Adamowizcs works in the gaming industry and is not really a fine artist any more which I did not really understand at first before giving my presentation. From the presentation and feedback I realized that this artist’s work does not have a fine art concept behind even though it is art. At the end of presenting this started off a little discussion about what art is. Some people felt that his work is not art as it’s made for games and some thought it is art as art can be anything. I personally feel that this artist’s work is art and I do adore his art but now I know it’s not of fine art concept.
I took into consideration that his work does not fit into a fine art background after the little debate that was started between the people in the audience, about whether his work is art or not and if it could fit in to a fine art background. I then had the task of finding out how this kind of art can fit in to a fine art. I researched into the area of digital/ game art style work and how it can fit into a more fine art concept. I remembered an artist that I was fond of at the freeze trip to London that stood out to me. This artists name was Tabor Robak, his work was presented on 4 LCD HD screens which showed his digital work that he’s created using 3D software. This shows that 3D computer digital art can be of a fine art concept. Does this make it any different to Adamowicz work if we judge this on just software used and final outcomes?
One point that came up is that Adamowicz work is not art, as it’s not presented in a gallery. If we just look purely at software used and final out comes we have two identical outcomes. So what makes Adamowicz work not art and Robak’s work art, just because it’s presented in a gallery?
The answer to the above question is opinion based and depends on the individual and how they feel about digital art. An older person who has not grew up with digital art might not view this as art, whereas younger people who have grew up with digital art will be more understandable to it. Based on these questions given during the feedback I conducted a little research by asking a few different age generations their opinions on digital art. I first asked my granddad about what he thinks of this type of art (who is currently 90). His opinion on this style of art is that he does not understand and does not want to get his head around it. I then asked my mum and dad about this type of art and they think it is a type of art but do not see how it fits in with a gallery. My younger sister (who is 14) thinks it is an art form and thinks there should be more of it in galleries as she is also into playing games like myself. I think since the digital world is expanding and is taking over nearly almost everything and it costs a lot less to digitally paint something that it might take over art in the future. The down fall to digital painting though is that it has to be presented on a screen or viewed on a screen for it to be successful as printing it off can pixelate the image and it just does not look as good.
Adam Adamowicz work
"Among the artists responsible for illustrating the first fledgling looks during development was Adam Adamowicz, a concept artist best known for his numerous Fallout 3 designs. Adamowicz is no longer with us—he passed away due to lung cancer complications last February—but his exceptional skill lives on through the piles of environment and character concepts he created for Skyrim. Beyond marveling at the amount of Adamowicz's ideas that appear in the final game, it's worthwhile to appreciate these illustrations as standalone works of art."
these are some of his digital paintings that I also presented in my presentation for this artist.
Tabor Robak
these images displayed on 4 LCD screens are of Tabor Robaks exhibition that I saw in London's Freeze gallery which shows that digital art can be displayed in gallerys and can be of a fine art nature.
This artists work is all digital based. I really like this work because its a different approach at art. After studying the game art course here at DMU last year I know how tough it is to create art digitally and does take some skill and getting use too. The bottom right photo of a painting of a beach is done digitally using a graphics tablet. I have done digital paintings my self and i find them very bizarre. Naturally we put a pencil, pen or paintbrush on to our materiel and look at what were doing and where our hand is drawing but with a graphics tablet drawing on a board and looking at the monitor is hard to get use to and feels abnormal.
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