BROOKE WHALEY

art blog

[bromackart]

STORYBROOKE | Production Company Animation

The inspiration for my film intro came from my love of writing stories in all their forms. I sought to incorporate different forms of storytelling -- books and films -- while also adding a magical element. The magical element, achieved through the appearance of the book in a galaxy-like backdrop, seeks to key the audience in that they are about to be transported to a new world through the film they are about to watch.

The element I struggled with the most was creating the books, an opened version and a closed version. If I were to do this project again, or on a professional scale, I would make the book a 3-D object that could handle physical animations, such as articulation of the book covers, rotation of the book so that it can be viewed from any angle, and a better zoom transition that makes the chairs pop from the background. I think my strongest point of the animation is my use of 3-D space and the camera tool in the theater portion. Upon reflection, if I were to do the animation again, I would not add the roughened edges to the logo at the end, in order to reflect the letter on the cover of the book in the beginning.

[bromackart]

Loading Animation -- WAIT / RADIO

[parodontosemurphy-deactivated20]

[bromackart]

THE FOOL -- video upload

[bromackart]

THE FOOL

For this project, I wanted to explore how a perfect loop can emphasize the meaning of the subject in a GIF. I chose to animate The Fool card in the Universal Rider-Waite tarot deck. This subject is ideal for a perfect loop because in tarot, The Fool is depicted with one foot stepping off of a cliff, oblivious to the danger below. I placed the Fool in an impressionist painting of a cliff and animated him to walk over the edge, fall, and then climb the hill again. The fall reflects the negative aspects of the card: recklessness, a fool-hardy attitude. And the ascent up the hill signifies the positive aspects: beginnings, optimism, and innocence.

To achieve the final GIF, I primarily used layering and the puppet tool. I layered the yellow sky onto the cliff background, another callback to the original card. I also took elements of the cliff itself to create depth, seen in the space where the Fool falls and the grass that he walks through. I used the puppet tool to make the Fool “walk” off the cliff and come back up the hill. I also used this to animate the dog to jump up and down.

[9-squares]

9 Squares 25

Top: Chris Phillips, David Stanfield, Samuel Singleton Middle: Gabe Schwartz, Max Halley, Jay Keeree Bottom: Jayden Kimpton, Sebastian Muñoz, Skip Hursh

About the project

[bromackart]

The artist I chose is YOSHI SODEOKA.

Sodeoka is a New York-based artist known for his “neo-psychedelic aesthetic” and digital art. His work has been published by many mainstream publications, including The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and The Atlantic. As a video artist, he has collaborated with bands and musicians (Tame Impala, Beck, Psychic TV, etc.) to create music videos and promotional artwork. His work has also been exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Moving Images, as well as many other museums.

I enjoy his artwork because his neo-psychedelic aesthetic appeals to me. The color palettes are somehow both muted and vibrant, such as the first gif included in this post. Many of his gifs are perfect loops, such as Infinite Parton and Scrolling of Death. In many of his gifs, videos, and images, he uses glitch, digital or analog (VHS). His work is relevant because he imbeds his signature style into the medium, which has earned him commercial success as well as recognizable status as a digital artist. His style is so effective because the color and content evoke a sense of nostalgia that is immediately appealing.

Website: https://sodeoka.com/ | Giphy: https://giphy.com/yoshisodeoka

[bromackart]

BLACK CAT

[bromackart]

DANCING

An aspect of glitch art that I like is the ability to make a still image move. When selecting my image, I looked for a photograph that implied movement – walking, driving, dancing. The image I selected is black and white and depicts a couple dancing in an alley. I found the signs in the alley appealing as well. In my final gif, I reintroduce movement to the image in a new way.

My initial intention was to make the segment containing the couple repeat across the image horizontally and vertically. I also wanted to flip the signs upside down and make the segments of the image containing signs move across the image horizontally. I accomplished this by cutting and pasting segments of the image’s original code.

I also wanted to blur the image and bring out colors that are within the code. I accomplished the blurred image in Audacity by applying a low-pass filter at different frequencies. I was not able to bring out color in the image. The many methods I tried were unsuccessful. The blurred frames makes up for the absence of color, as the black, white, and gray tones combine to distort the image.

[bromackart]

Photo by Matthew DeVries

[bromackart]

The artist I chose is ROSA MENKMAN. Menkman is a Dutch artist and curator.

Her work stands out to me because she incorporates poetic language into her images and video art. Above, I’ve included images from her project Point No Point Light. She also uses written language in Elegy for the Collapse of PAL and Dear mister Compression. I enjoy engaging with her work by reading and viewing her projects. I also enjoy her repeated use of certain images, such as the subject in the second and third image above (from Dear mister Compression and Extrafile).

Website: https://beyondresolution.info/

[destroyingcameras]

A curse on the land

[9eyes]