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Self Portrait: May 22, 2011
Decided to start doing some self-portraits everyday on top of other things. No matter what happens do a self-portrait everyday, no matter how simple, no matter how fast, and then post them either that day or later.
You guys should join me in these self-portrait adventures...
Today I bring you an hour or so study using Woody's laptop and MS Paint. Yay MS Paint!
You guys should join me in these self-portrait adventures...
Today I bring you an hour or so study using Woody's laptop and MS Paint. Yay MS Paint!
Formal Study: Module One
Formal Study
Cut up old prints to make new piece. I wanted to be at least my height and shoulder width for its dimensions. My height is 5'11" and my shoulder span about 1'7" so i had my dimensions. Turned into inches it was 71" and 19" which I turned into 72" and 20" to make it easier on myself. I had these foam squares that were 2"x2" and decided to use these as the backing for the modules. I decided to double the size of the foam squares to make the paper squares, so they would be 4"x4". So I could fit 5 across and 18 down and decided I wanted them spaced apart by a quarter of an inch and that changed my measurements to 76.25" by 21".
I decided for the first arrangement of them to just put them up according to the colour of the foam squares on the back which would end up with a random composition on the front. It's still a work in progress but it should be done sometime this week and hopefully by then I'll have a nicer camera.
So far it looks like this:
Cut up old prints to make new piece. I wanted to be at least my height and shoulder width for its dimensions. My height is 5'11" and my shoulder span about 1'7" so i had my dimensions. Turned into inches it was 71" and 19" which I turned into 72" and 20" to make it easier on myself. I had these foam squares that were 2"x2" and decided to use these as the backing for the modules. I decided to double the size of the foam squares to make the paper squares, so they would be 4"x4". So I could fit 5 across and 18 down and decided I wanted them spaced apart by a quarter of an inch and that changed my measurements to 76.25" by 21".
I decided for the first arrangement of them to just put them up according to the colour of the foam squares on the back which would end up with a random composition on the front. It's still a work in progress but it should be done sometime this week and hopefully by then I'll have a nicer camera.
So far it looks like this:
Formal Study: Fabric One
Formal Study
Used Fabric from clothes that I had gotten as gifts that I never wear.
Made an abstract piece using four sets of information.
The piece is Twelve in. by Eighteen in.
The actual composition was an arbitrary decision. I just wanted to get started on something. So I used the measurements, twelve by eighteen, to help decide. Since the piece used old clothing I decided my data points would be when I had gotten clothing in the past. So for twelve, which twelve months of the year do I get clothing and twelve zodiac signs of people who give me clothing. For Eighteen, on both sides it is my age ascending from the bottom and on the left is at what ages I bought clothing for myself and on the right is at what ages I received clothing from others.
The top of the piece was the months, the bottom the zodiacs, the left was me buying clothing for myself and the right was others buying for me. Then I connected the points as directly as I could (so things across from each other) and then by random decisions. (for instance one diagonal from the upper left goes to the lower right because it is my brother's zodiac and he is eighteen, so connecting them made some sense.)
Eventually my outline looked like this:
Then I found some clothes and I cut them up. I needed a base to work on and glued and pressed a few pieces of cardboard together. I decided since it was clothing that I would sew the fabric into the cardboard. Then after some colourful decisions I ended up with my piece.
Used Fabric from clothes that I had gotten as gifts that I never wear.
Made an abstract piece using four sets of information.
The piece is Twelve in. by Eighteen in.
The actual composition was an arbitrary decision. I just wanted to get started on something. So I used the measurements, twelve by eighteen, to help decide. Since the piece used old clothing I decided my data points would be when I had gotten clothing in the past. So for twelve, which twelve months of the year do I get clothing and twelve zodiac signs of people who give me clothing. For Eighteen, on both sides it is my age ascending from the bottom and on the left is at what ages I bought clothing for myself and on the right is at what ages I received clothing from others.
The top of the piece was the months, the bottom the zodiacs, the left was me buying clothing for myself and the right was others buying for me. Then I connected the points as directly as I could (so things across from each other) and then by random decisions. (for instance one diagonal from the upper left goes to the lower right because it is my brother's zodiac and he is eighteen, so connecting them made some sense.)
Eventually my outline looked like this:
Then I found some clothes and I cut them up. I needed a base to work on and glued and pressed a few pieces of cardboard together. I decided since it was clothing that I would sew the fabric into the cardboard. Then after some colourful decisions I ended up with my piece.
Friday, May 20, 2011
SUPAKITCH & KORALIE
SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG from elr°y on Vimeo.
I found this video online. It shows us the process of these two artists as they make a piece together. I find this video to be interesting. I find it to be fascinating, entertaining, and fun to watch. Why is that? Is it because they are passionate? Is it because we see the hand at work? Are they passionate?
The video itself is fairly well done. Good music (for me) and decent camera angles and transitions. It shows us clearly but quickly how they work and how they arrange their elements.
Why did they do this? Do we like the finished product more or do we just enjoy watching the process? Would we enjoy the process if we had to watch it in real time? Is this illustration or painting in mixed media?
www.supakitch.com
kogaylou.free.fr
http://www.formatmag.com/art/supakitch-and-koralie/
kogaylou.free.fr
Supakitch and Koralie are two French 'Street' artists who have joined together to create work. They have worked on the streets and have also showed their work on gallery walls.
http://www.formatmag.com/art/supakitch-and-koralie/
A lot of this... interview deals with the difference between 'street' art and 'gallery' art. What are the differences? Can 'street' art be in galleries? (they have an interesting response to that) The interview also deals with what inspires them and what they take their imagery from which happens to be from Japanese manga. They've done in work in France, New York, and Mexico. They keep getting asked to draw these characters and they keep doing it. What about their work is appealing to us? How much of it is the work? How much of it is them?
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/love-in-the-streets-koralie-a-supakitch-get-engaged
They talk about work, authenticity, style, adaptation, originality. What do people think about them? Too much of the same thing. Inspiring clash of french and japanese styles. Deviant Art King and Queen. Beautiful awe-inspiring couple.
I like their work and I love their videos but I feel like they have fallen into a common trap. Their work is all very similar. Meaning if they change people can feel like they 'sold out' and if they don't change they become a 'one-trick-pony'.
Are they passionate? Why do we like/dislike this? What can we take from this?
~NBQ
I like their work and I love their videos but I feel like they have fallen into a common trap. Their work is all very similar. Meaning if they change people can feel like they 'sold out' and if they don't change they become a 'one-trick-pony'.
SUPAKITCH et KORALIE from Filmaciones de la Ciudad on Vimeo.
Are they passionate? Why do we like/dislike this? What can we take from this?
~NBQ
I'm going to start.
I want to talk about art. I want to know why things are interesting, if people are passionate, and why things are done.
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