Monday, November 30, 2009

Okay well where to begin... Most of the stuff I sketch in my sketchbook are not exactly thumbnails or models for other work visually but most of tests of ideas and concepts I have. I also use it as a bit of a journal or a diary I like to be able to look back on that day or that moment and have it make sense. The first one began because it was a really warm day out. It seemed so out of place in november so I was reminded of the postal service song Sleeping in and it sort of spun off into this. I wanted to create a form that was recognizable as a tree but made up of completely abstracted designs. At this rate maybe some day our trees will be made of plastic.

The second one was just a sketch of some eyes I was working with. I wanted to sort of map out the values without any outstandingly harsh lines but all pretty harsh at the same time. I tried not to pick up my pen and wanted it to seem sort of continuous. I was trying to wrap my head around the idea of how your image of a person changes when you are away from a person. Sometimes their absence creates this perfected image in your memory but at some point their features start to fade and the lines get a little blurry.


For the third one I was exploring basically the same concept of memory as in the second but added some color into it. I am always partial to colorful work but I think that this misses the rawness of the second one. I think next I will attempt to use colored markers without trying to make it too cheesy.

I have been recently researching the work of photographer Cindy Sherman. Her approach to portraying people is very interesting to me. I like the sort of dark humor her work is taking in her more recent photos.
http://www.metropicturesgallery.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=4
Another artist I am looking at right now is Cristopher Nolasco. I am really interested in his use of color and medium. His use of bold heavy color but still giving an over all light mood is something I am exploring. http://nolascoart.com/ Okay I think that is all :)









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