Project 2: New Yorker Phrase Narrative

For this assignment we drew a phrase out of the magic fez.

We thought about the narrative potential behind the phrase and

how it can be interpreted into two different images.

"It's nice to see some people still appreciate the value of a dollar."

I decided to apply my phrase to animal situations. The phrase dealt

with money, so I thought it would be ironic to depict animals

rather than people. I mean, do you know an animal that cares about money?

 

 "It's nice to see some people still appreciate the value of a dollar." 

My concept behind this one was driven by the thought, "What would

farm animals consider putting a dollar to good use?"

I imagine the chatty hens saying the phrase as they walked

past the goats munching on dollar bills. Goat salad!

"It's nice to see some people still appreciate the value of a dollar." 

The concept behind this illustration is greed. I approached

the phrase as if it was being said in a sarcastic way. The rabbits represent

humans. The fancy rabbit lady if financially well off, but instead of using

her money to benefit her own kind she chooses to buy lush clothing.

The Paper Game

As we arranged our drawing tables into a large square

we were reminded of the childhood game of telephone.

Our in-class assignment for the day was much like it.

There were 22 of us, so we all counted 22 sheets of paper and

stapled them into a small booklet. The first page was ours to write

any quote we wanted. Once we wrote our quote, we passed our

booklet to our right. Everyone had two minutes to draw out

the quote of the person before them. Once two minutes were up,

we passed to the right once more. No one was allowed to look farther

back than the drawing in front of them. They had to then gather a quote

for the illustration presented to them.

Quote. Drawing. Quote. Drawing.

And so we passed... 22 times.

The initial quote.

 

The final drawing.

 

Exquisite Corpse

This lovely lady was collectively assembled by myself and two

of my classmates. Each collaborator added to the composition in sequence,

without seeing what the previous person contributed (hence the folds).

A bit of history:

Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique

of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or

images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on

an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of

whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to

conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his contribution.

In-Class Shape Excerise

 For this assignment we were given a piece of paper with three

simple shapes on it: A triangle, square, and circle. We had about

ten minutes to create something fantastic from the shapes.

Triangle: This is my girastronaut. Inspired by my aerospace engineer

sister's love of space and its celestial wonders.

Square: The tele-kitty. In a perfect world all cats would have

everlasting tails to do with whatever their hearts desire.

Circle: I met an exceptionally cute sheep at the county fair once

and I've wanted pet sheep ever since. Unfortunately, that's not

entirely possible (yet). So, the solution is to keep miniature

sheep, much like most people keep hamsters.

Project 1: Shape Potential

For this project Chase revealed a magical bag of shapes.

One by one we were all given a unique shape cut from poster board.

We were to create 10 drawings using the shape, the

whole shape, and nothing but the shape.

Voila.

Peculiar Mountain Range &

Pompous Bird

Descending Santa &

Balloon Dog

Wandering Woodland Bear &

Cascading Books

Alluring Memphis Man &

Cheese Tasting

 

Skalliwag Kitty &

Rural Home