jeremy okai davis + nolte
prismacolor colored pencils.
ZEA: WORKS IN PROGRESS
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sketchbook: 3D edition: Throttle and Squirt
My bubby Jacq let me come squeeze some clay at the studio she works at. Here we see a sort of naked chicken and a cuttle fish;
Throttle and Squirt respectively. They await firing and glazing.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Rant: Zea's wisdom/completefuckingbullshit
I am completely uncomfortable with the word "artist" and the way it gets used, particularly when it is self-applied.
I believe in two extreme definitions of art. One being; art is anything people (and I use the term broadly) do that is not directly applicable to survival (eat, drink, sleep, poop, defend territory, squirt out offspring, or doing things to get those things etc...) I believe this strongly, anyway that anyone expresses themselves anywhere: art.
To put a slightly finer point on it, it's any discipline you work at exactly like powerpoint presentations, organizing sweet 16 parties, dressing yourself, building skyscrapers, finding the most efficient/fun way to gather trash and return the cans to the sidewalk ...you get my point. Art is a craft and everyone with a camera on their phone is an artist. EV ER Y ONE.
I also believe that art is an event that occurs when someone says "holy shit! Wow!" You can paint 7000 paintings a year and never achieve that. It is something amazing to witness/experience and the person whose painting evoked that event (for instance) is only responsible for a portion of it. An entire life's worth of collected experiences "the artist" had nothing to do with allowed for that response. It is possible that the viewer's relationship with the cashier at the convenience store a block from their house gets the lion's share of the way that "holy shit" moment unfolded. The viewer is in the driver's seat, here. Even though the "artist" made the thing, the viewer is the deciding factor, regardless of training or "palette" or celebrity affiliations.
The activity does not make art. Using oil paint does not make you an artist. You are an interior designer for a particular section of wall unless someone looks at your work and freaks out a little bit. You are a decorator. That is just as worthy a profession as baking bagels and and being a telephone operator and volunteering in the peace corps.
There must be something in the psychological makeup of leftist crafty people that we need special attention for how we spend our time. (Speaking of... loud-obnoxious-actress-bitches-in-the-cafe, the world is NOT a stage, SHUT UP!) It is that attitude that justifies society's view of "creative-types" as self-indulgent pills.
No one is an artist. Art happens every once in a while and if you played a role in its birth, bully for you. Otherwise sit there and hone your craft and don't expect any jaws to drop that you are doing so.
Your life's journey is exactly as impressive as everyone else's.
Coming soon: The Artists' Lifestyle and Other Modern Day Myths
I believe in two extreme definitions of art. One being; art is anything people (and I use the term broadly) do that is not directly applicable to survival (eat, drink, sleep, poop, defend territory, squirt out offspring, or doing things to get those things etc...) I believe this strongly, anyway that anyone expresses themselves anywhere: art.
To put a slightly finer point on it, it's any discipline you work at exactly like powerpoint presentations, organizing sweet 16 parties, dressing yourself, building skyscrapers, finding the most efficient/fun way to gather trash and return the cans to the sidewalk ...you get my point. Art is a craft and everyone with a camera on their phone is an artist. EV ER Y ONE.
I also believe that art is an event that occurs when someone says "holy shit! Wow!" You can paint 7000 paintings a year and never achieve that. It is something amazing to witness/experience and the person whose painting evoked that event (for instance) is only responsible for a portion of it. An entire life's worth of collected experiences "the artist" had nothing to do with allowed for that response. It is possible that the viewer's relationship with the cashier at the convenience store a block from their house gets the lion's share of the way that "holy shit" moment unfolded. The viewer is in the driver's seat, here. Even though the "artist" made the thing, the viewer is the deciding factor, regardless of training or "palette" or celebrity affiliations.
The activity does not make art. Using oil paint does not make you an artist. You are an interior designer for a particular section of wall unless someone looks at your work and freaks out a little bit. You are a decorator. That is just as worthy a profession as baking bagels and and being a telephone operator and volunteering in the peace corps.
There must be something in the psychological makeup of leftist crafty people that we need special attention for how we spend our time. (Speaking of... loud-obnoxious-actress-bitches-in-the-cafe, the world is NOT a stage, SHUT UP!) It is that attitude that justifies society's view of "creative-types" as self-indulgent pills.
No one is an artist. Art happens every once in a while and if you played a role in its birth, bully for you. Otherwise sit there and hone your craft and don't expect any jaws to drop that you are doing so.
Your life's journey is exactly as impressive as everyone else's.
Coming soon: The Artists' Lifestyle and Other Modern Day Myths
Monday, February 23, 2009
ARTifacting
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I am so excited, though. I have been noticing the artistic potential of artifacting for some time. I sort of love when things are all strange and gray at the beginning of a video and people and things come creeping out of it. Having zero tools with which to investigate the idea further, I have been waiting patiently for someone else to figure out how the manipulate it. Done! And it's pretty cool-lookin' too. Amazing that even though technology feels like it gets further away from natural rhythms, it, in fact, still warps like the fabric of the mind.
if your computer is not a dinosaur like my powerbook, and can play HD, watch it thusly.
other examples found by master eades:
David OReilly
Kanye West
I am so excited, though. I have been noticing the artistic potential of artifacting for some time. I sort of love when things are all strange and gray at the beginning of a video and people and things come creeping out of it. Having zero tools with which to investigate the idea further, I have been waiting patiently for someone else to figure out how the manipulate it. Done! And it's pretty cool-lookin' too. Amazing that even though technology feels like it gets further away from natural rhythms, it, in fact, still warps like the fabric of the mind.
if your computer is not a dinosaur like my powerbook, and can play HD, watch it thusly.
other examples found by master eades:
David OReilly
Kanye West
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
"Sketchbook": February 15th + 16th
neither of these items are in the sketchbook. but, the second one is a little something "in progress".
Monday, February 09, 2009
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Monday, February 02, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Sketchbook
So, I've been inspired to share some highlights from my sketchbook; partially because i enjoy this site so much, partially because I've been sketching a lot and partially because life is short.
My sketching, like my crosswords, are mostly done in pen and are a stream of consciousness as i have no idea what I am going to drawing or even what i am drawing until well into the piece.
I've decided to start from the beginning of my most recent book which coincided with my moving to chicago. There are posts below that bring us up to date.
Please feel free to comment or ask questions.
Now presenting: Scrapings From the Inside of My Skull
Enjoy xx
........................January 26th 2009.........................
My sketching, like my crosswords, are mostly done in pen and are a stream of consciousness as i have no idea what I am going to drawing or even what i am drawing until well into the piece.
I've decided to start from the beginning of my most recent book which coincided with my moving to chicago. There are posts below that bring us up to date.
Please feel free to comment or ask questions.
Now presenting: Scrapings From the Inside of My Skull
Enjoy xx
........................January 26th 2009.........................
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sketchbook: previously
January 24th 2009................January 14th 2009
January 5th 2009.................December 3rd 2008
January 5th 2009.................December 3rd 2008
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sketchbook: backstory
November 30th 2008...............November 21st 2008
November teenth 2008.............October 18th 2008
November teenth 2008.............October 18th 2008
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Sketchbook: the beginning
October 16 2008..............October 14th 2008
October 4th 2008........September 30 and October 1st 2008
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October 4th 2008........September 30 and October 1st 2008
...............
Monday, January 05, 2009
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
My Own Personal Economic Crisis
I would love to share my many artsy-fartsy skills with you in exchange for some green.
Fine Art for the Walls
Illustration for your company, book, publication, website, record album, holiday cards
Animation for your music video, promo video, public service announcement
Direction for your awesome internet video for your band or whathaveyou
Check out the patchwork quilt of work below and my portfolio and try me.
Thanxoxo
Fine Art for the Walls
Illustration for your company, book, publication, website, record album, holiday cards
Animation for your music video, promo video, public service announcement
Direction for your awesome internet video for your band or whathaveyou
Check out the patchwork quilt of work below and my portfolio and try me.
Thanxoxo
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
because f*ck planes
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Hello Chicago
fig. 1............................................................fig. 2
fig. 3..............................................................fig. 4
fig. 1 - a little halloween zealotry spotted while pounding pavement, looking for digs.
fig. 2 - hot dogs and hamburgers
fig. 3 - local freezy treat man. seen in the background is the organic bakery I go to EVERYDAY.
fig. 4 - sugar skulls. numnum.
Already bored with apartment hunting. Realtor here I come.
fig. 3..............................................................fig. 4
fig. 1 - a little halloween zealotry spotted while pounding pavement, looking for digs.
fig. 2 - hot dogs and hamburgers
fig. 3 - local freezy treat man. seen in the background is the organic bakery I go to EVERYDAY.
fig. 4 - sugar skulls. numnum.
Already bored with apartment hunting. Realtor here I come.
Monday, September 29, 2008
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