Tuesday, December 21, 2010

FL/\sH-M()B

...Another commercial which brings a smile to my face.


Sometimes... well most days I wish life was a musical. 
This is exactly what I want life to be life.
In the mean time I'll continue dreaming. Enjoy :)

Monday, December 20, 2010

D/\nC3 L!k3 NoB()di3s WATcHiNG...


Can you believe I'm on my BEAUTIFUL island of Bermuda (my home)... and its ugly as ever outside!!?!
Its not as cold as Greensboro ...But never the less I will make fun in any weather. Rainy days call for fuzzy slipper, hot coco and a good movie: 
Dirty Dancing Havana Nights anyone??? < CLASSIC.
[I'll save my paint brush for a sunny day :) ]

Thursday, December 16, 2010

GaRaNC3 D()re

i ADORE .... Garance Dore!!! 

My plan is to spend my entire break improving my sketching skills.... I was googling fashion illustrators and found sketches so beautiful... so simple... I almost shed a tear! I envy her because she has a gift but I am officially INSPIRED! 









 I just had to share her brilliance!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Br!NG oUT The K!D in Y0u...

Im one of those people who consider the previews before a movie... a guilty pleasure! Im pretty sure Im the only person on this entire planet who actually enjoys commercials :) This is a very old commercial that I love ... the great thing is...it still manages to bring laughter to my heart! I hope you enjoy it as much as I always do!


Sunday, December 12, 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

P()int [final]


Architecture is often known as the unavoidable art but I'd like to consider it as the ultimate story book. The buildings stand tall and proud revealing all the secrets of their time... of their previous times, allowing us to understand the life of those who came before us. 
To understand the nature of architecture we must break it down into elements and principles which form several theories.
 Design is built up through the building blocks of foundations, alternatives, reflections, and explorations. 

Foundations are important to the world of design. Not only in the aspect that the foundation of a building must be sound and secure but in the metaphorical sense that we as designers are continuously looking back to past foundations and the pioneers of design. In order to move forward we must learn to look back. 
We take these first styles of design and we reflect what we seen in an alternative way. Telling our stories of the present... of what is considered modern at the time.

Architecture is used in many ways and as we look back I began to categorize these uses. In the foundations unit architecture was design in ways for worship, power and longevity. It was important to the people of these times to be remembered. It was important to remember and to be remembered. 
And I must admit that they succeeded in exactly what they were trying to achieve.

In the alternatives unit their focus was on stability… uniting the community as one and uplifting them on high to the ultimate creator… God. In these times their world had been in chaos and they were using architecture to literally and metaphorically build and stabilize a new order for life. The buildings of this time tell their stories through the materials used to build it, their colossal size and the architectural plan view as most buildings were built in the image of a crucifix… solidifying the fact that I believe that they achieved what they were reaching high and upwards to.  

When something is reflected it is seen in a whole new spectrum, and that is exactly what this specific unit showed us. In the reflections unit we become aware of the cycle of revolutions and revivals. This unit teaches us that new designs are simply revivals or ideas which have been inspired by our design foundations which we are constantly looking back to. 
Design is something that takes what has already been done, alters it, and completely changes the meaning from where it originated. 

Which brings us to explorations... which can also be known as the present day. We are continuously looking back, reflecting, alternating, exploring and changing the ideas and look of design to the point where many designers believe that we have made a mess. By trying to change design I feel that we have lost it in transition. 
We are morphing styles together of several different centuries and as a result we have created suburbia. 
This class has opened my eyes to the importance of the ultimate revival... the revival of design it self.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

R3aDinG C()mp. 7 : Inquiring Eyes...


While I was soaking in art... with the sponges inside my inquiring eyes I came across the Landscape section. Looking at the "Landscape: Real Surreal Constructed" section within Weatherspoon Art Museum Exhibition at the UNCG campus, I noticed that majority of these pieces depict symbolic and abstract interpretations of the earths surface and the things which are found and inhabit within it... 
It shows life. 
All of these pieces took a very different approach to landscapes.. however the one which caught my attention was entitled : Anna-Maya (1990) by Pinky Bass (American, 1936) and Clara Couch (American, 1923-2004).
quick sketch by moi 


This piece exhibits the elements and principles known to design in a surreal way. The fact that it was photographed in black and white gives it a certain mystery... a secret... something unknown to the exhibiter. 
The fact that it was in black and white also creates opportunity for its audience to focus more on the context which was actually photographed.
The "Gnarled and indistinct imagery make this a true portrait..." (Adeline Talbot) 
... A portrait of a woman driven to see the unseen in her work... in her life. 


The drawing which I have constructed is a simplistic diagram which depicts what happens when a mirror reflects.
Things become lost... while others are suddenly noticed in a new angle... or line of sight. The layering of the tree over half of the woman's face obstructs both the viewers vision as well as it obstructs the woman's vision of the audience. 
I drew my diagram in the form of half of a rectangle to symbolize the tree covering the elderly woman's face. 
This piece is "rich with emotion.. it is unsettling.. which only adds to its claim of authenticity."
As abstract as this piece is... it makes me consider the ideas of design, the foundations, the concepts. Fine Art is not the only category of expression which considers form. Architecture is "the art we cannot escape." (Roth p.612) It is the only thing that materializes our way of life, our world, our secrets. The buildings we create draw "imagery that is comforting and reassuring in a destabilizing world" (Roth p. 584) 

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

[I.am.OFFICIALLY.] : B()ARD 0F CH/\!RS

Click on Image to see it Better.
[Im not really bored... i'm still insanely in love with them.. I just thought that was a catchy name!]