Posted on Fri 8 Jul 2016
Quickly test ideas & keep it simple
Dive head first into a project
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Jono Sandilands
Jono Sandilands is a graphic artist exploring design, printmaking and screen-based-technology, embedding interaction and games into physical artworks.Project
Playable Prints: Watershed New Talent Residency 2016
Physical printed artworks with embedded interactivity and games.The first week on the New Talent residency started with a bang as expected. Between meeting lots of new faces, including the other amazing New Talent residents, we were treated to a host of exciting activities and talks which have inspired exciting conversations.... and a skill swap...
[embed] <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Skill sharing with our New Talent residents. <a href="https://twitter.com/jonosandilands">@jonosandilands</a> is teaching us printmaking techniques with potatoes <a href="https://t.co/ZAIcOVWDaO">pic.twitter.com/ZAIcOVWDaO</a></p>— PervasiveMediaStudio (@PMStudioUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/PMStudioUK/status/751046629046747136">July 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Playable Prints are physical printed artworks with embedded interactivity and games. The idea has developed from my recent work on the MA Printmaking programme at UWE, where I embedded looping video footage into screenprints.
[embed]<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pinball screenprints w/ Raspberry Pi & LCD screen at the UWE degree show <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/uwedegreeshow?src=hash">#uwedegreeshow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaspberryPi?src=hash">#RaspberryPi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/printmaking?src=hash">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://t.co/teWtMIsbGK">pic.twitter.com/teWtMIsbGK</a></p>— Jono Sandilands (@jonosandilands) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonosandilands/status/739887246011191300">June 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I’m now itching to add gameplay and explore ways to make the physical and digital integrations appear more seamless.
And starting my journey learning more about Unity, a popular game development engine, with the aim of creating some rough and ready games to test.
I always like to dive head first into a project, when sometimes my brain gets carried away with the infinite world of possibilities, coming to the end of the first week there are a few strong messages to takeaway: quickly test ideas and keep it simple
