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I continued work on perfecting my statue by going to the painting and glazing workshop. My piece originally broke in the kiln so it had been semi shattered for weeks now, I thought now would be a great time to give it some retribution.

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The most important part of making this piece was that the glazing on the insides was really shiny as it would make the blood and gross guts feel lifelike. In person this fact really stands out, especially with the black paint with the red as it really gives it a level of depth.

I noted the shape slightly melted in the kiln i think because parts such as the brain and the spine are slumping out of their body, which i think only adds to the gross feel of it all.

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^The pieces before going into the kiln. Was really hard to see how this was gonna become shiny but I trusted the process lol.

Overall I had a good time in this workshop and was great for anyone who wanted to do some more things to their clay pieces to bring it to another level. I might not do it again because I'm not completely engrossed in claywork however the ending product was something that showed me what great things you can get from claywork

18/02/2022 | Animation Task 4

THE CASE FOR "FITS"

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For this task, I had to sell the idea of my movie to you and convince you to invest in it.

I had great fun making this and hope you like it.

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There is very little known about the funny little artistic entity known as Plastiboo.

Representing themself as an enigmatic blue cat, Plastiboo creates horror inspired pieces depicting topics such as mental illness, nostalgia, and biology, with an air of playfulness hovering above the filth.

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I admire Plastiboo for their uses of several different mediums to express the topics they cover. Often ranging from 3D modelling to depict clay like characters, utalizing old cds to create new cover art, digital art, animations, and much much more.

They interest me when covering the topic of play because of their pieces ability to twist concepts that may seem a bit same old-same old, into all new creations entirely through their ability to have fun on top of the dark themes. Putting a cartoon cat into a horrifying scene of petruding electric poles or replacing a CD cover with your own art shows a level of play that i want to integrate into my own project.

My Projects idea was inspired by this artists concepts. Ive tried to twist the basis of chess on its head to bring out a different, perhaps darker take on if chess was the basis of war and monarchy. So as such, Plastiboo's art taking concepts like video games and friendliness and turning it twisted is exactly the kind of inspiration id need to bring to life an alternative take on Chess.

In summery, Plastiboo is an incredible conceptual talent and never fails to invigerate me to spill out of my comfort zone and take alternate routes to achieve a pieces potential. Soon I hope to capture a spark akin to the dark playfullness in their work.

Immaterial girl

No study of the transgender experience would be complete without citing an important figure in my personal growth and that person would be Sophie.

I remember the excitement I felt in school in 2018 seeing Sophie being nominated for a grammy award and really deserving it. Seeing someone in my position excell in a medium I adore had me cheering. Being a fan of her for a very long time and it recently being the 1 year anniversary of her passing, I found it no better time than ever to celebrate her through art.

The process, taking roughly 2 hours~

The sun

This semester was dedicated to learning some basic foundational animation work and I enjoyed every bit of it.

I've been having a lovely time these last 5 weeks. From getting to know new people to team building activities and to Fota island, I think there was at something for everybody this semester.

My favourite project to have worked on this semester mustve been the animated poster. There was something about the process of finding a poster and brainstorming ideas then leading to the puzzle filled activity of actually bringing the piece to life, that really instilled a confidence of what I can actually achieve in the medium with enough patience.

I'd pick a least favorite but it wouldnt do justice to how much fun I had in the several areas we worked in, everything had something to like.

I know next year wont be as "easy" but I'm really hoping I can keep up the confidence and enjoyment I carried throughout this semester into the future.

Ocean scene coming to life

We were asked on Friday to bring in 3 pieces of art for a mysterious project that we'd be working on Monday. I had a lot of choices to choose from but decided to go with 3 that I think would be fun to work on

Credit to:

Seascape: @_alariko Perfect blue: @fuko91507127

Erased by the light: @Milesjohnston

In class, Paul was drawn to the seascape painting as well as the Perfect Blue art. In the end we decided the seascape painting would have the best effect overall.

The work is done by starting with a finished piece, then bit by bit erasing it, As to fulfil a painterly creation when reversed. It makes you think about how people paint, and how its not just magically appearing but people start on certain aspects like outline, dark colours last, etc.

The final piece comes out to 413 frames of erasure, about 13 seconds of footage. 2 days working, roughly about 4 hours in total

"You must fit these shoes"

Clothing is a huge part of growth in the transgender experience, its the difference between a bad and a great day for people beginning their journey. A big step however is heels.

Theyve come up previously on my project because how defining they can be. Theyre like red lipstick, some girls cant pull it off and thats fine... but if youre trans and cant pull it off, it feels horrible.

No matter how confident you get in your early stages, it takes a lot of courage to brace yourself for a happy face in the mirror or an ugly bastard playing dress up.

The process...