19/05/07

Eric Haze

Graffiti artist/Graphic Designer

http://www.interhaze.com/

http://www.at149st.com/haze.html

One of the graffiti artists who did work for the game Jet Grind Radio (see earlier entry). Other graffiti artists are:-

Edge

Uecho

Enas

Higuchin

Chikpon

K-Chap

Extremely influential New York graffiti artist, created the graphic style associated with hiphop music when it began in the 8o's. He has worked for Public Enemy, LL Cool Jay the Beastie Boys, and MTV. His style of hand writing, visible on the cover of the Beastie Boys album "Check your Head" is often imitated, along with his style of drawing.

Like other artists in this blog, he has a unique style which others often try to immitate and which has won him alot of work. His drawing and handwriting styles 'evolved' through experimentation and trial & error - he started out as a graffiti artist in the New York subways.

As well as music, his graphic style has also influenced that of surfer and skater culture. He has produced special edition skate decks and shoes.

He is very popular in Japan. His Japanese site is http://www.haze.jp/

11/05/07

Reflection on drawing block

There were several parts to this block. I was more comfortable with some (e.g. collaging) than others (e.g. painting). I learned that one must experiment and try new things.

11/5/07

Reflection on printing block

In this brief we were to experiment with printing process and produce a peice of work based on our "prophets and poets" work.

I have taken a definate liking to screen printing. I think that in alot of instances it's easier and quicker to use a computer and an ink jet to produce a printed peice, but traditional printing does have it's uses - such as when printing on unusual materials. I used a mixture of printing methods for my work, and the look of my final work could not have been acheived on a computer. It also took alot of experimentation to come up with a look I was happy with.

11/5/07

Reflection on flash brief

finished peice visible here - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/381305

In this brief we were to take a peice of our "prophets and poets" work (in my case Spike Milligan) and use it as a basis for a projest in Flash.

This was one of the briefs I felt more comfortable with and took to easily. Although I have tried using interactive software in the past, this is the first time I've seen an interactive peice through to completion. It's also the first time I have planned and storyboarded my work and spent this amount of time working on it (over a month).

I would definately like to work on Flash again and learn how to action-script.

09/05/07

Eboy

German graphic designers/illustrators

http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/index.php

- use pixel art - a technique mainly used for 80's and 90's 2D computer games

- have had several high-profile clients - adidas, honda and channel 4 to name but a few - all wanting their products to be 'cool' - which is difficult to do because the definition of being cool always changes

- they have become successful by developing their own extremely unique stlye - appears to be influenced by fashion, music, pop culture, and retro videogames

WHAT NEXT?

Have a go at pixel art myself - see http://flickr.com/photos/75102187@N00/sets/72157600113568391/