What is Real

This Dutch artist, Evelien Lohbeck, really blurs the lines between reality and fiction.  Follow the link o find out a bit more about her and watch the video.  I am nit sure exactly what draws me toward this work.  I know that it grew on me about half way through.  I am quite honestly not sure what I want to take from this artist.  Maybe the use of old techniques in a more complicated, perfected and a new way.

Jerrell Conner

A great Kickstarter campaign.  It was unsuccessful, but possessed many great qualities.  This artists is a graphic novelist and illustrator.  I like his use of color and would love to learn more about digital illustration. 

Miss Bugs

I just stumbled upon Miss Bugs' work today and am quite amazed with her outdoor graffiti style installations.  They are unique and attention grabbing.  I think this work related to my work in that it inspires me to get my work into the community, beyond exhibitions.  I am not sure what exactly this would mean, but I would love to create some sort of viral image that spread around a town (I do have some ideas, but execution is the challenge.).

Jenny Venn

Jenny Venn is the graphic design instructor at the University of Wyoming.  I have taken 6 classes from her and her classes have really helped me to have a passion for for concept development and research.  One of the projects from her Graphic Design II class is a Social Justice poster series based on historical styles.  This project was one that really helped me know that I don't want to do traditional graphic design work but rather focus on social issues and use my graphic design skills in conjunction with my drawing and other work.  Some of my work inspired by her poster project.

The poster below is a design that Jenny did for the Shepard Symposium on Social Justice.  To see more of her work, check out her blog. 

Jenny's University of Wyoming Profile