Nick Adkins: capstone
Date
2018
Authors
Adkins, Nicholas, artist
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Abstract
The artist's statement: I naturally engage influences of science fiction film and video games and applied them to my own design philosophy. I've crafted the foundation of my own style around abstract, sci-fi based scenery and vibrant energies. I enjoy capturing a sense of organic motion entwined with geometric structure in my illustrations, giving a sense of thematic and fundamental balance to my work. Dimensionality plays a considerable role in my work well, literally and figuratively. A mainstay of my illustration is depth and interaction of simple forms within an environment. These forms often take the shape of those basic geometric structures, while their motion and surroundings capture organic natures. In the context of science fiction, these elements stir my own imagination beyond the telluric. I approach my graphic design work with that mentality at heart. Those elements manifest as defined linework, smooth blends among scenery, vivid yet balanced color schemes and lighting effects that frame subjects cinematically. Another primary factor at play when I deal with content is an increase of space around a subject. This allows me to shift focus to the art that makes the data look more appealing. My design emphasis is placed within the illustrations that objects, type, and information occupy. Typographically, I gravitate towards minimal, streamlined, and at times spacious, looks, all within formal rules of design. This way, information inhabits the image in balance. I believe the setting can give greater voice to the content by adding that vibrant energy to it and attracting the audience to the purpose much more. The focus in my design work is, at its core, to inspire. I want to impassion the viewer the same way that science fiction impassions me. Crafting immersive scenes that evoke the fantastical is how I best utilize my love of sci-fi to activate my audiences' own imaginations.
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Colorado State University Art and Art History Department capstone project.
Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.
Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.
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graphic design
illustration
digital painting