This is the stage of testing our ideas, putting them into development and see if they'll actually work or not-- not just thinking out like in conceptualization. This is to make things clearer and explore possibilities not thought of before. Like sanding out the rough phases of a piece of an idea, or wood. Exploration is also familiarizing yourself with different types of medias so you aren't stuck to the same one all the time.
I rather dislike doing the same thing over again, though I can use the same media-- I don't like drawing the same position or the same pose or the same colors. It makes me feel uncreative so I try to draw in different poses and not copy others. I dislike using references, but I know that sometimes you need them to be creative and not just wing it into existence and find out it doesn't work the way you want it to.
The homework we were doing-- these sketches.. they were difficult. I found myself drifting into other ideas as I began-- maybe this way is better? I suppose I haven't brainstormed enough, but I have played enough games to do it. Q UQ There's a lot of things I want to correct in it-- it's really a rough-rough sketch, and seems more half-assed than I mean it to. If I could finalize it more before class, I'll try.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Reading 71-96 - Conceptualization
Conceptualization. Concept Developement.
Doesn't it seem like this class was made for doing this part of the whole business? This is the step we must figure out how exactly we proceed with all our limitations, whether they be budget or material. We can use sketches to design or whatever media we need to BRAINSTORM. O UO In the Gestalt Perception, it says all we need to say. We need realistic concepts, not impossible ones. Other people, particularly clients, need to understand your ideas. They also have to be understood by you enough to be changeable-- while the goal still stays the same.
Sometimes inspiration doesn't spark either. So even if it's not fueled by some mystical desire to complete it-- people still have jobs to do, as Elizabeth Gilbert has said. I can't begin to tell you brainstorming will help, it doesn't matter whether it's on paper or in your mind.
Conceptualization is the part where you tinker with your idea until it works, too. So it doesn't fail you in the long run when it's let out in the world.
Doesn't it seem like this class was made for doing this part of the whole business? This is the step we must figure out how exactly we proceed with all our limitations, whether they be budget or material. We can use sketches to design or whatever media we need to BRAINSTORM. O UO In the Gestalt Perception, it says all we need to say. We need realistic concepts, not impossible ones. Other people, particularly clients, need to understand your ideas. They also have to be understood by you enough to be changeable-- while the goal still stays the same.
Sometimes inspiration doesn't spark either. So even if it's not fueled by some mystical desire to complete it-- people still have jobs to do, as Elizabeth Gilbert has said. I can't begin to tell you brainstorming will help, it doesn't matter whether it's on paper or in your mind.
Conceptualization is the part where you tinker with your idea until it works, too. So it doesn't fail you in the long run when it's let out in the world.
Reading 39-79 Identification
As we move on from Inspiration, we have identification.
Sure you can be inspired into making something, but the first thing after is to figure out WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'. The feeling of inspiration can be this thing that wants you to do something, but not telling you what. I've certainly felt it over and over again. When we figure out what you want to do, there's also how you're going to do it and what restrictions you have to work under.
Budget, time, medium.... Q UQ
Budget isn't usually my issue, I tend to work with what I have (which isn't much, if you think about it think of it?) I still live with my parents, so.............. Well, I do know that some people can be stopped by this. Big budget productions just aren't the same as the small-budget ones. ....I need to buy white paint, now. Time. Ouch. I crash into this a lot. There's just never enough time to do what I want to do. Currently, my life is super hectic. How does one tolerate this amount of art classes and then expect to do everything in a super-terrific manner and then have time for relaxation?
Sure you can be inspired into making something, but the first thing after is to figure out WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'. The feeling of inspiration can be this thing that wants you to do something, but not telling you what. I've certainly felt it over and over again. When we figure out what you want to do, there's also how you're going to do it and what restrictions you have to work under.
Budget, time, medium.... Q UQ
Budget isn't usually my issue, I tend to work with what I have (which isn't much, if you think about it think of it?) I still live with my parents, so.............. Well, I do know that some people can be stopped by this. Big budget productions just aren't the same as the small-budget ones. ....I need to buy white paint, now. Time. Ouch. I crash into this a lot. There's just never enough time to do what I want to do. Currently, my life is super hectic. How does one tolerate this amount of art classes and then expect to do everything in a super-terrific manner and then have time for relaxation?
Reading 17-38 -- Inspiration
This reading assignment is about Inspiration.
It very much reminds me of the TED video, with Elizabeth Gorden on Genius. Though inspiration isn't an act of genius, at least, not just so, I think there really is something that draws and pushes you into writing-- drawing-- making something. It's the beginning, as Aspelund says. It's would be easy to drown in it, as it's fresh and new, (just as easy as it would be to lose it).
Everything starts from inspiration. Something has to spark you into making something, right? And there are different views on inspiration-- otherworldly possession or maybe something that just appears in your mind that pushes you beyond your limits which is amazing. Everyday things can spark it-- I mean, seeing a spoon, and then maybe... maybe you want to make a sculpture out of spoons? O uO
While I've never actually done that, I've felt inspiration literally nipping at my heels. Sometimes I'm lying in bed and suddenly, I want to draw something amazing. Sad thing is, it usually pops up in the wee hours of the morning or at night when I'm not allowed to access my trusted computer. Q nQ
It very much reminds me of the TED video, with Elizabeth Gorden on Genius. Though inspiration isn't an act of genius, at least, not just so, I think there really is something that draws and pushes you into writing-- drawing-- making something. It's the beginning, as Aspelund says. It's would be easy to drown in it, as it's fresh and new, (just as easy as it would be to lose it).
Everything starts from inspiration. Something has to spark you into making something, right? And there are different views on inspiration-- otherworldly possession or maybe something that just appears in your mind that pushes you beyond your limits which is amazing. Everyday things can spark it-- I mean, seeing a spoon, and then maybe... maybe you want to make a sculpture out of spoons? O uO
While I've never actually done that, I've felt inspiration literally nipping at my heels. Sometimes I'm lying in bed and suddenly, I want to draw something amazing. Sad thing is, it usually pops up in the wee hours of the morning or at night when I'm not allowed to access my trusted computer. Q nQ
Game Ideas
It is really difficult to think of "original ideas".
And then drawing them to convey. Q uQ
And then drawing them to convey. Q uQ
October 27th - Game Day
O UO I was looking forward to this~
Yet, I was late to class because of the bus. Again. E AE I'm terrified of driving, but it irritates me to no end that buses are so unreliable. Seriously, I've had a bus that didn't show up at all and they're usually either late or too early. I've seen buses break down, too-- or the bus driver misses the stop entirely. E AE /rough experiences
I brought in a game called Rumis where you build blocks on a platform with several opponents. The person who the most squares showing from a bird's eye view wins. O UO Everyone else brought these... pathway related board games. I got to play Life and Monopoly. Totally lost, but was kinda winning in Monopoly. I think we were BSing some of the rules, haha.
Our HW is to make 10 sketches. 9 x 12, of totally original games. O UO
Yet, I was late to class because of the bus. Again. E AE I'm terrified of driving, but it irritates me to no end that buses are so unreliable. Seriously, I've had a bus that didn't show up at all and they're usually either late or too early. I've seen buses break down, too-- or the bus driver misses the stop entirely. E AE /rough experiences
I brought in a game called Rumis where you build blocks on a platform with several opponents. The person who the most squares showing from a bird's eye view wins. O UO Everyone else brought these... pathway related board games. I got to play Life and Monopoly. Totally lost, but was kinda winning in Monopoly. I think we were BSing some of the rules, haha.
Our HW is to make 10 sketches. 9 x 12, of totally original games. O UO
October 25th
I think we were all kinda of brain dead today. O UO
But, we all voted (ALL OF US) for watching videos. Jimmy talked about how artists were creative people and if we said we didn't know how to do it and didn't do it-- we'd all be at square one. True. O UO I was still hoping for some instruction when doing that protector thing, even though when I figured it out-- it was easy. Haha.
We watched TED videos. One was from John Maeda on Simplicity. It was kind of interesting and amazing how he kinda like my nerdy younger brother-- haha. I'm kidding-- though he does look like him. Maeda talked about his career, and how simplicity and complexity followed him around. Simplicity is an important factor in our artistic lives, and so is complexity. We have to know when to use which.
Other than that, I was interested in his works. From an aesthetic side, I really liked his visual calender. But, the hilarious ones was about the cheeto paint program and field of golden fries.
The next TED video was Scott McCloud. He was interesting too, and it was great that he visualized everything. I'm a visual learner and hands-on learner myself. Haha. His topic was Comics, I think. But, he also talked about his own life, and made it a comic too. His father was supportive of him, and his chosen career-- which I think is pretty rare considering there's so many people who'd give you odd looks if you go into the art alley. O nO
But, we all voted (ALL OF US) for watching videos. Jimmy talked about how artists were creative people and if we said we didn't know how to do it and didn't do it-- we'd all be at square one. True. O UO I was still hoping for some instruction when doing that protector thing, even though when I figured it out-- it was easy. Haha.
We watched TED videos. One was from John Maeda on Simplicity. It was kind of interesting and amazing how he kinda like my nerdy younger brother-- haha. I'm kidding-- though he does look like him. Maeda talked about his career, and how simplicity and complexity followed him around. Simplicity is an important factor in our artistic lives, and so is complexity. We have to know when to use which.
Other than that, I was interested in his works. From an aesthetic side, I really liked his visual calender. But, the hilarious ones was about the cheeto paint program and field of golden fries.
The next TED video was Scott McCloud. He was interesting too, and it was great that he visualized everything. I'm a visual learner and hands-on learner myself. Haha. His topic was Comics, I think. But, he also talked about his own life, and made it a comic too. His father was supportive of him, and his chosen career-- which I think is pretty rare considering there's so many people who'd give you odd looks if you go into the art alley. O nO
Sunday, October 24, 2010
e Ae
My brother took Clue and Pictionary to his dorm in San Diego.
So I'll be going to my cousin's house sometime during the week to procure her Candy Land, Uno, Rumis, and Scattergories. Are those board games? >A>
So I'll be going to my cousin's house sometime during the week to procure her Candy Land, Uno, Rumis, and Scattergories. Are those board games? >A>
The Design Process: Cover-XVII & p1-16
For some reason, the weekend always go by really fast for me. By the time Sunday rolls out, I realize I have a ton of things to do-- homework being only part of it. Yes, this amazingly late, but you know-- I ordered this book from Amazon, and then whoever shipped it virtually told me "so sorry, we forgot to take it off amazon and you'll be refunded". So, now that I have this book. E AE
This will cover the introductory and then p1-16.
The Design Process, by Karl Aspelund (his last name is a killer for me to spell).
As all introductions go, I still haven't been quite 'hooked' yet. I feel sparks of interest when Aspelund writes about the 'process of design', but it's not new and quite... inspirational as when Jimmy let us watch Elizabeth Gilbert. This process is something, as artists, we all should already be fairly familiar with. Inspiration. What are we without it? In fact, if you have no inspiration, why are you doing art? Then again, I'd find that all careers would have something like this as well. Can you make a new medicine without being inspired off something else?
Identification & Conceptualization. Restrictions and testing your boundaries. Forming ideas for project and trying to visualize it. OUO
Exploration/Refinement. Explore how to do your project further.
Definition/Modeling. Finalizing and making sure this is the way to go, no changing your minds after!
Communication. Again, this is something we should be hearing over and over by our instructors. If you can't communicate, you're doomed. This is why there's a speech class requirement in college. I myself find it hard to stand in front of a group of people, but when I'm up there-- it's usually the pre-jitters that kill you the most. And stuttering, haha-- and the mindblanks. But, it depends on how ready you are before then. I've been nervous before-- hell, I couldn't even remember "thanks so much for taking your time to meet me" in a classroom faux-job interview. You can tell how that went-- I find myself judging other people better than being judged. E UE
Production. You have to make your project now-- complications may occur, but this is where you fix it before putting it out for public eyes.
This will cover the introductory and then p1-16.
The Design Process, by Karl Aspelund (his last name is a killer for me to spell).
As all introductions go, I still haven't been quite 'hooked' yet. I feel sparks of interest when Aspelund writes about the 'process of design', but it's not new and quite... inspirational as when Jimmy let us watch Elizabeth Gilbert. This process is something, as artists, we all should already be fairly familiar with. Inspiration. What are we without it? In fact, if you have no inspiration, why are you doing art? Then again, I'd find that all careers would have something like this as well. Can you make a new medicine without being inspired off something else?
Identification & Conceptualization. Restrictions and testing your boundaries. Forming ideas for project and trying to visualize it. OUO
Exploration/Refinement. Explore how to do your project further.
Definition/Modeling. Finalizing and making sure this is the way to go, no changing your minds after!
Communication. Again, this is something we should be hearing over and over by our instructors. If you can't communicate, you're doomed. This is why there's a speech class requirement in college. I myself find it hard to stand in front of a group of people, but when I'm up there-- it's usually the pre-jitters that kill you the most. And stuttering, haha-- and the mindblanks. But, it depends on how ready you are before then. I've been nervous before-- hell, I couldn't even remember "thanks so much for taking your time to meet me" in a classroom faux-job interview. You can tell how that went-- I find myself judging other people better than being judged. E UE
Production. You have to make your project now-- complications may occur, but this is where you fix it before putting it out for public eyes.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Class Session - October 20th
Today, Jimmy had us get up and say three things about ourselves-- one being a lie. I had a terrible time thinking up a lie, because honestly-- I wasn't sure I could pull it off a lie. I mean, it's hard to match up one lie to your truths if you pick mundane ones or not.
1. I have a secret base!
2. I have two dogs
3. I once threw a football and fractured someone's finger.
I was going to lie my ass off on the second one, but I stuttered after two-- and just went with a truth and pulled up another lie. I do have a secret base! It's on a dead plum tree. It has these big sturdy branches... that I've nearly fallen off of several times. I do also have two dogs-- one's this white fluffy thing that barks its head off a lot and another is this older girl that's getting on in years.
I have never fractured someone's finger, thankfully. I did throw a football and my friend did hurt her finger, but never too badly. Haha. XD
Next, we showed off our pictures that we gave headliners to.
I PANICKED. Haha. Everyone had these... portraits of people (with the exception of the pencil one) while I had a picture I'd taken of my class at the beach. My only good point was probably my headlines-- creative.... but didn't match. Q nQ
HW for Monday: 10 pictures to match 1 headline.
HW for Wednesday: Boardgame
1. I have a secret base!
2. I have two dogs
3. I once threw a football and fractured someone's finger.
I was going to lie my ass off on the second one, but I stuttered after two-- and just went with a truth and pulled up another lie. I do have a secret base! It's on a dead plum tree. It has these big sturdy branches... that I've nearly fallen off of several times. I do also have two dogs-- one's this white fluffy thing that barks its head off a lot and another is this older girl that's getting on in years.
I have never fractured someone's finger, thankfully. I did throw a football and my friend did hurt her finger, but never too badly. Haha. XD
Next, we showed off our pictures that we gave headliners to.
I PANICKED. Haha. Everyone had these... portraits of people (with the exception of the pencil one) while I had a picture I'd taken of my class at the beach. My only good point was probably my headlines-- creative.... but didn't match. Q nQ
HW for Monday: 10 pictures to match 1 headline.
HW for Wednesday: Boardgame
October 11th & 13th
Jimmy was sick on the 11th, but told us to bring three unrelated pictures on the 13th.
I brought in these newspaper clippings that were... TINY. I didn't realize we had to bring 9x12. I mean, that's pretty big.. I don't think my printer even gets that size and I don't subscribe to any magazines... Q AQ So, yeah, I was pretty bummed when Jimmy told I'd have gotten fired if I were at a real job. Who'd want to be told that?
Afterward, we got to listen to a really inspirational video by the author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. She's very eloquent, as one of my friends said. She uses her words well, and definitely a lot of adjectives. Odious, really? I was very uplifted when I heard it.
I brought in these newspaper clippings that were... TINY. I didn't realize we had to bring 9x12. I mean, that's pretty big.. I don't think my printer even gets that size and I don't subscribe to any magazines... Q AQ So, yeah, I was pretty bummed when Jimmy told I'd have gotten fired if I were at a real job. Who'd want to be told that?
Afterward, we got to listen to a really inspirational video by the author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. She's very eloquent, as one of my friends said. She uses her words well, and definitely a lot of adjectives. Odious, really? I was very uplifted when I heard it.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Class Session - October 6th
Woo. Nearly late on the day. > w<
In class, on Wednesday, we watched a long video by Sir Ken Robinson. I thought he was pretty cool and funny with his English accent, and his plays on the European and American differences. > w< He talked about how many people's talents are buried by their environment, or how their talent fosters in another. A lot of what he said struck home because my parents were never exactly enthusiastic about my going into art. My friends all thought I should, and it seemed like the only thing I was good at-- considering I'm not very good at math or science either, haha. XD
Anyway, after the video, we had to discuss it with the group. Jimmy didn't want to be the one to always bring up the talking, so he left us to ourselves.
Afterwards, we dropped off our mindmaps and picked which one we liked most. E uE
If I knew that would happen, I would have done something a lot more creative! But, I really like Chomsiri's cockroach dating profile. LOL. It was cute. I liked the killer carrot, too. There are just some people's work that just amazes you. <3
In class, on Wednesday, we watched a long video by Sir Ken Robinson. I thought he was pretty cool and funny with his English accent, and his plays on the European and American differences. > w< He talked about how many people's talents are buried by their environment, or how their talent fosters in another. A lot of what he said struck home because my parents were never exactly enthusiastic about my going into art. My friends all thought I should, and it seemed like the only thing I was good at-- considering I'm not very good at math or science either, haha. XD
Anyway, after the video, we had to discuss it with the group. Jimmy didn't want to be the one to always bring up the talking, so he left us to ourselves.
Afterwards, we dropped off our mindmaps and picked which one we liked most. E uE
If I knew that would happen, I would have done something a lot more creative! But, I really like Chomsiri's cockroach dating profile. LOL. It was cute. I liked the killer carrot, too. There are just some people's work that just amazes you. <3
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Absent - October 4rd
Being sick isn't that fun on the first few days of class, especially when it's dinner coming back to get you. But then feeling better enough that your parents kick you back in time for your next class? D:
Hopefully, I didn't miss too much. But, I'm lucky that Jimmy has us make blogs so I get a good idea of what's happening in class! Mindmaps, huh? I did a quick one that I'll color. I drew over my pencil lines with a sharpie. God, I hate the smell, and I typoed and drew too thick arrows. :C
Just a little big! I scanned it! :D
Hopefully, I didn't miss too much. But, I'm lucky that Jimmy has us make blogs so I get a good idea of what's happening in class! Mindmaps, huh? I did a quick one that I'll color. I drew over my pencil lines with a sharpie. God, I hate the smell, and I typoed and drew too thick arrows. :C
Just a little big! I scanned it! :D
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Class Session - Sept 29th
Wednesday came along, only one more day to go til Friday.
We went into the classroom to find ourselves told to rearrange our seating arrangements to our birthdays! Mine is September 13th, and I ended up on the other side of the room. There was more Air Conditioner there, so I wasn't about to complain! Jimmy said the arrangement was to change our perspective, and he'll be doing something new each day. I wonder what next class session brings? I know I can look at old students' blog, if he still has them, and see if they've commented on it. Who knows if it'll be the same though?
Afterwards, we discussed what visual literacy is. No one was really answering so he was almost literally breathing down our necks, hahah. I'm not shy, exactly, not unless I have to go up and stand in front of the class to do something, but I'm not a vocal person either. My indoor voice isn't exactly very loud to boot. But visual literacy-- my answer "how we take in something we see". It's not exact, but I liked the way Daniel said it, 'interpreting', I think.
I'm not inclined to disagree! XD
He started to show us different images that we were supposed to describe. Facts first and then interpreting. It was difficult not to say 'her', even those it looked obvious from the facial structure and clothes. We're trained to be a certain way, to assume that it's a she before it's a person. It reminds me of another teacher who asked us which person would be the better witness after reading several of their observations, and failed us because none of them would be able to see clearly at 9 PM in the dark.
But, who knows-- maybe it really is a drag queen parade! We certainly have no captions to read.
We were then given pieces of paper to draw four comic strips of how we got to college. To be honest, my decisions aren't awe inspiring or .... significant. I was told to choose, so I chose CSULA. It's a close distance, and I can go there by bus. >:S
We went into the classroom to find ourselves told to rearrange our seating arrangements to our birthdays! Mine is September 13th, and I ended up on the other side of the room. There was more Air Conditioner there, so I wasn't about to complain! Jimmy said the arrangement was to change our perspective, and he'll be doing something new each day. I wonder what next class session brings? I know I can look at old students' blog, if he still has them, and see if they've commented on it. Who knows if it'll be the same though?
Afterwards, we discussed what visual literacy is. No one was really answering so he was almost literally breathing down our necks, hahah. I'm not shy, exactly, not unless I have to go up and stand in front of the class to do something, but I'm not a vocal person either. My indoor voice isn't exactly very loud to boot. But visual literacy-- my answer "how we take in something we see". It's not exact, but I liked the way Daniel said it, 'interpreting', I think.
I'm not inclined to disagree! XD
He started to show us different images that we were supposed to describe. Facts first and then interpreting. It was difficult not to say 'her', even those it looked obvious from the facial structure and clothes. We're trained to be a certain way, to assume that it's a she before it's a person. It reminds me of another teacher who asked us which person would be the better witness after reading several of their observations, and failed us because none of them would be able to see clearly at 9 PM in the dark.
But, who knows-- maybe it really is a drag queen parade! We certainly have no captions to read.
We were then given pieces of paper to draw four comic strips of how we got to college. To be honest, my decisions aren't awe inspiring or .... significant. I was told to choose, so I chose CSULA. It's a close distance, and I can go there by bus. >:S
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