I’m not much of a gamer, but after reading about this game in Wired, I want to go out and buy a Nintendo DS. Scribblenauts is based on something called emergent game play. Basically, you can help the hero, Maxwell, solve any problem any way you choose just by writing it in. For example, one of the earlier stages is getting a star out of tree. You could write “ladder” in order to get the star out. Or, you could type in “axe” to chop the tree down and get the star. Or, you can write “football” and knock the star out of the tree. From what I understand, the possibilities are endless. It seems like half the fun of playing the game is figuring out what is available and how you can use it. Most heroes have a select number of tools at their disposal to pass from stage to stage. Here…you don’t have that problem…
I’mma Let You Finish
Sometimes I get ideas for artwork that, after I think about it for awhile, isn’t worth my time to start and complete. It’s usually because the idea or “joke” so to speak is too simplistic. And, I’ve realized, creating an entire artwork would be overkill. Enter the meme. Yes, these types of Internet images are essentially throwaways, but it is an interesting to get an idea out quick. The Kanye thing has obvioulsy being beaten to death recently, but they can be pretty funny. I guess my “artisitc integrity” prevents me from getting involved with too many of them, but it makes me wish I could find a way to work on an artwork a day or something to that effect. So, I can get those simple ideas out and done. Oh well, just some of my thoughts…
Sketchpad
I do not know the name of this artist, but I think his sketchpad drawings are really nice. When I sketch, I usually try to get the basic idea down first and then refine it through some other method. Recently, that method has been Illustrator. These are sketches that could really become complete drawings. At one point in my art lifetime, I had taken classes where I sat in front of models and drew for 45 minutes or an hour. It’s not an exercise that I’m crazy about, but it was therapeutic to an extent because you were focused on the act of drawing for a sustained perdiod of time. So, I guess you could say that I have some admiration for those folks who can just sit, draw, and create something amazing.
