{"id":1307,"date":"2009-01-08T23:11:27","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T03:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2009-06-29T19:53:38","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T23:53:38","slug":"macworld-and-a-digital-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=1307","title":{"rendered":"Macworld … and a digital discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today was another day of informative and inspiring sessions.\u00a0 The first was with Lesa King was taught “graphic secrets for creatives using Photoshop.” She is the authos of Photoshop CS4, The Missing Manual, published by O’Reilly.<\/p>\n

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The next was with Deke McClelland.\u00a0 Deke is considered one of the top Photoshop “guru’s” – along with Scott Kelby and some others popular in NAPP circles.\u00a0 His session was on Photoshop CS4, going over the new features that make an upgrade worth the money.\u00a0 He also has several published titles with O’Reilly.<\/p>\n

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The final session was a panel discussion called “digital art pioneers and trendsetters.”\u00a0 Above is Jeremy Sutton (and me) next to an incredible painting he did of Barack Obama called “The Speech.”\u00a0 He also signed a smaller version of the art for me (which I’m thrilled about).\u00a0 Jeremy’s artwork is very recognizable with its vivid colors and bold brush style, and he’s a clear master of his digital tools, with Corel’s Painter program being a favorite.\u00a0 If you’d like to obtain a limited edition poster of “The Speech,” visit his site here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeremy was born in London (received a degree in physics from Cambridge) and now lives in San Francisco.\u00a0 He teaches classes on using Corel.\u00a0 While I’ve not taken any of his long workshops, I have taken some of his shorter sessions.\u00a0 If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend a class with him.\u00a0 He teaches with gusto and treats everyone with with a sincere interest in who they are and how what he teaches may be beneficial.\u00a0 He also loves dancing and will often treat the class with a soft shoe should there be the time.<\/p>\n

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The panel was hosted by Rob MacDonald who is the project manage for Corel Corp.\u00a0 Included was Bruce Dorn, Andrew Jones, Jason Manly, and Fay Sirkis.\u00a0 Each are incredible artists creating jaw-dropping work.<\/p>\n

If the work wasn’t enough, my eyes widened when I saw the Wacom tablet belonging to Andrew Jones (shown above standing).\u00a0 He added a guitar strap to his tablet, and he modified it to musically respond to his pen stylus stroke.\u00a0 He does digital live paintings at concerts (he also has, among other things, worked for George Lucas at Industrial Light and Magic and has his art is on the cover of Corel Painter X).<\/p>\n

Each artist shared how they got involved in working in a digital media, what trends they see, and they addressed the misconception that digital art isn’t real art.\u00a0 That discussion focused on how we are on the cusp of a paradigm shift and how with each shift comes questions and doubt from others.\u00a0 Bruce discussed how traditional galleries have always been behind the times when showing artwork.\u00a0 Faye gave a quick but fascinating overview of art throughout various stages in history and how technology played a role in the tools used for the creation of art. \u00a0 She explained, for example, how Vermeer (born 1632) used a “camera obscura,” a lens-like device that helped produce perspective.\u00a0 The chain of events continued to today’s use of digital tools.<\/p>\n

They weren’t suggesting that traditional media is going away, but rather than there is a powerful array of digital tools that artists can use.\u00a0 And, just because you have digital tools doesn’t mean you are instantly an artist.\u00a0 They weren’t talking about using various filter recipes to create one look or another look, they were talking about using the tools as a way to further your passion and to authentically create — no different than using a charcoal or a machine stitch.<\/p>\n

I was absolutely awestruck by the artwork they shared, and I left the session feeling very energized and very good that my work is taking the direction it is.\u00a0 It is exciting to witness how digital technology is changing our world and how we incorporate it into our artwork.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is the last day of the show … more to follow …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today was another day of informative and inspiring sessions.\u00a0 The first was with Lesa King was taught “graphic secrets for creatives using Photoshop.” She is the authos of Photoshop CS4, The Missing Manual, published by O’Reilly. The next was with Deke McClelland.\u00a0 Deke is considered one of the top Photoshop “guru’s” – along with Scott […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,44,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art","category-macworld","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1307"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1949,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions\/1949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}