Monday 21 May 2018
Presentation
LEVEL 4:
Expectations
First brief - late night Greedo
Compare first few months to Greeo death - bring the lols
Examples of some work, what I thought was good and what others thought was good
End with thought bubble
LEVEL 5:
Change in what youre reading
Music - secret 7
Self led - responsive
Change in taste - piet mondrian, shape driven, abstract etc
LEVEL 6: start at slide 15
Open with fact that only became confident in work this year
Lol with sad gif - slide 16
Move into hanbury - group work and
End with greedo, pull out black series greedo for finale
Twin Shadow - Saturdays
This post is basically the same as my last, illustrating some response I’ve been getting to my music based work on Instagram. Twin Shadow is the stage name of a musician otherwise known as George Lewis Jr, and this illustration is in response to his song Saturdays with the band HAIM. Twin Shadow’s Instagram account liked this post, which I didn’t ever expect to happen as his fanbase is quite large and he’s worked on massive scale projects, writing with HAIM, producing some for Lady Gaga, and having his music appear on the 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V. Because of all this, he’s a musician I’ve been aware of for quite a few years, so getting some response to this piece, even if it is just a small one on social media, was a confidence boost for me.
I don’t usually put a lot of stake in Instagram likes, as I feel they don’t have much permanence outside the moment in which that particular person sees a particular post. I’m guilty of being on the opposite side, liking things and then later that day forgetting who made them or why I liked them. I’ve been trying to alter my perception to this model, because Instagram will be a platform to depend on when we leave uni, and I want to try to understand it and how to use it properly for creative benefit in time for then. However, there is a lot of content on instagram that genuinely provides inspiration for me on a daily basis, so I know from experience that not every like you recieve is just the mindless double tap of someone who thought the colour choice was cool. For this reason, it was a confidence boost getting even the smallest response from Twin Shadow in regard to the work I made for his song, as it’s just a reminder that people can appreciate your work and learn your name slowly that way, not everything is a big deal and huge commission opportunity.
I don’t usually put a lot of stake in Instagram likes, as I feel they don’t have much permanence outside the moment in which that particular person sees a particular post. I’m guilty of being on the opposite side, liking things and then later that day forgetting who made them or why I liked them. I’ve been trying to alter my perception to this model, because Instagram will be a platform to depend on when we leave uni, and I want to try to understand it and how to use it properly for creative benefit in time for then. However, there is a lot of content on instagram that genuinely provides inspiration for me on a daily basis, so I know from experience that not every like you recieve is just the mindless double tap of someone who thought the colour choice was cool. For this reason, it was a confidence boost getting even the smallest response from Twin Shadow in regard to the work I made for his song, as it’s just a reminder that people can appreciate your work and learn your name slowly that way, not everything is a big deal and huge commission opportunity.
Friday 23 March 2018
Dream Wife - FIRE
This design for the song Fire by the band Dream Wife is part of the self directed music based brief I’ve been working on for 603. Earlier in the year I had some contact with bands about work, but I haven’t reached out in a while, as I’ve been focused on building up my extended practice portfolio with a greater range of work outside of the music based stuff.
I’ve made a conscious effort to focus on the music of smaller bands with my responses, mainly because their music hasn’t been done to death or mined for ideas already, so it acts as a clean slate for me creatively, and I find it a lot more exciting to adapt something into the visual that might not have been adapted before. This, and also because the bands are smaller and thereby more likely of actually becoming aware of the work I’m doing.
The band Dream Wife liked this Instagram post, and made me aware they had actually seen it. It feels strange to talk about professionals responding to my work on Instagram because I don’t always feel like it's incredibly relevant, or a definite indicator of anything. However, I thought that each small development is still an example of moving forward and slowly becoming known by more practitioners and professionals moving out of uni, which is something I really want to boost.
I’ve made a conscious effort to focus on the music of smaller bands with my responses, mainly because their music hasn’t been done to death or mined for ideas already, so it acts as a clean slate for me creatively, and I find it a lot more exciting to adapt something into the visual that might not have been adapted before. This, and also because the bands are smaller and thereby more likely of actually becoming aware of the work I’m doing.
The band Dream Wife liked this Instagram post, and made me aware they had actually seen it. It feels strange to talk about professionals responding to my work on Instagram because I don’t always feel like it's incredibly relevant, or a definite indicator of anything. However, I thought that each small development is still an example of moving forward and slowly becoming known by more practitioners and professionals moving out of uni, which is something I really want to boost.
Monday 12 March 2018
Times Up thoughts
My research around feminism and the sexual harassment scandal happening in the entertainment industry right now has fuelled a lot of my work currently for 603. I wanted to make work that actually could have an impact, maybe raising money for certain causes against sexual harassment. Thinking about this, I chose to look into the Times Up movement, which was started in response to the slew of allegations that arose against several people across the entertainment industry, after Harvey Weinstein opened the floodgates.
I often feel like my work lacks permanence. As in, I make it, the brief finishes, and my work remains there as nothing really but a reminder of past ideas. I really want to change this about my practice and make things that have more of a lasting impact, and can be translated into different mediums and reach audiences it might not just directly coming from me. This is also why I’m interested in making work for Times Up, my work could take on a greater meaning and actually reach people outside the sphere it currently exists in.
I often feel like my work lacks permanence. As in, I make it, the brief finishes, and my work remains there as nothing really but a reminder of past ideas. I really want to change this about my practice and make things that have more of a lasting impact, and can be translated into different mediums and reach audiences it might not just directly coming from me. This is also why I’m interested in making work for Times Up, my work could take on a greater meaning and actually reach people outside the sphere it currently exists in.
Thursday 8 March 2018
International Womens Day
This is my response to the ItsNiceThat short brief for International Womens Day. Feminism is something that’s been cropping up a lot in my research and practice a lot lately, so it was a nice challenge to try to apply what I’ve learned to an actual brief response. This design is one of a few that I’ve been trying to adapt into a poster series or zine, so I enjoyed this brief as it gave me the opportunity not only to explore some more feminist themes within my work, but help me visualise maybe how these illustrations can work in context, be it as a series of posters, book etc.
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