Jackson Pollock Website by Miltos Manetas

One of the day i was researching Jackson Pollock on google, i found an incredible website. It was the first website that came up when i typed in "Jackson Pollock" and since the website url was www.jacksonpollock.org i thought it was a website with great details of his works. I was surprised to find that this was actually an interactive website. It is a way of educating the public about his techniques. It is also one of the most famous internet art work.

The website allows users to try different techniques used by Pollock. It is as thought we are actually painting on a canvas but just using paint and paint brushes we are using our trackpad on our macs. There are six different canvas on the web page. Each has their own themes and different techniques. the first was just a fun, where i get to experiment different colors and just drag the paint. With each click you get to test out different colors and enjoy just making something. There is no two same pieces of work. It is always different. :)

The second one was more of playing with sizes. You get to choose what colors you want to incorporate and the sizes you want to use. It is style of controlled technique. 

The title of the third canvas is...

Or this slightly psychotic Pollock... at first i didn't understand what was so psychotic about this canvas, until i realized while i was creating art the color was slightly changing. If you do not pay attention you wouldn't recognize it. The line also move on its own and create a different line that you actually intended to make. The color started off with a royal blue, which starts to change to more darker blue, and finally returns to the royal blue. 

Or this Pollock where you can change the color of the drip and the background (hit enter and then hit different keys,)

This was the one that took me time to understand. I didn't understand what was so different about this one and the first one because it had the same type of style, but later i learned with just clicking different types on my keyboard i was able to change the entire color of the my work. 

Last one was my favorite of all. It was the drip technique. I can drag the brush and then keep it there, and it will do the dripping technique Pollock is famous for. It thought it was pretty interesting that i can do an actual dripping technique on a computer. This website is amazing and more people should know about it. :)