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  • Angie Taylor – artist

    Angie Taylor – artist

    Angie Taylor is a traditionally-trained sculptor who has worked as a digital artist since the 1980’s. 

    Her work explores themes of identity, isolation & otherness – often championing life’s misfits and highlighting the struggles faced by them.

    Her highly-distinctive style is hard to pin down but has been described by some as Punk-Expressionism – a unique mix of punk art, naive art, pop art & expressionistic aesthetics and themes.

    Her work juxtaposes the DIY ethic of punk, fresh immediacy of naĂŻve art & complexity of VR & 3D technology.

  • Thoughts

    OK, it’s been a while since I posted a blog, I’ve been really busy trying to reinvent myself again! The last year has been an odd one. I decided to take a few months off from doing international events after IBC 2007, due to sheer exhaustion. But just as I was ready to return, Adobe made major changes in terms of events and marketing. Unfortunately, as a result, most of the freelancers in the UK (including myself) have lost a lot of UK-based demo work. Freelancers in the UK region have had to find alternative sources of income to replace this work.

    Luckily there still seem to be a few companies in need of freelance demo artists so I am still doing the odd demo here and there;

    IBC

     

    NAB Europe

    But on the whole the slow down in demo work has been a good thing as it has encouraged me to get more involved in the creative pursuits that I have been studiously avoiding due to fear of failure! I’m now concentrating my time on writing my new book (which is not software based but still related to the industry) and teaching at Sussex Downs college and the University of Brighton. I’m also working on my own creative project when I can find time and am still doing freelance After effects work for production companies in the London/South East area.

    Anyway, I’m looking for a bit of feedback regarding how many people in the digital media industry have traditional art or design training (art college or similar). Please feel free to respond to this post with a little info regarding the job you do, and how you got into the industry. Thanks for any responses,

    Angie x

  • Adobe Seminar Stockholm and Copenhagen

    Well, I’m just back from a whirlwind tour of Scandinavia.

    I did a talk in each city on adobe’s production Premium software. The crowds were very nice and friendly and I’m hoping to go back there soon.

    Thanks to Max Hagelstam for his wonderful organisation. And thanks to Pierre and Jonas for sharing lunch with us.

    I will be posting the “Dancing bottles” tutorial on my website in April for anyone to download.

    Please subscribe to my RSS feed on my Blip.tv account to recieve this when it is posted.

    Angie Taylor at Blip.tv

    You can subscribe using Adobe Media Player.

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    all the best!

    Angie

  • Flash on the Beach 2007 – report

    Wow, what a great conference, very inspiring. I even got home tonight and started teaching myself processing!! I must say I’m hooked but am trying to decide what kind of scripting/ programming to concentrate on. My choice is Java script, expressions in AE, Action Script or Processing. Any advice would be gratefully accepted!

    http://processing.org/ 

    my favorite things from FOTB;

    http://www.inthemod.com/inthemod.html 

    http://www.quasimondo.com/ 

    http://www.complexification.net/ 

    Enjoy and please feel free to comment,

    Angie

  • MacLive Expo Report

    Well I’ve just returned from MacLive Expo in London where I was proud to be demonstrating Wacom’s brand new Cintiq 12 WX which one a “Best of Show” award.

    http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=19489

    There wasn’t much else on show that was very impressive, sadly the show was lacking in the big players like Adobe and Apple but the show did feel more like a Pro show than in the previous 2 years. I’m hoping that next year it will be back to it’s full glory, it would be a real shame not to have a pro Mac show in the UK.

    http://www.wacom-europe.com/index2.asp?lang=en&pid=96

    I also demo’ed Luxology’s Modo 3D modelling software;

    http://www.luxology.com/whatismodo/

    and Corel Painter for the first time;

    http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/gb/en/Product/1166553885783?lc=en&pagename=CorelCom%2FLayout&trkid=ukgoogpainterq406

    I’m now hooked on both!

  • Flash on the Beach 2007

    Flash on the Beach 2007

    I am going to go to Flash on the Beach again this year, this time as a guest to take it all in!

    What is Flash on the Beach?

    Last year Flash on the Beach conference was the first major Flash conference in the UK for over 6 years! This year they have a hard act to follow, but it will be even better!

    Over 40 of the world’s most talented Flash designers, developers and artists presenting on 3 tracks over 3 full days, 2 full day workshops to get indepth training. They have added Student pricing, transferable company passes and a place to show off your work at our ‘student/sole trader/up and coming talent’ area! Product demos and showcases will have their own mini theatre!

    Flash on the Beach has brought together the most creative, technical, inspirational awe-inspiring, educational and entertaining industry leading speakers in the rich media industry.

    Add parties, Guy Fawkes night, fireworks and mixer get togethers each morning and evening for essential networking opportunities and you can see why I am so excited about this years Flash on the Beach. Plus, it’s in my home town of Brighton!

  • Angie Taylor tutorials coming soon!

    s539888624_80237_9460.jpg Watch this space!

    Watch this space for tutorials from me, Angie Taylor. I am a freelance animator/ designer who has been using creative software in my work for over 10 years.

    I have also worked as one of Adobe’s leading freelance demo artists and can be seen regularly at trade shows, conferences and events, talking about my work.

    I will be sharing tips and tricks on Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Illustrator. I’ll also share advice and opinions on good workflow techniques and plan to post video tutorials on Blip.tv.

    Of course I will also be inclined to chat about whatever interests me at the time of writing. Currently I am reading Alain De Botton;

    http://www.alaindebotton.com/

  • IBC 2007

    I have just returned from IBC 2007
    I worked on the Adobe stand, delivering demos on After Effects CS3 and Premiere Pro and taking questions regarding After Effects. It was a great show, my highlights included seeing Nuke from the Foundry

    GridIron showed some amazing stuff in their VIP sessions and of course the Adobe Media Player looks like it is going to be huge, very exciting times.

    I had a great stay in Amsterdam, favorite restaurants included Seasons.

    As always it was great to see all my friends at the show.

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