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Digital Painting

I really want to focus on some technical stuff for the beginning of the semester. I went into a really deep exploration of various concepts all of last year and as much as I love doing that- I really want to master my craft of photoshop. i spent so much time with it, that I want to extend my knowledge of digital art. Over the summer I did a lot of researching online and found many photoshop tutorials, and I want to really utilize them. I bought myself a tablet, and I want to do some really fun digital paintings of fashion imagery. I am so inspired by fashion ads and I think there is so much valuable content in them that I love manipulating. Im attracted to the colors, the compositions, the beauty. Its intoxicating. I could spend all day just looking at magazines. When i find an image i love, I get so excited and start ripping out the pages and putting them on my walls. So what I want to do is make portraits with these images, sometimes copying them, but most of the time really altering them- subtracting and adding information and transforming them into my own. Leigh Viner, Sandra Suy, Danielle Buetti are all artists that I love for their style in creating these images. Its a mixed media, drippy, fashion illustration look that I love and want to emulate.

something to keep in mind...

RHYTHM and SPEED of piece

list of references

yoga
sky divers
pregnancy
ballet dancers
9/11 fallers
crucifixion
gymnasts

final project idea

Flash movie:

constant stream of fallers, scattered, varied in distance, location, and position.

GREAT inspiration for my fallers

Elijah Gowan

Depictions of people falling, really great to capture different angles and body movements/ positions of falling.

upside down, rightside up, difference in legs and torso

http://elijahgowin.com

notes from critique

self disciplining of the body versus the body forced into positions

discussion with tim

History of Voguing

Definition:

A dance form popular in the 1970s and 80s. Voguing began in the Harlem gay scene as a non-aggressive battle between two feuding individuals- who chose to use dance instead of violence to settle differences. Voguing often imitated the perfect lines and flexibility of model poses seen in fashion magazine such as Vogue- of the which the dance got its name. No touching was allowed during vogue challenges, even though dancers would often become intertwined in each others extended arms, legs and hand moves. The voguer with the best dance moves was declared the winner of the battle. There were different styles of the vogue, including pantomimes or moves imitating the challenger.

Though voguing originated in the Harlem ball scene, it entered mainstream homes with Madonna's hit single "Vogue". Voguing later evolved into popular fundraising shows and individual dance styles. Today, most houses use a type of dance called the j. sette to challenge each other.

Choreographer, dance and runway teacher Willi Ninja was considered one of the best voguers of all time.

...always interesting talking to Tim.

instinct vs pose

instinct:

Reflexes as instincts

Other examples of clearly instinctive behaviors include many reflexes. A true reflex is distinguished from other behaviors by mechanism; they do not go through the brain. Rather, the stimulus travels to the spinal cord and the message is then transmitted back through the body, tracing a path called the reflex arc. Reflexes are similar to fixed action patterns in that most reflexes meet the criteria of a FAP. However, a fixed action pattern can be processed in the brain as well; a male stickleback's instinctive aggression towards anything red during his mating season is such an example. Examples of instinctive behaviors in humans include many of the primitive reflexes, such as rooting and suckling, behaviors which are present in most mammals.

pose:

1. To assume or hold a particular position or posture, as in sitting for a portrait.

2. To affect a particular mental attitude.

3. To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is.

artist: richard avedon

gymasts

artist : daniel edwards

fetal position

development, safety, comfort, instinct.

yoga : free falling

"remember the faller"

...in comparison to...

free : falling

9/11 : jumpers

the : uncanny

my work = fashion+ psychological dynamics+uncanny

concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, resulting in a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange

yoga : positions

auspicious pose

cow face

bow

cobra

seated forward bend

crow

childs pose

torture vs ballet : positions

Brise: Ballet





Torture


Crucifixion

body : positions

arabesque (ballet positions)
at attention
bowing
childbirth positions
crucifixion
dance positions
eating
hanging
kneeling
lying
recovering position
sitting
spooning
spread eagle
squatting
standing
stress position- torture

list : various body signals

agressive
attentive
bored
*closed
*deceptive
defensive
*dominant
emotional
evaluating
greeting
open
power
ready
relaxed
romantic
*submissive



*used body signals

deception :body language

*touch mouth, ear, or throat
*hold shoulders and arms close, so not to take up too much space
*nostrils flare
*lips tight
*little to no eye contact
*palms turned down, not revealed
*hide hands/hand in pocket

dominant/powerful

*strong stance = stability
*LION like
*elbows away from the body
*good posture
*square shoulders
*hands in view
*eye contact

submissive

*little/no eye contact
* showing palms (giving in)
* curling into the body-fetal position
protecting vital body parts- covering head or heart

HATE : fashion

* expectations of body

* politics of power

* industry

* cliche

LOVE : fashion

*glamour

*aesthetics

* beauty

* opportunity for creation

*femininity

*celebration of femininity

*power of women (sexual or not)

*allure

*male and female gaze

*ability to transform body (appearance) with garments- logistics of cloth

thought : provoking

There are things we hate about the things we love, and thats okay.

Que : Duong

I think this artist has a great understanding of the photography of fashion and the female body. His spreads are really beautiful and high fashion, yet very playful in color and composition.

shy : inspiration