week 3 of 2024
northlandscapes on instagram is a series of “abstract landscapes of the polar regions” by jan erik waider. this is a close-up of cracks and frozen bubbles in ice.
Last week in Michigan was a filled with snow and freezing cold. There were several days of school closures so I found myself with a lot of unexpected free time. I used that time for catching up on projects and working on grading, as well as doing laundry and dishes. Surprisingly, I didn’t spend much time wandering the web or exploring new ideas. I was too busy trying to overcome my personal workload deficit. I’m feeling more caught up, however I don’t have a ton of stuff to share this week.
movie poster for Advise and Consent from 1962.
I added a few newly found items to my graphic design resources page, including the Movie Poster Collection from the Harry Ransom Center. I love finding specific niche collections like this. In this case, there are tons of posters for cheesy old movies dating back to the 1940s.
Also updated my art inspiration links page with new items as well. I particularly love same.energy which uses algorithms and AI to find pictures similar in some way to a chosen or uploaded starting image. It is like a more streamlined Pinterest system. I spent too much of my non-existent free time this week seeing what content it would surface.
Finally, I’m at the storyboard phase of teaching animation to my high school students. I found this fun storyboard pitch demo for Toy Story: