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- elektromuzak0
Joshua Davis seems to be pretty derivative with his work too. He definitely created a very signature style to his designs, but i'd still like to see his work evolve a bit more.
- johnnnnyh0
Yes, it's moved on from the early days but I agree that he's still producing lots of variations on a similar (but nevertheless interesting) theme. I think that happens more in art. I've seen a lot of Van Gogh's versions of sunflowers which he did before "the" one - at least I hope they were done before and not after! That would be tragic.
- Spookytim0
The whole Joshua Davis thing passed me by. I think his day on top must have been in the last five years when I didn't look at any design at all becuase I'd never herd of him until I arrived on QBN in Jan/Feb. He's held in really high esteem but to be honest when I look, I just see "tourettian vector yanking" and am not impressed. I get that he wrote a program to auto-generate those things, and well done for that, but really, once you've seen them... you've seen them.
Or am I thinking of the wrong person...?
*googles
- elektromuzak0
joshua davis was one of the first designers/developers that really pushed flash to the limits back in his hayday. i remember seeing the badboy records site and the praystation stuff in middle school and thought it was so cool.
- but if you can name the model and color of the car he was driving then, i'll respect youCourt
- That makes more sense to me than his actual work. A pioneer is hard to spot after the event.Spookytim
- a pinto?elektromuzak
- you blew itCourt
- Camaro. Black. 78.Spookytim
- you got 1 of the 3 right, the flick i saw had pstation stuff in it i think. a HBCourt
- johnnnnyh0
No, you're right - his day was way back 1998, 1999, 2000 and before. Very influencial in flash terms, really using the tool to create in a very pure way. He also did commercial work with Kioken. He was a giver to. He gave away source code etc. which meant that everyone could keep up with his style and emulate it.
What he's doing with the vectors (I think) is using programming and flash to create designs. He's worth investigating for his approach. There are video interviews of him which are really good and funny.
- Court0
And if you dont play street fighter your wack anyway
- johnnnnyh0
He's been known to be here too. Although I've never quite forgiven him for shutting down dreamless which was by far the best forum I've ever been on.
- johnnnnyh0
Global fame was about being in the right place at the right time and making a difference in a number of ways, like with Dreamless, the giving away of source code, pioneering techniques with flash 3/4 actionscript, having tats. Not being too far up himself.
He wrote some amazing piece about where he'd come from - skateboards and drug addiction - was really moving at the time.
- elektromuzak0
i bought joshua davis' book Flash to the Core last year off half.com and it still cost me $100! it's an old book but like johnnnyh said, he gives away a lot of flash source code in that book. also, his biography is really interesting.
- Court0
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- kelpie0
surely that fade away is inevitable if you're one of those designers/graphic artists who gets acclaim for a style that everyone jumps on and throws plaudits at but never changes and never is any different for any particular client's or projects needs?
- Court0
I sorta think the way times are in america, where your myspace makes you someone, it opens a bunch of doors for us (just everyone) to do all that. Take all that prior knowledge and apply it to every situation we come across. Flash myspaces, facebook apps, integration and desktop apps with full html gives one of us the opportunity to make the next big thing for everyone.
- johnnnnyh0
is the problem more that it's different stuff displayed the same - in the case of TDR or any other distinct house style, as kelpie said, the style never changes and is never different for any particular clients needs.
I'm not quite clear about what you mean Court in that it opens a door for us can you ellaborate on your point?