When all else fails, make up a story

So we were supposed to create 4 photos that had to do with add, subtract, substitute and superimpose. It sure did create great confusion in the class.

As for me, I was still very unsure even after the countless attempts to make it clear. Hence I decided on a story first, a story that had to do with the four words.

It goes like this,

photo137649183987445279 A god was bored and decided to create two sisters (add), one was materialistic and the other was interested in human nature. Technically I did subtract the eyes and substitute the face with other images.

photo137649183987445276 Hence the materialistic one tried collecting all that she desired (substitution in terms of trying to find meaning in life). Technique wise I would say I divided the image.

photo137649183987445278A demon saw his chance to use this girl’s greed (superimposed) and possessed her, leading to great destruction on earth, much to the demons pleasure. The technique used here was mostly to superimpose a demon on a female model.

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The other sister learning the ways of the good, decided it was finally time to step up and killed both her sister and the demon (subtract).

 

Mark making with rollers

We had mark making workshop 2 weeks ago .

We concentrate mostly on using rollers, the first thing I did was to learn how to the basics.

20160819_145848So the first I did was to roll an even black square.

It was not as easy as I thought it would be, I mean I thought we just had to roll. But I found that knowing the right pressure made things easier.

It was after that did I experiment with applying paint to the roller in different 20160819_155541

I proceed to slap paint on the roller to make it as uneven as possible.

20160819_155828 And I ended up with an organic looking mark. Worth 10, 000 I would say. xD

 

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Afterwards I added other handmade mark making tools such as sponge and wires to add more interesting marks.

By this time I think I was rather tired and wanted to fill the paper with marks. Hence I wet my already dirty hands and fling the water towards to the paper.20160819_154146

I also started to scrunch up the paper, it was like a way to stress relieve.

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It was indeed fun. Although I do believe the marks I made can be express as other emotions, it mostly represented frustration and restlessness.

We also tried mono printing and lino printing. Not much was spent on it, but for mono printing I created designs using toothpicks.

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I would like to grow trees at will

Hi I am Dora, or you could call me Road( like the D.gray man character).

I had a lovely time in class, finding out about my colleagues real identities. I got to know Cass, I mean Star Fire, especially well since we had to draw each other.

20160816_155110Such a resemblance don’t you think? I must say she has a flair for drawing. Plus my love for nature is shown. xoxo to her.

Naturally, my power would be controlling the elements, the strongest being earth. Well preventing global warming is just part of my daily job, but I must say these humans are pretty aggressive in cutting down trees. Goodness, do you think about their feelings?

I do hope that my powers would grow strong enough in 3 years to crush all evil doers with trees and make beautiful landscapes all over the world.

Ah, one can dream.

Oh I almost forgot, when I am not busy saving our poor Mother Earth, I will be acting as a student in ADM at NTU. I use to reside in SAJC, quite a comfy place, but I had to act like a normal human and “graduate”. Gah, how troublesome. I would say I am friendly, talkative and quirky so if you do have any need of saving please do drop by!wink