Media Arts 2
Mr. Aumiller
21st February 2012
BIG Idea
To be honest I'm still not entirely sure what exactly my big idea is, but I think I am getting closer. I think my work has alot to do with vulnerability and control (or lack there of). That's not as clear-cut an idea as I would like but I'm confident about the direction I'm going. A big influence of mine is Jan Schwankmeyer. While I don't think his big idea is quite like mine, I see alot of vulnerability and control as elements in some of his films. His work is dark and surreal, but also very humanistic.
I think the better my art making process is going, the better the end product. It's hard for me to get started sometimes, but once I get into the zone I can get so much done. I wish I had been setting aside more time to "get in the zone" but I've been so busy trying to finish other governor's projects and keeping up with school.
I learned more about what I wanted my big idea to be as I worked through the project. I also realized I always start off too ambitious and have to cut back on things. Photoshop is also something I am continuing to battle. But there must be a way to do it. I mean I just saw a good old fashioned 2D animation in the theaters today. It can't be that hard.
While it may seem like I'm not making too much progress towards finishing this project, I promise that I am still very determined to finish by Governor's deadline.
Meghan,
ReplyDeleteI think what you've written here is much closer to your big idea than anything you've said before. There is a naive optimism in your work, but also tragedy... its dynamic stuff, and vulnerability fits right in there.
As for your ambition being outweighed by reality: that's the whole point of making art. Artists are usually idealists and must spend all their time balancing the realities of life with the delusions of grandeur they invent. Successful artists are the ones who believe so strongly in their vision that they naively keep pressing forward. If you let Photoshop (or Governor's, or schoolwork, or boyfriends, or parents, or teachers, or whatever...) hold you back on this one animation, then there will be more reason to feel held back on the next one, and the next one, and the next one...
Have a little faith in yourself and fight through the nasty parts of the process. They are usually the best parts anyway.
Let's shoot what you have and start Photoshopping that junk.