Damien Hirst

I really like the blue used in this image, the lighter blues and the lemon really make this image vibrant.

This rather gruesome image is exactly that.

The decapitation of a unicorn, destroying young ones dreams.

This sculpture of a gorilla whose arm fell of is cool as the shape is not specific but generalised.

These images of broken glass and blood splattered birds really grab me with their efficiency.

Viewing the insides of common farm animals really shows how little we know of the creatures around us.

This mutated 5-legged calf is really interesting and gives ideas to branching out from standard amounts of limbs.

My favourite colours again pretty much. Gives a pretty brutal look at the reproductive cycle and fragility of the human flesh.

A crossless crucifixion of a cow? Barely recognisable in this pose.

Bound and stuffed with arrows. Gives me ideas of spikes/spines and working ties into a form.

This human-esque skark face looks amazing with it's leathering and withered look.

The ideas I have are:

- Spikes/spines and possible bindings

- A leathery texture

- A gore texture (juicy)

- A glass pane transition

Patricia Piccinini

These creatures are really creepy and gross.

This one is a little more aggressive.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds this thing the weirdest.

These moped creatures play more into making inanimate objects more human.

I like this skull with it's jawline horns and plated neck along with it's metallic finish.

I only have a couple ideas from these images:

- Metallic skull based transition

- Antler type protrusions

- More human-like in appearance at one stage

Francis Bacon

I like the gory nature of this image with a revealed spine and fleshy interior.

I like the idea of a gory jagged face-like object in black and white, with one red light.

This creepy creature could play a part in the object dragging itself with half formed limbs.

Umbrella face with his circus of rib exposed carcasses inspires a lot of dread.

Seems nearly like the unholy pope on a carcass throne.

This makes me think of a wall yelling or something concrete like.

This as an awesome picture of a dog. I really like this style of nearly being hatched together and not even really existing.

Francis gives me the following ideas:

- Mishappen limbs dragging my object.

- A sort of hairy material.

- A yelling rock.

- One red light perhaps.

Salvador Dalí

 First of all I have to credit this guy's moustache skills.

Wow.

I really like the melting and liquid fluidity in this image.

This image seems counter-intuitive but gives way to interesting ideas of material shifts.

The blending of realities and the drooping clocks bend the mind and broaden the thoughts towards surroundings in the final clip.

This image is awesome. Cats and water mid-air amongst the rest of the stuff in the room. I like the flow of water through the middle of the image the most.

From Salvador I take these ideas:

- A floating water snake

- A flapping moustache creature

- Liquidising tranisitons

- Objects spewing forth the next shape

László Moholy-Nagy

This is my favourite image by Laszlo, with a sort of light in motion thing going on.

I like the ghosting of these silhouettes and the starkness of the black and white.

I like the hint of a face or eye with an ethereal cage orb.

This image makes me think of neon lights or x-rays. Or a virus magnified enormously.

This makes me think of light reflecting off of water and the disjointed main body interests me also.

The light and shadow in this image work to showcase a physical representation of the previous image.

From Laszlo I take these ideas:

- A strong contrast of black and white, focusing on the light reflected off the object itself

- A sort of ethereal form shift at some point

Hannah Höch

I  liked this image for the misshapen "faces" with sprouting legs and the use of reds and light greys.

This image gave me the impression of the true self hidden beneath the cold shell and "painted" faces.

This image falls into my favourite colour scheme and has an awesome dragon-like creature with an intriguing texture to it.

This colour scheme somehow seems balanced and soft despite the bold yellow wings.

And this image ties into the disproportionate bodies and shapes.

The ideas I take from these images would be:

- A shell cracking open and revealing a hidden interior

- An odd textured mishapen creature

- Wing-like tendrils extending out?

Maya 2013 Notes