Week 6

What I did:

I feel like I just wrote a blog post. This week has gone by fast and not a lot has changed sense last week. I did not get to spend a much time in the studio this week because I was ill and have been feel a bit down on myself. But I am here now drawing. I will finish my drawing by Monday and then start a new one. My proposal is complete as well.

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered:

After writing my proposal for the second time, after peer discussion, I was able to narrow my interests and see what I want to apply to this project in particular. I think before I was thinking about all my interest as a whole rather than as being in relation to one project. I have to remember that this is one of many project I will do in my life time and I don't have to stuff all my interests into one project. Right now I am just doing a lot of drawing and creating samples of what is possible. Eventually I will have to start getting my narrative set in concrete and write down what I want to communicate.

What is next:

I am going to keep making sample drawings and animations. By thanksgiving I will see what I have and create a more solid narrative with my drawings.

Visuals

Visuals

Week 5

 

What I did:

This week I spent a lot of time in the studio drawing, about 9 hours in total. I messed around with making animations on photoshop, 6 hours. I started a new drawing that will be animated which I am taking extra time on because I want it to look complete, 5 hours. I also started creating a more professional website for my graphic design work, 6 hours so far.

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered:

I figured out the direction I want to go for my IP project. It will consist of digital illustrations that are slightly animated. Like I have said before, I realized that ambiguity is an important element that I need to incorporate into my work because I think reveling just a enough will create the poetic conversation I am looking work. This will also create some distance between me and my work which is what I was concerned about before. I have also been getting myself ready for potential work opportunities by recreating a professional website which has work that is a bit more commercially marketable. I is hard not to think about the reality of ending school and needing to find job opportunities. Although I am not doing graphic design and such for IP, it was nice collecting work I have done and organizing them for me to actually see what potential I have out side the studio setting.

What is next:

I am going to continue drawing and creating slightly animated images. I am going to the library and check out poetry books and continue writing myself. I am just going to make, make, make!

Week 4

What I did:

This week I finished my three models of possible final projects and wrote a proposal for one of them. I went to the figure drawing class on saturday. I drew a little bit more in my sketchbook. I watched many videos of William Kentridge. I read about the de-medicalization of Homosexuality. And, I sat around thinking a lot about my values and made visual representation of them.

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered:

I would have never thought that IP would create such a world wind of emotions inside of me. I mean, at the beginning of the day I feel wonderful, fully confidant in my direction, and then by the end of the day I am beaten down, scared and confused all over again. Looking at my personal values this week has put some things in perspective for me. I realized that my values are influenced by others in my life and it put a lot of strain on what I want to create. These values have made me want to censor my work. It may seem wrong to allow others to influence/censer what I want to make, but I realized that this is a challenge for me. Having some censorship in my work is important because it creates some ambiguity. I realized that narration is important to me. And, ambiguity can create a sense of poetry that I am looking for in my work. I realized that saying a little can say a lot. With my past work, I have been very literal and “in your face” about my subject and context. I can still create imagery that is emotionally driven, and powerful without being so explicit. I want to start focusing on the little things, not the whole picture.

What is next:

I will continue exploring and doing what I have been doing, research and making. But I am going to start writing a lot more. I am going to set 1 hour aside each day for me to write.