Tuesday 20 September 2011

School has started. I've never been so drained.

I love it.

School is presenting new challenges for me. I am currently studying painting, drawing, visual foundations, photography and printmaking. Printmaking has to be the most interesting course yet.  It is a brand-new medium for me. I think I'm in love.

You carve images into a piece of linoleum, ink it and then put it through an old-fashioned press. We just started learning, so when I learn more, I'll write about it here!


Lately my emotions have seemed to be getting the best of me. I think too much. Then again, maybe everyone does. Instead of acting on what I'm thinking, I've decided to put it all down into a tree painting. I told myself I wasn't going to paint anymore trees but I couldn't resist.



That's all for now.


Tuesday 6 September 2011

The Selfish Side of Sof

In an earlier post, I talked about how an artist can be selfish and paint for themselves solely. Lately I have taken on this way of creating art and have started painting only things I want to paint. Instead of painting skies, which make me money, I have started painting video game characters and drawing cartoon characters. These are things I do solely for myself. If others like what I create, then that is an excellent bonus for me.

This is a small painting which I completed a few days ago. It's a Goomba from the Mario Bros. video game series. The actual colours are different shades of brown. In art, nothing has to be the correct colour.



Much of my fascination for art comes from video games themselves. For example, the art in the Legend of Zelda series. It never ceases to amaze me. The colours, all of the weaponry and different characters are what draws me in. One character in particular, known as The Skull Kid, is one of my favourites. He has a creepy and dark personality and each time his character is redesigned, I like him even more. Below are two photos, the one above is him in Majora's Mask (released in 2000) and below is from Twilight Princess (released in 2006).





School begins in a week, so I will be posting my school projects so you can see what I am up to. Until next time!

Talk soon!