apophenia inc.
Art, Design, Books, Music, Ephemera, Esotericism, Eclecticism…
Gareth Sleightholme / AKA hesir
Gareth Sleightholme / AKA hesir
About Me...
- Current CV – with links – Oct 2014
- Current Research interests…
- Linked In Profile
- Resume (Alt') – Oct 2014
- Twitter Feed
Blogroll
Box File Projects
- Frozen Tears – A Supernatural Western set in Alaska
- Genizah – Poetry and misc' Prose
- hesirAnimation
- Iron-Shod Ape Comics
- Observational Drawing
- Rabbit Heart – The Game
- Shapers
- The Cthulhiad
- The Margin (Tales from Hesirion)
- Toxic Shopping… and other sad songs.
Collaborators & Colleagues
- Alex Weinle – lapsed physicist, writer.
- Austin Charlesworth – Diminished Responsibility Films
- Dave Windass – writer, blogger, playwright
- Hull Urban Sketchers
- Roberta Wood – Illustrator/Maker
- ShortBoyTall – Chris Faill
- Suzie Hanna
- Ugly Studios
Concept Art
Creative Briefs - Games, Animation, Illustration, Graphics etc.
- Drawing and Traditional Rendering 1 – Back To Basics
- Drawing and Traditional Rendering 2 – inc Pareidolia Exercises
- Links to other Creative Briefs & Mini-briefs >
Creativity
- 3D Printing – Sculpteo
- Chris Oatley – Character Designer/Animator
- Design Matters
- Drawing & Cognition Research
- Greyblocking and Composition for Environment Development
- How Creativity Works – Creating a Personal Micro-culture
- Theme Parks
Dinner Party Guests (Living and Dead))
film
Inspired by & in awe of...
- Adam Hughes
- Andrew Kim
- Armand Serrano
- Becky Cloonan
- Brian Despain
- Burne Hogarth
- Butch Belair
- Craig Davison
- Craig Mullins
- Dan Santat
- Dave Stewart
- David Roberts
- Domanic Li – Illustrator
- Drew Millward – Illustrator
- Drew Struzan
- Duncan Fegredo
- Fiona Staples
- Francesco Francavilla
- Gregory Manchess
- Heinrich Kley
- Howard Pyle
- I. N. J. Culbard
- Jackson Sze
- Jaime Jones
- Jake Parker
- Jakub Javora
- James Harren
- James Paick
- Jason Munn
- Jay Ryan
- John Martin
- Karl Kopinski
- Kim Jung Gi
- Marc Taro Holmes
- Marek Denko
- Mark Molnar
- Mathieu Lauffray
- Maxfield Parrish
- Mike Mignola
- N. C. Wyeth
- Olly Moss
- Park Jong Won / J.Circle
- Paul Lasaine
- Paul Madonna
- Pene Menn School
- Ritchie Sacilioc – Concept Artist
- Rui Nakao – Sketch Blogger
- Sergi Brosa
- Shaun Tan – Illustrator
- Stanley (ArtGerm) Lau – Character Illustrator
- Stephan Martiniere – Concept Artist
- Tor Frick – Games Artist/Texture Artist
- William Stout – Illustration/Comics
Lectures & Seminars
- Creating An Online Presence
- Drawing and Traditional Rendering 1 – Back To Basics
- Drawing and Traditional Rendering 2 – inc Pareidolia
- How Creativity Works – Creating a Personal Micro-culture
MASTERS DEGREE
- Masters Degree – Ongoing Project blog
- Online (partial) glossary of critical and theoretical terms.
- Semiotics Glossary
music
Other Sites & Links
- Gareth's Amazon Wish List
- hesir on Deviant Art
- hesir on Twitter
- hesir's Coroflot Portfolio
- Parka Blogs – Art Books Reviewed (video flickthru's)
philosophy/worldview
- Emma Goldman
- Ernest Becker, Thomas Szasz & "Anti-Psychiatry"
- Holism over Reductionism
- Samizdat
- Seisachtheia
- Seven Deadly Sins (for the modern thinker) – Hofstede
- Stand-back-a-little-ism
- Stephen Fry
- The Acceptance of Differing Models of Reality within Societies.
- The Longnow
Places to go...
Self Actualisation & Learning
- A Glossary of Game Terms & Theory
- Antonio Magliabechi
- Cognitive Media (the people behind RSA Animate)
- Deep Reading
- Jake Parker's Map of Visual Storytelling
- SuperBetter
- The Dunning-Kruger Effect
