KHS Digital Media Arts

Hey guys it's Abbey. So in AP DMA, we've been practicing our drawing abilities. We'v been doing different shading, contour line drawing, and value exercises. It can be difficult, but when I came across this on Pinterest, I realized how simple it was. When coloring a glass bottle like this, you don't just use darker values of green, you start to use browns and reds. I thought it was really interesting, and crazy how complex a glass bottle can be to color.

I really like this piece that was done in illustrator using the same principles that we recently used to do our illustrated portraits in DMA 1. I liked how the whole thing was done only with geometric shapes with nothing being rounded. I used this same concept on my illustrated portrait and think it does a good job of keeping the realism of the image along with adding a personal touch to it.

  So I was looking on the internet for some cool art and came across this. This work is done by CJ Hendry. She bought a pair of $9,000 Nike AirMags, dipped them in black paint, took a picture, and then drew them. When I first saw the piece I was amazed by how real it looked and I also wondered why she would do this to such nice shoes!?! I personally think it paid off.  I really like how she made the shoes look 3-D and how the paint actually looks like paint. I looked further into it and found a website I think everyone should check out. http://www.thecoolhunter.net/  It has other amazing art and tells the story of them all.

I think after spending a couple of weeks on illustrator we should all be able to do this amazing type of work. I also like they made the glasses look real even though he did triangles.

Hi all, Katrina Kessler here. For this week's blog post, I decided to not post about conventionally beautiful art, but the dark, angsty side of things. The unrefined style and messy method of these pieces stick out to me and make me think. They dig into your inner shadow (going T Hicks here) and bubble emotions up from the back of your mind and to the surface. They're all thought provoking and visually intriguing, leaving the interpretation up to the viewer and using the dark quality of charcoal to create dramatic contrast.

I just really enjoy all the different colors presented in this piece and how this piece looks dimensional. 

I really love all the detail presented in this Illustrator project! And the details in the goggles from the glare of the original photo. 

I found this artist for a project in this class and I've continued to look at her work afterwards. I love the simple style of the contour lines, but her pieces are still so detailed. I love the oriental influences in her pieces that came from growing up in a Chinese family. I also thought it was interesting that she would draw many of these with a pen or illustrator or another program, and then go back through with photoshop to add the colors. I love that approach because it makes it seem like watercolor. 

I found these pictures on Instagram and am obsessed.  I love how there is more than just a drawing. She adds sparkles or sequins and I think that's what really makes her art pop. I really like her work and definitely will use this as inspiration for my sketchbook.

I have always been obsessed with oil paintings but have never found the means, the time, or the patience to do one myself. i specifically love the oil paintings that are very messy, the ones that look like they have many many layers on the canvas. The ones that kind of reach out to you. Like these:

Although we just finished portraits in Illustrator, I thought this was a really cool example of one and taking something realistic and adding fictional elements to it. In the tutorial  I thought all the changes that were done to the image prior to starting in Illustrator was a really good idea! This tutorial really helps show all the fine tuning and detail work that goes in to making digital portraits.

Hi guys!  So I know a lot of us, especially AP, have been working on drawing skills. I found this on Pinterest and thought that it would be a good thing to do so we have something to draw everyday. I am going to start over break so I have time to do the first few without homework. Hope you guys like it! -Emily Hoyle

    I really like how they combined elements of nature with the human eye to create this piece. It's cool that they used the waterfall to create the illusion of tears.

I think this is really cool because I love that there are two images in one. I also really like the black and white because it allows for a high contrast and I really like that effect.