http://www.stuee.com/blog Thu, 27 May 2010 08:00:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 'Coffee at Gio Vintage' - Daily Sketch Lunch time today was spent having a cappuccino and biscotto. Luckily Gio Vintage (a great little vintage shop in Caloundra) had tables in the courtyard covered with paper and a supply of crayons. So after missing a few days of sketching as a result ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2010/coffee-at-gio-vintage/ I decided a month ago that I should commit to a daily sketch or at least one every second day. This, I'm told, would be a great exercise in improving and developing drawing and observation skills - a good healthy regime for anybody in visual arts or design. I'm hoping ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2010/foot-blanket-sketch/ This is another quick sketch from my journal that I found it a few days ago. Although this is an anthropomorphic rabbit, the traits and attitude of the character was probably influenced by a few people I went to school with - it's amazing to think it was 17 years ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2010/tony-b-sketch/ Knowmore: House of Commons' was on show from the Saturday 21st of February 2009 to Sunday 24 May 2009 at the State Library of Queensland. It received positive feedback from the large amount of traffic that visited it while it was in the Infozone. Keith Armstrong also drew a good crowd ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2009/knowmore-showing-at-state-library/ Symbol of stillness - Stuart Lawson The 'Knowmore: House of Commons' interactive installation officially wrapped up production last week 30 January 2009. I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all involved for a great experience - Keith Armstrong, Chris Barker, Darren Pack and Luke Lickfold. The project was also supported by ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2009/knowmore-house-of-commons/ Symbol of stillness - Stuart Lawson The image above - Symbol of stillness - is a still from a small concept animation of one of the items a participant might have seen emerging from the depths of the table as they spun its surface and traversed its perimeter. I say 'might ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2008/knowmore_project_update01/ Cactus Larry - Digital painting. Copyright Stuart Lawson Introducing Cactus Larry. He's a character in a short animation I thought up back in 2002. I've embarked on bringing that animation to life - starting with this digitally painted character design I did two days ago... Click here to see Larry. Click here to ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2008/cactus-larry/ Karl Schmidt-Rottluff study Another natural media exercise. This one involves examining other artists techniques and using them to apply different rendering possibilities that you can apply to your own work. Lessons learnt here, and with any art exercise, crossover into the digital domain; especially the principles of colour, general composition and ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2008/karl-schmidt-rottluff-study/ Studio Shot - 2006 Annual report cover Back in 2006 I created a small Photoshop image to showcase document designs as if they were taken in a studio. I'm giving the template away for FREE! It was first used to create a mock-up studio shot of an annual report cover design I ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2008/studio-shot-free-download/ Knowmore - stage 1. Image of table being tested in production meeting What is Knowmore? Knowmore is an interactive installation (or immersive kinetic artwork) - it is best described by Keith Armstrong as: "... a tabletop interactive work where the evolution of the images projected upon its top surface and spatial soundscape depends ... http://www.stuee.com/blog/2008/knowmore-2009-stage-1/