ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION PROCESS

WORK IN PROGRESS

I thought I’d like to show a little bit of work in progress and also talk a little about my processes for this latest project.

For this piece, I’ve used a Unity plugin to create some Perlin noise generated landscapes. These landscapes were randomly generated again and again, until something that might work as a naturally occurring border appeared. To this, I first add a body of water, a skybox, lighting, weather, and flora. I then use a first-person controller to explore my environment, adding in downloaded 3D objects from found sources via the Unity store.

Within the play-throughs, I try and find little scenarios that might work with implicit narratives, perhaps items that might be identified as relating to an imagined border situation while simultaneously referencing gaming semiotics.

Above is one finished image. Throughout the development of this project, I have taken 100+ of such screenshots. Below, are a few examples of my different attempts, showing my exploration with adding and subtracting objects this screenshot. Unity allows me to work in a painterly kind of way, building up composition via this process until I have something with which I am happy.

Incidentally, this particular shot was inspired by a painting I had completed many years ago, taken from a Google Street View trip around Northern Ireland.

GOOGLE STREET VIEW PAINTINGS

NEW WORK





Some new Google Street View Paintings.

I had the idea to start these a while ago but I am finally getting around to making some progress. Glad to be painting on such a big scale again. The first one is needing a few glazes to get the depth of colour right and the second one is up on my wall at the minute. I have also begun a third. Watch this space!

GOOGLE STREET VIEW

The beginnings of a new project involving Google Street View. Watch this space for future developments and any feedback would be awesome.

GOOGLE APOCALYPSE

STREET VIEW LENS FLARE AWESOME

Some excellent images from Google Maps Street View. Due to the nature of patching together several photographs employed by the software I found that the lens flare would start and stop in unusual places. Kinda gives it an eerie atom bomb exploding feel with a rocket trail and everything. Enjoy.







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MORE

More to come.

Ive recently exhibited in the Truman Brewery in London as part of the Free Range festival. The whole exhibition went very well and I had a great time in London seeing all the other graduates work. Sometimes I reckon its more important to keep an eye on what other people your age are making than any other contemporary artist.

Some photos of that show to arrive soon.

Two more exhibitions coming up soon. The first of which is 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow' at the station centre in Nottingham. The opening is on monday the 11th of August so if you are able feel free to arrive and enjoy free wine.

Here is a flyer for it



I have been working on some new Skyboxes for this show, as you can see from the flyer. These ones have been inspired by the kitsch nature of German Romantic painting and the notion of finding religion in invented landscapes. The images are computer generated parodies with a tongue in cheek approach. Have a look below and make up your own mind...

SKYBOX

Some new work based on skyboxes in computer games.

Basically the skybox is a six sided cube that is created around the game environment to give the illusion of the surrounding area being larger than it actually is. Therefore, many of such skyboxes don't include foreground detail.

What I have been doing is drawing references to romantic painting and creating (some ridiculous) panoramas based on four of the six panels of the skybox (minus the top and bottom). Without the foreground the landscape details such as mountain areas often disappear into hazy lakes or Friedrichesque mist.

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