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Pathfinder

I kinda liked the pathfinder assignments. It helped me figure out illustrator. Now I'm alot more comfortable with working in illustrator. So thats good. Here are some samples of what my first studies of the word I chose (dribble).

REFLECTING I GNITCELFER

Okay so I'm having fun with the index parameter. It's refreshing to be drawing something that is not the stapler. It definitely allows more room to play. I had a hard time with "nirvana" though, the synthesis of two sketches only felt perfect a couple times.. twenty was a stretch.. but hey. whatevs. My favorite was the typography.. I will upload a picture when I get around to scanning it. Buuuut for now, here are some index sketches:

REFLECTING.... and thinking..... and making...

So the sketching is still in progress. I like the parameter that requires we use an alternate marking tool. So far I've used an eraser over vine charcoal and a screw. My favorite alternate making tool thus far is the screw. I dipped it in India ink and used it to try to draw the stapler. It was  hard to manipulate the outcome.. I guess that was the point though... 

Reflecting... this time on sketches...

The first three sketches of the stapler that i did

So far I've done about 125 sketches of my hand tool (the stapler). It's been somewhat interesting. I've really had to stretch my imagination in order to depict it so much. Some of the markings and sketches help me to see a new aspect of the stapler that I would not have "seen" if I had not drawn it under that method. 

REFLECTING... this time on Comics..

I thought that the comics reading was interesting. It was definitely more philosophical than I expected it to be. But then again I guess that reflects the whole message. In chapter 2 the author talked about how the pictures in comics are simplified so that the message is amplified. The comics in the chapter were simple, direct, and did not interfere with the message that was being delivered. The chapters touched on subjects that most people never really think about. I wouldn't even really recognize words as a symbol, because honestly, I don't even recognize words anymore. Words are such a part of my everyday life that I don't even really think about them, I just think about the message that give me, ah, but i guess I just proved the point of the readings... 

I also liked when the author was discussing how we project ourselves into everything. We learn how to use objects to be extensions of ourselves. We learn how to recognize ourselves in things that look nothing like us. We design the world in our image, because that's the only think we innately relate to. Using this as a building block, I liked how the author talked about abstracting what we see and feel in a sensual context, allows comics to seem simple, but actually be very conceptual.

Paint Roller: The Prototyping Phase 2

Travis, Lori, Colleen, and I decided that we wanted to meet up on Sunday to build a better prototype. We met at Michael's to buy some materials and then took the party over to my place.

A saw was used to do what a pair of scissors could've done with ease.

.... but it got the job done..

Colleen got crazy with the glue

The Semi-final prototype