Art & Visual

Picasso’s Rose Period was followed by an even more radical departure in style. From 1907 to 1909 Picasso’s art was influenced by his interest in so-called “primitive” arts, especially African Masks. This period, consequently, became known as the African Period. His paintings, typified by simplified, angular forms, were rendered in […]

Graffiti’s first roots began to appear in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the late 60s when a couple of young boys started tagging corn bread and cool earl all over the city until almost every where you looked you would see corn bread and cool earl written in trains walls windows etc. […]

Clip Art has been used in various forms since the middle of the last century. “Spot Illustrators” were hired by print publications, ad agencies, and so forth in the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s and into the 1980’s to create quick, black and white visuals to accompany advertisements, articles, forums, short […]

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The importance of Titles in Art is immense, as it gives a meaning and a purpose to the artwork. In fact, the Title of an artwork is one of its most artistic and important things. The meaning of the Title usually is interwoven throughout a piece of art and is […]

Responsibilities of an artwork studio and its impact on the production of a game. Within the whole structure of a game development studio, building a good team and effective planning is critical to any project. Pre-production is a crucial time when game design decisions will reflect the bottom line. A […]

I DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ART BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE? Perhaps you’ve gone to a gallery or art museum, looked at the artwork displayed and said to yourself, “What the heck is that? I can’t understand it! Why is this here in a gallery?” Or, maybe you’ve gone […]

Signed in pencil, signed in the plate, what does all of this mean? The way a print is signed and it’s impact on the value of the art causes a great deal of confusion. You will see prints that are unsigned, signed in the plate, stamped signature, estate signed and […]

Computer generated art is by no means new yet the digital art movement still managed to sneak up on us. It is difficult to pin point when digital fine art began because its very close relatives, graphic design, photography, animation and such, have existed for quite some time. Disciplines like […]

This is not where you expect to find great graphic art. But it’s there! And, I think that it’s about time the world discovered Philip McCobb’s fantastic graphic designs, illustrations and art. Even if you have to buy a T-shirt or skateboard to do it. First a little about the […]