Artiness

Wolfgang Tillmans

The only photographer to win the Turner Prize (in 2000) has taken over the Serpentine Gallery in London until the 19th of September.

It’s a curious thing, seeing Tillman’s work. I saw his winning entry for the Turner and wasn’t sure what to make of him then and after visiting this exhibition my view hasn’t really changed.

There are, of course, some intriguingly wonderful pictures. One, that we thought was a pair of hands in a bowl turned out to More

Paramore - Riot!

Sometimes the work of artists is remarkably simple - something so simple that a person will not even think of that while wondering what would be album cover of his favourite band. Then, something simple, almost shapeless, with fewer colors that anything before, comes out - a person is speechless, he smiles because his favourite band surprised him again with something unique and original.

This happened in 2007 with the famous punk-pop band Paramore when they released their album Riot! More

The Death Art from the Past

Hardly is there a person who has not noticed the amazing movie covers from the late 80s and mid 90s -truly it was the cover that was selling the product. Fascinated by the masterpiece on the pack, many people would by the video tape just because it looked like a real painting, it got the attention with its colours and mixture of images so even if the movie is not a great masterpiece, the cover would suit the movie collection More

Album covers-remember them?

Remember the album covers of old? You know. Those nice inserts inside CD covers and those big massive record album covers. Where have they gone? Theres no pretty pictures with an MP3 unless you count the digital image of a CD cover that look exactly the same as all the online banners. No album covers are now officially an image fo the past unless their digital it seems. They have gone the same way as photos.

Do you remember More

Obtaining the know how of turning creativity into cash

It used to be that an artist learnt as an apprentice to his trade. The tradesman passed on his creativity, knowledge and expertise and the apprentice could absorb this knowledge and grow from it and in turn branch out on his own one day.

It’s now becoming the way to learn again; as many art companies from design agencies to roller banners and marketing companies, take on internships to learn their trade. This is probably one of the better ways More

Avoid These Design Mistakes

When it comes to designing a webpage there a several do’s and don’ts you should be aware of. Here are a few of the things you shouldn’t do, and why.

The first thing you want to avoid is also the most tempting. Never clutter your page with too many advertisements, especially pop ups. They are annoying and the majority of people pays no attention to them and clicks them off instantly. It’s okay to have ad placement here and there, More

Drawing Basics

Drawing is frustrating, isn’t it? If you’re like a lot of people, however you try and draw something, it always ends up being a right mess and looking nothing at all like what you intended.

That doesn’t have to be the case. As any good drawer knows, becoming proficient at sketching is all about observing first and getting a decent image down second.

The way I leanred how to do this was from one of Britains top interior designers, More

Bored To Be Wild.

I’ve always been partial to a bit of Heavy Metal. Right from the earliest days there have been some truly brilliant bands; Steppenwolf, Wishbone Ash, UFO, Nazareth, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. And then it moved along to another generation of acts; Iron Maiden, WASP, Twisted Sister and Metallica.

But after this it began to go a bit stale… I think the first signs of the rot setting in were back in the eighties and nineties. We had an epidemic More

Welcome to A World of Artiness!

Welcome to Artiness.net! Now you may be asking yourself with is the point of this site? Surely Art is something that is meant to be found on paper, in paint, in nature and music? Well we agree with that to a point, but also believe that it is important not to discard anything that is online as it is a powerful means of connecting people, and the people we want to connect are artists!