23 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, paint, Jodi Magi, artist, environment, window, in progress, traditional, toy, bear, oil, oil painting, toys, lamb, construction, buildings, abstract, perspective
This is a comment on humanity’s need to build, construct and demolish, as seen through the eyes of 3 toys looking through a window. When looking down at the endless cranes and concrete pylons, lamb asks Ulysses (the bear on the left) “Why are they always building? Where have all the trees gone?” to which Uly replies “They build because they can”.
Titled ‘Because they can’, oil on canvas, 76cm x 51cm (in progress).
20 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Inspiration Tags: australian art, Ba Ba, children, coast, gray scale, inspiration, narrative, rocks, Stephen Bush, sun
by Stephen Bush
This is one of my all time favourite paintings. More information about the concept of it can be read here.
18 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Paintings on canvas, Completed work Tags: art, Jodi Magi, bird, artist, wings, tree, oil painting, Brothers Grimm, juniper tree, shadow, blood on snow, tree shadow, blood, shadow on snow, bird flying, narative, footprint in snow, foot print, bird in flight, bird shadow
Inspired by the Brothers Grimm story of the same name, ‘The Juniper Tree’ 122cm x 77cm, oil on canvas, 2013.
18 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Completed work, Oil pastels Tags: climate change, climate change art, deforestation, devastation, environmental art, gas mask, Jodi Magi, oil pastel, pastels, space suit, sunset, trees
Needing a break from oil paints and wanting to work on something really gestural and fast, I bought myself some oil pastels. This piece depicts a scenario which I feel is inevitable given our current unwillingness to address climate change in any meaningful way. ‘Why Didn’t You Do Anything?’, oil pastels on paper, 20″ x 16″, 2013.
11 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, artist, Brothers Grimm, colour, dead, directory, face, fairytale, fine art, gestrual, illustrator, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, narrative art, oil, oil painting, painting, portrait, surreal, surreal artist, traditional, traditional art, work in progress
The King from ‘King of the Golden Mountain’, oil on canvas, 77cm x 102cm (in progress). I am trying to capture a look of regret and self-righteousness at the same time… Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
09 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: artist, colour, dead, directory, face, fine art, gestrual, illustrator, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, oil, old man, painting, surreal, traditional
Today I thought it might be a bit exciting to only paint half of his face in the over painting. (Living on the edge).
Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
08 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Inspiration Tags: animation, bird, Cat Bruce, fairytale, Gold, puppet, stop motion, the golden bird
I came upon this gorgeous animated short by Cat Bruce today, while I was researching work inspired by The Brothers Grimm.
06 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, artist, Brothers Grimm, colour, dead, directory, face, fairytale, fine art, gestrual, illustrator, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, narrative art, oil, oil painting, painting, portrait, surreal, surreal artist, traditional, traditional art, work in progress
This is ‘King of the Golden Mountain’, oil on canvas, 77cm x 102cm (in progress). Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
04 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Completed work, Illustration / commercial art, Vector artwork and/or digital manipulation Tags: art, artwork, bird, Brothers Grimm, castle, concpet, crow, damsel, digital, fairytale, figurative, fly, illustration, illustrator, Jodi Magi, mixed media, photoshop, raven, story, surreal art, traditional, vector, vector art
My question to myself: Can illustration and art co-exist together in the same piece? And can a digital work be as emotive and soulful as a traditional piece? Having finished this piece, I still don’t know the answer, however I do think it is a lot more difficult to generate that organic ‘arty’ feeling through the digital medium. On the other hand, other things are easier, such as changing and moving elements, adjusting colours etc.
I am really liking using photographs of fabric in the clothes at the same time as detailed vector elements and art textures. I think this combination is something I will be using more in the future.
Inspired by ‘The Seven Ravens’ by the Brothers Grimm.
Photoshop, Illustrator and traditional techniques.
03 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Completed work, Paintings on wood, Vector artwork and/or digital manipulation Tags: atmosphere, australian art, castle, clouds, clown, digital art, doll, Flight, french clown doll, hot air balloon, illustration, Jodi Magi, marionette, oil painting, photoshop, pop art, pop surrealism, sky, street art, surreal, surreal art, traditional painting, wood
This is a digital update of my oil painting titled ‘I Told You This Day Would Come’, on a wooden window shutter, shown in this previous post. I am slowly opening my mind up to the concept that artwork doesn’t have to be purist in order to have integrity: it isn’t ‘selling out’ to let a piece live a new life using Photoshop. For me it is enough that a work is created using traditional techniques, and if the digital medium can add depth or atmosphere when traditional skills couldn’t (for what ever reason), then why not utilize it?
02 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Inspiration, Uncategorized Tags: commencement speech, inspiration, make good art, Neil Gaiman, Sally Franckowiak, typography, you tube
02 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Completed work, Illustration / commercial art, Vector artwork and/or digital manipulation Tags: art, Australia, Australian, character, commercial art, enthusiastic, excited, game, happy, illustration, illustrator, in progress, Jodi Magi, man, montage, motivated, photoshop, Stake My rep, U.A.E., UAE, vector, vector art
I created this using Adobe Illustrator for the face and hands, and Photoshop for the rest. I think it is important to retain a sense of authenticity / organic-ness in digital illustration in order to encourage some sort of emotional connection. Sometimes digital stuff can look cold. This is why I use a lot fabric photography (the shirt and hat) and traditional textures (ink splatters in the background).
01 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, Australia, Australian, character, commercial art, enthusiastic, excited, game, happy, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, man, motivated, U.A.E., UAE, vector, vector art
Getting there….
29 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, Australia, Australian, character, commercial art, game, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, man, U.A.E., UAE, vector, vector art
This is a vector illustration I am part way through, for an online challenge game about to launch. Though it is done digitally, it should be known, this is no quick trick!
27 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: artist, colour, dead, directory, face, fine art, gestrual, illustrator, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, oil, painting, surreal, traditional
This is detail from the bottom righthand side corner of the work titled ‘King of the Golden Mountain’, oil on canvas (in progress). Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
27 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: artist, Brothers Grimm, colour, dead, directory, face, gestrual, gothic, head, illustration, illustration art, illustrator, Jodi Magi, king, man, mountain, oil, painting, surreal, surreal art, traditional
This is a detail from ‘King of the Golden Mountain’, oil on canvas (in progress). I am quite enjoying being more gestural in my paint handling technique so far. Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
26 Apr 2013 1 Comment
in Progress shots, Uncategorized Tags: air, art, Australia, balloon, castle, child, clown, detail, doll, escape, France, French, hot, illustration, Jodi Magi, marionette, oil, paint, painting on wood, road, toy, work in progress
A friend suggested I might like to share the process of creating a piece of art in gallery format, so everyone can appreciate all the work that goes into the research and composition stages, as well as the final stage of painting. This gallery shows the work-in-progress shots of ‘I Told You This Day Would Come’, oil on wood panel, 2012.
24 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: artist, colour, dead, directory, face, gestrual, illustrator, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, oil, painting, traditional
This is a detail from ‘King of the Golden Mountain’, oil on canvas (in progress). I am quite enjoying being more gestural in my paint handling technique so far. Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
15 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, artwork, bird, Brothers Grimm, castle, concpet, crow, damsel, digital, fairytale, figurative, fly, illustration, illustrator, Jodi Magi, mixed media, photoshop, raven, story, traditional, vector, vector art
This is a little challenge I set myself: Can illustration and art co-exist together in the same piece? And can a digital work be as emotive and soulful as a traditional piece?
Inspired by The Seven Ravens by the Brothers Grimm.
Photoshop, Illustrator and traditional techniques.
15 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, Jodi Magi, artist, blue, in progress, tree, oil painting, Brothers Grimm, juniper tree, traditional painting, illustration art, pointilism, shadow
This painting demonstrates my attempts to develop a looser, more gestural style and is a part of my ‘Brothers Grimm’ series.
Still in progress (though thousands of dots later), it has been quite relaxing and fun to work on.
Oil on canvas, 123 cm x 72 cm
20 Mar 2013 Leave a Comment
in Preliminary sketch, Progress shots Tags: Australia, Brothers Grimm, drawing, fairytale, Gold, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, pencil, study
This is my King-to-be. A pencil drawing in progress for my next painting inspired by the Brothers Grimm’s The King of the Golden Mountain.
Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
09 Mar 2013 1 Comment
in Progress shots Tags: Brothers Grimm, concept, fairytale, golden, grimm, illustration, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, work in progress
I have just commenced studying a Masters course of Visual Art (scary!). My area of interest will be a modern visual interpretation of fairytales by the Brothers Grimm. I am also interested in incorporating typography within the painting as I want to explore the boundaries of art/illustration/graphic design.
This is a mockup created in Photoshop using my own photos, a photo from the net of a snake and net sourced images of paintings by Rembrandt and Caravaggio. It represents the story ‘The King of the Golden Mountain’ as told by the Brothers Grimm.
The final painting will be oil on canvas, and will be quite ambitious. Naturally I will completely change the faces – this is a starting point in terms of the colours and composition. Fingers crossed it works out.
25 Feb 2013 Leave a Comment
in Completed work, News, Paintings on canvas Tags: art, Australia, dark, Dubai, emotive, eye, figure, Jodi, magi, metamorphosis, oil, painting, surreal, Tashkeel, UAE, woman
So, she is finally finished. ‘Her Metamorphosis (retrograde)’. Oil and silk fabric on canvas, 80cm x 80cm.
She will be on show at the exhibition ‘Metamorphosis’, Tashkeel Gallery, Dubai from March 11th.
Click here to view the time lapse animation of her creation.
07 Feb 2013 1 Comment
in Completed work, Paintings on wood Tags: animal, art, artist, Australian, bird, character, children, deer, fable, fairytale, hewn pine, huon pine, illustration, Jodi Magi, journey, light, magic, painting on wood, spiritual, story, tree
‘If Only for a Moment’, 46cm x 32cm, acrylic on camphor, 2012.
29 Jan 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: artist, Australian, dark, emerging, fingurative, gothic, illustration, Jodi Magi, metamorphosis, oil, painting, portrait, regency, UAE
So far so good…
Work in progress, oil on canvas, 80 cm x 80cm
20 Jan 2013 1 Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, artist, Australian, colour, eye, figurative, in progress, Jodi Magi, metamorphosis, oil painting, surrealism, U.A.E., UAE, woman
I sat down to paint and some photo-realism-rurrealism came out. This is detail from the oil painting I am working on at the moment which is 80cm x 80cm with the theme of Metamorphosis. I have never done a ‘proper’ oil painting before, so I googled blending techniques and colour mixing, and so far it feels 1000 times easier than working with acrylics. Why didn’t I realise this years ago?
19 Jan 2013 1 Comment
in Progress shots Tags: Abu Dhabi, artist, Australian, figurative, in progress, Jodi Magi, make up, metamorphosis, mirror, oil, painting, regency, woman
Oil on canvas with the theme of metamorphosis. 80cm x 80cm in progress.
10 Jan 2013 Leave a Comment
in Preliminary sketch, Progress shots Tags: art, Australian, children, drawing, figurative, girl, illustration, Jodi Magi, new, painting, pencil, sketch, UAE, work in progress
Another drawing for the new painting…
08 Jan 2013 1 Comment
in Preliminary sketch, Progress shots Tags: Abu Dhabi, art, Australia, child, drawing, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, U.A.E., water
This little lass will be in a painting I will start work on in the next few days.
