Art Techniques & Styles : How to Become an Artist

Posted by admin on December 26th, 2009 and filed under artist | 10 Comments »

The career path to becoming an artist may involve schools for a degree as well as a great deal of practice and training to create a portfolio to present to prospective employers or freelance clients. Learn how to train and market yourself as an artist following the career advice in this free video from a professional cartoonist and illustrator.

Expert: Danny Page
Bio: Danny Page is a professional cartoonist and illustrator.
Filmmaker: Nathan Boehme

Duration : 0:3:12

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Video Art – Award Winning Contemporary Artist Chris Boyd

Posted by admin on December 26th, 2009 and filed under contemporary artist | 25 Comments »

Award winning contemporary artist Chris Boyd, covers a broad spectrum of the visual arts. His multilayered art combines passionate explorations of colour and expressionism, which are both inspiring and frightening in their intensity. Boyd’s unique moving image work combines exquisite painterly outpourings with hallucinatory animation and live action.

Boyd and his work has been broadcast internationally across most music video channels including MTV, 4 Music, BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BBC radio
He has exhibited and screened work in some of the worlds leading galleries and others which include Tate Britain, FACT Centre, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, The Lowry, Roundhouse, The Urbis, Corsica Studios and The Cornerhouse.

For exhibition and screening info contact Chris Boyd at:

info@qboyd.com

http://www.qboyd.com

Facebook :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Boyd/124131700482

Blog :
http://www.chrisboydism.blogspot.com

Audioboo :
http://audioboo.fm/profile/boydism

Twitter :
http://twitter.com/ChrisBoydism

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Duration : 0:5:52

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Cut Out Animation: The Portrait Artist

Posted by admin on December 2nd, 2009 and filed under portrait artist | 16 Comments »

From Table Top Animations comes “The Portrait Artist”. A short that features an artist drawing a portrait. Enjoy!

Duration : 0:1:30

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4 artists painting on one canvas – PolyScribe Metamorphosis Art Animation -

Posted by admin on November 30th, 2009 and filed under painting artist | 25 Comments »

An evolving painting created by four artists working simultaneously on the same digital canvas. The painting process was unplanned and free form. The artists took cues from each others actions and interpretation of various shapes/colors. Communication was made possible by text chat. The total elapsed time was 4 hours.

Music: Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Opus 53 No. 21 (Waldstein) – Movement 1

Duration : 0:11:7

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