Final Book Project

We've been having thunderstorms lately...

And they have been totally awesome and amazing. Although experiencing something like a "supercell thunderstorm" would be completely epic and almost scary. Something like this makes me second-guessing nature. It is beyond bizarre that digital media can make me deny reality.

Give Me Beauty or Give Me Death

As horribly sad, destructive, and devastating this picture is and as bombs are, this picture is very aesthetically pleasing to me, which I find very strange. How is it that something you know is so horrid and that both represents and causes mass destruction can be pleasing to the eye at the same time. The colors, the forms, everything about this image is oddly attractive, and if someone didn't know what a bomb exploding looked like, they would probably think of it as just a beautiful image of something unknown to them. This world perplexes me daily.

Table of Contents

I found this cool font called "Mesquite" while making this in InDesign then just went with the theme.

Movie Poster

Best believe it.

Alternate Universes/Destinations

"Le Baisier" 1982

"The Result of War: The Cornucopian Dog" 1984

"Las Meninas" 1987

"Cupid and Centaur" 1992

http://www.correnticalde.com/joelpeterwitkin/

One day, not right now, but one day, I want to create some strange, surreal artwork that gives the sense of an alternate dimension/universe/destination, something not of this world. This photograph above is by Joel-Peter Witkin, a photographer that created very creepy, surreal still-life photographs that often included dwarfs, hermaphrodites, transsexuals, and other people and things not associated with normal life.

Not only does he create an alternate dimension with his work, it all has a particularly dark, ominous mood. No doubt he was probably a pretty fucked up dude, but rather people find it distasteful or not, I draws people in and make them think about things. That is the objective of most art: to stimulate the brain, to think about things, to create ideas of your own. It is an endless cycle of consciousness, and that is why art is so important day-to-day.

Blue Mom Group

In honor of Mother's Day coming up on Monday, I decided to alter a photo of my mom to make her a member of the Blue Man Group. Her and I share the belief that the Blue Man Group is one of the most retarded entertainment groups (not going to call it music) and that anyone who seriously enjoys listening to them has something wrong with them. Although it's not as blueman-esque as I would like, you get the idea.