ROCK!

Well the mad cyclone that was the Little Deities exhibition has well and truly settled down now and I am able to focus my attention on other creative endeavors.

A few weeks ago I thought I would have a go at creating an animation for the Loopdeloop challenge. This month's theme is Rock. To check out my submission (and to vote for it!) just click on the link below.

daniel atkinson ROCK

All animations, which make it to the site for this months theme will be screened in a group airing at the Loop bar in Melbourne (23 Meyers Place) on Tuesday the 24^th of April.

Hope to see you there!

Little Deites, Big Ideas.

Well you have probably been wondering where the heck I have been since my last post.

The answer is I have not been any where, but I have been incredibly busy organising a group exhibition! The exhibition is titled Little Deities and it will be held at the No Vacancy gallery in the QV building, found in the heart of the Melbourne CBD.

The idea behind the exhibition is to provide each contributing artist with a standard size doll, each artist is then asked to transform his or her doll into a god!

I was inspired to curate this show after I completed my own little shrine about a year ago when I moved into my new place. You may recall I posted about that a while ago.

The exhibition is being generously supported by Moritz beer, who have agreed to supply some brew for the exhibition launch. The launch will be on Thursday the 8th of March, between 6pm and 9pm.

So if your free come on down to the launch night people! I you can't make it don't stress, the exhibition will be open to the public till Sunday the 18th of March.

For more info head to the official Little Deities site at littledeities.com

Cheers!

Officer Johnson

It's Loopdeloop time again! This months theme was condoms. It's an interesting theme that has resulted in a few lively responses. As always the animations will be screened at the Loop bar in Melbourne on the last Tuesday of the month, which is actually tomorrow. So come on down people and check out some animated condoms! Good fun for the whole family!
In the meantime here is a link to my animation, titled Officer Johnson.

daniel atkinson CONDOMS

9x5 2011

The annual Illustrators Australia 9x5 exhibition is just around the corner. The theme for this years exhibition is rapture. I decided to explore the dictionary definition of rapture, which is intense delight. My interpretation of intense delight was to show a pair of Hyenas feasting on a dead animal.

I thought it was important to show how an image that may initially seem dark and unpleasant can be seen by others as a source of great comfort or pleasure. In the case of the Hyenas in this image they are in their own way experiencing a sense of rapture as they satisfy their hunger.

War

This is just a quick digital painting I did for the Houdini blog. The theme for last weeks topic was war. I did not want to spend too much time on this piece. I wanted to keep it quick and fresh. Like a great salad!

Mask Loop Animation

The next loopdeloop animation session will be tomorrow night at the Loop Bar at 23 Meyers place, Melbourne. So if your in town check it out. Kick off at 7:30pm. This months theme was masks!

I manage to think of a superhero connection for this subject. To check out my animation, just click on the link below.

Cheers.

daniel atkinson MASK

AFL Illustration

Here is an illustration I completed earlier in the week. I am thinking of submitting it to the upcoming IA source book.