Monday, May 21, 2012

Pointedly impressed by dots cohesively conveying a message

I was discussing my project with a friend who did not realize the illustration I used was comprised of tiny dots (i.e. pointillism).

 

Pointillism ( /ˈpwɛntɨlɪzəm/) is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. The term Pointillism was first coined by art critics in the late 1880s to ridicule the works of these artists, and is now used without its earlier mocking connotation.[1] Neo-impressionism and Divisionism are also terms used to describe this technique of painting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointillism

 

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte

 

Roy Lichtenstein

Seascape, 1996

Oil and Magna on canvas

49 x 102 inches; 124.5 x 259.1 cm

http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/3489.htm

 

Hello Kickstarter World! I'd like to enlist the Kickstarter community in the process of furthering the distribution of my children's book – Amazona and Mama.
Your interest will help me get a round of print-on-demand hardcopies and ebook formats.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dittrich-industries/amazona-and-mama?ref=live

 

Saturday, May 19, 2012

It's Official! Just launched my Kickstarter project: Amazona & Mama!!!

Amazona and Mama::

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dittrich-industries/amazona-and-mama

 

This is my “pilot” project (I’ve got a couple others I plan on setting up).

Please post/share/buzz my Kickstarter link with others who can help make my project a success!

 

Thank you to those who have already shown their support!!!

 

Inspiration for the spotty-dotty-pointed nature of the illustration is owed to the masterpiece::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte

 

“Silently Mama scaled the tree...

For what was in the branches above was her lunch to be...”

 

(For the curious…ahh, yes, a nom de plume, a  literary double I am.)

Joan Miro Study of Inverted Personages (Pastels, circa 1990)

Rediscovered this packed away with a bunch of other sketches, paintings, and art.

(I also found a pencil sketch my sister did.  Looking out from the Cadiz apartment – priceless.)

 

http://www.obit-mag.com/articles/magic-miro

 

http://www.art.com/products/p10032656-sa-i845965/joan-miro-inverted-personages.htm

 

maker::

maker of things says "drink Tangy"!