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Thoughts specific to this next work:
What makes a print exist in a form that transcends its distribution?
What would a non-artist consider interesting about a print they themselves finalize?
How can the "printer" be involved and invested in the print?
What function of art does this distribution method most support?
How can I keep this all in mind and make something that still looks cool?

The Screenprint

Well here is where my screenprint currently stands. I went into critique with much less confidence for it as compared to my digital print which I thought had come out well. I realize that 14 colors may have simply been too much for me to handle, but I did get 8 printed (but I only showed this one which has 7 because the 8th color was just so bad I tossed it)

There is something so very cool about work that has missing elements to it but still feels resolved. And while the work does look kindof cool the way it is now, I want to try and get the last 7 colors printed. With no time specification I think it is entirely possible, and perhaps I could print even more colors on top of the original 14 if I feel the urge!

Infinite Print

Much like a digital printing process circumvents a number of limitations imposed by traditional analog methods, an infinite print would theoretically change the very nature of the printing processes' end result. Whereas prints in the commerical sphere have value based around their print run, the idea of creating a series with no upper limit in many ways completely discards the notions of uniqueness and originality that paintings posses and prints somewhat diminish. Like printmaking functions to expand a work's sphere of influence by making it more accessible, an infinite print should completely blow that notion out of the water. But in order for an infinite print to have expanded existence, it must actually be printed! So in essence the challenge is; what work would someone be willing to print?

Final Digital Work

My final image to be printed digitally. The screenprint will be it broken down into individual colors.

Two More Sketches

Two technique sketches

I am trying to find a technique I like for working digitally (with a tablet)
I want a style that is unique to the digital relm; something that is more than just emulating some analog process.

Dogs are like people: Often the prettier you are the dumber you also are

In doing research about the Westminster dog show, I came across an interesting argument that makes perfect sense. For thousands of years as dogs were becoming domesticated, they were bred to be smart, to have strength and good instincts. But as dogs started to become bred for looks instead of brains, they have become dumber and dumber. And it makes sense, these dogs exist outside the natural order of evolution; in the wild the dumb dogs would die before they got a chance to reproduce. These dumb dogs have less personality and are harder to train, which seems a bit counter-productive to the objective of the show.

So heres something to think about: don't humans have the same problem? Intellectuals are less likely to reproduce, passing on their genius genes. The crazy nerdy guy may have gotten a 780 math SAT but he will often have more trouble reproducing, while the ditsy girl who drops out of school may have a half dozen kids before she turns 30. Scientists do believe that with every generation humans are becoming dumber and dumber.

So if you're dumb don't have kids- you'll be saving humanity.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4283328/Pedigree-dogs-are-becoming-stupid-as-we-breed-them-for-looks-not-brains.html

Alright this is really quite a cool thing

A Sketch

Here is a sketch I made for this project- just an idea i thought was cool.