New Year, New Trajectory

What have I been up to this year? What are the plans? And why where there so many posts reference Magic: The Gathering cards?

MAGIC CARDS: These cards were part of an art piece featuring 18 Magic cards. I ‘designed’, ‘wrote copy’ and art directed 50 cards as an experiment using AI. This included; prompt strategy, creating images and text using AI. The final piece only used 18 finalized cards. It’s customary before an art show, to post ‘teasers’ of your final entry. I posted one card per day to engage socially and promote the event. Due to my experiments with AI, I incorporated an AI sub-section under ideation focused on AI image creation.

2025: New focus on new endeavors! Job hunting has been challenging, but I’m not giving up or waiting for others to define me or my path. I’ve decided to delve in the design-product space and launch two products in 2025—one in the first quarter and the other in the second. You may have noticed a new “Products tab” in the main menu of my website. Details are limited for now, more to come as launch day approaches.

Show Quote #2

En route to the Gallery on Wednesday (the deadline), the individual I entrusted to deliver the ‘boxed piece’ accidentally opened it and took a sneak peek at the artwork for the show. Here’s what they had to say about their glimpse.

TONIGHT is opening night! Don’t miss the chance to see the work of 50 local Indy artists at the Dean Johnson “One Piece Show” in the Schwitzer Gallery, located inside the Circle City Industrial Complex.

One-Piece Show Building on Last Year’s Success

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The Dean Johnson One-Piece Show returns on Friday, May 3, at the Schwitzer Gallery at Circle City Industrial Complex. An opening night reception is set for 6 to 9 p.m.

Featuring 50 local Indianapolis artists: Lars Lawson, Cindy Lory, Sara Love, Wilbur Montgomery, Carol Morotti, Matt Mulinaro, Katrina Murray, Scott Nelson, Kate Oberreich, Jude Odell, Yuri Okamoto, Quincy Owens, Andre Parnell, Yasha Persson, Mike Altman. Julie Ball. Patrick Bennett, Bernard Carreno. Tom Casalini. Rob Day, Andrea Eberbach, Drew Endicott, Larry Endicott, Kevin Foster, Grace Johnson, Eric Kass and Joe LaMantia, John Ross, Dee Schaad, Michael Schwab, Constance Scopelitis, Carol Sewell, Joe Smith, Carlos Sosa, Jerry Velasco, Joe Vondersaar, Tom Willey, April Willy, Cindy Wingo, Scott Westphal and Sigrid Zahner.

More information is available at http://www.dean-johnson.com.