my sketchbook

french ladies

my sketchbook

a random girl

100 collages fun is OVER!

We have been ask to produce 100 collages on 10 different themes in about 60 days. It sounded like a quick job till I one Saturday afternoon I sat down and made about 7 in 4 hours. Not many hey? But with the practise I got better and better. Yeah it was a time eater but definitely very rewarding at the end. I mainly collected my material from newspapers, magazines and leaflets. As I was trying to find right images my room always turn into a big messwith paper laying everywhere very quickly. I also slowly turn into a freak collecting everything suitable heheh I managed to collect 25 kilos of different kind of paper. Nice!

25 kilos of collected material

some examples

cutting out images

work in progress

looking for the right image

Sliding house that changes shape at the push of a button

wow...I want one ;o)
http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/sliding-house-that-changes-shape-at-the-push-of-a-button/

Ryan Mcguinness

I really like his work as I find that his works have very calming effect

on me...

www.ryanmcginness.com

Typography workshop

At Typo workshop we talked about different typefaces and how developed over time. Then as an exercise we had to choose one face type and trace our name on a paper. The next exercisewas to choose a letter, choose an interesting part on it and then trace the letter in different fonts. In my case it was a of a letter B. I have notice that it's different in each case. It was very interesting work shop an I would love to have more workshops like this!

Storytelling Workshop

What a crazy workshop!!!!!? A sculptor and artist called Jesse Wine came to school to talk to us about how we can tell a visual story using found objects. Then each group had to made a sculpture or make up a story with five objects from the Pound shop. I was in a team with Kristina a we got a bottle, carrot, strings, cowboy hat.... As soon as we saw the bottle we knew what the story is going to be about.. Well have a look yourself ;o)

Cropping Workshop

Cropping an image can alter the viewer's reading of that image by selecting and editing, zooming in or out and changing the format of an image. At he workshop we received 10 images and by photoshop we had to manipulate them to produce different crops. Then we had to annotate images by using the lateral and creative thinking strategy tool 'Plus/Minus/Interesting' + - i.

Wide Angle Horizontal

+...the focus is more on the people rather than what is happening in the background

-...we can't no longer see how people live

i...the cut has changed the whole feel of the picture

Close up detail

+...the detail of a ring which we wouldn't normally notice

-... we can't see whose hand it is anymore

i... the pic became a bit arty

Narrow vertical

+... the boy is very interesting face expression our eyes can focus on him more without the background

-... the boy is taking exactly half of the image, it should be less or more

i...the unusual proportion of the cut

Bold Exciting

+...nice close up to the girls face

-... we cant see her beautiful body anymore

i...it looks like the girl is looking out of the window

Discreet

+...the position of the hand is well placed

-...might seem a bit uninteresting for somebody

i...makes you want to see the whole picture

Emotional Impact

+...we can almost hear t

-...we can't see where the baby is, not a great cut

i...nothing really

Make look distant

+...those few people stand out from the crowd now

-...the main character of the picture is not there

i... the position of the people and the road is well balanced

Depersonalise

+...we can still see an action

-...the camera has been cut out so we don't really know what the person is doing

i...interesting cut

Abstract

+...pleasant for the eye, a bit of contrast

-...not sure what it is

i...the reflection

Narrow vertical

+...we can still see ball and the footballer

-...cant see

i...the angle of the cut, only a little part of the pic and we can still have an idea what is going on, makes you want to lean on one side when looking at it

Define

+...we can clearly see what that the girl is writing

-...we can't see the action of the boy

i...nothing much

Happy b'day to meeeeeee!

Today is my birthday. I feel a bit sad as I can't share them with my family. But having good friends around make things different. I am a very lucky girl to have them. Thank you ;o)..

"I LOVE IT WHEN YOU ASK ACTORS, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?' AND THEY SAY, 'I AM BETWEEN ROLES.' TO BE LIVING 'LIFE BETWEEN ROLES,' THAT IS MY FAVORITE."

Andy Warhol

TES ONE

After talking to Ben at school I checked an artist called TESONE (Leon Bedore) and absolutely fell in love with his work.

The 32-year- old, known for his over sized artworks painted on wood box prames, incorporates a fusion of graffiti-style murals and graphic design in his piece. The Tampa artist was born and raised in St. Petersburg. A son of artist - who shared coloring books with his mom and kid - he graduated from Gibbs High in 1996. Although he was part of the school notable Pinellas County Centre for Arts program, he considers himself self-thought.

He started painting graffiti around Tampa bay in 1992, and like most illegal painters, he used spray paint. His technique has evolved, and these days his work have moved from train tracks and abandoned corners of the Sunshine state into galleries and, at least while his portrait of Barack Obama (done for the campain's Manifest Hope show) is on loan to the White House. His work has always dealt with environmental issues, but this is his first foray into politics.

Morning fun with Kellogg's

In my work as a nanny I look after a boy called Tom (4yrs) and Maddie (12yrs). They are both off school this week for holidays. This morning Tom asked me to draw him a fly so he could annoy his sister. I noticed earlier that he finished a box of cereal. I started to draw a fly inside of the box but changed my mind and made him a quick 3D fly then later added a snail. Tom was very pleased but Maddie wasn't amused as her brother was buzzing around her head all day long Ha Ha Ha.

Process Workshop

This session was all about looking at and discussing how process of collage can generate ideas for projects as well as produce interesting images that communicated in unusual and surprising ways.

We were asked to make a collage in 10 mins on a chosen theme out of 10. We discussed how important is spacing and also how to improve a system for speeding up and making the process of producing a collage more reliant on chance and automation.

I found this workshop very inspiring and motivating for my own work.

Peter Coffin

Untitled

(Spiral Staircase ) 2007

aluminium and steel

So now what can u think of when you looking at it? All I could think of was weather it would be possible to climb around it?! I say definitely...so want to try it!