Wood Grain

We are once again pursuing a viable woodgrain look. At one point we had screen printed a burl walnut pattern for the interior trim pieces of simi trucks. Our process resulted in about a 20% success rate. 80% scrap meant that this was not a profitable business. The new goal is to produce the parts using digital printing. I have created the pattern and printed a sample. Every thing looks good. There is so much movement in the pattern, that stitching it together seamlessly was not difficult, just a little time consuming. Now if we can come up with a topcoat that passes customer specification, we might be able to sell the product.

Digital vs Traditional

I recently had to write a 5 minute speech for a communication class. I decided to do my speech on digital art. Specifically, I addressed digital art in comparison to traditional art. The main point of my speech was that to create any art, one must have a good understanding of form, figure, shadow, and design. These, and other basics, are essential to creating good art regardless of the medium. One section that truly summed up my feelings was “No matter how it is created, all art requires skill, dedication, and talent. No amount of software in the world can create art without the artist. Talent cannot be achieved by plugging in a power cord.” This being said, how close do you think we, as a society, are to accepting digitally created images as art in the same way we do traditional images?