In class mark making

Mark Making Part 2

Square thumbnails and Finals

Here are the square comp we worked on at the start of the sememster.

Indipendent White Space photos

These are the photos I could find others I had lost when my camera deleted them.

Pop-Up Book, Collage, Assemblage

I liked all three of these because the composition and detail of each is a strong factor and the all use it very well.

Object Research Q & A, Larger than Life Proposals, and ACI final

BW Dot Comps

Well I went back and created new thumbnails and chose the ones from both old and new that I wanted to keep. I then made 5 x 5 comps of each that of which we criticized and chose the best from the group. Two of which I have to get from a group member to post on here but in the mean time here is one of the comps chosen by my group.

Cardboard Spheres

For my Card board project I had a hard time getting the measurements right but still even then my projects came out pretty unique. The one about surface in particular reminds me of an alien cocoon or an egg of a dinosaur that is hatching. The texture of the spherical shape gave it that cracked look or armored look of and egg or cocoon.

Dot Thumbnails and Habbit Crits

We talk as a group and noticed that I tend to stray more to the sides and don't use all of my space when I can. They showed me how my spacing and dot compositions positions can effect how my comps are viewed. I had to go back and redo some of them and I saw how the changes made a big difference. Thanks guys and ladies.

Monologues

Video Conversation With Dad

Psychological Advice From the Heart

These are personal occurrences in m life that I am speaking of so comment at your own risk.

Walking the line(Rewrite)

    Walking the Line

Dear Audience,

    Parkour!!! Walking the threshold between life and death. One wrong step or failed attempt can change your life or worse take it from you. The rush of adrenaline and feel of the g force makes your mind explode with wonder and excitement. At the same time it makes your heart pound with fear. Parkour is what I do and living on the edge is part of this phenomenal movement in the life of a tracer.

On a warm Febuary weekend I was in the LSC mall area. The wind was cool and weather was great. I decided to go do a little training with friends. Maybe do a few vaults and just enjoying the day. I stretch out and get loose before I start. After I am loose I begin my first line on campus with a speed vault, traverse to the next obstacle and fly trough the air into a kong. I felt like I was making magic happen with every step I took. Every obstacle I cleared seemed to crumble under me. I felt free and unstoppable.

Until one of my friends told me to try my hand at a front flip. My heart dropped and I started to complain. I almost said that I can't do it knowing that we have a team rule of 20 push ups for using those forbidden words. I would be breaking our code as tracers/free runners. For a second I fought with myself over this conundrum. I had to tell my mind to shut up and just try. I know that I may fail but if I try it would not end that bad. My body shuttered at the bad thoughts going through my mind. What if I land on my head? What if I end up in a wheelchair or worse? What if? That is all I though about then I tried my hand at one flip and landed on my butt. The pain hurt a lot but I soon came to see that pain is temporary but triumph lasts a lot longer. No matter what happened, I would know that in the end people would cherish what I left here on this earth. That I would make my mark as a free runner.

On my last attempt I quickly knew what I should do. Jump and out. Throw your arms up as you jump and grab your knees as you lean forward. Allow the force of all of those things carry you through the rotation. Land when you see you have gone through a full rotation. excitement filled me with the thought of the fact I had finally walked the line once more and survived. I beat the odds my own mind had set up for me. I opened the door to a new path and a new line to walk. This time I know I can make it.

Yours Truly,
David Grant A.K.A. Sweet D
P.S. The name came from my frat brothers lol it just stuck with me. XD

Time is endless.

Some information I had to leave out because it was very personal but I will add them to my piece.

Raving Dots

I currently had to redo my dot comps out of respect for my table members. I wasn't there for the origionals and feel that I should make up for it so here are my new comps.

I chose to do light painting because I saw it was possible to take light and make streams with it if you used the right camera. The guys that assisted me were my frat brothers JJ and Thomas. The camera man was David L. from bills class. He is a good friend. I first apologize to my team members and then thank the guys who helped me make up for the missed project. The shots went over pretty well and the process we used was a very fun experience.

This video is meant for you all to understand what we did but also for you all to hear the song that inspired my Mod Mad Piece. It is called Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. It is mixed with another song that speaks to me a lot about Rhythm. I hope you enjoy.

 These are just a few process pics just to give you the viewer an idea into the world of light painting.

I don't have the original comps but these are just rough sketches of them.