My thoughts on Web 2.0

I'm sitting in my CSIS class at 10:40 am. My assignment is to write something about Web 2.0 and post it to my blog. Everyone else had to create their own blog for this assignment, but I'm using one I already have.

Web 2.0 is the second wave of web use where regular people, not corporations or companies, wanted to start making their own websites to talk about whatever they want. It all started in 2003, and it changed the way people interact online. Blogs came into being. They are more about content, than presentation. They are no longer about reading the website, but about writing in one. They care less about the "corporate message" and more about "my message."

Art Famine

It looks like I haven't done any artwork for a while, but that's only partly true. I just haven't taken pictures or scanned anything that I've done in a while. I am back in school now so the pieces will start flowing a lot faster. Feel free to bug me about posting more often on facebook or comments on this post. Thanks for keeping up with my stuff!

Commission #1

Painting for Scott Jackson

Mixed Media: Acrylic, Elmers glue, India ink, yarn. I used a fork, feathers and masking tape to make some of the marks in this piece. The yarn is covered in elmers glue mixed with India ink.

Please let me know if you would like any paintings. I'm starting to play around with different designs and textures.

Dancing Flamingo

Collaboration piece with Jim Perry. I did the original drawing and he painted it.

My original sketch.

Cellphone Pictures

Preston Smith at a campfire, taken on my cell phone :P

I love accidents like this. I moved my camera too quickly and voila! C'est moi!

Not a Messenger

Inspired by a note found in Emily's library book. I scanned it and used the actual writing, then composed the images around it. It wasn't turning out how I'd hoped, so I quit messing with it.

Moonlit Fortification

Submitted to a Prismacolor competition online. I got a package in the mail a couple months later with a thank you postcard and a free Prismacolor felt tip marker in a bright teal color. Hooray for free random stuff!
This is the statement I sent with the picture:

"Walking through history on ancient grounds, feeling the souls of people from the past. The uneven architecture slides past my fingertips, and I think of memories long gone. The ghosts around me whisper to tell their stories. They press against me, fervently motioning about their lives. My mind can't keep it all in, and their voices are lost in my thoughts. I may not remember their stories, but I can portray how it felt to be among them."