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Beeple’s ‘Everydays’: The Value of Digital Artwork
Posted: 18/03/21 09:37 |
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Last week an artwork sold at Christie’s Auction House for $65m (about £47m). ‘Everydays: The First 5,000 Days’ by the American artist Beeple (better known to his family as Mike Winkelmann) is now the most expensive piece of digital art ever created, but its provenance and value are not contained within the work itself, as […]
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A conversation between Foundations Drawing student David Csaba and tutor Cheryl Huntbach
Posted: 09/12/20 09:09 |
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It may be interesting for prospective students, and others to know a little about your background, your life, and art experience prior to your OCA studies- for example from where you originate (how this may or may not inform your own studies / drawing work / process. My name is Csaba David and I have […]
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OCA recommends: ‘Manga’ at the British Museum, until 26 August 2019
Posted: 16/07/19 09:47 |
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Until around 20 years ago, it was possible to determine a comics artist or illustrator’s national and cultural origins from their aesthetic – from the elements of composition, mark-making, gesturality and myriad other aspects of image-making that comprised their personal visual language. Now none of these origins can be taken for granted. The fundamental question this raises is about the future of design and illustration generally – is the increasing similarity of visuality a ‘good thing’ or not?
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Contemporary drawing research
Posted: 28/01/19 09:05 |
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I wanted to bring together a short summary of the most recent book in the Drawing series – Vitamin D2, focusing particularly on some of the artists featured whose drawing practices it might be interesting and useful for students to look at.
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My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates…
Posted: 16/12/18 12:00 |
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Under the Visual Communications umbrella you can study a range of disciplines including graphic design and illustration and explore the overlaps between those and other disciplines within the area.
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Holiday reading habits
Posted: 13/08/18 09:59 |
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Airports stock a lot of books for holiday reading, and if you’re aiming at a popular market in it’s a good idea to take a good hard look at what’s on sale. Crime and romance come top, but these days they all have strap-lines that sound exactly the same.
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In conversation with: Beth Dawson
Posted: 12/07/18 09:42 |
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Watch OCA tutor Beth Dawson below in our latest Creative Conversations video.
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John Minton
Posted: 11/08/17 09:33 |
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Join OCA tutor Jim Cowan on the 16 September in Chichester.
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Visiting an illustrator
Posted: 12/06/17 09:06 |
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If you could meet your favourite creative practitioner, what would you ask them? Work-related learning, such as visits to studios, conversations with practitioners, or more involved relationships through live projects and placements, all offer direct ways to help inform your knowledge and understanding of your discipline.
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Laura Jones Arnold, Alice Cleland & Elizabeth Vessey
Posted: 01/05/17 09:15 |
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OCA tutors and assessors Christian Lloyd, Jo Davies and Beth Dawson look at the work of illustration 1 students Laura Jones Arnold, Alice Cleland & Elizabeth Vessey.
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