FMX207Fall2019

Working on this was a bit different than other projects. The reason i say that is because I was reading something and then having to put my own spin on it in a way. I had to read the haiku, then as I read it, I had images pop into my head then I picked three of them and painted them. I enjoyed this because I was able to simply do what I thought of. I knew what was being said, and I got to put the words into pictures, plain and simple.

I really liked this one, I have a habit of doing these random and obsessive drawing on my own anyway, so I sat down and started to draw a few things that I was thinking up in my head. This lead me down a few paths, originally I was going to draw a character, then I started to think about the mask that the character might be wearing. One thing lead to another and I started to think about a small little back story for the character, which is why there is a spray paint can. The funny part was that there was a smug from a previous drawing where the ink from a marker and seeped through the pages and it was right on top of the spray paint can and I really like how that added to the drawing.

Unfortunately, this was one of my least favorite things I did. The reason being is because I really have never liked transferring things from physical to digital. As a 3D animator, I have to take drawing and turn them into 3D objects, and its entirely different. I felt that I was making almost a cheap copy of my work when I took the physical copy and turned it digital. Overall if I where to do this again I would probably start digital and then go to physical, it might not change how I feel but I think it would at least bring something new to the table.

My hope was to make something that really made you feel calm and happy.

Glenn Ligon, a man who gave up his typical life of the 5-9 to dedicate his life to art. He explores several things in his art. He mainly focuses on race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity. He does this through words. He can do colored words, or black and white colors. I find this super cool. He started making art of preexisting characters. He had his own little side gig through high school. I think this is super important in any artist life. The idea that you must practice repeatedly to get good at creating art. Even the people who are known as the greats, while some of their work might seem super simple to create, when you get down to it, you see that these people got the way they were through trial and error, seeing Glenn Ligon do this reassures why he is such an outstanding artist. He wanted to make art with words. He started to tell other people’s stories, rather than using his own. He even took words for books and other scriptures. Glenn talks about his mom many times thr...

I did this project towards the start of the semester, and I can still remember how these images made me feel. At the time I really didn't enjoy doing the physical drawings of the images, I felt that I couldn't do them justice, but after going in and doing a digital painting of them, I felt that I was able to put more life into what I was drawing. The brushes that I was using started to add randomness to the drawings and that made me feel like there was more character to them.