30 Sketches

pull over
frisk
club



Initial Word List:

Objects: steering wheel, keys, clutch, brake, accelerator, seat, buckle, engine, window, mirror, muffler, bumper, hubcap, road, signs, tickets, police, hood, truck.

Verbs:
Muffler: smoke, sputter, backfire, rattle
Traffic Light: flash, blink, stop, shine
Police: arrest, pull over, club, frisk
Head Lights: shine, blind, flash
Window: drop, crack, shatter, roll up

Meat my grinder

the audience that would be interested in this audience would be adults ages 28-45. 28 is just old enough to have established a separate life for ones self and start collecting all the things that it takes to furnish a house, (like antique meat grinders) and 45 is right on the edge that people older than that wouldn't be antique collectors, but would just have old things.
introduction to this object could happen in any number of ways, it may just be something that had formal qualities the collector found intriguing, or maybe they were decorating around an industrial kitchen motif. many collectors may have an affinity toward an object such as this because it was something that their grandmothers had in the kitchen and the nostalgia of the object attracts them too it. they always wanted to use it but grandma wouldn't let them for fear they'd break it or hurt themselves, so now they have their own to show grandma.
hobbies or carriers related to the object would be few that i could think of. i guess if someone was into sausage making as a hobby, (and yes this is a hobby) would be applicable. also antique collecting is a hobby and some collectors don't discriminate they just collect so they would fall into the category. as for careers that would use the meat grinder either chef, butcher, deli person.
feelings of nostalgia for grandmas kitchen, it calls to mind memories of the white hatted deli worker and the classic diner that serves "egg creams" and nickle sandwiches.
some one interested in an exhibit about this would be someone interested in the feeling of this time period when things seem so much more innocent and happy days. i think that possibly another person that my be interested in such a device would be a historian curious about uses of the archimedean auger, which is the interior screw portion that the meat grinder would not operate without.

final post...ers

the project is finally over, and the entire time i had been thinking that i wished i could go back and look at some of my initial concepts, that maybe there was something better there that i passed up, but now that it's over i'm fairly certain these were the right choices.

state-mints

My formal approach to this project was to use cut paper, and illustration with water color was a way of communicating my humorous concepts. The cut paper references the way a real pinata would have been made and the water color tones relate to the Hispanic visual landscape. the choice to ornament the luchador mask was a way of relating further to Hispanics by utilizing a style they would recognize.
I used parody to make my luchador poster. The pardoy of uncle sam is made more subtle by reducing the image to a head and hands. The visual and verbal pun of the pinata poster not only relates the poster do the hispanic culture but relates the hispanic culture to voting by replacing something synonimous with the voting process with something they would recognize. I chose to use these two devices because I felt they lent themselves most readily to humor, which is something I have been trying to use in my work more, because humor is a part of who i am. Working with humor is an attempt at making my work more honest.

Critique with senior and junior

during the critique with jessica and alicia they understood my posters and thought that it was a clear representation of the hispanic culture and the the copy was too the point and understandable.

in the pinata poster they liked the repetition in the copy of the a sound in "vota for a" they thought it made it more humorous, and therefore more engaging. They also liked that the little pinatas not only related to the hispanic culture but to the voting process as well. So the ideas did not seem to unrelated. They suggested that the background color be changed to contrast more with pinatas and make them stand out. They thought an unobtrusive background would be best. They also liked the idea that tyler had to hang them and thought it would put them in a more natural context. We talked about the possibility of a party scene in that background to serve this point but thought it would destract too much from the point, and to make total sense with the copy there would have to be two parties going on in the background adding unnecessary noise.

The lucha poster was also recieved well. They got it and agreed that the type should be moved back to its original place on the poster serving as a chest area for the luchador. They thought that the Luchador could use some color to make it more engaging and make the black vote stand out more against the black outlines. I decided to do this by making water color swatches, scanning them in, and uncerimoniously cutting them into fill shapes that didn't quite match with the drawing to give it a less precise quality. That we agreed would work well in this application because it was more remenicent of their cultural landscape.

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types of kinets

Possible objects:
steering wheel, keys, clutch, brake, accelerator, seat, buckle, engine, window, mirror, muffler, bumper, hubcap, road, signs, tickets, police, hood, trunk, tires, headlights, traffic lights, intersection,

possible actions:
muffler: smoke, sputter, exhale, backfire, rattle
traffic light: flash, blink, stop, shine
police: arrest, pull over, beat, frisk, patrol, club
headlights: shine, blind, flash
window: drop, crack, shatter, roll up

I think I'll go with muffler: smoke, backfire, rattle. I'll also use police: pull over, frisk, club

spreads

Story Boardies

this is my 20 frame sequence of a little toy car turning and blasting through a wall. The ending is supposed to be humorous in that it would be unexpected for a toy car to burst through a real brick wall. I showed motion through movement of action and movement of camera, and tried manipulate time through the use of many images that show little change between them.
This is an 20 frame sequence of gears shifting inside a car. I tried to use choppy sequencing and in camera motion blur to visually represent the emotions of driving quickly. The angles were an attempt to add interest to an otherwise mundane activity.

Fufteen Croncepts

in case these are illegible from top left to bottom right, they say: "This bull met his end at the hands of a matador...He will never be able to vote.", "It's easier than fighting a giant Bull. Vote", "Education...Bull...If you can make that choice you can vote", "An election without your vote is like a matador without his cape...Worthless!", "You have plenty of time. In Fact how about you don't...VOTE."
"Peace...Vote", "Take some time off...Vote", "No Choice...Vote", "An election without your vote is like a Luchador without muscles...Worthless", "I'd rather fight him than vote."

"Voting: It's as easy as swinging a stick. All you have to do is pick", "Pinata...Peace...Know what your voting for", "This is your country...This is your country without your vote", "Fiesta...Vote", "An Election without your vote is like a pinata that holds one piece of candy...Worthless."

visible languages: mapping minds and taking names

So i mapped my mind once in red and thought that maybe it wasn't really that helpful because I was pretty sure I had done it wrong, I flipped the paper over and started again after a startlingly scornful email from tyler. Now I was on the ... I don't know if you could call it right, but it was a path none the less. I got what seem to me to be a cornucopia of delectable, punny, and voterific ideas. I like 'em. Hope you do to.

narrative in sound and motion Most successful spreads

Okay, the plan of attack is to eliminate the infograph/map, they look stupid.
I'm going to add a surprise ending to the little car turning booklet,
I'll work toward making the photocopied one more unified by switching angles between frames earlier on, and unifying the tone across.
The gearshift series be reshot to exaggerate some of the actions and get clearer results, removing the soft focus in frames where it isn't necessary.
The turning series that looks like a bunch of blurs will also be completely reworked because as of right now it doesn't make any sense. I will exaggerate some of the motions in order to more clearly convey what is happening. It will also be shot in the daytime so that there is better lighting and contrast.
We'll see.

Hispanics

1. respect (starting with the self), hard work, honesty, loyalty, dedication, family.
the religious majority is split between being Catholics and Evangelicals.
maintaining cultural practices, collectivism,


2. immigration, health care, education, stability of economy, crime, concerns of terrorism
Those concerned with education what an education that is of quality and affordable
Those who want a dependable economy what it in order to have a stable platform to enhance the standard of life for themselves and their offspring.
the more conservative party is interested in gay marriage, taxes, and abortion.


3. Jennifer Lopez, Manny Ramirez, Salsa music/dancing, religious tattoos. "la playa", carlos mencia, virgen de guadalupe, george lopez, soccer, gabriel garcia marquez.

4.
hand made crafts, homiez, telemundo, nissan and radio shack are making advertising specifically pointed toward hispanics.

5. too busy, bad weather, felt it wouldn't make a difference, forgot, conflicting schedule, voter registration problems, illness/disability, not interested, didn't like candidates, out of town, inconvenient location, other (not specified). Many wanted to for the last election but were not legal yet and or old enough.

www.bellaonline.com
www.hispanictips.com
www.america.gov
www.census.gov

Narrative in Sound and Motion

I think that my activity will be reading, drawing, playing, playing video games, watching, driving, board games, writing, sleeping, building, crafting, shopping, organizing, designing, painting, throwing (pottery), cooking, eating, scuba diving, conversating, mountain climbing, smelting, smithing, founding, traveling, building, destroying, brick laying, pizza making, flying, walking, camping, bocche balling, badmintoning, observing, kick balling, frisbeeing, four squaring.

I think I'll do driving. actions include, steering, gear shifting, accelerating, braking, buckling the seatbelt, opening and closing the door, checking mirrors, checking blind spots, hanging your arm out the window.
Film sources would include the Fast and Furious series, Gone in 60 seconds, Talladega Nights, Ronin, Italian Job, each of the Bourne movies have nice driving sequences, David Fincher usually includes a good driving sequence in his films, Cannonball Run. I sure there are others.