Art, PLEASE (It's ON Andy Martin....)

Text It’s ON Andy Martin….

So, the other day Andy thought it would be fun to have our own Work of Art type friendly challenge. Since I have to be working on art while down here in Naples for third-year CORE, I thought it would be fun. I had already been getting creatively motivated while watching the show anyway, so why not. Andy is a great artist and I am really excited to be challenged by someone who I feel is creatively brilliant.

Andy thought a book cover challenge would be a great first start. I accept your challenge Mr. Martin.

He chose a classic book for me to do - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by probably the most famous Sci-Fi writers (and perhaps the creator of the genre) Jules Verne. I love the time period that this was written, and it was a favorite Disney ride as well.

For Andy, I chose Orwell’s 1984. Knowing Andy a bit made me think he would do something pretty amazing with this title.

I believe both of us are currently re-reading these classic texts so that we can do the challenge justice. I think that was one of the problems with the Work of Art Challenge because, sadly, not many of the artists were familiar with the stories they were creating for (besides just the titles of course…) Only Miles was able to work re-reading the story of Frankenstein into his time management.

Time management is very important to me when creating work because there will always be times when I have to create something, for school or a show, that requires a strict schedule to make the deadline. There are just too many instances that I have witnessed rushed (bad) work because not enough thought was put into project management or a schedule to get something done. I definitely have an advantage because of my 15 years doing project management client work and having deadlines that had to be met or a client would be unhappy with me. A client will ALWAYS know when something was created the night before, so will my instructors.

So, i’ve started to re-read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea so that perhaps I can find something interesting to focus on in making a book cover. I’ll share thoughts and ideas on this blog, and of course with Andy’s permission will share the final result.

Care to join us in this challenge? let me know and we’ll pick a book for YOU to do!