Design 3- Assignment 3, 4, and Final

So Design 3's final jump was a blur. I still was having conceptual thinking issues, all I wanted to do was be literal, when I needed to be critical.

I make it seem like less of a push over than it really was, but this final project really killed me. Design 3 has been my weakest attribute to my Design series.

We started off by watching Everything is Illuminated, and in contrary to the trailer, the film was pretty silent. It did have some premium dancing. (haha) *Speak in Alex's accent*

We came up with 8 still shots from the movie, of course manipulated to our concept's ideals.        

                                                   
              
              
              

My concept, with the help of good friends in my classes, came to be "Alex picked up the torch his grandfather left behind". This evolved into the idea that the ever-meshing bonds of generations upon generations truly can create a new prospective.

We then started turning all of that into a model. My first model was bland. The wax additive was apparently the best in the class when it came to craft, which is what a lot of us were struggling with. That comment was the only thing that kept me going that last month and a half. My concepts and model space SUCKED, and I wasn't confident at all. So that kept me going that my wax mold surpassed the rest.

The process is always the easiest.    

Once the model was finalized, I could focus on the bulk portion of the final. Which was an Exploding Axo with a human scale, 4 Sections in Negative/White Space, 4 photographs of your model, our semester drawing, and finally the main collage drawing.

                                          

All in all, I think my work came out very great for the mind set I had early on into this project. My conceptual thoughts come slightly easier now, where as now I need to work on crafting simple drawings and models with critical ideals. Wish me luck. 

Thanks for keeping up with me!

-Michelle C. Harter

Design 3- Assignment 2

So moving on into the next phase of design 3, we're still using the previous project's ideals i.e. the 12 series of pictures and drawings. 12 pictures, 12 drawings, and now 12 models. 

The materials were gonna be using involve that of plexi, white museum board, chipboard, wire, and no if ands or buts... Wax. We are told to chose 3, including wax, as our lowest limit. I've chosen to go with plexi, chipboard, and wax and possibly wire. Tbd. 

Anyway, we made 12 process models. PROCESS. That means ugly. And the uglier the better. It just means you're using additive and subtractive thought freely. 

So this bad boy is pretty ugly if I don't say so myself. 

Either way, the time schedule we have is around two weeks. I'm currently behind on finishing my PROCESS models but that's due to personal reasons. I have jumped ahead and finished three process models completely and finish one model entirely, so 1 out of 12 done, where most people will have a secure 12 process only done. You win some and lose some.

This is my first completed model. I plan to have my professor look at it and I definitely want to discuss color flow of the material with her. I think the wire will add and pull together the industrial look I am going for. 

Thanks for keeping up with me ! 

-Michelle C. Harter

Design 3- Project 1

So with all the iterations and process done the past two weeks, I redid my final iteration of the new concepts. 

My concept was "the light will conquer your doubt". Telling a story about my experience through my conformation a couple years back. How I was always around God, but with growing up making my own decisions, I took a break from it, then realizing I needed something to hold onto. 

Here is my final set of pictures and drawings. 

Thanks for keeping up with me! 

-Michelle C. Harter 

Design 3- Assignment 1

So design 3 has taken off this Fall semester and I have the same professor. She's like, Michelle you need to take someone new next semester. And I'm like, yeah I know!! I just love her teaching methods.

I signed up for her in the beginning of this journey because I was told that she's tough, she'll make you cry. And believe it or not I cried this assignment, skipped a class as well. But I signed up for this.

So the project is surrounded by the idea of graffiti. We watched the WWII video on "Kilroy was here". So we needed a graffiti mark in our drawings. I'm getting ahead of myself. 

We needed to take pictures of an artifact that impacted us, in a 12 shot series. Black and white, little-to no background. 

I went through maybe 4 iterations of pictures before I finally got it down. 

I thought, a water bottle is important to me! I run all the time. On the first day of pinning up, i found out it wasn't personal enough. Then I attempted to tell a story about my asthma. 

I thought the sneaker idea would come across more personal. I sent her like 2 other iterations by phone and those weren't clear enough. When this set was pinned up, the background was still too messy and the story was hard to understand. 

So then I decided to skip class, change my concept completely and wing it. Honestly the constant rejection killed my spirits. I needed a day off from this. 

The new iteration I finished at home before redoing it for the final project. 

Thanks for keeping up with me ! 

-Michelle C. Harter