First World Problems

Show is now up, regardless of the fact that as of now, 3 people have yet to install and the lights are still not as perfect as they should be.

All in all it looks good. I'm proud of the entire group getting this entire thing together.

Oh and I settled for four photos. I'm proud of my spot.

Now I'm going to get loaded.

2/5 way done

I got two out of my five photos done.

I had a critique not last week but the week before that.

I edited one photo like 4 times. I think I need a bigger printer. I do not know actually.

I am printing another proof. If it doesn't get cropped at the bottom, which I'm hoping it wont. It will be a final print.

Now I just gotta talk to my teachers about how I'm going to display these.

In Production

Thanks to a snow day and no critiques last week, I have not have work shown in three weeks. Friday there will be no critique for Group 2. Then there is spring break.

The class after spring break I want to strive and have at least one of the pieces I will be showing done.

My progress has been more in my editing then subject matter itself. Due to the fact that Annie Liebovitz has done a Disney campaign, it is going to hard to do one myself seeing how I cannot match up with the former's celebrity. I will figure something out.

I want to maintain my art history knowledge of painting and focus on something similar to Valasquez's "Las Meninas". Meaning I will still be one of the subjects of the photograph, but I will try to keep the same mystery as to if I am the centrifugal part of the piece or merely a side character. I will be off more to the sides in terms of portraying a lesser character of any film I decide to replicate.

In terms of lighting, I am trying to have something more along the lines of chiaroscuro. It helps with my editing process and adds an element of painting, my concentration.

I still want to make it look like a fashion editorial so subjects will be done up in a manner similar to fashion magazines we frequently browse.

With that said. Off to the drawing board.

Two more samples

Another Step towards thesis

This one is more obvious than the last one because I am doing a still from The Royal Tenenbaums where as the one I posted yesterday I was just dressed as one of Steve Zissou's crew members.

Some of my work that's in progress

Sorry for the delay. Just read the e-mail again. I've told Viktor and my critique group my plans. I have more of the stuff down, it's just the production sets I have to start working on. Because I don't have anything SOLID yet in terms of a set, models and assistance. I'm working on quick shots of myself in movies that I might use for my thesis.

This is the first shot. I'll pump them out day by day.

Life Aquatic

No Critiques This Week

And last week because we were in LAB only a select few students had tangible work to show.

Jaime An-Wong showed the beginning of her sculpture piece, and as of right now has been getting suggestions on what to use as an adhesive for her collection of crushed Coca-Cola Cans. Other than that, because she has a concrete idea of her thesis, and she has it started, only suggestions on how to make it work better could be given. At the moment I can't think of any artists to look at, other than "How To" videos on how to get aluminum cans to stick.

Ariana had pieces to show too. Her sculptures are going to be presented with the photos. I think when I see both together, a stronger dialogue can happen. As of now, seeing them both separate, I'm seeing them as two different pieces of work. Which is fine, but once they come together it will be stronger.

Sarah made a comment about photos she's working on and how she's not sure if she's comfortable yet with displaying them, which got me to thinking. For four years we've been making work TO show to people. As artists we need to be able to release the sentimental value of our work in order for it to be properly critiqued, viewed and possibly purchased. Hearing that comment bugged me a bit in the sense that "why are you making it if you don't want it seen"? I know there are arguments against how I felt upon hearing it, but in the same sense, we are putting ourselves out there no matter what degree of emotional attachment we have to the piece we are working on.

Minor thoughts on last weeks thesis class. If the snow keeps up I have no idea what's going to go on. I don't want to sound like a total dick, but I'm worried about certain people. And by people I mean Group 1. I think this class is going to be critical in that we ALL need to get our shit together. I know we all just want to show our work and dont care about anything else, but act like you give a fuck. I'll be so disappointed if not that many people show up, weather aside.