1/26/2013 forgot to do this

Forgot to do this blog post.... but then again I don't feel like there's much to say.
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how are you?

1/18/13 Writing from other perspectives

So my newspaper article was a little bit of a side step. I say that because I didn't go too much into the details of what I'm trying to invoke. I guess I wrote it from a perspective I fear I will have to face. That of an audience that has a casual exposure to video games. Frankly its an audience I will find myself brushing against if I continue down this route. I don't fault them but it may lead to a stilted surface conversation because of a gap in experience. Anyways can't say that the newspaper piece was of any great literature. I started with a boring character and he stayed boring throughout his small writeup. I think the only part I would keep in a rewrite would be the bit about how he only really wanted to sit down.

But that's done. I have other things to write and do. Like my characters for this project.

I've tied myself to using "Jack" as my lead characters name. I would say it's because I could make a Jack and Jill reference...but really its because its a short and easy name to use in dialog.
I need to finish up work on his model. AKA animate it so I can plop him into the unity engine and advance the environment art.

Since most of the other characters are skeletons with small clothing changes it shouldn't take me too long to fill out the rest of the cast...Course I'd rather like to say that in past tense.

The one thing I did this week was story board the work out so I can at least see a progression.. they work well enough in concert so if the worst comes to it I can present them along with my final piece to help shore up any lack of content......wait have I already telegraphed doubt and insecurity? I need to get back to work then.   

1/11/13 The Blog lives again

1) Please reflect on what you learned about yourself over the course of the semester, what you heard in the course of the review, what resonated for you, and how you will proceed with this information as you begin next semester.

Oh what Have I learned about myself? Uhhhhh.. Do I really want to sit down on the therapist's couch? Well I guess it is rather comfy. Alright lets see...I think I can boil this down to a basic idea that I don't seem to be able to get over. This gallery showing is meant to make a statement. That's a simple idea right? I should be creating a work that makes a well reasoned effort to tackle an issue of the world. Even when that statement is a logical one born from an artistic style. "splashes of ink can form something!".....To me that statement doesn't have teeth. To me that's really a statement that can be answered with a simple yes or no for the bubble sheet scan-tron 9000. 

The more interesting question. The one I'm sure you yourself maybe have asked is why did my work shut down? And that question and the answer I believe I may have for it is a layered one. One that in this setting would be an ideal fit. To be fair I do like images that are just pretty. I like thinking about creating environments for use in games and otherwise...But those pieces don't really ask or present a good artistic statement on their own now do they? I don't think they do.

I managed to take in a lot of wonderful environments over the course of this break. Both from life and from the games and movies I derive many pleasures from. But the fact that I failed to truly create last semester has got me really interested (and concerned, and fearing) Its interesting that last semester led me to have the "I'm not an Artist!" talk before break began. Of course I'm a artist! It is time to pull the camera back and capture the elements and emotions surrounding such a moment of doubt.

So I begin a new semester as one would. Wounded and frightened for having experiencing the past. Hungry and driven to rise to the future.