artists Flashcards
John Sweeney
art director
Postmodern frame
Begin with rough sketch → Consider gameplay → Input geographical knowledge → submit to programmers
Take on me - digital - 2020
make over - 2020
Ewa Hauton
Born 1969 in Poland, when she studied at the School of Fine arts
Her art style is influenced with an encounter with a choreographer Evelyne Jolivet
PENSÉES BLEUES - HAUTON EWA - 160x130cm - Oil on canvas 2022
Dance in blue - 2022 -180x160 (ink charcoal black stone
Miquel Barcelo
Spanish artist
Muletero, 1990 apart of the series for the last bullfights
130.8 x 161.2 cm
Hautons art specialises in the emotional display of dance without focusing on facial expressions.
Pensees Bleues (2022) is an oil on canvas art that is 160 x 130 cm large
Miquel Barcelo is another postmodern artist, who specialises in the cultural representation of the land. Born and raised in Spain his culture is instilled in his art,
131 by 164cm, Muletero, 1990
John Sweeney uses his art as a tool to build a separate world.Sweeney approaches his art through a meticulous and routine-based approach
‘Take On Me’ (2021) - digital art
Process - research land and city (‘the world around us’ ) - first draft (monochrome) based from a prompt - discusses gameplay and function of the area. - makes into emotional location
‘Take On Me’ (2020) - digital art
protagonist alone with a guitar. The location is a Seattle downtown shopping district years after the apocalypse started. Sweeney used the background to establish the world’s previous success, having large buildings collapsed and overgrown, a result of his research. The foreground of the art is a destroyed room, draped in lush vines, bringing a natural calming feeling amongst the destruction. The subject becomes almost a silhouette in the darkroom, further illustrating how the character’s emotions are hidden.
PENSÉES BLEUES - HAUTON EWA - 160x130cm - Oil on canvas 2022
The work is done purely using blue gradients, the focus features a close portrait of a dancer in movement. Beginning with a sketch of the figure she is able to see the literal picture she is painting. Via the use of oil paints, glazes and charcoal, she creates rough, direct, decisive strokes, EMULATIONG MOVEMENT, transforming a purely realistic painting into a subjective piece.
Miquelo Barcelo 131 x 164cm, Muletero, 1990
he land is roughly painted emulating the sand movement, he created the audience stands with smooth strokes of black and white. All this is in a circular motion, giving the bullfighting ring a gravitational illusion.
The artwork replicates how the Spanish landscapes are traditionally covered in a blanket of sand.
