BIO

 

My name is Carter Doody and i was born on January 16^th, 1990, in the small town of sussex. 

Being around artistic people all my life its no wonder i picked it up along the way, and started doing my own doodles at a very young age. My parents and surrounding family encouraged me to stick with it, getting me different mediums to work with for birthday and xmas gifts and never holding me back.

Some relatives also introduced me to a variety of things that shaped my style into what it is today, feeding off the fantasy and mythological i try to show people things only dreamed of threw my artwork.

Saint Micheal

this piece was done at the request of one of my uncles, though i am not religious, i find the mythos behind it all interesting and so enjoyed doing the piece. it was done with h2, and 4b pencils as well as pen, and measures 8.5"x11".

The Toad

this piece was one i did over the summer break of 2011, 8.5"x11" on recycled paper, done with a white pencil crayon, 4b pencil, and pen, he looks lazy.

Siren's Call

this piece is 8.5"x 11" and was a mix of traditional and digital methods, i did the original drawing on paper then scanned it in and added the colour as well as a few changes.

Model Study

this piece is roughly 8"x6" and was a study of lighting using a friend as our class model, a cow skull was also thrown into the mix to add some interesting subject matter. its done with a 4b pencil and a white charcoal pencil for the highlights.

Dragon slayer

This piece was done for my digital imaging class (2011) as a sir-real assignment, it was done in Photoshop with the only brought in element being the sky in which i took my colour pallet from. the image as a whole was done from scratch and took roughly four hours to complete to its current state. inspired by Skyrim, and dimensions are 85''x11''

kim vose jones exhibit

The adventurous art world gives us many who dive into new and exciting mediums, or new methods in which to use them, one such case is in the work of Kim Vose Jones, capturing the eye with unique displays of everyday materials and items in strange and exotic form. Her current display is what appears to be her rendition of body organs, organisms, and body functions made out of felts, salt, silicone gloves, blown glass, foam, water balloons, and even coffee filters.  All of which are arranged in little areas some rather large while others sit on their little islands of salt.

My first impression was in two words “other worldly”, and if you did not know anything about the human systems it would make sense.  Each piece looked as if huge spiders, or some kind of alien insect made it. Your imagination waiting for one to start moving as the thing trapped inside tries to free itself.  They could easily be taken and used on a movie set for the next addition to James Cameron’s Aliens saga, if not for their almost sterile vibe due to white and off white color pallet. 

The first one you see as you walk into the room looked like a giant male genital scene, with a bit of a limp feature. The next piece was directly in the corner off to the right of the first, which I personally took no interest in as I found it the weakest and most forgettable compositionally.  The one fallowing had a very fragile look as it was mostly made of glass, bowl like in shape, with and almost icy natural feeling to it. The next two were the ones I took most interest in and where the spider, and alien life form comparison comes into play. One had a lot of verticals, hanging from the ceiling or standing on their own. But very buggy feeling, like cocoons. The other looked like an egg sack off sorts, hanging with a stretched ripped open membrane, the eggs from within pored onto the floor. And the last piece looked like sperm cells stretched out from the wall.

Overall the exhibit was very inspiring for the imagination, with the use of simple household items and shape to make concepts burst into reality. The supposed subject matter was not my forte, but interesting nonetheless, even humorous and energetic.

I would have liked to see some color in her work, where the sterile feeling for such organic forms just seemed out of place and in addition which might make me bias but the sterile feeling makes me think of hospitals and not enjoy it quite as much, but hope to some day see more of her style of work as well as visit more of her showings personally. Its an experience where pictures just won’t do.        

piece in the mix

a piece i am currently working on is an assignment where we had to use layer mask to make some sort of image out of a variety of photos, the same as you would do for a collage in theory, just without the stickiness that comes with the glue.  i chose to do a giant turtle with and island formed on its back, you see this in some Asian inspired stories. and i find it to be a cool  concept and was inspired by the trailer of a game i play online. wow!, where as a pandaren you will supposedly begin you journey on the back of one of these mythical creatures named shen-sen-zu. being pumped for the expansion i thought id bring it into my art.  

essay 1

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The piece i have chosen to write about was one of my own and the process of how I arrived at its completion. In the beginning it was nothing like its end, different in medium, form, and thought. I started with a sculpture of a monster like head, rat like in features, a sort of mole man to describe it vaguely. From the point of bringing in a chosen object you were to study it, contour and fully rendered drawings. After which you had to derive an abundance of thumbnails/ sketches to somewhat deviate from the original piece. Trying to find something to trigger an idea or design. This was the creative process we were being instructed to use at the time.

My end results were not meeting the expectations as all my thumbnails did not stray to far from the actual sculptures design. So instead i looked at it as what it was and not what it looked like because the teacher asked me what it meant, and i had no answer. So i went with the idea that it was a head, or to farther focus my train of thought it was a face. Then i asked myself what a face was, what its used for, its purpose. And what i came to as a final design was something i could make to demonstrate what a face was, and its symbolic purpose.

I designed a steam-punk inspired sculpture of an almost silhouette like human face, but the mediums used where such that it was not human looking, but robotic, metal, gears, and bolts. I designed it to have its three-dimensional effect by using a layering method one over all piece of sheet steel as the back with a functional and interaction friendly gear/cog system made from both plastic and metal pieces from a busted printer and clock, this rested on the first plate making the second layer. The third layer was risen by using spacers made from a brake line from an automotive store (a thin piece of pipe essentially). These spacers made the simplistic cut outs of the “face” seem to be floating above or around the gear system, looking as if you could see the inside of the head, or rather the mind at work. The cuts outs had no facial features besides the over all contour shape making it as simple as i could. And the pieces were held in place by and small nuts and screws. The concept was that we are trained to recognize faces from birth, its how we tell people and creatures apart, but that without one, the human species was no better then a biological machine, nothing setting people apart. This idea probably coming partly from that i believe more and more the world is brainwashing certain ideas into peoples heads about various subjects so i wanted the becoming a robot feel, secondly i really like the steam-punk genre and its aesthetic style. Modern technological designs with a victorian, brass, gears, and steam powered limitations of what they had in the era to work with. So it just looks awesome!

When it comes to making “art” I don't usually think about it in the way that the teacher wanted the assignment done in. I draw something mostly cause i think it looks cool and thats it, no hidden meaning or deep emotional story behind it. I found it hard at first to try and think of meaning behind what i was creating and found that i still did not have one until i was well along my way to finishing the piece. Mostly due to the fact that the way i go about doing my drawings is that they are just ideas, mainly just focused on the aesthetic impact of the illustration. This is the style of thinking that is required in the field i am trying to become a part of (concept art for the entertainment industry) i personally consider it art as well as some others but at its core its just putting ideas to paper etc. In my opinion graphic designs without a customer are the same as art. So what if i didn't turn into some crazy person to make it, and maybe i have a style that is not too unique or new, but i still think its art. This being a big topic in a few classes i thought i would tie in a few of my opinions to rant a little bit, as well as take up some of the word count required for this piece of writing :P. But where it was relevant to this piece i figured why not. I mean does coming up with the design before i gave it a meaning really say if its art or design, il leave it to others to make up there own mind, but to me its all one and the same.

reading # ? :P

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In this chapter i found myself reading some thing i knew already about the media world. The in depth thinking wen it comes to producing imagery is a basic known thing. Especially when in context to branches of media such as news papers, videos, hallmark cards and so on. The different types and categories however did catch my eye. But in the end it pretty much said that so many of them were just sub classes of one kind of thinking or viewing something and therefore lost my interest again. ( they should have used their own advice on researching interesting things and applying them to the subject matter.)

critique 3

            MADNESS by Simon Lee made with chavant nsp medium. It’s a bust (sculpture) of a twisted looking squid like head with bodies fused to its sides.

The piece looks about a foot tall and about a hands width wide. Or round (squared)

In my interpretation this thing is something from a nightmare!!!!!

critique 2

            Egyptian Queen by Frank Frazetta, oil on canvas vertical rectangular piece.

In this piece there is a dramatic lighting focused on the center with a woman standing against a pillar with a man in the background slightly in the shadows, and in the foreground is a chained leopard walking from left to right fixed on the woman, its back to the viewer.

 I believe this piece captures the imagination so well do to its awesome use of the renaissance style dramatic lighting like a baroque piece.

critique 1

            Jabba the hut scene by Richard Whitters: Ink and pencil on paper. Rectangular in shape with a heavy bottom portion with most of the scene taking place they’re with a slight round to it in the center, with a centered character being the focal point.

            In this piece the artist has taken a scene from the popular sci-fi film Star Wars, and turned it into a more fantasy oriented twist on the subject matter. The bottom perimeter of the piece is clustered with characters and objects to mimic the scenery from the movie. All of which in the film were sci-fi and have bin drawn in a way to give it a fantasy style.

           

favorite artist in my field

In graphic design my favorite style is digital paintings/concept art mostly done threw Photoshop, and my favorite artist for this is Fang Zhu, a teacher/ contractor for the media and entertainment industry. Founded his own school in Singapore and has an interesting career.  I think it would be awesome to take one of his courses, as his online tutorials he offers on YouTube are very helpful, without even giving away any fundamental information.  His work covers a large span of genres from movie scene story boarding, environments, industrial, and character design. Which is awesome to see where someone like me has just one focus, so its cool to see someone so creative in many topics. He has even worked for George Lucas.  

scholarship essay

My name is Carter Doody. I am a first year graphic design student at NBCCD in Fredericton New-Brunswick.  My reasons for writing this paper are to apply for your community college foundation scholarship, and cover why I think I am eligible.

Throughout high school I did my best to hold a high average as well as maintain a decent amount of hours at work. I had attained the position of a senior clerk at Sobeys and was even offered the position as a second to the grocery manager as well as full time hours, which I turned down to come attend college.

Often complimented on my work ethic, product knowledge, showing up early, and aiding of training new employees, as well as quick learning skills, multi-tasking, and on the spot judgment calls and all around customer service.  Showing good leadership in the absence of my superiors.  Other then Sobeys, I have had some experience in the construction trade with my father aiding in my ability to think in 3d forms, as well as some knowledge of different plants and flowers I gained while working in a green house wen I was younger.

I have also tried the entrepreneur road, helping to run a small paintball course during high school.  And currently taking part time hours in the fast food industry as a server at Quiznos.

As for my future prospects, I hope to possibly continue schooling in Singapore after I graduate from NBCCD and work my way into the illustration/concept art department for the video game and media industry, working for kingpins such as Blizzard Entertainment, Bethesda, and Wizards of the Coast, as my talent lays in drawing the surreal, and complete fiction with mainly dealing with a fantasy themed artwork and design.

goals

What are my goals? well in the future after graduating from NBCCD i would like to maybe g to do farther studying in Singapore at the school ran by fang zhu, an artist i watch online whose tutorials are very helpful and insightful into the industry. which fallowing after that maybe trek my way back home on foot as much as possible by foot as to see some of the world and then find myself a stable position at a studio for video game production as part of a concept art team, and see if i can do my part in the media pipeline. most of for a company like Blizzard, Bethesda, Wizards of the Coast, and so on, which are some of my favorite fantasy and fiction based media companies. but i would settle for something else as long as i am doing what i love which is to create characters, creatures, worlds, and story-lines.     

Listening and what not and what kind of listener am I?

Comparing, mind reading, rehearsing, filtering, judging, dreaming, identifying, advising, sparring, being right, derailing, and placating, all of which are types that all have to to do with how you intake when someone is talking to you.

As to what type I would label myself, I don’t think I can go under one label. I have caught myself in many circumstances ignoring, derailing,, trying to be right, giving advice, doing the weird  mind reading thing ?!? as well as judging someone before even starting a conversation.  I have filtered in and out of so many conversations when I’m on my computer and someone is talking to me.

And when it comes to day dreaming in the middle of a convo….oh man do I ever, completely loose myself in lala land.  But if I had to choose just the one I would probably choose the advice.  I always try and pass along things I have experienced to help others if I can, seeing someone get hurt in the same kind of situation you have gone threw seems so avoidable. And leaves a pain in your gut if you don’t at least try to put in your two sense

Cats…..the preppy snobby animal that is in just about everyone’s home at least once in the run of your life. They somehow work there way into your home with their cute little eyes, making it hard to throw them out, even after they have just ripped into a bag of garbage on your front deck, for the thirtieth time.

            They can be quick and agile with extreme balance, but choose to be lazy, and get away with it too, living the life as we buy them food lol, they have nine lives so they say but they also seem to need them as they like the headlights on cars, unfortunately up close, that is what I think of cats, even though in ll fairness they are nice to have round :P

Growing up and beginning to show an interest and talent in artistic mediums, my parents decided to encourage me to push it farther, getting me to try everything from drawing, painting, airbrushing, carving wood, working with metal, sculpting with clay and currently now graphic design with computer software.

            I like drawing and sculpting the most as they are the two that I have worked at for the longest, with the graphic design course I am able to farther my drawing skills and use it in a future career doing signage concept art, etc.  But I would have to say that one of my favorite mediums is working with polymer-based clays. Sculpting small busts, figurine, or items like pieces. But where I did not think I could ever really go farther then a hobby with it I stuck to drawing. I find being good at both compliments one another, being able to think in 3d when sculpting something allows for an improvement in my drawing skills seeing shadows and form in my head.  

In a six-8 words

I like sculpting but draw more often.

read and react#1

The reading of “ The Practices of Looking” has for the use of a pun opened my eyes in a small way.  The overall point of the piece suggests that every single image has its own significant purpose or meaning, whether deliberate or not, which I already knew, not that I always go as deep into the meaning behind a composition personally, but understood the author’s point none the less.

The idea that an image can be viewed as an almost magical thing, holding a piece of time and history, I thought was a cool concept, and in a way true minus the magic part, as well as comparing a photograph to a painting in this manner, with the difference perhaps being that a painting or drawing could be of an idea from a certain time in your life, compared to a photograph showing the literal or “truth” as was mentioned in the writing.

The arguments of photographs not telling the “truth” in this modern day is also a good point.  Does a photograph really supply quality evidence in current times?  Awesome question, ad one I’m sure lots of people bring this up in court rooms etc., but I have always preferred my own two eyes for finding the truth in something, images can be distorted and altered as stated, and very easily I might add as a current graphic design student. The truth-value to a photograph just does not seem to exist in the modern society.

These kinds of statements makes it so one has to take in what they see in a picture as what it is and try to compare it to what they might already know about its subject matter and content and then make the choice as to whether or not they believe what they see.   In context to politics a poster of a starving child with a sad face, as a black and white image might stir emotions, but in this case its not just a ploy, you know from experience that there is poverty etc. even though the image is altered in whatever way its message is believable, where as if you see a “vote for this guy” kind of poster from some kind of political campaign you might have to think twice about the imagery used and if it is all true or simply used to make you think this person is an upstanding citizen.

Some things are just not as simple as they used to be, but it also opens a door to the wide variety of artistic methods of communication, which the world is in constant use of and need. Things that stimulate the mind and make you believe in something, is something I think is safe to assume every artist no matter the medium strives for.    

 Enjoy the visual world we live in, but be weary of it.  Whether or not you trust the next image of a ufo, or ghost siting is up to you :P.

read and react #2

After reading this chapter, my views on art and the fears that surround it seemed put to ease, but at the same time, if you are doing it as a career, then what they think of your work is very important and thus making a fear that you might run out of original ideas or mess up a piece, for example… what I want to do in the future is concept art for the video game and film industries.  My career and success will depend on how well I can communicate ideas threw art and at what rate.

If you produce one fine piece of work while the person next to you dishes out three pieces that are not as rendered but get the job done, there is a good chance the customer would go with the faster person over you. 

But I do agree that you should always try to relieve yourself of that doubt and make the art because you like to and want to farther your skills.

As far as your art being your identification, yes you would still be who you are without producing piece after piece, and not all of your art is going to reflect who you are.  But you can also put your mark into your work, your style or twist on things that makes your work different from all others, and sometimes people worry about how their work portrays them. This should not be an issue, if you enjoyed doing it, then what someone else sees you as should not matter.

Not to say that you should not listen to what others have to say about your work, being humble, and practicing humility is good. Take in critiques and let them help you to do better your work. You just have to know what to listen for.