Portrait Project

For my portrait project, I chose to really make it more than just another assignment. I have a lot of doubt in myself when it comes to drawing, and actually all art in general. Jake suggested that I throw my fear out the "window" and just draw. I suddenly realized that not everything I make has to be perfect in my eyes, and that if it comes from me it is still something that no one can replicate (however valuable that may be). For this project, therefore, I made myself draw 25 portraits of myself without looking in the mirror. I wanted to capture how I viewed myself from the inside. On the first half of them, I did not pick my pencil up from the page and forced myself to just keep drawing. Surprisingly, for the final project I chose the 8 that I thought were the worst and chose to display them. In all, this project really made me re-evaluate myself.

Memory Box

My memory box was a representation of a memory that I have of my sister when she was younger. It was the first time that she had completely gotten into a body of water, and she accidentally slipped off of a rock that marked a severe drop off in the pond we were swimming in. I, of course, felt completely responsible because I knew of the rock and of its significance but I failed to inform my sister. Ever since then, I have felt extremely protective over my sister, as if to make up for my lack of attention during the previous situation. My box, therefore, is a representation of my protectiveness for my sister that I have today. The larger box symbolizes me, as there is a smaller box (my sister) inside that cannot go beyond the larger box's limit. The smaller box can move freely within the larger box and can be exposed to those viewing it. However, at a moment's notice the two open sides of the cube can be closed to completely protect the smaller box. This was my favorite project so far.

Zine

In Patrick's 222 class, we have been assigned to draw 50 chairs and place them on note cards for an eventual test at the end of the semester. These "dreaded" cards turned out to be quite enjoyable, so I wanted to study chairs, again, for my zine. Some of these chairs are, in fact, replications of the original models that we were assigned in 222 but others are completely new, radical designs that I enjoyed as well.

Two page studio layout

This layout was one of my favorite assignments so far for our drawing class because it really allowed us to display our view of what studio is like. For me, I didn't focus much on the academic side of it as much as I paid attention to the social aspects of it. Studio, like Tommy says, is something that not many people will get to experience and I feel as though we're lucky to have our own spaces, even though it may be stressful at times. I tried to capture the uniqueness of studio in my layout, and however sucessful I was...I had fun along the way.

Shadow Portrait

Although this does not resemble me at all, it was certainly one of the most enjoyable assignments I've done so far.

pencil box

Although the lid to my pencil box really doesn't shut, whatsoever, I am still pleased with everything else on the box. In fact, I kind of like the top not closing because I can get my pencils whenever I want to and not waste time with opening it. By the time this box was completed, in all honesty, I was completely fed up with the entire project and didn't have much concern for the top.