 |
| "Show Your Work" by Austin Kleon |
"Almost all of the people I look up to and try to steal from today, regardless of their profession, have built sharing into their routine. These people aren’t schmoozing at cocktail parties; they’re too busy for that. They’re cranking away in their studios, their laboratories, or their cubicles, but instead of maintaining absolute secrecy and hoarding their work, they’re open about what they’re working on, and they’re consistently posting bits and pieces of their work, their ideas, and what they’re learning online. Instead of wasting their time “networking,” they’re taking advantage of the network. By generously sharing their ideas and their knowledge, they often gain an audience that they can then leverage when they need it — for fellowship, feedback, or patronage."Likewise, Chase Jarvis, photographer and entrepreneur, put it more simply in his creative mornings talk:
"The best way of doing it, is showing it."So, on that note, here's some photos I took tonight at Marina Bay in Singapore. It's my first real attempt at night photography & using the new VSCO Film post-processing software I bought.
"PICTURE THIS is a series of twelve talks on iconic paintings and sculptures from western art history. Chronological in approach, the talks can be enjoyed individually or taken as a whole to provide an understanding and appreciation of the development of art in the west. Starting with the perfection of the Italian Renaissance, you will journey through the spell-binding world of the Venetian High Renaissance, the dramatic works of the Baroque, the luminous world of Dutch Golden Age painting, the titillating pictures of the Rococo, the highly controlled and political work of Neo-Classicism to the emotive paintings of Romanticism. From there, the birth of Modern art is ushered in through the rebellious works of the Realists, the revolutionary approach of the Impressionists and the groundbreaking paintings of the Post-Impressionists.
The artists to be explored are Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Fragonard, David, Goya, Courbet, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh"
"As a broad concept, Megan wanted me to integrate wild European animals and beautiful, fashionable women into each of five photographs to be used as advertisements to promote Bistecca and as art to hang on the walls of her restaurant"
"Of course, once we determined and agreed on our concepts, the next puzzle that needed to be solved was how we would bring these animals -- some giant, others ferocious -- to life inside Bistecca. It was crucial to me that every wild animal look completely lifelike. I therefore quickly determined that compositing existing stock photographs of these animals into the scenes would not yield the faithful outcome I was seeking. Additionally, bringing the animals to Bistecca and shooting giant Tuscan bulls or a raging wild boar inside the restaurant was clearly going to be impossible. "
"It took more than six long weeks of illustration and digital post-production, but this past Monday we finally completed the job. It was the most challenging creative assignment I have ever undertaken; hundreds of hours of blood, sweat and (quite literally) tears were shed by the illustrator, digital imaging team and my entire production staff -- a true labour of love, resulting in finished artwork of which we are all very proud."
 |
| Photopin |
