Hella More Funner

The Hella More Funner signature characteristic is the use of thousands of miniature icons compiled together to create a single object.

The contrast in dimensions of the icons and the master object ask the viewer to dive deeper into the image, revealing irony and hypocrisy. This technique enacts a deconstruction of culture deeply engaged with images, a culture which allows images to construct a more whole and reassuring but entirely false image of itself.

Drug abuse, subcultures, blip-culture, capitalism, art snobbery and hyped-up fads stand out as themes in Hella More Funner's convoluted compositions.

The work can be considered extreme Pop art, a social commentary often focusing on the neo-kitsch trademarks of today's hipster culture: party, sleaze, current affairs. Chaotic overdoses of these icons are filled with color schemes so bright they border on obnoxious. The results are dynamic, intriguing and confrontational.

Many pieces incorporate a wide array of influences and processes, which allow for an unpredictability within the work.

www.hellamorefunner.com

Randy Thurman has created some fine digital works painted entirely in photoshop.
Here's a review of this work 'Time' pictured above.

The star shape on the left with radiating lines suggests hope, the eternal afterlife, besides a frozen moment of the day. Its brilliance is the accent of the scene, the focal point of the composition, which gradually fades into cavernous darkness, suggestive of the mystery of the night, on the right. The colors and textures do convey spatial depth and a panoramic sense of the "landscape." The contrast and hues read "dramatic" as well as "emotional," and overall, the piece intertwines the landscape with the abstract in a masterful way.

Pygoya, December 27, 2007
Director, Truly Virtual Web Art Museum

www.thurmanart.org

Take a look at Sheila MaCauley's work:
www.maxexclusivedesigns.co.uk

'Art today takes many forms bus mass produced items seem to be the norm for the majority. I however bring about a whole new concept in the world of art using the modern technology of a computer. Whilst combing machine with design the idea of art never leaves my imagination. I find that I can easily explore the balance of aesthetic, conceptual and technical possibilities in a new media which a computer brings.

Composition is important to me; if it doesn't feel right then I cannot continue. The energy I place into each piece of work has to balance with my creativity to give an all over pleasing creation. I particularly enjoy shapes and their relationship to various forms and by pushing and pulling colours into these shapes I can transform them into harmonious and fluid forms.

Through my earlier work with costume and theatre design I feel this has given me the idea of movement and colour on which I am able to draw the experience I have gained in those fields I can now relate the flexibility and control needed and which is vital in design work." SM

Many of you will recall the wonderful images by Tetsushi Sekiya in our first online exhibition in 2006.
He has just created a nice animation which is well worth a look, it takes a while to download. Look out for the 'next' button in the bottom right of the screen.

http://www.sphereframe.co.jp/flash/top10.html

You can see more of his work at
http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~sekiyac/

I know we normally only show still images on this website but, of course, we love animation too.
We'll have to look out for more of this sort of show, there's a lot of really cool digital work going on the colleges which doesn't get seen much on the 'outside'.

So thanks to those studying MA in digital arts at the London University of the Arts Camberwell for letting us know about their forum taking place today where students are showing short films (2 minute) presenting their work.

Haven't had time to watch them all yet.

http://web.mac.com/one211/Spectrum/Welcome.html
and a Wiki too
http://madigitalarts.wikispaces.com/MAForum2007

Well I don't think I've seen this before. Taking the term digital art to the extreme, New York's Oli Goldsmith embeds LCD screens into canvas frames and called them 'videocanvases'. Clever.

Oli says
"By embedding screens directly into canvases I am starting to blend these two worlds and introduce motion and an amazing dynamic element of digital video to artworks that really serve to make them feel like living, evolving entities.

My first such ‘videocanvases’ use an approach that excitingly allows for the video content to be expanded through flash memory cards. Seeing beyond this type of expansion though, and definitely the most pivotal element in this new direction of all, is the use of screens that are WiFi enabled (wirelessly connected to the net in the same way your laptop is today)."

More on his myartspace

Some outstanding images by Ralph Manis on his Infinitee Designs website.
This one is 'Girl on a Cliff'
Girl modeled with Poser 4, terrain, and sky rendered in Bryce 5. Tree, cliff, moon, stars, dress, flowers and hair done with Photoshop 7. A 3D/2D recreation of a silk-screen print I made in the 70's. Tranquil and daring, she watches the sunset over the horizon.

Also tutorials including this portrait of Angie which featured in the Femme Digitale book.
Face modeled in Poser, edited with Maya, materials, hair and touch up's done with Photoshop, model manipulation and render done with Bryce.

www.infinitee-designs.com

Neil Duerden has rejuvenated his website again and sent us this excellent example of his recent work (I wish more people would send us stuff). This one's called Rapunzel.

Neil seems to be in great demand these days, hope it continues.

www.neilduerden.co.uk

Sam Bahreini is an emerging digital artist. His art is entirely digital and created using computer software.
Sam says
"Sights and sounds and smells can make the past live again, as an Artist and scholar of ancient history who identifies himself with the past, I have attempted to merge the essences of the Classical World with Mythology and Mysticism. A romantic approach to Antiquities only to capture those moments lost for so long beneath the sands of time, a flash … similar to a frame out of a Movie, a still shot from the past. That all being said this is what I would like to call it Dream Alchemy."

I'm a Virgo so I chose Sam's depiction of that star sign from his Zodiac collection as a sample image here.

www.dreamalchemy.com

Liam Sinnott is a recent Photography graduate from Westminster University who mainly works in constructed surrealist imagery, Most of his work is digitally manipulated and he is always experimenting, combining this digital manipulation with hand painted images in his most recent work 'TWENTY84'.

Take a look at this project along with his previous piece 'Dark Side of the Mind' on the website - www.liamsinnott.com

Hidden amongst all the photographs in Jose Alves' portfolio is some fine digital work made with Poser, using Vue xstream and photoshop for post production and effects.

http://thedb.com/josealves
http://wolflair78.deviantart.com/

Here's a lovely new image called 'Lola In Lala Land' by Jacqueline Marie Okuhara from her latest show 'Visions'

Many of you will remember the excellent entries from Leong Wan Kok in our first Digital Show for the 2006 Liverpool Biennial.

He has recently updated his '1000 Tentacles' website with lots of nice new images and information.

Check it out:
www.1000tentacles.com

Copyright Scott Pollard

Designer Scott Pollard is relatively new to the design scene however he has an ever increasing global audience. He is currently featuring in the latest issue of Advanced Photoshop Mag and has been involved in several collaborations and publications. You can check out is constantly updated portfolio at
www.designjump.co.uk

One of a few lovely new works from Francesco Mai from Italy.
Recently exhibited at Broadway Gallery NY.

You can see more on the website:
www.francescomai.com

Digital Show artist Eva Gyorffy informs us that her work - title: "Clown" - techniek computer graphics - has won the Honorable Mention of Moca: Museum of Computer Art April 2007 Competition.
More information about the competition and participants can be found on the website:
http://moca.virtual.museum

www.eva-gyorffy.nl

The Current Digital Show exhibiton is part of the EVNTS Strand of Futuresonic 2007 - Manchester May 10 -12 2007.
This online exhibition of 100 digital art images will stay in the gallery permanently

The prolific Neil Duerden has posted lots more lovely images to his website. He featured in the last issue of Digit Mag and been involved in several recent advertising campaigns.

www.neilduerden.co.uk

Some of the pictures really are very sketchy but I like this idea and some are very good.

I am Walter Logeman, I live in Christchurch, New Zealand. This is a project to do a thousand sketches using a Tablet PC, in one year, the southern hemisphere spring 2006 to spring 2007. The sketches are all created digitally. There is an original file, but not an original physical object. The sketches are presented in the following ways, other ways may emerge as the project unfolds:

* On the 'Web Gallery' http://www.thousandsketches.com with minimal clutter and no comment.

* In this weblog with my notes & technical details & comment & discussion.

* Prints. A3+ and A4 Giclée archival quality prints. Prints are available in numbered, named, signed and dated editions limited to 25. Prints can be purchased online.

* The images can be linked to and or downloaded for personal use. They are covered by a Creative Commons Licence

* A presentation that includes: digital projection, a talk about the process & the project, a display of prints. Please enquire.

www.thousandsketches.com/blog/

Welcome to the World of the Gekkards! Created by the hands of artist Joey Welsh, the Gekkards are vibrant and whimsical creatures that love to make people smile. Brought to life with both color pencil and digital paint, these illustrations have a unique story to tell.

www.gekkards.com

Nice blog too - The Gekkard Gazette: http://gekkards.blogspot.com

Anne Ellis featured in our Biennial Digital Show.
I love the colours in this Flower Moon Circus series.

http://www.annellis.co.uk/

Apologies for not posting here for a while.
Here's a nice bright digital print by Vladimir Martynov to wake us all up.
See more on his website
www.vladimir-martynov.com

Some cute and some more scary fairytale style children's illustrations in Dani Jones portfolio.
www.danijones.com

She also has a separate website featuring Photoshop tutorials for artists and video demos of her work at
www.danidraws.com/

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The latest Digital Show online exhibition of digital art is part of the Independents Strand of the Liverpool Biennial Festival of Contemporary Art. Running September 16th - November 26th 2006.