Doodles from Daily Drabbles

Disturb

Original Images

Final Artwork

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Stencil Cutting

Original Image

Process

Final Artwork

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Original Image

Final

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Negative and Positive Spaces

Original Images:

BORZOI

Observations/Thoughts: 

There could be more experiments with the negative space of the borzoi. When the eyes were cut out, the borzoi was still recognisable. The image still looked like a dog. Having taken the eyes out, there only had the image flattened and details were taken away. However, the audience is still able to recognise the dog as a dog. However, when the focal point, which is the dog is completely removed, there was only a negative space where the dog once existed. There is no more familiar identity or detail that can allow the audience to recognise the dog as a dog. What is left is just the white space of the dog, as if a silhouette, just in white. The finished artwork's meaning changes. From a dog that is photographed to something that is less than a dog. It feels as if there the white space is something the audience have to interpret for themselves. There used to be something there but it has been removed. Instead, there is now empty void of space. This painfully reminds me of how in our everyday lives, there are things that are just like that. Once these things are removed, they are somewhat forgotten. It feels like there is something missing but you just cannot discern what it is.

NEBULUNG CAT

Observations/Thoughts:

The Nebulung Cat in this image is a super close-up shot where only the eye and nose can be seen. After subtracting the details of the cat, it still looked like a cat in the last photo. However, instead of the aesthetical feeling it gives off in the photo, the image transforms into an eerie feel due to the missing eye and nose. From a beautifully shot image, the finished artwork turns into something that is somewhat frightening as if like a skeleton cat. It reminds me of this Pokemon episode where the the pokemons turn into zombies.

Overall Thoughts:

Comparing the two experiments, it could be seen that negative space and positive space experiment will work better with dirty shots instead of clean, close-up shots. With dirty, wide-range shots, it seems that the meaning of the image will change more and there could be more interpretation behind it. The clean, close-up shots might change the tone of the image but the audience will still be able to identify the focus.

Collage

Original Images

SCALE

Detail: Paper Bird

Detail: Flying woman

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REPETITION

Detail: Arc

Detail: Human in the arc

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DECONSTRUCTION

Detail: Hair

Observations/thoughts:

Each different variation reminds me of different things. The first reminds me of abstract artworks, where items are deconstructed into the simplest form: where I have deconstructed the hair to pieces. While the last reminds me of Rene Magritte's works. The covering of the subject's face is a famous motif of Magritte's works such as "The Lovers" and "The Son of Man". Each variation changes the meaning of the image. The first seems to be that the lady is still deciding the hairstyle or is at a loss of her hairstyle; perhaps at a loss of the construction of her own life. The second is simpler where she just wants to have more braids and wants more material. The last would be the covering of her own identity and the masking of herself with her hair. By masking herself with her own hair, it seems she take pride in her hair more than her own face, wanting others to look at her by her hair.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

For some reason, all these exercises seem to remind me of Rene Magritte and the Dadaism. For repetition, Magritte has a similar work where he repeats the same man ("Golconda"). For scale, "Les Valeurs Personelles" or "Personal Values".

LINE

Original Image:

Over here, I made use of the image of a cluster of flowers for the workshop. There were five layers of tracing paper in the below photos. 

• Child-like as if like doodles
• Detailed
• Fitting in a children's book