http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3Ahogret deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:hogret en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:33 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Favorite-Art-Quotes-322679375 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Favorite-Art-Quotes-322679375 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:37:40 PDT Favorite Art Quotes nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2012-2013 *hogret Friedrich Nietzsche

Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one.
Stella Adler

For me, painting is a way to forget life.  
Georges Rouault

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
George Santayana

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.  
Albert Camus

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.  
Odilon Redon

The question of common ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/How-to-stay-creative-305642899 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/How-to-stay-creative-305642899 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:47:36 PDT How to stay creative nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2012-2013 *hogret Make lists
Carry a notebook everywhere
Get away from the computer
Quit beating yourself up
Take breaks
Sing in the shower
Drink coffee
Know your roots
Ask "What if …?"
Constantly risk absurdity
Listen to new music
Rock the boat
Surround yourself with creative people
Get feedback
Collaborate
Don't give up
Practise, practise, practise
Make mistakes on purpose
Go somewhere new
Watch foreign films
Break the rules
Start a gratitude list
Get lots of rest
Take risks
Write your own myth
Do more of what makes you happy
Don't push the river
Read a page of the dictionary
Stop trying to be someone else's perfect
Got an ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Artistic-Influences-292408463 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Artistic-Influences-292408463 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:17:17 PDT Artistic Influences nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2012-2013 *hogret
:devAudreysmith:  for infecting me with dots
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:devLizole: for introducing me to playing cards and birds
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:devTinkwig: for teaching me about the complexity of simplicity
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:devRedrob10: for celebrating typography
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:devWeedlace: for courageous and thoughtful  interpretations
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:devSteve2727: for his color palette
:thumb273246707:  :thumb211861225:  :thumb21128 ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Circling-around-289033236 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Circling-around-289033236 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:22:29 PST Circling around nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2012-2013 *hogret while down in the southern hemisphere hints of autumn are creeping into the early morning,
I started thinking about circles.

Cue music ... "It's the ci..ircle of life ...".
Now you're going to have that in your head all day.  
Enjoy.

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:thu ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Lost-in-a-good-book-273584268 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Lost-in-a-good-book-273584268 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:34:01 PST Lost in a good book nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret They are the engines of change, windows on the world, ''Lighthouses'' as the poet said ''erected in the sea of time.''
They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind.
Books are humanity in print. "
~ Arthur Schopenhauer

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And some cool ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Lips-mouth-tongue-271958995 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Lips-mouth-tongue-271958995 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:43:32 PST Lips, mouth, tongue nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
whisper of yellow globes
gleaming on lamp-posts that sway
like bootleg licker drinkers in the fog

and let your breath be moist against me
like bright beads on yellow globes

telephone the power-house
that the main wires are insulate

(her words play softly up and down
dewy corridors of billboards)

then with your tongue remove the tape
and press your lips to mine
till they are incandescent

Jean Toomer

Love, passion, romance.

Gluttony and devouring consumption.

Communication and self expression.

Gossip, lying, rumour mongering and propaganda.

Mouths are powerful symbols, loaded with contradictory ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Doors-amp-Windows-269780279 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Doors-amp-Windows-269780279 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:13:22 PST Doors & Windows nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
The door swings open,
you look in.
It's dark in there,
most likely spiders:
nothing you want.
You feel scared.
The door swings closed.

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The full moon shines,
it's full of delicious juice;
you buy a purse,
the dance is nice.
The door opens
And swings closed so quickly
you don't notice.

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The sun comes out,
you have swift breakfasts
with your husband, who is still thin;
you wash the dishes,
you love your children,
you read a book,
you go to the movies.
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He hates tea so much
he has to punch passersby,
while she phones for coffee.

The watermelon party by :devweedlace:

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Life's no picnic
when you are young
and overwhelmed by watermelons.

Your love will be your grave by :devredrob10:

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Stripped of skin, you find
the sun is too bright,
the song too loud.

Untitled 55 by :devel378:

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Now boarding at Gate 1
Your airmiles accumulate
in small numbers

Tubagirl and the Golfer by :devdrahomira:

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Her mother taught her
Not to blow her own trumpet.
But sometimes she did.

Diam ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Vintage-Stock-Ephemera-Curiosities-254538436 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Vintage-Stock-Ephemera-Curiosities-254538436 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:43:15 PDT Vintage Stock, Ephemera, Curiosities nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
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It takes a courageous collagiste to slap glue on a 1795 parchment, so, as :devhogret-stock: I will be posting scans and photographs of vintage documents, cabinet cards, cartes de visite,  photographs, ephemera and other oddities. These digital versions are free to use in collage or mixed media.

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Some of the originals (those I can bear to part with!) are for sale for those collagistes who are braver than I and plan to use th ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/I-m-off-to-London-252584061 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/I-m-off-to-London-252584061 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:05:43 PDT I'm off to London nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
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:thumb131842929:  :thumb101935967:  :thumb132196974: ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Hommage-244163093 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Hommage-244163093 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:17:35 PDT Hommage nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
:iconsteve2727: :devsteve2727:

Characteristic themes
Retro-nostalgic decayed urban landscapes
Colors
Blues and yellows and retro fades with tiny hits of red
Characteristic canvas
Oblong rectangles, landscape orientation
Centre of gravity / movement
Often tends to drift dreamily to the edges.
Graphic elements
Buildings, vehicles, retro technology, smidgens of text
Techniques
Decayed color washes, ripped paper edges, distressing

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:iconredrob10:  :devredro ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Coffee-Tea-or-Shiraz-220561937 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Coffee-Tea-or-Shiraz-220561937 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:13:04 PDT Coffee, Tea, or Shiraz? nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
COFFEE

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TEA

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SHIRAZ

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All three are not only refreshing to imbibe, but make cool effects on paper as an alternative to paint.
(Note that sauvignon blanc is not a good alternative to shiraz in this regard.)

Other liquids to try (to paint with, not to drink!) ~ soy sauce, vanilla essence, food coloring, ketchup and mustard.

Anything els ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Color-Palettes-104-216553328 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Color-Palettes-104-216553328 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:08:40 PDT Color Palettes 104 nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
:devla-elephante:

http://la-elephante.deviantart.com/art/Papaya-214120329

:devlatote:

http://latote.deviantart.com/art/Newton-203020800

:devkafine:

http://kafine.deviantart.com/art/grapes-200829718

:devbatmangirl2005:

http://batmangirl2005.deviantart.com/art/Strawberry-lips-72379449

:devderkert:

http://derkert.deviantart.com/art/Civilisation-fruit-cocktail-84753014

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"Got a light?" he said.
She tried hard not to notice
that he had no cigar.

Secret science by :devplantae:

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Once, long ago
a planet in my grasp
I settled for less.

Souvenirs by :devlaflaneuse::

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Never forget, oh cows,
Baudelaire ended up being
dead meat, too.

Box by :deviamababblingbrook:

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Nudes are disturbing.
Let us box her and blank out
her soft helpless eyes.

Diagnosis by :devsacred-dontknowwhat::

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Scissors, please, nurse.
He will not notice, I hope,
that he's lost the thread.

3 by :devprincessrouge:

:t ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Color-Palettes-103-215194487 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Color-Palettes-103-215194487 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:13:38 PDT Color Palettes 103 nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
:devlarsenerupin:

http://larsenerupin.deviantart.com/art/comme-un-poison-dans-l-eau-100195215

:devtinkwig:

http://tinkwig.deviantart.com/art/Untitled-178862513

:devfleetofgypsies:

http://fleetofgypsies.deviantart.com/art/Journeys-Into-Space-189641963

:devinspyretash-stock:

http://inspyretash-stock.deviantart.com/art/Dragonfied-213957304

:devcaradery:

http://caradery.deviantart.com/art/paysage-landscape-2011-213838906

]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Midwinter-Solstice-215551541 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Midwinter-Solstice-215551541 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:20:38 PDT Midwinter Solstice nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
For many years now, my household has celebrated the midwinter solstice in the Southern hemisphere (21 June) in Celtic fashion, by kindling a small bonfire outdoors and jumping over it - inviting the sun to return in its great wheeling arc of the seasons.

The rules are strict - every inhabitant of the household has to jump over the fire at least once, including the dog and the cats. So each of us leaps over th ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Color-Palettes-102-217868683 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Color-Palettes-102-217868683 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:01:20 PDT Color Palettes 102 nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
:devredrob10:

http://redrob10.deviantart.com/art/chrysalis-in-waiting-213058049

:devbelkemigi:

http://belkemigi.deviantart.com/art/horizon63-147045249

:devmadwithrapture:

http://madwithrapture.deviantart.com/art/Moves-211232883

:devomarsuri:

http://omarsuri.deviantart.com/gallery/29672953#/d3gmyyj

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:devaudreysmith:

http://audreysmith.deviantart.com/art/Nanette-209806193

:devlizole:

http://lizole.deviantart.com/art/incorporated-1-127721054

:devsteve2727:

http://steve2727.deviantart.com/art/dream-central-211130051

:devweedlace:

http://weedlace.deviantart.com/art/The-Welling-Up-Of-212899620

]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Haiku-Commentary-III-218284936 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Haiku-Commentary-III-218284936 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:43:51 PDT Haiku Commentary III nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
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She wore black ribbons
And courted curtained butterflies
Yearning for engines

sharks by :devabrakadavra:

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Safe in monochrome
While the landscape shifts and slices
my spectacled gaze

Freedom under control by :devsteve2727:

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If bottling preserves
and keeps the freshness in, then
why is my life so yellow?

Front Facing by :devmadwithrapture:

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Face front. Cut here.
Don’t you sometimes yearn
to spill the singing paint?

Emigrant by :devmodose:

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Travel broadens the mind
But home reels you in
With ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Haiku-Commentary-II-218482715 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Haiku-Commentary-II-218482715 Thu, 26 May 2011 23:36:23 PDT Haiku Commentary II nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret Loosely constructed haiku responses by me.

Slide 1 by :devjkd-kat:

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Hard lines, tight numbers
We can measure it all, even
the gold-mined mind

The Military Man by :devdivineiguana:

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The tree-perched ravens know
He uses his moustache
To make brocade blockprints

Alternatively:

He wishes he were
Edgar Allan Poe
But his mother dresses him funny

Episode 15 by :devdrahomira:

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Here come the bombers
My briefcase is smoking.  Sigh.
The work-week begins

Vanguardia by :devsrtapolyester:

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The corporate vest
is pe ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Haiku-Commentary-I-218814869 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Haiku-Commentary-I-218814869 Fri, 13 May 2011 04:23:48 PDT Haiku Commentary I nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret Loosely constructed haiku responses by me.

Follow me by :devsteve2727:

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Follow me over
the cliff beckoning below
shattered windows wait

Scrap Song by :devtinkwig:

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Round notes climb aloft
Oranges aspire to sing – oh!
Peeled mouths juicy spheres

Brave Red Boat by :devweedlace:

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Dusk falls in layers
The boatman waits in shadows
We've lost our way

Crooked by :devnervous-b:

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Unanchored, we three
Atop the yellowing sellotape
– alas! We are unglued

Summer by :devsteve2727:

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Sun blind ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Butterfly-chrysalis-branch-218924100 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Butterfly-chrysalis-branch-218924100 Sun, 08 May 2011 06:16:08 PDT Butterfly, chrysalis, branch nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
And I realised that I had always known that the prom dance is a rite of passage.  For the young ones, yes, but also for their parents.  For us it is a rite of passage that says: you a ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-Contest-Journeys-amp-Destinations-214250364 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-Contest-Journeys-amp-Destinations-214250364 Thu, 05 May 2011 23:04:55 PDT Collage Contest: Journeys & Destinations nonadult journals/culture/contests hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
The theme is Journeys and Destinations.

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These journeys and destinations may be real or imaginary, physical or spiritual.  Up to you.  Surprise us!

Closing date for entries is 30 May 2011.

Rules

Submissions must be a form of collage - traditional, or digital, or mixed media which includes a collage element.  Assemblage also welcome.
You may only submit new work (ie something created from the first quarter of this year onwards).
Submit your work to the Travel Contest folder at :devalteredmixedcollages: (if you are a member of the group), or Note :devhogret: or :dev ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Closure-219173359 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Closure-219173359 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:42:31 PDT Closure nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
So, objects can be deconstructed into groups of smaller parts, and when some of these parts are missing the brain automatically tends to fill in the missing information about an object to create a recognizable ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/The-Uses-of-Not-219383767 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/The-Uses-of-Not-219383767 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:19:33 PDT The Uses of Not nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret Thirty spokes meet in the hub,
but the empty space between them
is the essence of the wheel.

Pots are formed from clay,
but the empty space between it
is the essence of the pot.

Walls with windows and doors form the house,
but the empty space within it
is the essence of the house.

Lao Tse

Many collagistes (myself included, sigh) can fall victim to the runaway gluestick. “More is more!” we cry; and we layer, and stick, and glue, and glaze, and embellish until our surfaces groan and creak and sigh and warp. And we step back. But wait … there’s a spot. And another picture, and … what’s this? … ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Paint-by-numbers-219911524 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Paint-by-numbers-219911524 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:11:55 PDT Paint by numbers nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
No, stop reading.  Have you got a number in your head?

Right.

Write it down.

Continue.

The chances are strong that the number you thought of is a prime number (A prime number can only be divided by 1 and itself. 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, and so on.).  It is also very likely that the number you picked is an odd number.  For some reason, our brain works this way, and most people – when asked to randomly think of a number – will choose an odd number, and very likely a prime number (7 seems to be a particular favorite).  If  you picked an even number, congratulations.  Your brain works in rare and unusual ways.

" ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Getting-focused-220215580 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Getting-focused-220215580 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:05:55 PDT Getting focused nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
And, undeniably, happy accidents happen and a collage emerges triumphant.  But sometimes they don’t, and the viewer of your piece finds their eyes skittering randomly over the page, lost in a fog of colour and shape and frou-frou-ed misdirection.

Time for some focus, people, before your hapless viewers r ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Design-Rules-OK-220811449 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Design-Rules-OK-220811449 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:14:00 PST Design Rules, OK? nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret Instinct and intuition are great, but can be a little haphazard.  
So I’m feeling the need to bring some rigour into my processes, and to explore some Rules (so that I can break them, maybe. So satisfying.).

I don’t (yet) work with these rules upfront, preferring to let composition happen as the muse dictates.  (An excuse for general slapdash artistic laziness, maybe.)

But I thought it would be interesting to look at collages I’ve already created, and see how  two (of the many) "Design Rules” help me understa ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Artistic-DNA-221074527 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Artistic-DNA-221074527 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:17:39 PST Artistic DNA nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret You’ve never met them in real space, and you probably never will.  
And you really know very little about them and their lives.

But you know their art, and you can recognize their work a mile away.

Just for fun, I’ve picked four of my BFFs on dA, chosen four pieces from each of their Galleries, and tried to pinpoint the obvious features of their artistic DNA.

(Remembering, of course, the fact that their work is nuanced and wide ranging, and that my analysis is quick and superficial, and that these are all artists who constantly surpri ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/The-Ubiquitous-Cat-221716205 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/The-Ubiquitous-Cat-221716205 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:32:39 PST The Ubiquitous Cat nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2011-2013 *hogret
Maybe there are just a lot of rangy black cats with green eyes and a predilection for white duvets, or maybe ~ when I think he's next door beating up on the neighbour's cat, he's actually out travelling beds across the planet and posing decoratively against white backgrounds.

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You need the big picture.
Find the straight pieces first.
It's easy to get overwhelmed.
Start with what you recognize.
Take it one piece at a time.
There are more shades of blue than you ever imagined.
Some pieces won't fit where you want them to.
Sometimes you just need to take a break.
It may fit better upside-down.
Someone else might find the piece you were looking for.
You will probably lose a piece or two (but if yo ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Eyes-Wide-Shut-214240851 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Eyes-Wide-Shut-214240851 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:04:35 PST Eyes Wide Shut nonadult journals/culture/editorials hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
This recent collage by :devweedlace: provoked the following comment by :devunstrung65: ~

”....but I have to ask ... as you may - or may not know ... I love looking at collage styles ....and I do notice the device of putting dark bands over the eyes - or x's ...etc .....  it has a strong effect ..... perhaps it ends up, in time ,becoming a bit of a cliche - but I still find it striking .
....but what does this device mean -- in words . Is it explainable ?”

Provoked, puzzled and perplexed, I went a-googling.   I stumbled across Dada, Surrealism, Freud and Derrida, and – in the ways of the internet – many ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Eyes-wide-shut-222560076 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Eyes-wide-shut-222560076 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:35:33 PST Eyes wide shut nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
This recent collage by :devweedlace: provoked the following comment by :devunstrung65: ~

”....but I have to ask ... as you may - or may not know ... I love looking at collage styles ....and I do notice the device of putting dark bands over the eyes - or x's ...etc .....  it has a strong effect ..... perhaps it ends up, in time ,becoming a bit of a cliche - but I still find it striking .
....but what does this device mean -- in words . Is it explainable ?”

Provoked, puzzled and perplexed, I went a-googling.   I stumbled across Dada, Surrealism, Freud and Derrida, and – in the ways of the internet – many ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Transforming-Books-222612822 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Transforming-Books-222612822 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:32:01 PST Transforming Books nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret Wash your hands before reading them.
Don't dog-ear the pages.
Don't take them outdoors, because you might leave them in the rain, or the sun will warp the covers.
And never, never, never scribble in them.

But then I discovered altered books, and Benjamin Franklin's epitaph which uses a fabulous analogy of a book remade, repurposed, reinvented ... transformed.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH ~ 1790

The body of B. Franklin, Printer
(Like the Cover of an Old Book
Its Contents torn Out
And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding)
Lies Here, Food for Worms.
But the Work shall not be Lost;
For it wil ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Project-Collage-222936818 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Project-Collage-222936818 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:44:04 PST Project Collage nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
And I got to wondering - wouldn't it be fun to have a reality contest show around collage?

Winner gets a book deal from NorthLight or Lark, a lifetime's worth of art supplies, and ... I dunno ... freedom from having to go to the office ever again to earn enough money to pay the rent.

There would be regular Quickfire Challenges (make a collage with the contents of your handbag, in 30 minutes flat, for example); Mystery Box Challenges where every contestant gets the same set of collage elements; Inspiration Smackdowns where you have to produce a work inspired by ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Bluebeard-A-cautionary-tale-223292635 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Bluebeard-A-cautionary-tale-223292635 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:34:42 PDT Bluebeard - A cautionary tale nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
I took as a theme the story of Bluebeard, and used JC Leyendecker illustrations (from the 1920s - 1930s) for my characters, to create a degree of consistency of feel and style.  I had no real idea when I started of how the story would develop, but took my cue from the pictures as I went along.

The finished story consists of eight spreads combining traditional collage and interactive elements ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-A-Hit-of-Red-223493099 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-A-Hit-of-Red-223493099 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:40:09 PDT Collage: A Hit of Red nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
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How do you get inspired?  Where do you find inspiration?

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We all know those fallow periods of blah-ness; the blackhole vacuum of ideas.
But what I’m curious about is the spark of excitement, the sudden “Aha!” of energy.  
It seems, sometimes, to come from nowhere.  
I would love to tap into it more reliably, more consistently.  
So I wondered where you, my fellow deviants find it.  
Where does inspiration hang out when she’s not at my house?

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Here’s a list of known haunts of inspiration, for me at least:

Words
Poetry and go ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Framed-224973853 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Framed-224973853 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:23:04 PDT Framed! nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
This journal collection presents some deviations which quite explicitly tackle the concept of framing head-on, some resources which you can use to frame your work (now that I’ve got you thinking about it), and an interestingly exasperating series of my epic fa ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-Techniques-amp-Terminology-214229617 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-Techniques-amp-Terminology-214229617 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:27:31 PDT Collage Techniques & Terminology nonadult journals/art/resources hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
Aleatoric - art which exploits the principle of randomness; the creation of art by chance. The word derives from the Latin word alea, the rolling of Dice.

Assemblage -  a form of sculpture comprised of "found" objects arranged in such a way that they create a piece.  Assemblage is "supposed"; to be three-dimensional and different from collage, which is "supposed" to be two-dimensional (though both are similarly eclectic in nature and composition).

Bricolage - something made or put together using whatever materials happen to be available.
]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-Terminology-225621350 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Collage-Terminology-225621350 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:06:39 PDT Collage Terminology nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret But do let me know if any of you has tried fumage without setting yourself, the cat, or the canvas alight. (But frottage sounds deeply disturbing, so - really - you don't need to tell me about it.)

Aleatoric - art which exploits the principle of randomness; the creation of art by chance. The word derives from the Latin word alea, the rolling of Dice.

Assemblage -  a form of sculpture comprised of "found" objects arranged in such a way that they create a piece.  Assemblage is "supposed"; to be three-dimensional and different from collage, ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Masquerade-225638065 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Masquerade-225638065 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:54:24 PDT Masquerade nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
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A clean dishtowel ... where?  But it is Sunday, the end of a long messy weekend, and no one has kept up with the laundry.  No papertowels either, because I never remember to buy papertowels.  But wait.  Here's an altered book - lying open at a virgin spread.  Why waste this gorgeous colour?

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I have started an altered storybook re-telling the Bluebeard fairytale.
The first spread presents our heroine with some interesting choices.

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The next day, she receives a delivery of flowers.

The spread I'm working on has a little ATC-sized envelope attached to the bouquet and tucked inside is going to be something from each one of the gentlemen ~ a token of affection, a note, an object, an invitation.  
I have some ideas, but I'm pretty stuck, so I thought I'd ask for your help.

What romantic gestures have you made to the object of your affections?  
What's the most romantic th ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Altered-Books-226269960 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Altered-Books-226269960 Wed, 26 May 2010 01:57:30 PDT Altered Books nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
Introduction to altered books, techniques and more:
Altered-Book http://www.altered-book.com/index.html
Altered Books Suite 101 http://altered-books.suite101.com/
Groups: :devoutside-of-a-dog: :devalteredbookgallery:  :devbook-arts:

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Ten years later he'd built up one of the biggest accountancy firms in the country. One night, at a gala fund-raising concert, he ran into the maestro, now elderly, who had listened to him play the violin. He said to the maestro, "I must thank you, sir." "Why?" asked the maestro. "Well, years ago I played the violin for you, to ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Grieving-226411984 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Grieving-226411984 Tue, 18 May 2010 00:32:44 PDT Grieving nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret For three years she has been owned by Truffle the imperious, the obstreperous, the delightful, the eccentric bi-color Siamese.

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This weekend he was brutally, senselessly wiped out by a car.
Go give her some love.

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I have just emerged from a five-day residential training workshop, and am feeling ragged with the exhaustion of the learning curve.

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You arrive with vague optimism ("How hard can this be?" and "This is going to be so INteresting!").  But the eager novice realises very rapidly that it's all harder than it looks and by day two is a disillusioned apprentice ("I'm NEver going to get this."  Everyone else is so much cleverer / wittier / sm ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Horned-Women-227113747 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Horned-Women-227113747 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:58:51 PDT Horned Women nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2010-2013 *hogret
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Please.
Hands up my fellow housewives.  Admit it.  
You always do the vacuuming in the nude, right?
(Well, maybe not totally naked.  We do wear stilettoes.)

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1. a capricious idea or notion
2. light or fanciful humour
3. something quaint or unusual
adj -sier, -siest
quaint, comical, or unusual, often in a tasteless way
[from whim; compare flimsy]

Here's a selection of deviations tagged with "whimsy" or "whimsical" ~

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:thumb1592 ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/The-Unsung-Hero-229869745 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/The-Unsung-Hero-229869745 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:01:23 PST The Unsung Hero nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2009-2013 *hogret
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]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/End-of-year-Clearance-230106012 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/End-of-year-Clearance-230106012 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:33:55 PDT End-of-year Clearance nonadult journals/personal hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2009-2013 *hogret
Anyone who has ever traded with me will receive 2 ATCs as a free bonus - it will be more or less potluck, so if you don't like the cards feel free to junk them or give them away!  
(If there is a card in my gallery that you want, speak now, before it ends up in South Am ]]> http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Creativity-214208974 http://hogret.deviantart.com/journal/Creativity-214208974 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:46:18 PDT Creativity nonadult journals/culture/features hogret http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hogret.jpg?4 Copyright 2009-2013 *hogret So I went trawling dA for works by other artists on the theme of Creativity.
Here are some wonderful deviations to remind you of the colours, the magic, the power and the sheer delicious juiciness of creative energy.

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