(Long Island, NY) As part of the SPARKBOOM series of events, the Art League of Long Island will be hosting an exciting Digital Art Experience on September 20 from 7pm to 9pm. The evening will include an interactive digital art workshop by David Miller, and a demonstration of Digital Sculpting by Brian Richardson.
Visitors will also be able to view a graphic art exhibit of up and coming young digital artists in the Art League’s Strolling Gallery.
The exhibit opens September 9 and runs through October 7.
On exhibit will be innovative, cutting edge works created by Krista Biedenbach, S.Y. Lee, Eric Hutchison, Brian Richardson, Michael Dylan Ferrara, William Levenberg, Chris Pugliese, Lauren Forman, Amanda Reilly, Chris Dandrea, Roxanne Sostenuto, Chia Chien, and Harun Eggleton.
SPARKBOOM is a collective initiative to create vibrant events and opportunities that foster Long Island’s emerging creative talent. SPARKBOOM is a project of the Huntington Arts Council funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Five Towns College is the lead sponsor of SPARKBOOM. Bethpage Federal Credit Union is proud to support this SPARKBOOM project. The Art League of Long Island is one of twelve partners committed to highlighting the high level of innovative artistic and cultural resources surrounding the Huntington hub.
SPARKBOOM is a collective initiative to create vibrant events and opportunities that foster Long Island’s emerging creative talent.
The Digital Revolution: An Interactive Workshop Presented by David Miller
Join in a “hands on workshop” that will give beginners the basic skills to start creating 2D art in Photoshop, and will provide intermediate Photoshop users with some of the more commonly used shortcuts to help you work even faster in the application.
To practice all of these skills participants will be invited, one at a time, to join in the creation of a surreal, digital collaboration of art. The subject will be determined by the participants at the workshop.
Art has gone through many periods; Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Impressionism, Surrealism, Contemporary, the list is extremely long. Future art historians are sure to call our current times the “Digital Art” period. Art that has been created digitally is all around us. From advertising, to video games, to web comics, and even to fine art, there are literally hundreds of thousands of artists working digitally every day. Online web communities such as www.deviantart.com showcase this art with constant updates from its members. But how to get
started? Or how do you learn to work faster in apps such as Adobe Photoshop? Come join us and find out!
The workshop is run by Science Fiction and Fantasy illustrator David O. Miller, who is an instructor at the Art League. David is one of the biggest geeks living on Long Island. He’s young at heart, but has the experience that age brings. He has created art for Dungeons and Dragons, Topps Star Wars Galaxy II, as well as many various genre related RPG books and magazines. For several years he was the Senior Art Director for U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. David also attends Science Fiction and Gaming conventions throughout all of the U.S. and conducts art workshops and demonstration at those venues. In 2011 David was an artist guest at the Bram Stoker Weekend and, in 2010, was Artist Guest of Honor at I-Con, the local Long Island Science Fiction Convention held at Stony Brook University.
The workshop is run by Science Fiction and Fantasy illustrator David O. Miller, who is an instructor at the Art League
Digital Sculpting Demonstration Presented by Brian Richardson
Come and enjoy this fascinating demonstration on the art of Digital Sculpting. Digital Sculpting, also known as Sculpt Modeling or 3D Sculpting, is the use of software that offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab, pinch or otherwise manipulate a digital object as if it were made of a real-life substance such as clay. From the completed 3D model, an actual 3D sculpture can be created using a 3D printer. Brian will be using the 3D modeling software, “Sculptris” and he will have some of his 3D printed sculptures on display.
Brian is an award winning artist and a senior at Farmingdale State University, where he is enrolled in the visual communications program. He is also employed as a graphic artist at Drive Medical Design and Manufacturing. His interest in digital art has culminated in a graphic novel which he has been working on for the past two years (deadgraphicnovel.com).
Brian’s artist statement: “Over the last five years my art has evolved from drawing with traditional mediums to working entirely digitally. I find this medium most in tune with my artistic ideals as there are no limitations to the designs I can create.”
Digital Sculpting Demonstration Presented by Brian Richardson
The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.
