Final In-Depth Project Topic 5 : Telling Stories.

In-Depth City Valdrada page 53

Complete Drawing 

Incomplete rendering 

Reading Comprehension was good 

Approach to depiction was not so great... 

I did show elements in my illustration from the description of my city (Valdrada) like the mirroring of the city. I depicted it exactly how I imagined it. 

 Based on what I learned during other critiques today in class I picked up a lot of tips and ideas to approach my illustration in a better and smarter way. What I saw and heard was enough to soak up some info on how I can do a better job and how I could have done a better job...

Today during my critique I wanted to state some things that would show that I do understand what I brought in to class and what I could have done to better depict the city and details of city. That moment where Don interrupted me (which I did not appreciate at all) was me trying to input to the conversation about better ways to approach. I was going to say that this city is open to the approach of making multiple illustrations showing different scenes just like another student did, but me also knowing that my classmates don't really provide helpful input(based on all critiques we've had). I just wanted to self critique and just have that conversation with Don, ultimately showing him that i understand what I have to do in future reference.  I did not receive great feedback during this critique. I do not get any feedback during critiques and I sometimes get something from Kathleen and Don. I've grown tired of not receiving good input on anything...   

I want to bring in the work with the best quality possible and lately they have been unfinished for critique. BUT they are there and they are showing effort, and what my approach was to solve the problem. Not like Lucas's piece today that didn't even show anything at all from his city. 

Wallpaper Project (With detail on why it is incomplete [and some things I pointed out to you guys about project])

Wallpaper
 Due Thursday, September 22

I want to apologize for uploading this so late into the night.
A current of events after class caused me to forget to do this... In-fact while I was working on the Motif project I remembered about this and got straight to it..

This is the wallpaper I brought to class today.
 Continue reading after each picture.

It is incomplete, and 75% analogue (when complete).
The quality of craft is not the best of my capability due to time.
I started the project after Kathleen's demonstration in class on tuesday. I have to admit I had no clue how to approach this project before that demonstration. After class I went to cvs later in the afternoon and got my pictures printed, and later that night designed my tile for the repeat of my wallpaper.
On Wednesday,  I continued working early in the morning until 12:55pm. I had an english course at 1pm and was extremely late.  I flew out of the house to make it in time without having lunch and without grabbing house keys...(poor time management acknowledged) My father leaves the house to pick up my brother and take him to soccer practice. He locks the door, locking me out. I had to wait for my mom to get home at around 6-6:30pm. This delayed me to Cut and paste my patterns into the wallpaper. I stayed up all night working.

The wallpaper is analogue because I physically cut and pasted one tile(the lighter tone yellow tile)
took a picture of the completed tile and printed 9 copies to complete the wallpaper by cutting and pasting each tile. What you see cost me $18 and truly did not have more money to spend. My moms income comes on friday and my dad is currently unemployed. I really could not afford it. Time was not on my side to go to walmart where it may have been a few dollars cheaper. at this point there is no difference.

     
        The Surface I am pasting on is actually poster paper that is  spray glued on card board. the dimensions are 24" (Vertically)x 20" (horizontally). Again, the application can be better.

In my perspective, this tile arrangement speaks more as a floor tile then a wallpaper. Because it is so stationary. The blue circles are tightening the space between my center square shape. Creating tension and not allowing your eye to move anywhere, making you feel like you're completely still. There is no sense of direction or movement. You are basically looking down and the patterns are vertical, horizontal, diagonal, but the ultimate feel is that you are still or securely standing still, looking down on what you're standing on (when you are looking at this on the wall).

The choice in pattern make it feel very NYC. The inner grid looks like a sewage drain in a downtown sidewalk, and the yellow curb crossing caution tile. Or the yellow strip on the metro station platforms. the blue pattern is actually a cup matte... like those little ikea cup pads.

One of the many Sketch ideas for my motif project inspired the choices for this tile(wallpaper assignment) I presented.

The picture below shows a more developed layout plan (pencil drawing).

This sketch is actually what I will be using to create the silhouette that is ultimately inspiring our Cardboard sculpture.
Before pasting on to the board, I drew a layout plan like this one and pasted over it.


..and below, the final product.

I am trying really Hard to meet criteria presented, and to successfully have everything by its due date.
I hope I can still receive partial credit due to it being incomplete for critique. Reasons why it is the way it is were presented carefully. I do highly respect and love every assignment because I am learning. Mr. Lambert said in class the other day about how he loves learning. Well that is how im aiming to approach life. Thank you.

META Assignement

Meta Assignment

I am always trying to engage in AR, so I can learn or see different alternatives to methods of communicating my message or concepts successfully.  This helps me with the execution of my work making it stronger.  At this point is when I EX(experiment) with different methods through different medusa or through different approaches. During the process of EX, I  FR and R  to be able to process and generate ideas. When I am working on a piece I'm also thinking about how I can PR and D.
But the thing I do less, that I need to do more is EX.

I already have a system that I follow when I'm making work or working on new ideas.

In-Depth Project #1

WARP First Post

Labels Help You Organize

All blog posts must be labeled with two keywords, which blogger calls Labels. When faculty visits your blog for evaluation purposes, we will use the labels to quickly find your work. If you do not use the keywords properly, we will not be able to find your work. Proper set-up and maintenance of your blog falls under the Research and Participation part of your grade which counts for 30% of the overall semester grade. 

Topical Keywords

The first set of keywords correspond to the module we are working in. We will refer to these as topical keywords since they correspond to the topic we are exploring over the two-week periods. Your first group of posts will be labeled under Topic: Creative Impulse since this is the first topic (Topic #1). Here are the topical keywords you will use through out the semester:

Topic: Creative Impulse

Topic: Pattern and Ornament

Topic: Rhinoceros

Topic: Narrative

Topic: Landscape

Topic: Zine

Categorical Keywords

The second set of keywords will organize your posts according to kind. Here are the Keywords you will use for Labels:

Exercises - tag for posts documenting all assigned exercises. The first one will be the paper folding exercise from the first class. 

Readings - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to the assigned readings. The first ones will be for "The White Bird" and the Jerry Saltz article from Vulture.com. 

Small Works - tag for posts documenting all assigned small works. The first blog post labeled Small Works will contain images and accompanying descriptions of the three small works you complete for the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1). 

In-Depth Projects - tag for posts documenting all assigned In-Depth projects. The first blog post labeled In-Depth Projects will contain images (or video if appropriate) and accompanying descriptions of the more robust work you produce in response to the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1).

Outside Visits - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to all required visits outside of the classroom. These include visits we do together as a class [during class time] or individually outside of class time. 

Please be sure to use both a topical and categorical keyword when labeling your posts.