Art and New Media

This lecture by comic book artist Scott McCloud provides an interesting look at the relationship between media and art, and it really got me thinking about how I present my work online. What really struck me was a comment he made stating that showing comics on a computer screen in their original form is a mistake of “appropriating the shape of the previous technology as the content of the new technology”.

I also enjoyed McCloud’s four basic principles, which I have made my personal mantra:

“Learn from everyone.
Follow no one.
Watch for patterns.
Work like Hell.”