Digital Tools for Artists: The Drop – Kinetic Text
When I initially thought about what I wanted to do for my interpretation of the kinetic text prompt, I knew I wanted to work with a specific event from my life. I knew that the context gave a dynamic, dramatic…
Digital Tools for Artists: Space Oddity
For this first studio prompt, we were told to listen to the late David Bowie’s song “Space Oddity” and to think about what exactly Bowie was trying to say to us and to decide what we will say in return….
Digital Tools for Artists: Conference Project Post-Mortem — An Exploration of Animation Techniques
At the beginning of my final semester at Sarah Lawrence, I realized that digital animation was a form of art that I was mostly unfamiliar with. Since my sophomore year I’ve taken three oil painting classes, and one sculpture class……
Digital Tools for Artists: Conference Project Post Mortem — Space
Throughout this class, I have been drawn to triangles and black & white geometric shapes. I had a bit more of a plan for this piece than I had for my other animations. I knew I wanted to use black,…
Digital Tools for Artists: Conference — A Way To Be Together Again
A Way To Be Together Again is a project that I hope achieves what the name suggests. My grandparents on my maternal side are no longer alive. I was really, really close to them and affectionately called them Nanu and…
Digital Tools for Artists: Conference — Adonis The Bussy Boy
For my conference I decided to animate a poem of mine. It goes like this: Adonis The Bussy Boy! I wish I could flay you alive my love Let me step into your skin Let me cast you out I…
Digital Tools for Artists: Kinetic Text — Roses
The sheer variety and depth of detail that can be created through text animation in After Effects is one of the aspects of the program I find most appealing, so this particular project was quite exciting. In choosing what text…
New Genres: Supernova
When we began planning the art party, I had no idea what it would look like, or even really what making it would entail. But I dove headfirst into brainstorming it, beginning with the theme, which proved to be a…
[New Genres] Daydream Simulator 5000
This project went through many iterations before it took the form that I presented at open studios on Tuesday. I knew I wanted to experiment with sound and the placement of sound in space, and I knew I wanted to…
Digital Tools for Artists: Conference Project Post-Mortem — Part1-Time, Part2-Factory
Part 1: “Time” This part of the conference follows in the footstep of my kinetic text project. I really enjoyed the phone themed soundscape I created in that project and wanted to do another one with the theme of clocks…
The Blob — Post-Mortem
This project started with a remarkably lofty idea. One that, I think, came from the right place but ended up not really helping in any real manner when it came to developing my game. In my initial artist statement I…
Radical Games: Event as Narrative in City Watch
Screen shot from the Town scene My game is radical because of the way the story progresses. The player has a few options to progress forward in the game. They can either side with the thieves or they can side…
The Blob — Initial Artist Statement
Hello, hello! Kit here, in this first post I’m going to address my initial goals and concepts for my Senior Thesis. For all my thoughts on the entire process, please refer to the Post-Mortem. I set out wanting to…
Radical Games: Down and Out Postmortem
My game tentatively titled “Down and Out” is about a human woman named Kaira who lives in post-apocalyptic Florida and has amnesia. She is trying to regain her memories and help the friends she makes along the way. Down and…
Radical Games: Event as Narrative in House H(a)unter
The radical element in my story is in the link between emotional burden and literal danger. All humans have skeletons in their closets, but in the town of Tawny Mill the things that haunt them might at any moment literally…
New Genres: Singularity
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault, Eating Disorders In Physics, the term ‘singularity’ refers to the phenomenon of all things colliding into a singular point. Theoretically,…
Digital Tools for Artists: Conference Project Post-Mortem — Some things I like
I set out to create a self-portrait of sorts- a piece reflecting my desire for visual aesthetic, in response to a stream of consciousness on the topic of “things I like”. I wanted to implement elements of hand draw animation…
Radical Games: Event as Narrative in Wild Tale
Immersion is an important element in the enjoyment of the game. My radical game attempts to break the immersion of its world without breaking the connection to the game. Deconstructing a medium comes with the risk of damaging the suspension…
Digital Tools for Artists: Conference — Blue and Tomorrow
Conference Post by Izzy Singer ‘Blue’ and ‘Tomorrow’ are a personal exercise in visualizing music. Music is an influence in all of my art. I am very sensitive to the moods or stories portrayed in songs. Abstract representations are in conflict…
Digital Tools for Artists: Kinetic Text — Tillandsia
I am not a writer, but I chose to write text that describes myself so that I would be happy with my words. I decided to explain “where I am from?” through this work because this question has bothered me…