tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36854540572449257662024-03-12T17:47:10.144-07:00PainterlywolfFerrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-38927900001911930522013-05-02T09:42:00.001-07:002013-05-02T09:42:24.410-07:00Crows, not KrakensWe had to clean up the hall after Tuesday, so I only got one lesson to work on the horn. Still, though, I managed to finish the border. There wasn't any yellow glaze left, so I had it be a Night's Watch horn instead. The rim is without glaze, and I've carved the first line of the Night's Watch oath near the top, between the border and the rim.<br />
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<i>"Night gathers, and now my watch begins.</i><br />
<i>It shall not end until my death.</i><br />
<i>I shall take no wife, hold no land, and father no sons.</i><br />
<i>I shall wear no crowns and win no glory.</i><br />
<i>I will live and die at my post.</i><br />
<i>I am the sword in the darkness.</i><br />
<i>I am the watcher on the walls.</i><br />
<i>I am the fire that burns against the cold,</i><br />
<i>the light that brings the dawn,</i><br />
<i>the horn that wakes the sleeper,</i><br />
<i>the shield that guards the realm of men.</i><br />
<i>I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch,</i><br />
<i>for this night and all the nights to come."</i>Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-80650904963024050792013-04-25T09:34:00.000-07:002013-04-25T09:34:36.836-07:00Soon...<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXt50CT3BLpGZUrv0IvmUoeHPjTJ0wGCbjh7fyAFslEkJ2CieIylL929kYG9uCt7s60ESVB4b8BokhDdrfFDRQPQIAWamij4vIU1Q1ZLXCPdImeRhEfdicaJSQFnHOswDvPcNTfHGMJuo/s320/DSC09445.jpg" /> <span style="color: black;">Almost done now... I gotta say, knotwork is bloody hard! anyhoo, I found out thanks to Anisha that I can draw it on first, then carve. Not much else to say...</span>Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-77337831515534806352013-04-18T09:55:00.000-07:002013-04-21T21:44:17.568-07:00...and Carver was her name!<a href="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120311003945/elderscrolls/images/3/37/FalkreathGuardShield.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120311003945/elderscrolls/images/3/37/FalkreathGuardShield.png" width="400" /></a>I printed out a template for the knotwork today, and I've been doing my best to follow it. I got about halfway round this lesson, and I feel like I'm really getting the hang of it now! Anyhoo, I'll also adorn the "body" of the horn with another knotwork of some sort, most likely one of the pictures. Shields are courtesy of Bethesda Softworks.<br />
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Anyhoo, I covered one of the cups in black slip, as well as the drinking horn, and rubbed a spoon over the horn for the last bit of the lesson.<br />
Yes. I rubbed the horn with a spoon.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-44172630169277162652013-03-14T13:01:00.000-07:002013-03-14T13:01:01.924-07:00Take the bull by the - No, wait, wrong place.<br />
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Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-56324866035874817522013-03-07T11:44:00.004-08:002013-03-07T11:44:51.231-08:00New unit - clayNot much done today. Got some criticism on my drawing, then we watched a slideshow about clay containers. I sat rubbing a bisc-fired cup the entire time. So... Interesting feel....Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-29080098364135372692013-02-28T21:18:00.000-08:002013-03-06T21:46:31.059-08:00CulturesWelp, now it's done. I'm pretty happy with the drawing, overall. I realize that the shoes could've been given a more central role, as they were given by the others, but I decided early on to focus more on the landscape than on the shoes.<br />
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<u>Investigation</u><br />
I actually did quite a bit for this part, looking up references, practicing trees, and so on. First I looked up Norwegian landscape, particularly that of Sogn og Fjordane, where my father lives. All in all I found five references: Two from the river passing through Førde, Jølstra, One from Sunnfjord museum, which displays old Norwegian homes, One from Geirangerfjorden, and one from another river in Førde. Having drawn these, I then practiced some trees, and tried a boat, which didn't end up making it into the drawing.<br />
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<u>Design</u><br />
Now this took some time. I decided to smash the references together, creating a river curving to the right, with a little bridge, then a view of a small valley with a few houses. There was originally a mountain where the sea is now, but I decided to change it.<br />
The Mountain and sea stand for two important parts, that helped shape Norway into what it is today. While not particularly cruel for the most part, the mountains stop us from building in a lot of places, and send us out into the sea for food. The river is for the various fjords and rivers spiderwebbing Norway, the houses for its past, the trees for the forests which cover large parts of Norway. The shoes were originally meant to be "projecting" into the image from behind, but I decided against it. Instead, I decided to leave them there as though they were lost, or the person making the drawing had taken them off for the moment. They are Mountain shoes, again symbolising the nature in Norway.<br />
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<u>Create</u><br />
I ended up running a bit short on time here, so I spent extra time after school to draw the trees, saving me an hour of work in the class. Time, isn't that always the issue. Still, If I'd have had forty years, I would probably not be finished till the last day anyways. I managed to make the storm clouds by drawing with a piece of graphite on a separate paper, then rubbing it onto the drawing with a piece of paper. Overall I'm pretty happy with it, it's the first landscape I've managed properly.<br />
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See y'all later, then!Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-31850848904517424822013-02-07T09:57:00.004-08:002013-02-07T09:58:39.918-08:00LandscapesI've sketched down how it'll all look, and started to colour it in. The near trees are horrible, but I found a way to create stormclouds: I use the pure graphite as hard as I can on a separate piece of paper, then rub it over to the sky.<br />
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Also, have a little something I made a couple of weeks ago:<br />
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He may or may not be a W.I.P. I'll probably have to add the snout, of course. his name's Izol, the lonely traveller. Patron Dragon of broken promises, lost friends, and outcasts. I'm sure Anisha will like his colour.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-61046002622296695772013-01-24T17:24:00.000-08:002013-01-31T10:42:49.252-08:00StudiesI did a few studies of landscape this lesson - just googled "Norge", "Førde" and "Jølstra", and hey presto! Images ahoy. I got down one picture of Geirangerfjorden, two of Jølstra, one of Sunnfjord Museum, one of Halbrendselva and some that I can't recall. Overall pretty happy with it, I'll probably combine them somehow.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-48649371166857572132013-01-17T18:51:00.000-08:002013-01-31T10:45:41.683-08:00ShoesToday, I drew shoes. That is all.<br />
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Not really, of course. More details! First grade came in for Mr. Roman, and had a look at my drawing as well. I managed to draw down both my shoes, but I only had time to colour one. Still, It's okay to have only one of them coloured, I suppose - means I have one colour ref and one shape ref.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-70083620213772000422012-12-06T01:25:00.000-08:002012-12-15T03:00:11.213-08:00Tick, tock, time to rock.Time... What is time? Tick, tock, tick, tock, there goes the clock.<br />
Eniwei. Time's an interesting little thingamajig. I mean, after all, you count work time... But not free time. So what's really the point of it? Stressing people out with deadlines and such?<br />
Some people think of time as a line - things will never repeat themselves, and everything that is done, is done. Others think of it as a circle - a continuous pattern, always repeating itself exactly. But what do I think? Myself, I think of it as a middle thing - a spiral. Things do repeat, but not always in the manner that we expect, nor the amount of time we think it will. Nor are they regular, or even remembered, occasionally. (Though I can give no example of this.) I do not like the thought of a circle, for it implies fate, and that we have no choice of our own action. Nor do I like the line, because it means that nothing will ever happen again that way, and I am quite certain that events do, to a certain degree, repeat themselves - only not in ways that we tend to anticipate.<br />
I suppose that the point of time - as in, a way to tell it - is for our own sanity. Humans as a species are very concerned with time, and it can be very difficult for us if we do not know what it is. An example of this can be taken from one of my own experiences - Camp Refugee. Under no circumstances will I ever return there, but I learned there. One of the rules that was learned was, for instance, that at Camp Refugee, it is <b>always </b>7 o'clock. Always. At Camp Refugee, I and many others spent 24 hours as refugees, with no food, and only the water that we brought ourselves. We walked almost the entire night, and when morning came once more and we were gathered again, we readily believed that we had walked four and a half miles. Why? Because it <b>felt </b>that way. The combination of not knowing what time it was, and having to walk all day and all night made it feel that way.<br />
How far had we actually walked? 7 kilometers. <i>7. </i>A distance that I, at the time, would walk to get to and from school, in what would take an hour or so. Time, or rather the lack of knowing the time, had distorted our feeling of distance, so that it felt as though we had walked longer than we had.<br />
Lastly, there is the curious thing about time, in that if you are having fun, it seems to pass faster, while if you are bored, it passes slower. Time is not set in stone. The older you are, the faster it passes. The more you dread something, the faster time passes to that point. The more fun you have, the faster it passes. And vice versa, in all cases.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0Deichmansgate 35-37, 3924 Porsgrunn, Norge59.130863097255904 9.6459960937558.0976940972559 7.11914059375 60.164032097255905 12.17285159375tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-58312850881537113112012-11-29T20:31:00.000-08:002012-12-05T21:41:33.755-08:00Almost doneSooo..... I'll prolly need another lesson to finish. On the good side, I've got it C: Mr. Roman gave us an extension, so I have time to finish the dial and put in the mechanism. I ended up with writing in yellow ink in the carvings, and the dial itself is being painted black. In fact, it's starting to look like leather!<br />
The two of them are going to end up with the colour scheme of the creatures of a fairly well-known artist (Even though it wasn't meant to be, but I gave up and just did it.), namely Allison Theus, a.k.a. Beastofoblivion or Crispyfishsticks. (Her Tumblr: http://crispyfishsticks.tumblr.com/ And her dA account: http://beastofoblivion.deviantart.com/ ) There's also no picture of progress! because they've not been put up.<br />
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Ferris signing off.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-52823702545813031152012-11-22T21:25:00.000-08:002012-12-05T21:33:46.089-08:00Soon done!I'm almost done - It should be only one more lesson, then it's finished. I've smoothened it up a bit today, and I ended up carving the writing in more.<br />
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That's my clock to the left there. The pieces are from Anisha's clock (It smashed D:) Eniwei, It's meant to be an ouroboros, and the dial says "Time is a circle" in English, Norwegian, and runes, as well as "Time is eternal" and "Time is now" in runes. I think I know which colours I'll go for as well (For the serpent, that is. I've got no idea about the dial)<br />
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Ferris out.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-46126413956763148732012-10-18T04:51:00.001-07:002012-12-05T21:42:59.355-08:00Time's a-ticking; Tic, Toc, Tic, Toc!So, first unit after the autumn break: Clocks.<br />
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I had a few ideas from before, and, in the end, I had too many. The entire lesson ended up being a single large brainstorming session. I <i>think </i>I've decided now, though. Theses are some of my ideas:<br />
-Cronus<br />
-Sisyphus pushing the boulder<br />
-Atlas holding the clock up<br />
-An Ouroboros<br />
-The TARDIS<br />
-Short pointer for minutes, long for hours, as opposed to the normal way around.<br />
-The starting classes of Dark Souls<br />
-The bossesof Dark Souls<br />
-A steampunk clock<br />
And so on and so forth...<br />
Eniwei, I'll prolly go for a Dark souls bosses, together with the Long/short handles.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-11497610528094843242012-10-03T10:41:00.003-07:002012-10-03T10:41:24.892-07:00Writeup on symbolic self portraitRrroight..... Here goes nothing, I suppose......<br />
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<u>Investigation</u><br />
I researched quite a bit on symbols before I started this, in particular colours. You can easily see this in the entirety of my painting - I have used quite vibrant colours in the foreground, and somewhat darker colours in the background. All the colours that I have used are colours that I like myself.<br />
Not really much else to say, checked on how to draw a raven as well.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hopefully a bit more to say here.</span><br />
*Ahem* There were a couple of things that I knew I was going to bring in right from the start: Gaming and Mythology. The mythology was incorporated using the raven in the background (Hugin, for Thought), the skull with the moon in its jaws (Hati, who hunts the moon), and the runes on the t-shirt, which was changed to look similar to a viking-style tunic I have at home.<br />
The runes I chose (Berkano, Wunjo, Kenaz and Sowilo) each has a different meaning. Berkano stands for mental, physical and personal growth, as well as renewal. Wunjo means joy, comfort and fellowship, amongst other things. Kenaz is for creativity, knowledge and inspiration. Lastly, Sowilo stands for success, honour and health.<br />
Now... The colours *Cracks knuckles*<br />
The yellow is for joy and happiness (Of which I have a lot), the green for nature, life and learning. Blue can be for a couple of reasons, depending on the shade; The light blue is for a calm and youth, as well as helping with concentration and learning, whilst the darker blue is for truth.<br />
Also, fun fact: the raven and the skull are not pure black, but a very, very dark brown. This is both because black is very hard to moderate and show various body parts with (i.e. the wings of the raven), as well as the fact that despite the two of them being the "dark" sides of their duo (Sköll and Hati, Hugin and Munin (Although its prolly just me)), they're not evil - they just do their job. I also gave them the brown intentionally, instead of, say, blue, because while they are the darker part of their duos, they are also the "warmer" parts - as opposed to their "twins", who would be colder.<br />
Lastly, I also managed to incorporate the Halo 3 emblem on the helmet, to symbolise my love of gaming.<br />
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<u>Creation</u><br />
I didn't really have so many major problems with this; while time was an issue here (So many symbols, so little time.), I suppose I managed okay. I had some trouble with both the skin colour and the mouth (What colour is skin? ALL OF THEM!), I guess it turned out nice enough. Also, for the main part of the process (That is, until I had painted the mouth), my face was a complete creep.<br />
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'n' wi' that, Ah punt ye a' farewell!<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">June</span>Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-3911678961113725292012-09-26T12:58:00.002-07:002012-10-03T10:06:02.902-07:00Oops, no. Frida Kahlo(WIP)<strike>Sudden-change-of-heart-mode ENABLED!</strike><br />
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So, I chose something completely different after thinking for a while; Frida Kahlo!<br />
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Why? Mainly because this painting has a lot more to work with. It's also more similar to the one I'm painting. Whereas the Monet painting basically had almost no symbols, this one is chock-full of them.<br />
So without further ado, let's get going!<br />
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The first similarity to note between our paintings is the use of animals; I use a raven and the skull of a wolf, while she uses a panther, a monkey and a hummingbird. All of these are black, just as I intend to paint mine black, or near enough.<br />
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Black an easily be seen as an ominous colour, as well as the colour for death. However, I think that, in this painting, Kahlo instead gave it a different meaning. Black cats, for instance, are seen as symbols of good luck instead of bad by some, for instance. In Hindu religion, the name of the deity Krishna means "The black one", whilst in Masai tribes, the colour is associated with rain clouds - a symbol of life and prosperity. Also, in Japanese culture, black is associated with honour, while white takes over the role of the "death colour".<br />
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Let's start off with the monkey, now.<br />
Like the other two, it is not completely black - its fingers, belly, and important facial bits. However, this is probably only to make it easier to see it properly. A monkey can be a symbol of mischief and/or aggression, depending on the type and size, and it is here very small. It is also a part of the Chinese Zodiac, though Kahlo was born a year before the Monkey.<br />
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The second animal one sees is the Panther, which can be viewed both as a creature of danger and death - and one of beauty and protection. In Native American culture, it was namely regarded as the protector of the universe. As with most big cats, it is also seen as a symbol of ferocity and valor, as well as being loners.<br />
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The last of the black animals is the hummingbird on the thorns. Now, the hummingbird, due to its speed, can be seen as a symbol of time - both having little time, or stopping time. It can also be a messenger: It is fast, and precise. Its ability to fly backwards can be a symbol of looking back, at our past - but without being consumed by it.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-1123914367869237902012-08-29T09:51:00.001-07:002012-08-29T09:51:32.524-07:00Self portrait study<strike>I hope I won't return to this bad habit</strike><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Claude Monet or Vincent van Gogh?</span></b></h3>
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Now here's a little problem; We were supposed to choose one artist whose self-portrait we would research, but I can't decide whether to go for that of Monet or van Gogh....</div>
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Monet</h4>
Monet's painting is very realistic, and his strokes seem very precise- he has a certain attention to detail, and his paintings seem far more peaceful than those of van Gogh. However, his painting also seems like it is "fraying" somewhat on the bottom, where he has not filled out the painting completely.<br />
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van Gogh</h4>
As opposed to Monet, van Gogh's paintings are very energetic; his strokes seem to move as you look at them, and he uses a contrast in his portrait - the orange of his face and beard against the large amounts of turquoise and teal. Due to all the movement in his painting, he seems to have less detail, and he can more easily get away with minor errors.<br />
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In the end, I think I'll go for Monet. Though van Gogh's painting looks good in its own way, I find that I prefer Monet's style.<br />
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Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-82806711338197018312012-04-29T01:31:00.001-07:002012-04-29T01:31:43.925-07:00Writeup - masks<strike>Holy cow, I'm bad at regularity</strike><br />
<u>Investigation</u><br />
We were shown some examples of masks in the first lesson, and I decided to go for an Aztec mask, mainly because I absolutely love Aztec culture. It also gives me a certain challenge, as Aztec masks were often carven from wood, before having mosaic stuck on top of the wood.<br />
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<u>Creation:</u><br />
I started out with some chickenwire, pressing it onto my face to create a basic shape for it. With the shape done, it was covered in paper mache, creating a surface to work on (Even if it was a bit mangled.)<br />
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I also created a nose by covering bigger chunks of paper with paper mache and fastening them onto the face, similar to what I'd done with the Bulbasaur model. I also cut off pieces of the nose to give it some more definition.<br />
After having done that, I prepared a plate of clay to fasten on the mask, and left it to dry for a week.<br />
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The pieces were glued on with a glue gun to create a surface similar to mosaic.<br />
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However, there were too few pieces, so another plate of clay was prepared.<br />
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Having done that, I stayed behind the Wednesday before it was due, as I would be absent THursday and Friday due to hospitering.<br />
I painted the mask with a somewhat bluish-green paint mix, and filled in what slits I had time to fill in with black paint.<br />
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The finished product. Fairly nice, if somewhat mangled in the mouth-area.<br />
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<u>Evaluation</u><br />
Overall, it ended up okay. I could have worked a bit more on the side of the face, to straighten it up a bit. It probably should have been thicker as well. The eyes fall out easily, and should have been made earlier, and the cracks need to be filled in. Except for all that it was good.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-41871595313897146592012-02-15T22:28:00.000-08:002012-02-15T22:28:44.884-08:00Writeup on Pop art<strike>Gee, I really need to get better at this.</strike><br />
<u>Investigation</u><br />
In the first lesson we were shown examples of pop art, and Mr. Roman explained what it was. I had quite a few ideas for what I should make, such as a warning about drinking and driving, or a pikachu, the very figure for pokémon, as it is, in a way, being consumed by the mass media and it's fans, until it is nothing but a pretty face for Nintendo to advertise with.<br />
Mind you, I chose Bulbasaur instead.<br />
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<u>Creation:</u><br />
I wanted it to give a certain sense of abandonment, as if it had been thrown away by it's owner, perhaps in favor of a newer pokémon. I chose Bulbasaur partly because it is #1 in the national pokédex, and partly because it is easy to use to make a feeling of having been thrown away. Originally, there wasn't really much more than that: a bulbasaur, weeping over the fact that it had been abandoned, forgotten because of the newer pokémon. However, after some tips from Mr. Roman, I decided it could have a background, such as an empty street, to increase and/or clarify the abandonment.<br />
I started out making it from clay, but it proved difficult to make, as the clay would dry upso that it was nigh-on impossible to add new bits to it. A new tip from Mr. Roman, and I decided to finish it off using paper mache. Two things remained clay, though, namely the face and the bulb. I had to spend some extra time after school the Wednesday before it was due, but it was worth it.<br />
I fastened the face onto the body by first creating a small triangle of sorts on the back of its head using the paper mache, before fastening it to the body using several layers of paper mache whilst supporting it on a box of paperclips to make sure it wouldn't fall off.<br />
I ran out of time for the background, though, so Instead I just had it be a simple box advertising that the bulbasaur was up for adoption, with the box saying "Did you forget about us?" in red paint at the bottom.<br />
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<u>Evaluation:</u><br />
I think it could have been better, as the bulb was much too small, and the face flatter than it ought to be. The colour of the body was also too green. However, I am fairly happy with it despite those problems.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-18516567533355293822012-02-01T22:00:00.000-08:002012-02-01T22:00:48.289-08:00UpdateGee, long time no see, eh?<br />
You know how I am (Hopefully); memory like a goldfish and concentration span shorter than the term itself.<br />
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Eniwei. I'm currently working on some pop art. A bulbasaur made out of clay, to be precise.<br />
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Last lesson I fastened the front legs to the body by using wet clay, as well as getting the stomach near completion. As you can see in the picture, it's supported bu a little modelling tool, so it'll be easier to make it look like it's sitting, which in turn is to make the weight a little easier on the legs. It's also almost hollow (It's filled with paper), again to make it easier on the legs. By the end, it'll (hopefully) have relatively bright colours (Green and blue, and a tiny bit of red), with the words "Did you forget all about us?" on the cardboard behind it.<br />
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Hopefully I'll remember to do this again later today.....Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-59174612132118561642011-12-07T13:05:00.000-08:002011-12-07T13:05:50.151-08:00Writeup unit 2 (Cubism)<b><u>Investigation:</u></b><br />
In the first and part of the second lesson we sketched still life in various ways, dividing the sketching paper into pieces using a ruler and pencil. We then sketched the still life - A guitar, two flowers, a small vase, a box, and a spray bottle, all set up in front of a cork board. The first times we practiced without dividing the paper, including trying without looking at the paper, before we divided it.<br />
We also watched a slideshow about cubism, as well as part of a movie/video about Pablo Picasso, which explained cubism further.<br />
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<b><u>Creation:</u></b><br />
I started out by sketching how many pieces there should be, trying to make it look like broken glass or glass shards. I then started drawing inside one of the shards, moving about each time I started on a new shard, thus making the picture very fractured, as if something or someone had broken it.<br />
After that I started coloring and shading it, making most of the items within the shards start out black on the edges, lightening towards the center. An exception to this was the flower on the guitar, the flower being colored completely white against the much darker guitar, to show its "purity".<br />
On the second pie, which I lost halfway through, meaning I had to start afresh, I tried to show contrast. The piece wasn't a pure cubist painting, and the current result was far narrower than I would have liked. It showed six different weapons of three different types (Daggers, arrows, and axes), all of it being depicted on a piece of armor.<br />
I tried to make them "clash" in a way. The top plate shows the very angular, very controlled, golden Dwemer dagger to the right, as compared to the more "fluid" and avian style silvery Elf dagger to the left. In the middle plate there are the very basic, crude, cruel, and rough Falmer arrow, with its tousled flight feathers and spiky, choppy head on the right side, next to the very fine glass arrow, with its smooth feathers and design, and the head being made of glass and gold, instead of the black chitin from the Chaurus, a creature held by the Falmer. On the bottom plate there is the black, spiky war axe of the Daedra, with the red veins spreading out on the handle and blade, as well as being a single piece instead of two, the way the steel war axe to the left is, made very obviously human, from the simple wooden handle to the fine, engraved side of the blade, to the sharp, fine edge, slightly differently colored from the rest of the blade, all of it, in the end, standing against the very tribal, green armor of the orcs.<br />
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<b><u>Evaluation:</u></b><br />
I think the second piece could have ended up much better than it did if I had a) Not lost the first version or b) made the plates broader, as well as having a reference somewhere I could see it.<br />
Overall, the pieces ended up fairly well, especially the first one, which I managed to make look pretty much how I wanted it to.<br />
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I think this was a very fun unit, and I found the art form both very limiting and very freeing at the same time. It was limiting because I need to keep within the "shards", but very freeing because I need to worry less about perspective than in other art forms, which allows me to focus on other aspects of the drawing.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-84703804002697028192011-11-23T11:49:00.000-08:002011-11-23T11:49:43.912-08:00CubismFirstly, I'm sorry that I haven't posted more. The recent time I've had other stuff on my mind, and have pushed this into the back of my mind, forgetting completely about it until yesterday evening.<br />
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So, cubism. In our current unit that is what we're working with, and I have come fairly far in the work. I tried to make the "frames" look like shards of broken glass, or like a window that someone had punched, making it break and shatter into smaller shards.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://uploads1.wikipaintings.org/images/pablo-picasso/guitar-and-violin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://uploads1.wikipaintings.org/images/pablo-picasso/guitar-and-violin.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>The picture I chose to compare with is "Guitar and violin" by Pablo Picasso. His piece as far more colours than mine, which is based upon a grayscale and pieces of newspapers (Mainly of grass and trees). Picasso also seems to have chosen to split it up less linearly than me, as I have made straight lines towards the center instead of the "Squares" that he has based his painting on. While he has more colors, however, his painting seems more "All over the place" than the more concentrated look of mine, which is in various shades of gray, mainly starting dark at the edges of objects and becoming lighter towards the center (Shading).<br />
Picasso also has a lot more contours than I. In his painting, there a re contours almost everywhere, as opposed to in my drawing, in which there are only a few, necessary contours.<br />
In addition to all of this, I have colored certain things (Such as one of the flowers) completely in one color (White in the case of the flower, making it stand out against the guitar behind it, which has been colored more with coal instead of chalk.), to symbolize some things. (In the case of the flower (Again), this is to symbolize the "Purity" of it, compared to the guitar, which is darker.) I also put cut-outs of grass in certain spots, mainly to give them a look closer to "Nature".Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-73193807739754727822011-09-21T22:18:00.000-07:002011-09-21T22:18:46.674-07:00Writeup-Investigation:<br />
In this unit I have learned how to make a grid-drawing. I found it to be less easy than free-line, which is what I'm used to. I think it may be because in grid-drawing you have to follow the squares<br />
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(Continued later)Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685454057244925766.post-31363559267610839732011-09-16T23:58:00.000-07:002011-09-16T23:58:29.506-07:00W.I.P (Work In Progress)<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fRur63MIoFJvwjTzcJOAEFvPAIogrgjonvx3qPvLPjVkoJ8K1UBZXyVQYCJA5eCfeOAlb8wlOPh9JXXvcWOstyVo0x0PiWHBzS9JOlOw_yD07RNYU8ZghhHwOrSUzQf8c-7aHKksBpfs/s400/DSC00117.jpg" /><br />
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I'm starting to get further, almost finished now.Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368788207274726281noreply@blogger.com2