early 2D cgi

"PicturePostcard for Martha" was the first computer artwork I made for my Master's thesis work. This was quickly followed by dozens more images that combined the low resolution graphics on the new "color" Apple II computer, combined with photographic elements.  I would photograph the computer screen from the back of the room with a telephoto lens to minimize the curvature of the screen. I used slide film, which I could then take into the darkroom and produced composite prints of the CG and photographic elements.  Sometimes the resolution of the screen would not produce the effect I was looking for and so I would blur the image, move the camera, or place low-tack Zipatone screens on the monitor to give an illusion of more pixels. The red wiggly stripe is the red monitor light tracing out the path I moved the camera during long exposures! 

Picture Postcard for Martha  1983

SpaceChild/Impact  1983

Elayna's World  1983

Sara Did Not Cry/House  1983

Science for Jacki  1983

Portal  1983

Wings  1983

Window/Germany  1983

Untitled Man  1983

Forgotten Title  1983

Heroine  1984

Das Energie  1984

Triangle  1984

Magic Dragon Theater  1984

Map of the Dancing Place 1984

Jerry's Doll  1984

Strangely, Deeply Caught 1984

The Final Wall  1984

Soft Soldiers  1989