April 8, 2020
Creative Wisdom
Video Lecture – Learning Graphic Design from Album Covers – Mark Wisz
https://vimeo.com/402304476
Inspiration and good connections
Good Moves is a website that showcases a motion graphics work each day
https://goodmoves.tv/
Artist You Should Know
Mark Tobey was part of the group known as the Mystic Northwest painters. The work is not so much about the product itself, but about the state of mind created in producing the art.
https://www.moma.org/artists/5889#works
Science
The Hydra is a strange creature that might be immortal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)
Sounds
Higgs by Toronto-based artist Justice Der is the perfect music for our time
https://justiceder.bandcamp.com/track/higgs
Art Project of the Day
Draw/render/sculpt/design a monster
Tutorial
1 minute tutorial on making space scenes look like… space scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBNQeSR8LQ
Samurai Wisdom
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One must know the so-called ‘lesson of a downpour.’ A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.
