First Review on Our Mudbox Book
Renderosity wrote a review on the book that we wrote that just came out Digital Sculpting with Mudbox Essential Tools and Techniques for Artists. Check it out.
I Have Been Working On a Portrait of Mom
Many of you who read my blog https://creativesculpture.com/blog know that I have been transitioning from just traditional sculpture to digital. This is a portrait that I have been working on of my mother. It is created in Mudbox and still has a long way to go. But I thought I would post it. Mom passed away last August and so it was, at first, difficult to work on. I am, however, now very excited that I have started on it. I’m also glad I took the time, on one of my last visits, to gather lots of reference material. The new Mudbox has this cool feature called turntable. Even though mom is far from being done I though I would add it here.
New Art and Technology Podcast- A Discussion About Living Art With Sculptor Oron Catts
An Interview with Sculptor Oron Catts – A discussion about living art.
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Oron Catts is the director of SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia. SymbtioticA is laboratory that is “dedicated to the research, learning, critique and hands on engagement with the life sciences.” Catts is also co founder of The Tissue Culture & Arts Project (TC&A).
In this podcast the interviewer Bridgette Mongeon and Oron Catts discuss the artwork Victimless Leather, living tissue that is grown in a laboratory that resembles skin.
This is a very charged topic. Introduction to the art and SymbioticA may cause some to gasp. Some of the interviewers questions were first raised in the article Frankensteinian Art?
PEER GROUP
This topic will be the first of 4 that will be featured in an online per group study. If you are a student, professor, or scientist who would like to participate in this online dialogue for the month of September contact the podcast host. The online discussion is by invitation only. The participation with be held through an online forum with others around the world. More information to follow
* Listen to the podcast from our podcast player on the nav bar at Digital Sculpting.net
* The direct link to this podcast segment- should you want to put it on your website or blog http://media.libsyn.com/media/artandtechnology/Art_Technology_007_Interview_with_Oron_Catts_a_Discussion_About_Living_Art..mp3
The Art and Technology Podcast listen from the Digital Sculpting.net website or Subscribe to the podcast in itunes
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Some More About Quick Sketches And The Facial Action Coding System
I have been posting on this blog about my quick sketches in clay. I have made a commitment to do several a week. I decided to put this video together to show the process of creating one. I think it is fun to watch. If you want to take this challenge yourself remember set the timer for 30 minutes. Then go to digitalsculpting.net and post them on the Mudbox forum under the Mudbox Challenge thread. Here is another post that talks about the Facial Action Coding System( FACS). Hanson Robotics is using FACS to help their Robots look and act more real. This I describe in my Einstein Robot post.
Hey while there give a listen to the podcast.
It has been a while since I did a video tutorial. I really love doing these. I must do more.
More Quick Sketches In 3D
In a previous post “Thinking about fast. Is it the new slow” I had depicted some of my quick sketches in Mudbox. I have decided to try and do these regularly so I am going to insert some more. I may also switch to zbrush quick sketches. The timer is set for 30 minutes. If you want to share your quick sketches in Mudbox or zbrush I have created a challenge on the digitalsculpting.net website forum. Can’t wait to see what others have.
Looking for Artists/Universities/Research Projects to Interview
I’m looking for cutting edge art or research projects that are somewhat controversial or can prompt a dialogue. Must be associated with art and technology. A varied amount of possibilities involved.
1. Interview on the Art and Technology Podcast.
2. Possible inclusion in an up and coming book
3. May be included as the topic in a world wide peer group dialogue.
Example of the type of things we are looking at please see this article Frankensteinian Art? The suggested art does not have to be bio art it can include other forms of technology such as nanotechnology.
The interview with Oron Catts will be added to the online podcast of Art and Technology found at http://www.digitalsculpting.net on May 5th.
Please e mail me privately if you have a suggestion for this ASAP.
Thinking About Fast. Is It The New Slow?
It does not take long to search around my site and see that most of my work is very detailed. I have and do love that way of working, but lately I have been thinking about fast. Sculpting fast and seeing what comes out. I may embrace this throughout the next few months. I have done this before with quick sketches in clay but have not done it in a very long time. So I started with Mudbox—working fast in mudbox. You may have seen some of these on my blog before. But here are some 20-25 minute sketches using the Mudbox sphere.
Creating fast. It is freeing, there are no stipulations, sure there is a deadline- the timer. but it is amazing, if you do this over and over again what it will do for the way you work. There is a great sense of peace in working fast. You may see a bunch more pieces on this blog as I experiment with fast. It does not have to be hectic or trying. So I am wondering is fast the new slow?
A New Book Proposal
I just sent a new book proposal to the publisher. Art and Technology- Exploration of resources and advancements in digital sculpting, printing, milling and scanning. I know, I am just able to breath after fishing Digital Sculpting with Mudbox Essential Tools and Techniques for Artists.
I’m also knee deep in the Art and Technology podcast and the new website at http://www.digitalsculpting.net
The new book project is terribly exciting. It will feature a great deal of the research I am doing on this subject for my graduate studies. As I stated in the book proposal.
Art and Technology- Exploration of resources and advancements in digital sculpting, printing, milling and scanning. Finally, a resource guide for understanding and accessing tools in digital printing, milling and scanning. This technology is not just for manufacturing or engineering but can be embraced by designers, traditional and graphic artists who want to utilize these technologies in their creativity and in their workflow. This resource breaks down the process and possibilities for artists.
This book helps to inspire, as artists can see what others have created and push their imagination utilizing new technology. The technology can help save artists time and help artists create in ways that have never been conceivable until this time. Inspiration- strengthens your creativity and enlarges your artistic tool set.
I should know something in two – three weeks.
Art And Technology Podcast- Digital Scanning And Traditional Sculpture
An Interview With Dan Gustafson Next Engine Scanner and Traditional Sculptor Mark Byrd
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Using digital technology such as scanning and milling in the traditional art studio is what I refer to as Tra-digi art. Dan Gustafson of the NextEngine Scanner and Traditional Sculptor Mark Byrd spend time with me talking about using the NextEngine scanner in the creating of life size traditional bronze sculptures. What are the advantages of using the scanner? What are the pitfalls to watch out for when incorporating this technology in your own studio?
Some of these concepts of digital scanning and printing were featured in chapter 7 of the Mudbox book.
* Listen to the podcast from our podcast player on the nav bar at Digital Sculpting.net
* The direct link to this podcast segment- should you want to put it on your website or blog http://media.libsyn.com/media/artandtechnology/Art_Technology_006_Scanning_and_Milling_in_the_Tradtitional_Studio.mp3
More photographs to come
The Art and Technology Podcast listen from the Digital Sculpting.net website or Subscribe to the podcast in itunes
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Major Panic-But It Is Over Now
Major panic this morning. I noticed that none of the links that I had been sending out on my blog were correct. In fact, they were all broken! I freaked. My blog is a major way of my promoting my work. My husband saw the terror in my eyes as I realized this affected
1. All outgoing blog posts anywhere linking to my site from present or past
2. All of my twitters posts
3. My work that I had sent to my instructor for graduate school.
My husband, who is not into social marketing, rolled his eyes and said, “Oh, it is the end of the world.”
For someone who works hard at social marketing it means a lot, plus it is wasted effort if the links no longer work, and I hate that. If I send someone a link on a blog post I would expect that it would work!
Now, if you remember, I had to change my blog from blogger to WordPress about a month ago. ( Notice this link that I just posted will work now that this problem is fixed.)
FYI the reason I had to move was The blog I had through blogger was an ftp blog, which basically means it was not a creativeendeavors.blogspot.com blog
but instead my links were linked from my website https://creativesculpture.com/blog. I moved because blogger would no longer support these ftp blogs. This change infuriated many, me included. However, I have really liked the transition and the Word Press blog.
When the problem of broken links to my blog appeared, it was hard to notice. After all, how many times do I go back to the internet and try and see how my links are doing?
When it hit me today I looked around and sure enough broken, broken, BROKEN!
I contacted web designer Shawn Hesketh, who by the way has wonderful tutorials on how to put up a WordPress site at http://wp101.com/
The problem was all about my permalink structure that can be set up in the settings in the admin panel on the WordPress blog. Shawn said I could read about it in
Part 2: Creating a New Post – covers how to create a custom permalink for an individual post.
Part 17: Configuration Settings – covers how to set up the Custom Permalink Structure.
But basically if I had the same settings as my old blog which was creativesculpture.com/blog/Yearofarticle/dateofarticle/nameofarticle.html I would be fine. I set this up as custom permalink structure with this code. /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html
He also said he might create an individual topic on this tricky subject. for http://wp101.com/
Oh , and Shawn said his WordPress 101 site is a membership site, but if you use this coupon code CREATIVESCULPTURE during signup he will discount the cost of a lifetime membership by 50%.
Thanks Shawn.