Saturday, April 5, 2008

week4--amysol

today i shall do a spot light on Amy from www.amysol.com

since i am unable to show you any of her picture here (due to the fact her website is a flash website and i have no way of linking to the exact picture) i shall discuss her pictures in general and my fascinations with them and what i believe is special about her works.

the most obvious thing that struck out to me most is the fact she painted many of her paintings on plywood. therefore many of her pieces have the wavy textures characteristic of wood on the backgrounds, giving it a very unique look.

another signature technique she uses is her colour palette. consisting mainly of greys  whites and browns and many other muted colours, it is instantly interesting. her desaturated colours are also complimentary of the wood textures she uses, hence the whole piece of art bind together to form an awesome piece.

her work is mainly based on whimsical animals and females. one point that struck out to me was the fact she sometimes used the wood textures on her subject as welll as the backgrounds, hence it would give the subject a nice pattern. an example that comes to mind was how she made some seal like animals have wood textures on their body. she added faint washes of shadings on the sides and instantly made the animal pop out and become more realistic.

the female in her paintings normally have a serene and calm maybe even sad look on their faces. she utilises alot of patterns such as patterned plants in the background, or the patterns on the female's clothes. although the paintings normally look generally flat, but there are some shadings which bring out the subject more.

the composition is normally surreal with the patterned foliage and some animals accompanying the female character. it gives viewers a calming feeling and appeals for me to look more closely at the tiny and subtle details.

for a better feel of what i am talking about i suggest you enter amy's world for yourself and view her many wonderful piece at http://www.amysol.com/

week 3--plushies

plushies! wonderful toys we normally see in toy shops which all girls would oo and aa over. yet those toys are often unoriginal, mass produced in factories, and you can bet someone else would have the exact same one all over singapore! yet here comes the era where sewing is not old-fashioned nor dumb, instead it has turned into yet another form of art one can view all over the globe.

instead of buying mass produced plushies, y not the original handmade one by the many plushie artists around the world?


no longer are Xboxes hard static producing plastic and metal which bring us all countless hours of playtime. instead these little plushie replicas of the Xbox is astoundingly accurate yet cute and lovable at the same time!
http://kickass-peanut.deviantart.com/art/XBOX-360-Plush-Edition-V2-68188653

these inedible chocolate delight plushes are really too cute! they look realictic yet have the amazing cute factor. makes u wanna cuddle it and then take a big munch out of them, though that would just leave you with a mouth of fluff.
http://kickass-peanut.deviantart.com/art/Be-My-Valentine-Plush-75339888

talk about goin back in time! i remember eating lucky charms when i was younger and to see kickass-peanut make these exact replicas of those yummy mashmallow bits makes me smile.
http://kickass-peanut.deviantart.com/art/Lucky-Charm-Charms-78673931

talk about more food plushies! this kitty burger is really cute. its dismantalable, so we can seperate our tomato from our cheese, lettuce,and bread patty.

somehow this is turning into a food plushie post...
well this time a chocolate mousse plushie. the amount of food decorations on top of these mouse are normally really breathtaking, yet when they have been transformed into cloth, it just awes me how the shape is still retained




chocolate mousse by ~aiwa-9 on deviantART

now time for a blueberry cheese cake! arn't we all getting abit hungry looking at these? 
once again take note of how the blueberry sauce is simulated with cloth and how real those blueberries look!


nyanko blueberry cheesecake by ~aiwa-9 on deviantART

sometimes the simplest things are the most interesting! look at those cute mashmallows!
http://coconut-lane.deviantart.com/art/Marshmellows-39587044

and with that i shall end off this journal. there are loads more kinds of plushies out there, but these are so cute you can't resist!