Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Jacob Patterson Interview!
Yea I know its been a while but Ive been trying to get this interview for you guys so here it goes:
SD: So, When did you begin to really get into art?
JP: I think I am one of the rare cases of children whose parents WANTED them to do art. My mom would pretty much make sure that I spent time drawing once or twice a week, if I wasn't already drawing more than that. This started before I can even remember.
I remember REALLY getting into art when I started watching Dragon Ball Z. Akira Toriyama is one of my favorite artists of all time, and I would read the graphic novels and watch the cartoon ALL THE TIME and draw what I liked, and make up my own characters and stories.
I learned to oil paint in Christian school in about 7th grade, and it;s been a wrap since then. haha
SD: Haha thats awesome. Dragonball Z was the best! So where do you get the inspiraton for your artwork?
JP: The good thing about being a pop artist in the field I am most known for is that I get to choose from a wide selection of creative universes. Someone will come to me with a request, let's say "Bioshock" (which I am working on right now), and ask me to create a pair of shoes around that theme.
I then design an art piece that feels as though it could exist within (or reflect) the creative universe that is "Bioshock." Inspiration is never something I am lacking in that regard.
For other art pieces (more personal ones), I tend to reflect things that I simply feel passionate about, and use my extensive knowledge of Art History to help me out. I am, after all, and student of Art History about to graduate from UCLA.
SD: Wow thats cool.If you could pick one artist to work with in the future who would it be and why?
JP: Wow that is a tough question.
Hmmmm, if I could work with ANYONE I think I would pick the team at Banksy. They have so many artists that are talented at so many things, and not a single one of them has spilled the beans on who they are . . . and every one of them makes HUGE statements with their work.
If Banksy still is one person, then he is a monster, and the greatest artist of our time. The best since Picasso in my opinion. In terms of technical skill I think that other artists are better, but none has a more emphatic approach to art.
SD: Banksy one (or many) of the most creative inspirational artist of this time....nice choice. So one final question: What future projects are you working on or would like to work on?
JP: I don't exactly plan to be working on customs as a primary source of income/artistic expression for too much longer. I wanna get into more creative places. Everything from custom vinyl toys to clothing to more traditional things such as painting canvas will see Patterson Art's influence as soon as I get some time. haha
That said, I have some HUGE plans in store for custom shoes. Some reconstruction ideas I have in mind will not only change the foundation of custom shoes, but hopefully the way the shoe market is viewed from those both within it and those looking in from the outside.
Hopefully.
haha,
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Artist of the Month: Jacob Patterson
Hey everybody, today im starting a new monthly post I call Artist of the Month! And what a great way to kick that off than with one of my favorite artist, Jacob Patterson of WiggaTriggaTV. He is a gym shoe artist/painter who has done alot of custom sneakas. Congratulations Jacob you are the artist of the month! Heres some of his work: (P.S. All work belongs to J. Patterson.)
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Deja Vu
Hate doing dishes? Don't have a dishwasher? Don't feel like loading your dishwasher? Well Panasonic has a cure to all these tragic problems, the dishwashing robot! It can load your dishwasher without breaking a glass or dropping a fork. It can even sit dishes in the sink!WOW!!! In my opinion, comletely pointless... the world gets lazier and lazier everyday.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Off that!
Wats up people! Somewhat good saturday morning! Well I've been real busy lately and havent been able to do alot of searchng on the web but I was finally able to check out the Motorola Droid.Yea Ik Ik Im super late on tis but that phone is amazing. It has a 5mp camera, QWERTY keyboard, Google Apps.,etc. Sadly Im already in a contract :/ Yea ik awful right? But when I get $600 I wil most definately be geting it.Verizon also has the better,(much better)Blackberry Storm upgade, The Storm 2! So check that out also. So check out the phone and have a nice Saturday, Peace..Verizon is back!
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Already Home!
Wats up dis ya boy Steve with my very first post. This blog is gonna be about Fashion, Art,Tech, Music, Pretty much everything. Ill be lettin you know whats going on with my own clothing line, NewAge© and other stuff Im getting into. So I hope you like it and Hit me up!
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