#Imagemakingthroughtype: Process

February 11, 2018 ROS FARZANA Leave a comment

M A K E U P  A R T I S T :

This is probably my favourite one out of the 4 because I have a whole lot of old makeup and I also loveeee playing with makeup.

I first started by aligning the tools and creating a composition with them on photoshop.

Then I went on to illustrator and traced it out.But after completing the tracing I didn’t really like the technical and clean cut outcome. Everything was too neat and I didn’t fancy that because doing makeup shouldn’t be neat!!! It’s a fun and messy process. So I decided to try photography.

I played around with makeup, tried out different strokes and colour tests.

Link below to videos of me experimenting with makeup tools!! Please switch on your volume because it sounds relaxing HAHA:

Trying out different strokes with mascara wand

Scraping eyeshadow powder

I came up with different compositions:

I then edited them in photoshop, placed some more makeup along the borders to create a ‘frame’.

It looked a little off and it might be because of the plain background, and wayyy too many things to look at.

F A S H I O N  D E S I G N E R :

I thought of sewing at first but then I didn’t want to focus on the sewing aspect of the job. I wanted to show the process of designing and drawing out the designs.

Sorted out a composition on photoshop first to make ‘ANA’

Traced out and coloured the image on illustrator:

I wanted a light-washed watercolour and sketchy effect similar to the references. I also tried different backgrounds:

L O G O  D E S I G N E R

I decided I want to make minimalist logos for my name. Came up with different designs:

This looked like ‘Fatz’ instead of ‘Farz’. Scraping that and tried going for ‘Faz’ instead.

I didn’t like that there were too many different alphabets in my name. SO I went with ‘ANA’. I want to have some recurring motifs (2 A’s) thus the change of name.

Too simple.

Still not feeling it.

I also tried inverting the colours to see which one works better.

Ok definitely better and at least I get the logo feels from this final design.

Artist (watercolorist)

I decided to focus on one medium as an artist— Watercolour!! I love painting in watercolour because its very therapeutic and fast. I started with colour schemes first:

After which I scanned in my watercolour splashes and created some background colour:

I used the font lucky turns because I also liked doing brush lettering, especially with watercolour.

I liked the second one, but it felt like a normal brush letter design. So I used illustrator pen tool to make a paintbrush, to show myself as an artist who paints.

My Work, Project 1 - Research

#Imagemakingthroughtype: Research

February 10, 2018 ROS FARZANA 1 Comment

Before I first started I actually had a lot of occupations I knew I was interested to explore. But as I go deeper into this project, it wasn’t as easy as it seems. So I cut out a lot of my options, and infact changed lot of my occupations even when I was halfway doing them, because ART BLOCK!!! 🙁 yes sadly I did waste a lot of time

Below are the finalised ones:

Makeup Artist
Logo Designer
Fashion Designer
Artist

I kept changing the medium halfway too because I couldn’t decide.

For makeup artist I went to explore the different types of tools I could somehow use to make alphabets:

For Logo Designer I googled some logos for inspiration. I am quite smitten(lol) by cool minimalist B&W logos sooo yep my final work will be something similar.

Fashion Designer reference:

For Artist, I’m using Monet’s works as reference because I love his works so much.

Micro-Project

Project Glitchhhh

February 8, 2018 ROS FARZANA 1 Comment

Adding on piles of glitch for a group collaboration in class. I really enjoyed editing the photos because you are supposed to screw up. I always feel stressed when I used photoshop and ‘command-Z’ would always be my emergency button whenever I screwed up but today in class I felt REAL freedom!! I didn’t have to think about what I was doing and screwing up has never felt this great.

I also loved how my (half-faced) selfie turned out. The final piece is amazing you can’t even tell it was a selfie to begin with. The progress pictures were great too and contributed to the work. It made the whole collaboration more interesting because you can really get to see how each of us contributed to the glitch.

Research

Who’s talking?

February 8, 2018 ROS FARZANA 1 Comment

The video starts with a zoomed in clip of a girl in a video talking. The camera slowly zooms out to reveal more videos of other individuals. Their voices start to merge and you cannot hear a single voice.

Hello World is ‘an immersive video installation featuring over 5000 video diaries found on the internet’, all framed on a big screen that towers over the viewer. The visuals and sounds are quite overbearing, but this work is more than it seems to offer.

Christopher Baker has successfully portrayed the concept of today in this work. The tiny videos organised in tiles, and the mashed up voices is almost a soothing experience to watch and hear. The world today is fascinatingly interconnected. Anyone can broadcast themselves and allow others to view it online. By collating multiple videos of individuals and placing it in a gallery setting where anyone can visit, Christopher Baker emphasises how easy it is for people to get connected.

Part of the title of the work itself, ‘how I learned to stop listening and love the noise’, to me, is what makes this work even more interesting. I love the play of words and the irony of it. It might also imply that the world has become too easy for anyone and everyone to share their thoughts, that nobody is even listening. This is further interpreted by the muffled voices, where then viewer cannot hear a lone voice or cannot even hear a proper sentence. The voices are just a muffled mess, and doesn’t sound like voices anymore,

The work, despite showing the video diaries of strangers, still gives off a sense of familiarity. Viewers can step up and watch the individuals closely. There is no barrier whatsoever, and a viewer can hover his/her hand over the projection and watch the videos over his/her hand.

The individuals recorded in their visual diaries are all in a different setting, some personal like their bedrooms, houses and some in public places. Viewers get a sense of connection with these people, seeing their settings and familiarising with the way they talk, sit and carry themselves. When viewers step forward, a shadow is created. The shadow reminds one that the space between the virtual and reality is still there, and cannot be entirely diminished.

Christopher Baker’s work revolves greatly around the concept of virtual and reality, and even psychology. Are the people really there? Should they be seen as real individuals, or is this merely just a collective group of videos? His work intrigues the viewers through this concept that will definitely spur discussion.

Micro-Project

#Nofilter

February 3, 2018 ROS FARZANA 1 Comment

It was the first time I used Adobe connect and it was so COOOOOOOL!! When I first heard about it, I thought it was probably going to be similar to the same boring old Skype. But nope I was wrong.

I had a lot of fun and it was nice to see the whole class communicating with each other and trying to co-ordinate our body parts. I loved the fact that our whole class can be involved.

A particular activity that I really enjoyed was the part where we used a transparent bottle. We could still see our faces and it looked like we were using really cool filters. Of course the only problem was that some of us didn’t have a water-bottle.

Research

“5000 Kilometres— It’s Nothing.”

January 29, 2018 ROS FARZANA 1 Comment

Telematic dreaming is an interactive piece created by Paul Sermon. What’s interesting about this piece is that it requires the audience’s efforts to make it work. Such a medium is unique as the outcome is determined by the public, instead of it being thoroughly carried out by the artist himself.

In this piece, two beds are far apart- by 5000 kilometres. One being in a secluded room, and the other put out in public exhibition. Paul Sermon’s idea of using a bed as a platform to interact with the audience is interesting as beds often imply intimacy, privacy and seclusion. By placing a bed in a public space free for anyone to use, Paul Sermon pushes the boundary of pre-conceived notions. The juxtaposition of two complete opposites- a bed, usually concealed in the comfort of the bedroom; and the public space, where everyone and anyone can watch.

In the clips of the video, the audience is seen interacting with Paul Sermon, where at one point Paul Sermon tries to grab some keys from someone, and his hand follows the keys as if he were really able to physically grab them.

In the next scene, Paul Sermon is seen ‘holding’ hands with a viewer.

It is fascinating to see how the audience is conscious of Paul Sermon’s presence, despite the fact that he was not really there. Paul Sermon’s work revolves greatly around the concept of consciousness and physical space. Nobody dared to ‘sit’ on his image projection, probably because it might have been considered rude (and no-one in the right mind would do that to someone in real life). They all reacted to his hand gestures and body movements as if he were really physically present. Despite both beds being 5000 km away from each other, Paul Sermon’s work obscures the distance with live image projections, convincing the audience’s subconscious into believing that he was really physically present with them.

Micro-Project

Micro-project 2: TELE-study/stroll

January 25, 2018 ROS FARZANA 1 Comment

I did the live video with Elizabeth. Initially, we wanted to video ourselves leaving south spine and meeting at ADM again, where Liz takes the bus and I’ll walk. But apparently we forgot that the video had to be horizontally done. So. Re-do.

So Liz went back to her hall and I was at ADM library. We both realised we were on our laptops doing the same work so we decided it was interesting to document it- Liz was doing it in the comfort of her hall while I was in a (cold) public space.

The contrast in the nature of the location makes it an interesting documentation process and we had fun. I couldn’t make a lot of noise because I was in the library (duh) but Liz could walk around A LOT (and she did) and had no restrictions whatsoever.

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It was interesting to see the difference a setting can make to a person and how it curbs a person to act or portray themselves.

That’s all folks goodbye

Research

Open source SUMMARy

January 25, 2018 ROS FARZANA 3 Comments

Open source is a platform for individuals to share their creative process and ideas. The first article discusses about the risks and downside of a interconnected and media-driven world. Siva also points out the change in the way we project things from past to present times. In the past, copyright was originally for physical copies or media. However, in this changing day and age, copyright is now used for online media, research etc. Siva also mentions about Stallman who has faced issues when online information which would benefit society was not shared. The lines between knowledge and the right not to share is blurred and one might even mistake copyright for selfishness. Open Source however solves this by providing a platform for people to share works, but guaranteed for a good cause, like education and productive criticism. Otherwise, the system would be pointless.

Open source is basically a platform that revolves around the vision ‘DIWO’- Do it with others. Not only does it encourage people to collaborate and view each others works, but it is also a great platform to showcase the art process. By providing a platform for the creative process, it also encourages students to further push their limits and try different methods, as the process is just as equally important as the outcome.

We are interconnected!!!!