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10/5/2017 1 Comment Awareness 2: Okuda San MiguelOkuda San Miguel is famous worldwide for his murals and sculptures and for being a part of the street art scene. His most recent work is a mural in Tahiti. My favorite of his pieces are the churches, but I also like his embroidery and murals. While his style in itself is not copied or a trend, street art and reimagining old buildings/things through art is. The boxy, colorful designs suit the subjects of his art as well as what he paints on. The link below talks about his motifs and process as well as his work on a 19th century French church--aka my favorite piece.
https://www.designboom.com/art/okuda-san-miguel-chateau-de-la-valette-skulls-07-11-2017/
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10/5/2017 0 Comments Awareness 1: James JeanJames Jean Prada Collection: 2018 is something especially important to me. I follow James Jean on Instagram and I really like how his work is almost liquid. He mainly makes prints-- and is popular for them-- but when I saw that he designed a Prada line, I realized that if you become famous for one thing you can still branch off. While I didn't like all of the clothes in the fashion show because they had weird cuts, the accessories were my favorites. He had so many shoes and purses and things and they were all decorated with his art! Since Prada is a world-known brand, his work on fashion could become trendy. Today, personalized clothing such as jackets with patches or embroidery are popular, so his line being as unique as it is continues this. The way his art has fine lines and pastel colors makes me want to make my art look cleaner too. Although, I realize he uses computer programs, making it easier to make those lines. His bunnies and floral backgrounds are motifs he uses often, and make me look out for repeating patterns in other works. Reflecting on this post later, the floral backgrounds make me think of arabesques, which we are learning about now in Global. However, Muslims are not allowed to draw/make art with living things, so the bunnies would not fit in that idea.
10/5/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #3After mixing my own brown I decided to do the ink wash before the ink. When I tested it on the scrap paper it worked so fingers crossed. I will probably end up doing two master drawings, because this one is going to be finished soon. Idk which one I want to do though.
9/29/2017 0 Comments Progress Post#2Working on getting composition and marks down before starting on the fancy paper drawing. Chose a slightly tinted paper but not planning on tinting it myself, as the drawing already has a lot of ink wash. Already made the enlargement grid and working on the contour to get started!! Hopefully by today I can start really testing out the ink and start drawing on the final paper.
9/22/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #1I finally chose my Masters drawing yesterday. I really like the mark making of the artist and look forward to how I am able to replicate it.
9/20/2017 0 Comments Lunch Lecture #1 (Experience)Today Mrs. Molly O'Neil, Maggie Walker alumnus, came and lectured about her career as a graphic designer. She gave us some key pieces of advice, including: "always tell your employer what you're good at", "don't be afraid of criticism", "be a perpetual student", "always move forward", and finally "love your art, but not too much." The first and last statements were more geared to the profession of graphic design, meaning that your employer will most likely put you on a project that you like rather than someone else because they know you will give a better result, but since they are your employer after all they can reject or change anything you create. The overall lecture was pretty interesting as we learned about how she got to where she is today: one month working for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. While in school, she did not really know what she wanted to do, but there were several jobs she worked that she felt were not right for her, so she continued to search for her passion and seems to have finally found it here. Learning that she was able to keep searching for a job that she liked past her first left an impression on me, since I too don't know what I want to do when I'm older. Although I don't think that I will take the path of a graphic designer, it was still a valuable lecture over another possible career involving art. Whenever I see an illustration in the commentary section of the Times-Dispatch, I will be sure to remember Mrs. Molly O'Neil and the lessons she taught us today.
My mother and I spent our Saturday in Philadelphia, especially at the Museum of Art and Rodin Museum. Due to lack of time, we weren’t able to see all of the works but enjoyed the ones we did see. The most interesting part other than particular works was when we saw the same replications as in the VMFA.
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