Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
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1:47 pm - Welcome!
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Hello and welcome to Adam "LAGtheNoggin" Hodgson's Sketchblog at Live Journal, the blog detailing a first-wave-conscript on the battle fields of artistic endeavour. Will he come through victorious and draw to the very winds, or end up crushed beneath the tracks of surrealism? Hit the RSS feed or add to a friends list and find out! Activities broadcast weekly, sometimes more.
Constructive Criticism approved and appreciated.
To quickly see an archive of the imagery posted here, check out:
- DeviantArt for arts
- Flickr for photography
- LAGtheModeller.com for a portfolio overview
Thank-you and enjoy looking around!
- Adam
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
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11:51 pm - going to the moon brb
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I'm just back from a week at the Art Institute at Bournemouth, the place where I'll be studying animation. It was an introduction week of sorts to meet fellow first year students and get used to the place, consequently;
Three things I didn't know about Bournemouth:
) The night life is crazy.
) The Dorset accent still exists.
) Animation attracts furries like a bucket full of yiff.
Well, I'm off to Paris to sketch up a storm for you guys. But before I scoot, here's some scans I've had lying around.
 
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
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11:07 pm - I'M A ARTIST
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A foundation artist of Distinction, which I assure you is one above an artist of Merit. Which in turn means I got top grades - I do arts good!
Or at least if you need a television stripped bare I can do it in under a minute. Here's my final art foundation piece linking to a handy dandy set of images and it's construction:
Academic art eh.
If it takes your fancy: 5 new gesture sketchbook scans on my Blogger. Go see!
And should you still be fancying; a couple figure drawings behind the cut.
( - - - - CUT - - - )
 
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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1:54 am - All done :)
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Well that's my foundation course at Croydon College cleared. Results come in three weeks time and private viewing for our work is on the 24th of June, 7 o'clock; just a mere 5 minutes stroll from East Croydon Station. Come see! The gallery will remain open throughout that week.
However I must mention this isn't real art, it's conceptual art - art which from a conceptual artist's or gallery's perspective is the realest art of the real, but whatever, it's all about ideas and as far as I consider that's not something very tangible. So yes, don't come expecting 4 years figure drawing to be evident in any way at this showing, I couldn't even get away drawing a face for one year.
Overall though, the time here's been fun and I readily recommend the course if you're not looking for technical skills. The only thing that's disappointed me is my own laziness, and that isn't the worst way to come away from a year's classes :)
So! The future beckons... I have a few months until I'm required in Bournemouth so in the meantime I'll get back into the drawing groove and get uploading. Which of course requires being at a scanner.
I'll get back to you on that.
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
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1:13 am - Shop work
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
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12:18 am - No time home
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Hey guys, the art foundation course I'm doing is wrapping up with final major project showings in June (you're all invited!) and my boss wants me working 22 hour weekends in Richmond. So all in all I won't be getting much time to say hello for a while; don't worry, I'm just busy wracking my brains for conceptually-allowable-yet-mass-media-pleasing art and watching the latest DVDs with people arguing in French and/or blowing up cars.
Speaking of films, Michael Moore's Sicko may be horrendously biased rallying babble but it makes me happy to be a non American for once - afterall the US gets all the cool stuff.
By which I mean machine guns.
Also, two new sketches on the sketchblog.
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
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1:13 am - OK BLOG
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Sketchbook gesturebook #4 has several new posts over on Blogger. Go see!
Uhhhhm, other than that I am rather busy with things other than the internet. We're drawing up to our end of year show at Croydon and things are getting interesting. Also; I am into university! BA Animation Production! And... kind of worried.
After studying foundation I've developed a taste for artistic adventurous, and well, the Art Institute at Bournemouth just isn't. Hopefully the added figure drawing everyday will make up for it :)
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
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12:43 am - OH BUSYS
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OH ME OH MY I haven't posted for three months! I must get back into this, even if only for the sake of keeping myself coherent. Which is something I feel I'm losing the hang of through the sheer volume of normality my life seems to have adopted.
First things first: I'll be posting sketches over here now. It's a little more convenient to post to and doesn't contain any mad rantings (yet):
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Now to other things: Let's see, let's see... Yes. The last few months have been rather busy. Foundation Arts at Croydon is going swimmingly, albeit very conceptually. And by conceptually I mean what is this nonsense conceptually. Also, I get rolls of paper and HIT THEM WITH PAINT (fixed link).
All of which have lead to an interview at Bournemouth Arts Institute on the 21st, hurrah! The best animation course in the UK! That's three years I've wanted this day, three years! And now it feels, well, mundane.
That's life eh?
Best when it's boring.
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
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1:53 am - I work in film.
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
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12:12 am - That's a wrap.
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
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2:48 am - THAT'S IT.
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ALL PAGES OF SIGNIFICANCE SCANNED. All drawn from life study besides one or two pages from TV - other than that, this books 50 something double spreads of pure life.
( cold life )
Trees. Trees. Trees.
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
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3:45 am - Penultimately
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I have one more spread and then that's it, the end of gesturebook #3! Done! What timing for the new year eh?
( People People )
Although you won't actually be getting that last page this week because, um, I haven't actually finished the book >.>
I'll finish it for Monday, I assure you!
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
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2:20 pm - What's happened to all the parties?
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
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1:56 am - Almost. There.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
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12:25 am - another spread
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
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11:59 pm - This is my desk
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
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11:16 pm - IXUSi is back...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
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1:09 am - The Hype Machine
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
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9:43 pm - Polo polo
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Did you know they don't actually hit the ball with the end of the hammer (croquet style) in polo? They hit it with the long side. That's totally gip.
It's like the day I discovered shooting clay pigeons isn't done with slugs, it's done with lead shot that gives you a 1 meter spread.
Anyway, Polo:
 
( clop clop clop )
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
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10:33 pm - I don't sleep much ,__,
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The Orange Box is wonderful.
It's so delicious and moist.
Also! I have a new Canon printer scanner so my scans now look weird in highly fastidious ways. I'm not sure I prefer it over my (rather good) 8 year old Epson scanner. Tell me if you notice any difference.
( Stairy )
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