Final project ideas (continued)

I'm still on the idea of having chairs set up, but I have to decide on a number (thinking 5). I might include shoes also, showing different "people." I'm going to use typography to hand letter and transfer type to the chair about society's view on weight loss. I also want to have some personal accounts from myself and other people about their struggles with body image.

I definitely want this to be something that viewers can interact with and relate to.

This might be going too far but it might be cool to get Weight Watchers, Atkins, Slimfast, etc. products and wrappers to put in the shoes.

http://www.livinghealthynews.org/how-to-recognize-the-6-stages-of-anorexia-in-your-daughter/

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Stages-of-Anorexia&id=2745525

Final ideas (part 2)

I'm going to do an interactive installation for my final piece. Right now I have a picture of setting up chairs (old ones from Ram's Rack) that I will be painting, not sure how yet. I will be using typography on the chair backs and possibly seats and transfer them on somehow.

I then want to attach shadow-like decals to the floor, possibly with images or writing on them. I want to incorporate food into it somehow, also.

Final project ideas

Something I have struggled with since middle school is food and weight. There was a point in high school when I attempted Weight Watchers (my whole family did it) and lost 35 pounds but kept going, obsessed with calorie counting and working out to the point of anorexia, just because I believed I still looked like my original weight. Since then I have put back weight but anorexia still haunts me and of course, calorie counting is still huge in my life. I've recently gotten back into working out (healthily) also.

So without ranting too much, my final is going to be about my struggles with food and the 'perfect size' image that I also worry about far too much. I'm trying to stay away from the stereotypical anorexia/bulimia poster of the rail-thin girl looking into the mirror at a larger girl.

I kind of like the idea of writing down thoughts I've had in the past and thoughts I've had recently about the topic and displaying them somehow. I'm very into the idea of taking very personal things and expressing them via art. Or images similar to PostSecret (www.postsecret.com) where people write or type their confessions on a postcard-sized photo. Example:

I also want to do something that gives people chills like this example:

Final options

(See other process final/crit work in the post below.)
These finals turned out kind of oriental, I just noticed.

I need help choosing one of these for my final. Which is the strongest?

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

For Thurs Crit

My final idea for this piece is psychological and physical growth. We all grow in different matters of life - spiritually, mentally, physically, etc. 

The blue panel is our beginning (relative to a tree sapling). The yellow is a stretching before sprouting upwards, and the pink is everything in between. The series represents growth in relation to all living matter that grows, gradually pushing out of itself and upwards into the world. Or someone else might see it as retracting into ones self and therefore psychologically 'dying' as a tree would without water.

With darken and multiply blending modes (personal favorite).

With subtract blending mode & opacity at 50%, 75%, and 75%.

Darken and multiply blending modes cut out, centered on solid colors.

With subtract blending mode.

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And the same thing but with diamonds instead of circles. I think I like these more.

With darken and multiply blending modes.

With subtract blending mode & opacity at 50%, 75%, and 75%.

With subtract blending mode.

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Same thing (again), better quality images of the women. HUGE difference (when it's bigger at least).

New direction...

So this is what I've been working on, trying to make it more abstract than before. I am planning on having the woman stretch from fetal to a full stretch, like a tree or flower growing towards the sun. I am going to work with drawings to see if that works better.

Still not entirely sure how the background fits the content... but I want to include the tree so the viewer understands the relationship.

Progress for tree project!

So I've taken a complete step back from my original ideas and tackled it from a new approach. I wanted to experiment with the notion of age, and how human age correlates with a tree's age.

Keep in mind this is still pretty prelim (and the clipart used is super pixelated - will get much better res photos).

I've got a personal image/diorama of the tree from Wey in the background with a blue filter in front of it/with an effect on that.

Any feedback would be great!