Stoptest 2011/2012
Croquis done using watercolor is tricky because I have less time to define the body, but yields some interesting results.
The biggest development/ improvement I made was to move out of my comfort zone and just embrace the technique my teacher instructed me in.
Noticeable proportional disformity. Elongated limbs and overall disproportional. I like the face best. Also the composition was not well placed, as she did not fill out the paper.
Second study at TAW, 45 minutes.
Still prone to elongated limbs and not conforming to reality. So whats new? Faces are still my favorite part.
That day I had a fresh point of view. Instead of elongating everything, I seemed to add girth and weight... Especially the models thighs and hips were portrayed with 5 to 10 kg more than they were. Also it seems that I have a tendency to make masculine/wide backs. I like drawing hair.
Her back has maybe one or to extra vertebrae inserted but apart from her long back and arms to match, I feel like the shading values have become a more integrated part of my drawings, although I am still fighting with how to accomplish the right form of etching to add curve/ dimension to my drawing.
Our model is quite slender but perhaps I amplified that a bit too much through my minds-eye filter.. Hair, face and breasts I find to be pleasantly challenging and also yield good proportions to my own subjective opinion.
(Nov, 2011) Study of spherical and eliptical shapes.
We were asked to draw circles and elipses contiuously for a couple of hours or so and this is part of what i produced. We were epsecially reminded to watch out for sharpened turns
(making them cease to be curves) on our elipses. That however was not my primary concern as some of my elipses were kinda lumpy, so I wanted to improve on that first.
(Nov, 2011) Study of spherical shapes and their overlapping. I grasped the concept of it but i could do with more practice in performing an overlapping to give that illusion of depth, which is so vital in giving life to a drawing and/or painting.
(Nov, 2011) Still Leben Study for 1 hour.
I was distracted during that time and so I did not get very far. I was told that graphically it was a good drawing, with good attention to detail and also kompostion wise it was an interesting choice. The assignment in and of it self was actually not completed as I was not supposed to draw outlines like had been doing since the beginning, but to draw around the object showing the circular motion in depth, even if it meant showing the lines through the object.
Again I did not use the timelimit fully... After the previous failure in showing depth I now had a new method of approach. The result: a crooked coffee pot. I need to use guidelines. Swallow pride and admit it.
I used my guideline technique that I recently acquired from drawing croquis and it was definitely a lot easier to capture the right proportions this time. Her back is still a little wide though, and her neck as a result is also rather thick. I am beginning to grasp the value placement, what lines need to be more prominent to obtain more focus and vice versa.
Again guidelines are my friend not my enemy and I find that increasingly so the teacher (Iben) is almost always right. If I can throw away sense of pride/arrogance/rationalization and become like clay, so that i can absorb the instructions, I may yet achieve even greater progress.
The last Study for now, unless of course I seek it outside of everyday schooling.
I myself am quite pleased in the progress that has been made so far, but I am not satisfied, I can get better than this.
(Nov, 2011) Self Portrait 2 hours
I adapted and readapted the size of the skull many times to fit with how i saw and drew the facial features. The glasses bothered me the most in that i could not seem to get them to fit onto my head as big as i had initially drawn it. Unfortunately some residue charcoal drissled onto the drawing while scanning so the smudges are not intentional. I am not done with this portrait I think I can make it work for me.
This is done in paint. Its tedious and frustrating but I can figure it out.
I drew the outlines in with a pencil to get proportions right and fix anything bothersome. I then did values and defined the shape with watercolor. I enjoyed trying it out and it does function somewhat, but again always room for improvement.
I initially drew the model way to slim and tall, so in order to fix the wrong proportions i just folded the paper till it overlapped and matched. It worked out pretty good I think.
The scanner couldn't fit the entire picture so I had to break it into pieces and put em back together in photoshop. Though I have yet to do that.
This is done in paint. Its tedious and frustrating but I can figure it out.
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| Oceanikakoffiny- Acrylic on paperscrap 2011 |
Our teacher (Lars Kram) put on 4 different songs and told us to paint what we felt during each song, this is my product.
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| The divine Comedy by Gustav Doré |
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| The divine Comedy by Gustav Doré |
I had to hurry up and choose a hue, that i thought would fit to the atmosphere of the picture. This was my final choice as i ran out of time to try out more variations.
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| The divine Comedy by Gustav Doré |
The two thumbnails I did get done.
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| Still Leben with Acrylic 20-30 minutes |
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| Still Leben with Acrylic 20-30 minutes |
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| Still Leben with Acrylic 20-30 minutes |
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| A random manga drawing |
I did not get the chance to use photoshop that day as all the computers were taken and so I had to instead try putting some values on a default picture with just lineart. I was lucky that I just happened to have some markers, which were actually pretty great for doing that kind of work. It felt a little too much like doing a coloring book though.
(Nov, 2011)
On the flipside.. Its easier to see and appreciate that I did indeed add value to the drawing.
Color schemes for the animated cartoon: Captain Awesome.
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| Brian Storm |
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| Some rough sketch conceptualizing |
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| Symbolic Discomfort/ Horrormance |
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| Vagina Dentata, (unfinished Horrormance) |
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| Metrallycism |
(Made during our brief Photoshop course with Igor's assistance and guidance)
There are first times for everything.
I enjoyed working on this and i hope to pick it up later again and add more of my progression in it.
Photoshop is great once you get acquainted. Its like having a difficult friend, who at first glance looks completely foreign and utterly incomprehensible, and then as you spend time together you find all these little things that make you appreciate him even more. :)
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Double edged victimization. (unfinished)
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| Curly Moe Larry The three stooges as Mafioso. |
Stoptest 2012/2013
Potlatch performance with Andreas Monty
So I played no part in the creation of this marvelous poster, but I felt it was necessary to have, as it pretty much explains how the project itself went.
It was a project, which sprung into life from my class's collective creative energy. The purpose was to share/ give something to another person, and so at one point Andreas Monty our teacher, mentioned the old native American tradition of the Potlatch (pot of luck, if you were to translate it to a modern day context.) Where the native american tribe would assemble and each bring a gift to give to another, so that everyone would be presented with a gift, no matter how substantial.
And with this mantra resonating in our heads, we went about our different projects without a clear idea of what our final expression would resemble. To some this very liberal approach left them feeling helpless and lost in the overabundant sea of freedom of choice. So they hoped to cling to anything as sturdy as guidelines, but they did not realize that they themselves were their own guidelines. In order to truly express the gift of life, there is no other greater influence than ones own, and as such it is perfectly clear to me that when dealing with such a task, one must rely on ones own personal experience and that of the group. Together surely a common denominator can be found.
Alas this mentality was not completely shared and some bitterness and frustration was hence connected to the project, a damn shame if you ask me.
For those who felt that way, I hope they might since then have come to realize that it was not the project they disliked, but their own inability to act in a completely free working environment. Anything was possible and they were overwhelmed.
I had my fair share of trials and tribulations as well. A lesson in group dynamics certainly was in order.
The project I had initiated, morphed along it's way and I have no remorse regarding its change.
All for the better say I!
An idea of stop motion sequences; alternate uses of public objects, such as trash cans, benches and light posts etc. became a stop motion storytelling.
The entire story was never fully conceived and as such it was pretty flexible towards change, but still the rough outline and moral of the story remained adamant in my head, and therein was my flaw.
I had tried but not ensured that everyone in my group had that same understanding.
The other issue was that, the setup for the project required me to sit/hang between the rafters so that I could take pictures directly above the ground, which served as our background.
This by itself was not an issue, but no one else was either willing nor capable of taking my place in the group, and so my participation was vital to the project, along with my supervision of animation.
So when I did not take charge and let my words be questioned, substantial quantities of time were wasted over simple bickering. It was not a matter of battle between ego's, but rather the factual hierarchy.
I had the overview and those on the ground did not, even so I let myself become confused, by interjections and objections to my own supervision. Not to say that I would not give way for others input, but rather like always a communication breakdown was always looming. Tensions would sometimes rise as my frustration (as the head/eye) at the hand not doing as it was commanded. The roles were not set in stone, and they should have been.
Let it be said, that there were loiterers who joined the group later and as such, had a disadvantage, as they had not been with the group since the get go. With all this in mind I would boast that we did do a bang up job.
Peter lying on the ground,most likely still aching from prolonged exposure to awkward poses on the unyielding cold bricks.
A real champ :)
It was a project, which sprung into life from my class's collective creative energy. The purpose was to share/ give something to another person, and so at one point Andreas Monty our teacher, mentioned the old native American tradition of the Potlatch (pot of luck, if you were to translate it to a modern day context.) Where the native american tribe would assemble and each bring a gift to give to another, so that everyone would be presented with a gift, no matter how substantial.
And with this mantra resonating in our heads, we went about our different projects without a clear idea of what our final expression would resemble. To some this very liberal approach left them feeling helpless and lost in the overabundant sea of freedom of choice. So they hoped to cling to anything as sturdy as guidelines, but they did not realize that they themselves were their own guidelines. In order to truly express the gift of life, there is no other greater influence than ones own, and as such it is perfectly clear to me that when dealing with such a task, one must rely on ones own personal experience and that of the group. Together surely a common denominator can be found.
Alas this mentality was not completely shared and some bitterness and frustration was hence connected to the project, a damn shame if you ask me.
For those who felt that way, I hope they might since then have come to realize that it was not the project they disliked, but their own inability to act in a completely free working environment. Anything was possible and they were overwhelmed.
I had my fair share of trials and tribulations as well. A lesson in group dynamics certainly was in order.
All for the better say I!
An idea of stop motion sequences; alternate uses of public objects, such as trash cans, benches and light posts etc. became a stop motion storytelling.
The entire story was never fully conceived and as such it was pretty flexible towards change, but still the rough outline and moral of the story remained adamant in my head, and therein was my flaw.
I had tried but not ensured that everyone in my group had that same understanding.
The other issue was that, the setup for the project required me to sit/hang between the rafters so that I could take pictures directly above the ground, which served as our background.
This by itself was not an issue, but no one else was either willing nor capable of taking my place in the group, and so my participation was vital to the project, along with my supervision of animation.
So when I did not take charge and let my words be questioned, substantial quantities of time were wasted over simple bickering. It was not a matter of battle between ego's, but rather the factual hierarchy.
I had the overview and those on the ground did not, even so I let myself become confused, by interjections and objections to my own supervision. Not to say that I would not give way for others input, but rather like always a communication breakdown was always looming. Tensions would sometimes rise as my frustration (as the head/eye) at the hand not doing as it was commanded. The roles were not set in stone, and they should have been.
Let it be said, that there were loiterers who joined the group later and as such, had a disadvantage, as they had not been with the group since the get go. With all this in mind I would boast that we did do a bang up job.
A real champ :)
Along the way my group actually succeeded in being one of the first groups to finish their project, and as such we were able to assist the other groups with their many various projects, and so I would cut out, glue, papier mache and so on. A regular arts and crafts festival, with lots of hygge associated.
I like to tinker and make unlikely objects fit together to form a new context with a different purpose, such as my levitating lantern stick. Made from a broken badminton racket, a stick found in an abandoned house, nylon string, staples, wire and a homemade lantern with an electric candle. I also managed to roughly put together a mobile out of a ramshackle drying rack for clothes, and add some lanterns for aerial visuals on stage.
This was the final product after weeks of tedious repetitive picture taking from awkward positions. It played at some point in our performance, perhaps before I had to be a puppeteer on stage... I can't really recall the order of things.Credit is due to those I deem worthy of it, and these are my unadulterated feelings; Amanda thanks for doing a great job of editing and assisting me in getting the idea across to the others when I could not communicate it to them, Peter you were great at lying still... :) and dealing with my crude humor, Henry thanks for the help with animation and building props, and by the way your walk is great. To the others, thanks for joining me in this project and making it come to fruition.
But yeah I was also a puppet ninja dressed from head to toe in black, so that I could serve as the "right hand" of the great spirit puppet. Somewhere on the net I hear there exists some video material of the perfomance. Maybe one day I will find it and post it.
But yeah I was also a puppet ninja dressed from head to toe in black, so that I could serve as the "right hand" of the great spirit puppet. Somewhere on the net I hear there exists some video material of the perfomance. Maybe one day I will find it and post it.
Croquis with Iben Lindebjerg
Foot study. Using construction lines to show the form of the foot. This lead me to a better understanding of how construction works. Need more of this practice.
A simplification of form if you will.
Definitely something to try in my own posing.
Kowabunga Dude!
Can't recall what was wrong with them unless it was the timeless issue of construction.
Another self portrait pure coal me-thinks..
Seems i got a little beefier through the eyes of the beholder.
Not construction when shadows are applied through smudging of coal.
Pink Panthers Asshole Art Installation with Jes Brinck and Søren Taaning
This project was a great relief for me, as well as the rest of the class as far as I could tell. Most of us were not feeling very amped about having another performancey liberal project, but the due date made all the differene, as we just pushed through without worrying about what our point was, as long as we made an experience that would not soon be forgotten by the parties attendees.
The theme was fear and thus an eerie plan formed in the twisted minds of 2.k as we plotted for pink panthers asshole!
Muiltiple ideas were initiated with sole purpose of recreating a familiar space (høgni pub) into a completely unrecognizable warped reality.
Frankly I would be lying if I said I didn't have fun throughout this process. The culmination of it was so extraordinary that my own mnemonic capacity was exceeded, (possibly due to indulgent alcohol abuse :D) but it is said to have unleashed a destructive energy upon itself. And then converged into the embodiment of destruction that I was, like the ebbing tide, only to once again relinquish the hounds of hell upon itself. Lest to say the day after i woke up somewhere in the afternoon and apparently almost everything had been smashed to pieces. To this day I can only grasp at the glimpses of what once was the pink panthers asshole, and thanks to Visuel HF for that experience. Truly a one of a kind schooling.
Graphic Design with Ari Marteinsson
Muiltiple ideas were initiated with sole purpose of recreating a familiar space (høgni pub) into a completely unrecognizable warped reality.
Graphic Design with Ari Marteinsson
The cover for my novel, made mostly in hand except for the finishing layout touches on photoshop.
First is Noras text which in the actual novel is after Thorvalds text (Don't let that confuse you) and I tried to portray her stability and certainty through the addition of serifs to the font. The Italics are meant to indicate her longing or searching for a truer love and the pink text is her apologetic and fading feelings for Thorvald.
Secondly Thorvalds words are pointy, skewed and blown out of proportion just as the loathsome, dominant and dehumanizing qualities of Thorvalds ego lead him to destroy the relationship he is trying to maintain.
Visual story telling with Ari Marteinsson, Sophie Haack and Tom Kristensen
Classic clay sculpting with Danilo
