Final Project Idea #2

My second idea for the final project is to take my fourth project (squirrel-girl) to the next level by taking out the different squirrel like characters (and creating 1 or 2 more) and turning them into photopolymer printmaking plates which will then be printed on a piece of paper as a 'family portrait'. My idea behind the squirrel girl idea was for my niece's birthday present so that it the tie to my idea of creating the family portrait. I love using photopolymer plates and I have a ton of tests I need to do for Scott's exposure unit down in the print shop soon so I figured I could kill two birds with one stone. Plus I'll be able to print a wide variety of artist proofs with the plates, changing up the color and placements, maybe monotyping a background behind the family of squirrel people.

Final Project idea #1

IDEA #1

For my final project I will be photographing some of the drawings I've been producing in my 

Advanced Drawing class, both as a whole and smaller sections. The drawings are on plexiglass and drawn with fabric paint. I will be rearranging, layering, and in other ways manipulating the photos to become its own piece of artwork. These are a couple of the images I've been working around with so far. I'm sorry it took me so long to post, I've been very sick the past week. I know its not an excuse, but that's the excuse. 

Project 4 In-progress crit

Concept for Project 4

I plan on making this project into a present for my soon-to-be 2 year old niece, Rafa. She is obsessed with squirrels and whenever I see her in person or on skype she always insists on me acting like a squirrel (something I've done to calm her down when she cries for the past year or so) and will imitate me. So for this project I want to get a model to act like a squirrel to capture three different 'scenes' (the realization that someone is watching him, him protecting his pile of nuts, and climbing a tree. I also will be running around taking photos of actual squirrels that will be incorporated into the scenes. The real squirrels will act either as a layer to tie all three images together or I will be adding parts of the squirrel to my model (the tail/squirrel 'mask').  I see this becoming either three completely separate photos or else an assemblage of the three scenes that can be 'read' as one long (or tall) photo.

Project 3 in progress

Project 3 In-Progress 2c

Project 3 In Progress #2b

Project 3 In-progress #2

Project 3 In Progress

Project 3 Statement

My plan to communicate the idea of 'The Cyclical Nature of Things' involves using the numerous photos I took of nature (Linville Falls). By using many different overlays, filters, and masks, I want to convey the message that all things living will one day die, completing their life cycle. I tried to get an array of both vibrant, living things and things in the process of dying or are already deceased, allowing for a variety of photos to pick from.

Contact Sheets

Destroy the Icon: In Progress #1

Project 1- In Progress 2

In-Progress Critique 1