Crowdsourcing Final Projects

Swarm Sketch Project

Artist Statement: I contributed to two swarm sketches. It was interesting to see how contributors can use the small lines of others to create an overall image with (some) recognizable areas of the sketch.

Johnny Cash Project   

Click Here to See My Contribution to the Johnny Cash Project

Artist Statement: I choose to contribute to the Johnny Cash project because it is a great crowdsourcing project with a great cause. Within my image I choose to use the stippling technique to create the characteristics of the face. I spent a lot of time using the opacity of the brush to create bright highlights to bring out facial features. For the background my inspiration was Van Gogh's famous Starry Night painting.

Post Secret

Artist Statement: I have always wanted to contribute to Post Secret so I decided to use this as another crowd sourcing project to participate in. To incorporate the ideals of the class, I decided to make a digital collage for the background of the post card. The letters where found on images on-line and cut and pasted to the background, in true digital ransom note fashion.

Crowdsourcing Web Page Home Page Design

Artist Statement: Seeing as how my favorite project in class was the Triptych, this is what I decided would be my crowdsourcing idea. The idea behind this project is a combination between all the crowdsourcing projects I have seen. First, each day the project would have a word written in bold. The next step is to take the first image,color or word/s that comes to your mind when you see the bold word and add it to the days digital collage or Triptych. Similar to the technical layout of the Johnny Cash Project, the users would have a simplified version of Photoshop to edit their piece and place it on the working collage space. I choose to make a simple elegant Home page, using negative space and a simple layout so it would give the purpose of the project while not initially bombarding the user with too much info.  

Digital Currents: Chapter 5 Discussion Question

1. Because artist that create interactivity within their work have to explore many different sides of their work as they are developing it, i.e not only creating the work as an artist but as exploring their work as a viewer, do you believe they form a deeper connection with their work than visual artists like painters, poets, composers and so on?

"Interactivity deeply entwines the function of viewer and artist. In the process, the artist's role changes.    This convergence transforms what had been two very different identities of the artists and viewer." (167)

2. Do you believe that the an artist that creates an interactive piece has a deeper level of connection with the viewer, than that of traditional artist?

"In interactively participating, the viewer derives power somewhat parallel with that of the artist: to choose one's own path and discover one's own insights through the interactive work." (167)