{"id":4683,"date":"2014-12-22T15:48:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2014-12-23T16:29:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T20:29:17","slug":"assignment-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/4683","title":{"rendered":"Assignment: Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI would do \u2018John Carter\u2019 again tomorrow. I\u2019m very proud of \u2018John Carter.\u2019 Box office doesn\u2019t validate me as a person, or as an actor.\u201d
\n\u2014 Taylor Kitsch<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the more exciting developments for any artist is the request for original artwork based on an interesting theme. Whether it is for personal or commercial purposes, the medium of collage is ideally suited for commissions, and the process can make use of visual ingredients provided by the client, if the artist sees fit to embed them. It probably goes without saying that the applied arts can be a tricky affair for some fine artists. It is important to sort out the contrasts between meeting customer expectations and following one\u2019s own creative direction. There is also a range of differences among the types of projects that might benefit from a collage assignment, including packaging or label graphics, book cover or editorial illustration, product design, or the straightforward commissioning of a fine-art work. Clear communication up front is always the best approach, and there is nothing wrong with declining a job if client objective and artist satisfaction cannot be fulfilled at the same time. <\/p>\n

Today\u2019s example was created for the buyer\u2019s presentation as a gift to an engineer closely involved in Martian exploration. When the client described the intended recipient\u2019s passion for the subject, I swallowed hard, but my initial trepidation soon faded as the process took on a life and momentum of its own (as, thankfully, it always does for me). I shall admit, however, that it may take a little time before I replenish my red-planet stash.
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Assignment: Mars<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage miniature on panel by J A Dixon
\n8 x 10 inches
\nprivate collection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI would do \u2018John Carter\u2019 again tomorrow. I\u2019m very proud of \u2018John Carter.\u2019 Box office doesn\u2019t validate me as a person, or as an actor.\u201d \u2014 Taylor Kitsch One of the more exciting developments for any artist is the request for original artwork based on an interesting theme. Whether it is for personal or commercial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1,149,119,37,36,39,86],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4683"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4693,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4683\/revisions\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}