Hi, my name is Richard S Davidge and have lived in Fairbanks Alaska most of my life. I am majoring in mechanical engineering currently, and am in my first year at UAF. I have had experience with the renaissance period of Italian and Germanic art, but am hoping to expand outside of Europe with this course. Having spent most of my life in Alaska I have a passion for getting outdoors be it in the snow, sun, or rain and hope to meet any of you on the ski slopes this season.
Most of my first hand experience with art comes from appreciating that which is done in a 3-d scale through video games and animations that are mostly found online. When it comes to 2-d pieces though much of my experience in recent years has been through storytelling mediums such as manga, high fantasy, and anime. If I do get the chance to go to museums outside of the state like when I am on vacation I usually take them but that is not an often occurrence for me. When it comes to making my own art I usually have stuck to either architectural design, literature, or 3-d modeling as I have found it to be much more entertaining to do art when it is of the 3-d variety.
O’Brien, Patrick. “Patrick O’Brien Studio.” Patrick O’Brien Studio, 2025, www.patrickobrienstudio.com/ships-at-sea-paintings. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
“Dragonmount.” Dragonmount, 7 Dec. 2021, dragonmount.com/gallery/category/6-us-book-cover-art/. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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ReplyDeleteSerendipity! I just started Book 14 - Memory of Light. I started reading the Wheel of Time series in 1/23. I really dislike the 1st edition covers. Garish, stiff figures (Knife of Dreams - so stiff). Book covers would be great to analyze in this class.
ReplyDeleteYour experiences with art seems so interesting! Architectural design is something that I find to be so interesting but at the same time difficult. Do you have a 3-D printer or do you use clay or other stuff like that when making your own art? I personally have always preferred 2-D art but that is just because I find paintings to be incredibly beautiful.
ReplyDeletemost of my 3-d experience comes from using programs that allow me to design parts that ill implement in blender then usually cnc them out of whatever scrap i have lying around. For 2-d art I have often found that there is simply to much for me to appreciate it all as the world of digital art is ever expanding thus i can't fully enjoy a single piece before my brain jumps to the next piece. While in 3-d art with its lesser scale lets me make a piece in the moment if i enjoy it enough.
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