re: thinking

Haha it's funny how we were all kind of thinking the same thing... Instead of getting discouraged though, this could be a great chance to have a discussion on what we originally wanted out of this blog and how we can still achieve that.

Why did we start this project to begin with? My take was that we had all fallen out of touch with art, and wanted to use a friend-evaluated/reviewed environment to keep us inspired and evolving.

I think Jin's idea would be a good direction to get us re-motivated. Each week (or two weeks) we can post art-related items or concepts that we're personally inspired by or interested in, and works that we've developed/started/completed in response to that inspiration, or some combination of the two.. maybe a little written blurb on why we're interested in whatever subject. At the very least have some form of work we did to show the others.. kind of like show-and-tell! And also as Jin said, it can be any kind of concept, typography, doodle, graphic design, whatever.

This is just a suggestion, so what do you guys think?

10. Continuing on!

Ok, so we'll continue on our drawing exercises. I'm going try to put more effort or thought into each drawing ;)

This week's theme is the anatomy.

It will be due Saturday April 3rd.

For inspirations, check these out!

Pencil drawings (scroll down a bit):

http://i-seldom-do.livejournal.com/143074.html

Phrenology Poster from 1848:

http://curiousexpeditions.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/phrenology-journal.jpg

Wonky Cereal Illustration

http://vi.sualize.us/view/24d15e75ace242aff181b8e1fce5584f/

Anatomy of a GummyBear

http://www.nonsolokawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Jason-Freeny_04.jpg

Thinking

After seeing our submissions, I was thinking about changing our format somehow.

I feel like we are not putting enough of our efforts into making our artworks or that we just don't have the time for it. Having themes was good for doing things that we don't usually do, but I feel that it is literally forcing us to do art. Like, the motivation isn't coming from our hearts, you know? We need to be internally motivated and feel really proud of our works. We do try our best to produce works, but I don't feel as much passion behind them.

I was going to suggest that we post up whatever stuff we want to show off to each other each week. It doesn't matter if it's photography, concept, typography, or doodles (I personally like looking at doodles XD)... But then I realized, that's what deviant art is for. XD

How do you feel about the direction we are going at? What are some of the problems we are having and how can we solve them?

9. Disney Princess: Jasmine

Finished my finals! and I'm back home for one night so I meant to finish this up but I left my tablet back in San Luis Obispo.. -___-;; I'm posting what I have so far so I don't leave you guys hanging. Anyway, Jasmine is one of my favorite disney princesses<33 and I wanted to do a little tribute to her. Hope you guys like it so far!

Sorry I'm late on this one guys!! It's my finals week as well and as you can see... I didn't plan ahead properly. Sorry again, I'll have something up soon!!

9. Disney Princess: Who put that in the water!

Ariel must have been very stressed out lately. Or somebody keeps throwing oily food in the ocean!

Oh, and good luck to those who are taking finals ;)

My finals start this Monday, which might have had some influence on my art XD

9. Disney Princess - Nala

EDIT: I took Jin's advice and added a background......obviously not my background. Took it from Katikut on DA....... I dunno if it looks any better...lolol.





I did Nala from The Lion King! Lion King is by far my favorite Disney Movie.
I guess she is a princess right? lol...

This is kinda rough looking. Not too clean. Anyway, Lion King style is fun. lol.