Project 2 – Forest Gump – Process

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Forrest Gump – Tote Bag

I had chosen this particular quote and the final outcome as the design I would choose to print on the tote bag.

Process

For the makeup class during recess week, I had printed out my transparencies and made test prints.

The outcome can be seen below,


I was quite pleased with the test outcome. Although it was only later did I realise there empty rectangular patches on the top corners.

To solve this, I taped the outer silkscreen layer with tape. This would prevent the ink from being printed out onto the final tote bag.

Final totebag outcome

Overall, I am quite pleased with the outcome. After seeing many of my classmatees failing to silkscreen properly, I am pleased that the test print provided me good platform for me to practice.

 

 

My Girl’s Got Mad Flava

With reference to the title above, it is the quote I had picked from the movie Kids by Larry Clark (1995)

My girl’s got mad flava, heavy flow

To contextualize the quote – Casper, one of the main characters in the film mentioned this after dipping a tampon into his cup of red juice, before proceeding to suck it out.

For reference, here is a link to the quote

It is quite apparent that this act and quote refers to his sexual desires and his views towards women. As a young, sexually active male he desires the female vagina and merely sees it as an outlet for his desires and lust.

On a more disgusting note, I realised that ‘heavy flow’ refers to the painful and ‘heavy’ feelings a woman feels during menstruation/period. Casper’s act of dipping a tampon into a cup of juice alludes towards a more disgusting angle of his sexual acts. Nonetheless, I believe he did not imply this directly and instead it is only acted upon the viewer to form this connection.

I wanted to use the image of a woman to elucidate the concept of ‘girl’s’ but also denote a more sexual idea. I had used a vintage illustration of a sexy woman back in the 50’s – curvy, slim and with a sizeful bosoms.

To further illustrate the notions of desire, alluded from the quote, I wanted to simmer it down towards the concept of eating and how we find a variety of flavours in food. We find food to be a source of pleasure so I used it as a replacement for the sexual ‘desire’.

I juxtaposed and created a silhouette of the sexy woman as a simulacrum of various food imagery.

However, I am not happy with the final results. After a brief consultation, I realised that there was a lack of blatant historical imagery. Furthermore, I had used images of modern food which in turn watered down the historical element of the illustration.

Nonetheless, I think the underlying concept has greater potential and I feel that I will be using this for the printed component of the project.