Sketches 1

Week 4/Bodies

Here are some bodies that I am thinking of illustrating.

Week 4/Project Proposal

Ok so as I have previously stated I am doing a project on the anatomy of the body.The purpose of my project is to provoke the idea of beating the odds and persistence. After watching the documentary called Only When I Dance has inspired me to do this. I am going to have a walk up booth almost like a lemonade stand where it has a Once upon a time book on it that has the story of the two dancers in the documentary I watched. Then next to this will be some sticky notes or thumb tact with paper so that you can write down your thoughts on this issue. The idea of having these sticky notes is to have the viewer interact with the piece, question their endurance and give hope for those that let others opinions knock them out. Listed below. Listed below are some works that I have the same idea for cardboard cut outs as I do.

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6459920_make-people-cut-outs.html
http://www.greendiary.com/entry/eagers-dropop-is-the-worlds-most-eco-friendly-robot/
http://www.georgejgoodstadt.com/goodstadt/hf.dca?nf=2

Week 4/Project Book

As part of my project I have decided to make a little Once Upon a time story book about the movie "Only When I Dance". I am planning on making it by hand and think this is partially the direction I am planning to take.

Week 2

In this weeks research I have sort of narrowed down my ideas for this project. After haphazardly coming across a movie called "Only when I dance" on Netflix which is a documentary of two kids in Rio De Janerio, Brazil. These two kids are attempting to make it big in the ballet world and dance for some of the worlds most prestigious dance organizations,despite some of the odds of living in the ghetto and racial pitfalls. I found this movie not only inspiring because of the lack of determination in the youth in America but because the kids in the movie beat the odds of many. I am what I would call an undercover ballet fan, I have just recently discovered the endless possibilities of being a fan of this sort of dance. I think that because of my fascination with ballet has been the driving force behind my project. I really enjoy the whole aesthetic of peoples bodies in motion. I think that I would like to encompass some facet of the body and movement.Some ideas that are not final but are still grounds to work with is to maybe examine or poke at the idea of whats holding us back? whats holding me or you back from achieving our goal, pursuit to happiness? how much is too much? how much can you bend or stretch? are you determined challenge?how to beat the odds? The idea will come to me... hopefully soon. But the way in which I would like to display it all in is by illustrative design. I really like drawing and illustrating stuff ; this is why I went this route in choosing ballet and drawing bodies. Maybe I can draw a human body and all of its muscles and just try to find out where determination and drive comes from, what is the magic potion to beating the odds or is it an innate thing that only a higher power has control of. GOT IT!...well maybe?

Week 1

Over the past couple of days I have been brainstorming ideas for a final project. Although I do not have a detailed idea of my project I do have a general idea of where I would like to encompass my project.For ages I have been obsessed with the human body from the way that it bends and curves are some facets that amaze me, I think that it would be interesting to illustrate these bodies in different ways and enhance some of the bodies features.Above are some images that I have found and deem to be images that are inspiring and may help me produce a final product.