Fashion

Giorgio Armani S.P.A. is an international Italian fashion house that designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, eyewear, cosmetics, and home interiors. The brand markets these products under several, highly specialized sub-labels including Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, AJ | Armani Jeans, AX | Armani Exchange, Armani Junior, and Armani/Casa. The Armani name has become synonymous with high-fashion and couture worldwide and is considered one of the most prestigious names in the fashion industry. By the end of 2005, estimated sales of the company were around $1.69 billion.
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Nike, Inc.  is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008 (ending May 31, 2008). As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nike/language_select/

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^{Red or Dead is a fashion designer and manufacturer, started in London in 1982 by Wayne Hemingway and his wife Geraldine Hemingway. They manufacture products such as shoes, spectacles, bags and watches.
In 2012 Red or Dead released their first fragrance 'Release Me'. http://www.redordead.com/}

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Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI (born Vivienne Isabel Swire on 8 April 1941) is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.

http://www.viviennewestwood.co.uk/

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Matthew Williamson is an English fashion designer. His collections often have an Indian influence, perhaps related to the time Williamson spent working in India for the clothing store Monsoon. He counts celebrities such as Björk, Cat Deeley, Will Buckhurst, Sienna Miller, Kelis, Jade Jagger and Plum Sykes amongst his friends.
http://www.matthewwilliamson.com/

New Artwork

This is my newest piece of artwork, as you can see it isnt finished yet though.
I will be posting another post of this artwork when it is complete.
The thing I was drawing:  Maple key

Sculptors/Installation Artist research

Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was a sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art (sculpture in particular) in Britain.
http://www.barbarahepworth.org.uk/

I don't like this piece of art because I'm not to sure what it is supposed to be or supposed to look like.
when i did some research on this piece, the sculptor is supposed to be a mother and her child.


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Susie MacMurray's work encompasses drawing, sculpture and architectural installations. A former classical musician, she retrained as an artist, graduating with an MA in Fine Art in 2001. She now has an international exhibition profile and shows regularly in the USA and Europe as well as the UK.
http://www.susie-macmurray.co.uk/

This is a piece of art work by Susie McMurray, it is called Oracle.
I like this piece of artwork because it is different and shows her imagination.


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Sir Peter Thomas Blake, KBE, RDI, RA (born 25 June 1932) is an English pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He lives in Chiswick, London, UK.
http://www.peterblakegallery.com/

this is a piece of art by Peter Blake, On The Balcony.
I like this piece of art because it shows his imagination.


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Lubna Chowdhary
 Lubna is a British artist who works on small tiles, firing and re-firing them endlessly until a vibrant mystery of colour and material emerges. Nobody knows if the appearance is a target, the eye of a mysterious animal, a vision under the microscope, and the imagination may be wrong without every finding the certainty that would put an end to this mind game. Likewise evocations in terms of style are both obvious and without any final diagnosis: we are led to think of Rothko or Klee, or of Art nouveau, without any of these connotations winning out over the others. And that is probably what gives her work its richness.
www.lubnachowdhary.co.uk/

This is a art piece by Lubna Howdhary. This piece is called, Ceramic tiles.
I like this piece because it is very colourful and it is different.


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OLIVER ZWINK 19 March - 8 May  2004
born 1967 in Heidenheim/Brenz, Germany
http://www.oliverzwink.de/

2002-08 Lecturer (Artistic Associate), Fine Art, Bauhaus-University, Weimar

1998 Master of Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London

1991-96 Diploma in Fine Art, University / Academy of Arts, Kassel


I like this piece if art work by Oliver Zwink, I like this artwork because it is very colourful and it shows the artists imagination in his artwork.


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Severine Cadier,
Born on October 16, 1966 in Talence (France)
General Studies in mathematics and general mechanics. Master of fine arts.
Works of ceramic techniques in different workshops since 1991.
http://www.artgraine.net/demarche.php

I dont like this piece of art by Severine, I dont like it because im not sure what it is.

music

I have been told to look at some of my favourite music/songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_oLfC5Z_Ys&ob=av2n

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAfFfqiYLp0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbyG2MrBHk

My favourite genres of music are: Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, Indie and Reggae.
I like these music genres because they are easy to listen to whilst relaxing or studying.

My watercolour painting

The object i was drawing/painting was a rock.
I found it difficult to get all the detail right but i enjoyed painting.

photography

Mike McFarelane is a landscape photographer who after living in most parts of the UK, has returned to the North East.

Fascinated by the beauty of the light and the land, especially the coast, his work shares this beauty with others. Mike's photography covering Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, Teesside, Yorkshire, Scotland, UK and Europe is used commercially by a wide variety of clients and is available in galleries nationwide.

http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/

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Eugène Atget (February 12, 1857 – August 4, 1927) was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris.

An inspiration for the surrealists and other artists, his work only gained wide attention after his death.

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Lee Isaacs, A commercial photographer for more than twenty years, Lee Isaacs is just now coming to terms with his “place in art”. While an art student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the mid 70’s, he discovered photography quite by chance.
http://leeisaacs.com/






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Uchida Kuichi (1844 – February 17 1875) was a pioneering Japanese photographer from Nagasaki. He was greatly respected as a portrait photographer and was the only photographer granted a sitting to photograph the Emperor Meiji.
Uchida studied photography under Ueno Hikoma in their native city of Nagasaki. When he was 16 years old, he purchased his first photographic equipment and by 1863, when he was 19, he was importing and selling photographic equipment.








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Bill Atkinson, Software pioneer Bill Atkinson made a name for himself as a computer genius, but a love of nature drew him in another direction. Lito Tejada-Flores examines the way Atkinson uses his digital know-how to create photographs that truly reflect the natural world.

http://www.billatkinson.com/Homepage.pl

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Rasmus Mogensen ,Mogensen had his first independent photo exhibition at age 17 at the Gallery Photografica in Copenhagen. He began his career as a professional photographer working as a photo assistant in Copenhagen and New York, and is now based in Paris.

http://www.rasmusmogensen.com/

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Many landscape photographers show little or no human activity in their photos, striving to attain pure, unsullied landscapes that are devoid of human influence, using instead subjects such as strongly defined landforms, weather and ambient light.

Architectural photography is the photographing of buildings and similar structures that are both aesthetically pleasing and accurate representations of their subjects.

Portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject.

Nature photography refers to a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.

Urban photography is similar to street photography in that it takes place in an inner city environment but it differs from street photography in that it may or may not have people included in the image. Urban photos are often taken of buildings, or rather the urban landscape itself as the main subject and if people are included in the picture is it is incidental. Street photography on the other hand takes people as the main subject.

Drawings

 as you can see I have been drawing, 3 of the pictures are of a bark off of a tree and the other is a drawing of a shell which I did in pen.
I found it difficult to draw the bark as it had lots of small detail, the shell was easier to draw because it didnt Have as much detail. the techniques I used in my drawings were; cross hatchings and shading.

Artist research

Banksy is an English-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.
Very little is known about Bansky because he does his art work discretely.
Banksy started his art career in 1992, where he was in a freehand graffiti group in Bristol, called  DryBreadZ Crew.
Banksy's real name is still unknown, but there are rumours that his real name is Robert Banks or Robin Gunningham.
His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.

http://www.banksy.co.uk/
This is one of his artworks outside of Bethlehem.
I like this artwork because it shows a highwall and he has painted a crack/hole into the wall and it is showing paradise on the other side.


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Lee Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring. he was born on 17th March 1969 and died on Febuary 1st 2010 (he died at the age of 40).
McQueen was an openly gay fashion designer, he told his family when he was 18 and, after a rocky period, they accepted his sexuality. 
He had some very famous clients, such as Prince Charles and Mikhail Gorbachev.
McQueen's accomplishments included being one of the youngest designers to achieve the title "British Designer of the Year", which he won four times between 1996 and 2003.
McQueen was found dead at his apartment in London by his housekeeper. McQueen, who had been diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, took an overdose prior to hanging himself. Before he committed suicide he left a written request asking for his pets to be looked after, "Look after my dogs, sorry, I love you, Lee."
http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/



from looking at some of his designs you can tell he is very different from all the other fasion designers, he has his on unique style in which no one else really has.


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Andy Warhol was born 6th August 1928 and died on Febuary 22nd 1987 (aged 58), he was known for his paintings and film making.
He was a Ruthenian Cathlic, Warhol made almost 100 different variations of the last supper.
Warhol showed early artistic talent and studied commercial art at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, In 1949, he moved to New York City and began a career in magazine illustration.
At the age of 40 Andy was shot by Valerie Solanas who was a radical feminist, she said that Warhol "had too much control over my life." The attack had a profound impact on Warhol and his art.
Warhol died in New York City at 6:32 a.m. on February 22, 1987 aged 58, dying in his sleep from a sudden post-operative cardiac arrhythmia.
http://www.warhol.org/

These are my favourite paintings by Andy Warhol because they are both of world wide superstars and they are colourful and different.


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Georgia O'Keeffe was born 15th November 1887 and died on 6th March 1986 (aged 98). she became a famous artist from his paintings of flowers.
O'Keeffe studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905 to 1906. In 1907, she attended the Art Students League in New York City, where she studied under William Merritt Chase. In 1908, she won the League's William Merritt Chase still-life prize for her oil painting Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot.
In 1972 Georgia started to lose her eyesight so she stopped oil painting and then continued with her pencil and charcoal art work until 1984.
O'Keeffe became increasingly frail in her late 90s. She moved to Santa Fe in 1984, where she died on March 6, 1986, at the age of 98.
http://www.georgia-okeeffe.com/



these style of paintings is how Georgia became a famous artist, painting flowers just like these.


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Roy Lichtenstein was born 27th October 1923 and died 29th September 1997 (aged 73). His work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style.
Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York into an upper-middle-class Jewish New York City.
n 1960, he started teaching at Rutgers University where he was heavily influenced by Allan Kaprow, who was also a teacher at the University.
Lichtenstein's painting Torpedo...Los! sold at Christie's for $5.5 million in 1989, a record sum at the time, making him one of only three living artists to have attracted such huge sums.
n 1996 the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. became the largest single repository of the artist's work when Lichtenstein donated 154 prints and 2 books.
http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/





These are examples of some of his work, and you can easily tell that his work is inspired by comics/cartoons.

About Me

Hello, my name is Daniel Nye, I am 17, I was a pupil at Hesketh Fletcher High School, I am now currently studying IT computing and software Level 2 (games design)at Eccles Sixth Form College, when I am older I would like to work in the games design industry.

My interests are;
Football
Gaming
Music
Watching films/TV


My life's ambition is to become a game designer and maybe work for one of my favourite game design companies, Rockstar and Ubisoft. They are my favourite games designers because they produce excellent graphics in all of their games that they produce.
My favourite games they both produce are;
Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar)
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar)
Assassains Creed (Ubisoft)
Rainbow Six (Ubisoft)
Ghost Recon (Ubisoft)
I enjoy playing the games listed above because they have strong story lines, great characters and are very enjoyable to play.


Family
I am currently living in the Manchester area with my Mum & Dad, Sister and our pet dog.
My Dad was a member of the British Armed Forces (Army) where he completed 22 years service and fought in 3 wars and visited several countries around the world.
My Mum currently works as a area trainer, training care workers to care for vulnerably adults within the community.
My Sister attended college and gained a qualification to work with children and her ambition is to work in a children's ward in hospital.