Digital Art: Introduction

I'm excited to be blogging about digital art this semester for Fine Arts D210. Little does my professor know that I already try to maintain a regular blog on my personal website. Unfortunately, she won't let me use that for this class so I'll be crossposting entries here and there. I guess if anything I'll get more exposure and even drive my own link juice :)

For my classmates, I'm a senior Informatics major focusing on cyber security and telecommunications. I have no formal art background. In fact, the last art class I took I failed (in 8th grade). Since then I've fallen in love with web design and consider myself well read on the subject. As most of my studies have been on what's under the hood, I've spent my own time researching web trends that encourage intuitive interaction.

Last year, I headed the GameZombie.tv web team that won a Webby award, and also had my logo selected for the 2009 Little 500 races. 

When I think of digital art, I don't think of just a plain image that could be printed and hung on the wall. It should be "hands-on" and responsive since the digital platform allows for that added depth. I'm most inspired by very interactive websites usually powered by Flash and websites that are effectively simplistic. These are usually produced by marketing companies, design studios, and individual designers. I tend to like very clean designs but also very grungy, dirty, graffitied looks. I also love typography and logos!

When I find the time, I love to read through the couple hundred design blogs on Google Reader. Here's where I got started and they have a download link to an OPML to directly import them all. Until next time-

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep"

Scott Adams