.com a little different from other T-shirt blogs in that he doesn’t post news about tees so much as just posting tees that he loves. “It’s almost like my own personal wishlist, really. A very awesome, T-shirt-only wishlist.” Micah is also a talented designer, see some of his work at acollective.com.
