So, the set up for my packaging tape transfer went really well! I was able to hang it in the window quite easily, and I think it looks great with that blue sky pouring through the image. It's also interesting to see how the piece doesn't look like much from the outside, but great on the inside.

So after a lot of confusion and work to get it printed I was able to get the image to come out! After I printed the image I lined up all the papers and then laid packaging tape straight on the image. The next step will be to dunk the entire image in water then eat away the paper so what you have left is the image on the tape! I'm gonna wait to do this til maybe the day before the crit so that the tape maintains it's stickiness for the window.

This is the final image I have worked up for my packaging tape transfer project! I'm loving all the variety I'm getting within the grayscale, and all the detail and fine points look great in the printed version!

(completed size will be 28"x36")

For this final project, I want to work with doing a new method that I've been developing and do a packaging tape transfer installation. I've been working with personal photography and symbolic imagery and text to create unique "see-through" imagery. 

Recently I discovered that these prints create great window clings and really allow for an interesting combination of color and imagery to interact with the print. I think that viewing these "clings" in the gallery space is equally as interesting as the photo's that come from the installation.

I have a book of Parachute pictures and interesting skylines, that I want to add in combination to my own personal imagery to create an interesting dynamic. 

I talked to Sunny about putting the window cling on in the main stairwell, but do to fire code i'll have to move it to one of the panels in the lobby area. I think it will be a challenge making such a large print, but i really think it will pay off in the end to have such a resolved and full idea.

two more versions! gonna be printing the second one for class!

(two more versions! im liking the nature of these images!)

(my first attempt! really liking the graphic nature of the piece!)

Project #4

I always seem to have some kind of narrative or story built into my work in painting, and I think that it will be interesting to see how I can apply that to Digital work.

I want to tell a story through visuals, and perhaps multiples. I find myself moving through images quickly, and multiples would be a great way to get a narrative across.

I've been fascinated with power lines, trees, and birds for a while, so im going to try to find a way to combine these into an interesting image. I've got tons of pictures to choose from, and I want to make sure that I'm allowing myself to play around with brushes and different paint tools as well.

These are a few images and compositions that I'd like to play around with:

the final version! i love that i got to play around with the colors some more

(one new attempt, and some more work on the final image choice! loving the progress and changes I've made!)

three more versions, kinda dark...

(a couple of tries for this assignment! liking the look!)

Project #3

For this project, I think that I really want to be able to explore the cycle of things, especially pertaining to objects and artists. I think it's interesting how we use objects and then throw them out, then as artists we elevate them back up again to art. It creates a cycle of use, destruction, and re-purpose that I think is critical in the way we as artists should deal with objects in our environment. When thinking about this idea of the found object and and work that explores those ideas, I immediately gravitated towards the work of Robert Rauschenberg. I think he has a beautiful style and quality to his work that relates these ideas quite nicely. I really like some of his larger prints and "collaged" printing style, and I think that I would be able to translate a similar look in a digital realm. It'll be interesting to see where this one goes!

(included are some examples of Rauschenberg's work that I feel my piece might pay homage to)

(two more variations! really love these two!)

(two more versions! used the "frame" in the first and exploring horizontal needs in the other)

                                    (yet another variation, like the "multiple" aspect of this one)

(here's a pattern based image! kinda creepy but i like it's complexity)

(really loving the play between color and black and white is this one)

(yet another variation! like the colors a lot in this one)

(another fun and playful image, like the colors in this one alot! no scanograms!)

(another attempt at destroying this image, thinking more about concept here)

(another variation! this one painterly yet again)

(my third attempt! i went for a more "painterly" look and liked the results)

(my first two tries at "destroying the icon")

PROJECT #2

(destroy the icon)

(my original image!)

Entitled CR 4: Loughton Manual 

(a C-print photo done by Matthew Barney in 1994 for his Cremaster movie series)