Recycle poster (1)

What I like about this poster is that they have taken a picture of the material and waste that they have collected and cut it down to look like the object they can make it in to. I plan to take an idea similar to this in my own project. It's a simple yet effective and colourful way to put across the message that recycling really helps.

My Project Proposal

I am going to research a variety of contemporary environmental artists to get some inspiration for my work. For the time being, I think I will be sketching some discarded objects to become familiar how refuse looks next to each other. Then I think I will sketch a design combining some useless objects to make the collection as a whole look like some thing useful. I will then work over my initial design with other media and materials such as collage, mono-prints, paint, ink and letter blocks.

I have looked at Michael West’s work and have noticed that he creates both 2D and 3D creations… His sculptures are mostly red and made out of refuse waste, he has also created a selection of paintings, finding inspiration from the shapes and lines of the waste and going on to make bright, abstract images. Although his work is interesting, I don’t really plan on using his method of working, but it has opened my mind to the possibility of 3D art.

Here is a photograph from Michael West’s website: http://www.michaelwestart.com/page3.htm This piece was described on Wikipedia as:

“Anthropomorphism” is the attribution of human characteristics or, recognition of human characteristics in non-human creatures and beings, phenomena, material states and objects or abstract concepts”

Week one: I plan to research more artists and find some that inspire me, I would then combine the attributes I like about each of them and add something of my own to make it unique to me.

Week two: I imagine we will be drawing still life of the waste objects.

Week three: I hope to have a selection of drawings and sketches from the objects that I will combine together to make them look like something else.

Week four: I plan to have made my final design and be working back into it with different media, making it more abstract and/or interesting. I will, at some point, reassess how my time is going and see if I could plan it better.

Kandee the Makeup Artist (2)

 She uploads her blog every few days so there is plenty to read, her newest post is about her trip to a makeup lab where they make foundation and blusher. She is helping them to make it and testing them all...

She describes it as being the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory of the makeup world"

Here she is mixing foundation.

She also has uploaded posts about how to create "cute hair" styles and makeup ideas. This can be very helpful for someone who wants to, but struggles, to make their hair and makeup look nice. She will suggest hair and makeup products that she personally uses and uploads pictures of what each product does for her... She then puts in a link to where you can purchase one of your own.

Ryoki

Unfortunately, she only uploads one photo every few weeks. Although her work is good, she doesn't explain anything about her work... She just uploads the photo and doesn't say how she did it or why it's in that design... did the client ask her to design something? Maybe they came in with the design and it means a lot to them? I don't know any of these things... I think that she may have gone into detail about it on the link to her website, however, it has been blocked under the reason: 'Shopping/Merchandizing, Streaming Media' which is very unhelpful...

Here is the only new thing she has uploaded.

Professional Photography blog

These guys have been rapidly updating their blog, so much so that as I'm reading it, new photos are being uploaded!


The latest photos are about death and murder, although this is a depressing and horrible subject, I feel that the photographer captured the 'moment' even though it's obviously staged. It captures the intense moment after doing something awful...

Wilmarys Roman

As I looked through further and viewed all the new updates, I found many that I found incredibly interesting... I never would have thought of having someone pose in these ways or be able to capture the exact moment that the photo would be amazing.

I'll show you...

Nico Fredia

Tereza Vickova

Max Wanger

Mark Mawson

Jono Winnel

Dario Torre

All of these pictures held my attention as I skimmed through the blog. It's inspiring and I would like to try and recreate some thing like this.

Lattegirl Does Civilization

I found a Canadian Blogger who talks about life as it is. She seems to point out the beautiful things in life and slate the ugly. For example, one of her posts was about the obese population of America and another is about Madonna and how she is trying to hard to stay 'young', she has posted a picture of her arms while she's holding a bunch of shopping bags. While I think it's a little harsh that she is slating people for the impurities... I also feel that it's good that you can make the idols of so many people seem more human, like they should be.

Aside from all the slating and judging, she feels very comfortable with nature... apparently more so than with people. She has done a post on a vast stellar formation resembling a hand reaching across the sky... It's beautiful.

I'm not entirely sure why I wanted to follow this blog, but I imagine I just find it interesting. I know that this woman is highly opinionated and I think I just want to read what she has to say.



Here is the vast stellar formation.



The Reason I Chose: Ryoki

Content:
I have always admired tattoos and I very much like this artist's work. I like that she's a female artist and that she uses colour in her work.

Background:
This is a template from Google blogger and I think it works quite well, the blue type is quite easy to read on the black background.

Layout:
It's simple without a dividing line down the middle. However, I quite like the dividing line. I think the block of text in the middle-left of the page isn't very attractive. I like the double lined box around the title. I think it looks quite elegant and effective.

Font:
All the font on this entire blog is the same. I think this makes it look organised and simple.

Click here to visit the website.