Final Series Write-Up

Okay, new write-up now that my reality isn't being torn asunder. I must say I underestimated the amount of fingers that would actually be required for the composite. As a result, I spent more time constructing rather than integrating the fingers into a more realistic piece. Maybe They didn't need to be more realistic though, they turned out quite a bit creepier than I intended. Like I said in the critique, the print quality at kinko's was awful, but the murkiness really added to the work as a whole. My roommate mentioned maybe I should include the arms in the shadow, but I'm not sure if that would prevent the monuments from being recognizable. I guess, overall, I don't think this series is portfolio worthy yet. I'd really like to go back in with a lot more time.

Final Series

With the critique coming up in 5 hours, I'm a little unsure about the project. The print quality turned out a little poor at Kinkos, but for some reason, the texture of the prints have such a great impact on the work. I'll right more tomorrow, but for now, it's bedtime. See you all soon!

Blog Response #24

I'm not completely narrowed down on what I'd like my final to be, but I'm happy to cover the motivations on several of them.

One idea is to show humans living in societies build around animals. It sounds a little silly, but I'm just talking about societal organization. The figures would still be in the civilized world, but they may be running or flying in a V like geese, or swimming in a mass clump like a school of fish. It might be really hard to pull off, but I'd like the viewers to think about how we organize and socialize currently. The work could be a really interesting was of showing that our societal structure isn't so permanent. It's changed a thousand times in the past, and maybe a bizarre photograph will display how easily it will happen again.

Another cool idea I had was having really big tools destroying buildings, skylines etc. It would be a cool reason to play with particles or fake some really chaotic destruction. My ultimate goal would be to make the series as visually stimulating as possible. I'd like the viewer to be a little shocked at first, but then proceed to make up their own stories about what could have happened (Is it raining giant tools?!, Is this just a giant's playground?, etc.).

I'd really like to composite some fake schematics/blueprints with buildings and turn it into some kind of advertising portfolio piece. It could be an architecture campaign, making people think about all the planning that went into a building they typically take for granted. I would draw out the schematics myself, based on the angle if the photo.

Combing rightside-up and upside-down worlds would be a lot of fun, which is one I might end up going with. The problem is that they'd all need to be inside, but getting the correct vantage point for all the shots would be tough in such a confined space. It's hard to say my motivations for this one, I was leafing through my sketchbook for ideas and came across a doodle I did a few months ago. I really just want to approach surrealism with this one.

Well, I feel like I have a million more ideas, the real trick is going to be picking one cohesive theme.