Inspired

I am awakened by ideas on a nightly basis lately, good ideas too.  1:30am, 2:30, 3:15 they seem to come at all hours of the early morning.  I find myself unable to get back to sleep as I am mentally trying to figure out if these ideas could be tangibly executed, wondering if there is some way I can actually mould these ideas into some amazing work of art.  The inspiration has become incredible, if not ridiculous, everything I look at inspires me.  I am looking at everything in a different way now, I thought I had always looked at life in an artistic light but that was nothing compared to this.  I have been introduced to a whole new world!

So it seems I am now constantly inspired, I can't escape it...which is a great and very welcome effect of attending art college.  I guess that's to be expected after two months of spending six hours a day looking at, creating and manipulating art in various forms, and additionally spending another two to three hours a day reading about art history, theory and philosophy.

I have spent these first six weeks working with digital media.  I have never done any computer generated art in the past so this has been a great learning experience.  I have spent the majority of the time creating short films which I have enjoyed immensely.  My first project, which I am quite happy with at this point, is due at the end of this week so this is the last week working on the digital side of art.  Next week I will be switching to a different medium.  I feel that I have learned a lot about digital art in this short amount of time and I can see myself  working with it quite a bit in the future.

Here are a few self portraits I made using still shots from the films I've been creating: