Monday, November 3, 2008

One Anxious Monday

OKAY
So things are beginning to lift away from my shoulders slowly.

"Being behind in art classes is not a situation people should be in."

Especially me.
I finished my Photoshop midterm. I had some trouble sleeping last night because I was so nervous about the criteria. Nervous because I wasn't sure if I had completed it in the way my professor wanted me to in terms of the criteria. The project is a loosely based self-portrait in that it didn't have to require your face exactly. But a collage of things that represents you. I don't think I pulled it off as well as I envisioned it, but it's fairly close.

But here it is, take a look for yourself.
In class while we were waiting for him to make a drop folder, I began seeing a couple of things I missed... Like the background and the front building. I definitely should have did some color corrections on them. At least the building. They looked fairly better on my laptop than it did on the mac desktops we use at school.
"So that's a fail on my part again..."

The buildings and colors represent what I love to be around. Eye-catching hues and and bright welcoming buildings... Time Square at night as an example. How flashy and flamboyant the scenery is. It's just completely breathtaking and makes me want to strive for that place with bright lights and amazing buildings. These are a couple of the two things combined that brings out the passion in me on several levels.

The main thing I was going for in terms of what the picture represents is me, as you can see, looking down these roads for me to venture in as I progress. There are places open for me that I have yet to dive into; be it mediums, places, experiences, etc. Things that can only catalyze me to the matured artist I want to be. Represented as blank - yet to be color areas - until I can truly fill it in.

I could have done a bit more to expand on my vision.
Definately.

"Awesome and spontaneous ideas always pop up right after the deeds are done."

I'm expecting at least a B on this project.

On top of other things now is my new painting project.
That's due soon as well. I'm a week behind because I missed one class like 2 weeks ago for this project. But it's okay, I should be good with it all. Take a look at my new acrylic challenge that's about 20% in completion...


I hope I turn this into something that I can hang in my room.
I feel like a painted version with all the blues is definitely me.

1 comment:

Teekaram said...

john, you are truly gifted! keep it up