Project 2 was undeniably a more enjoyable project- our graphic designs enabled me to make stepping stones of the massive scale of ideas I want to visualise and make! I had a lot of fun using graphic !
Unity and variety can make or break a successful design or composition. It’s harder when exploring nitty details, like whether to use 6-sided or 8-sided shapes for a graphic design, or choosing which colors are more suited when juxtaposed together. The larger and more inviting components include figuring out where to put shapes and lines across a page. Unity can occur when grouping similar or aesthetically pleasing objects together. Variety may happen in differentiating the number, size, shape, and color of the objects chosen in a piece. The amount of details can go on.
I thought about a lot of ways I can put a line next to a series of geometric shapes — diamonds, octagons, squares — this is my favorite pattern to explore with! When I read “Variety” I think of the number of times I used a shape other than a square or rectangle, and realize my shapes are becoming more fluid and abstract. I do enjoy the small narratives included in some of my designs, such as my inkwash, which is referenced by a song made an unnamed music composer who prefers to be unnamed. The story itself is very dark, and I find those elements fascinating enough to graph digitally.
Our digital render was a definite push in time consumption and learning how to effectively use the line, fill, gradient, and pen tools in Graphic for IPad. The photo I chose has a lot of personal context (one of my first rides on a plane) and I hoped for the rendering to be not incredibly difficult. I didn’t take the myriad of tiny details at the very bottom of the photo to account, and this accumulated most of my spent on this project.
02 is an eyeopening process to explore the many creative tools I have available, and I look forward to our upcoming projects with Graphic.
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Unrelated to 02 recap, but I feel I should include as detail.
I transferred out of STEM, with a rocky disconnect and lack of interest of going back. I don’t think I have much else room for somewhere else. There’s so much I want to do here, and yet…
The circumstances for this month’s recap feels unpredictable, knowing my absence and therefore inability to write an accurate 02 recap. It’s bizarre to know how my work and standing, everything would be perfectly fine by a difference of two hours of sleep…
“I could be fine, I could’ve been fine, I could be fine, I could’ve been fine—” There is nothing to say, but I have lots to uselessly ramble about, and a few scary options I briefly considered doing out of fear… I’m glad I didn’t.
I dislike my body. It never does exactly what I request of it, which isn’t a lot. I dislike like how most of it is filled with incapability, fueled by irresponsibility, and the fact I have yet to be properly and thoroughly vulnerable with myself.
I don’t think I’ve cried this much in a while. It’s been a bit too long since then… maybe late last semester? This entire response feels immature to write, but my ducts continue to moisten and burn by the second, and I’ll eventually realize that’s okay.
I need to take care of myself more, before things become too late again, and/or I’ll no longer have a body to take care of.
nemo 