SEMINAR

Today was the Review class, We had prepared our documentation and ‘Who am I’ Story Card. The class started with Prarthana ma’am reveiwing everyone’s story cards, approving and grading them. Then, we transferred our documenatations so that she go through our work progress. We were then briefed a little about our next project. We were informed that in our next Studio class we’ll divided into groups and will be stepping out and explore the city in a way we havent before. The next projects sounds so much fun, I can’t wait for the next class.

STUDIO

In the first half, we worked on the display and assembly of our work. I displayed all my work till date i.e., Story Card, Documentation, Process Book, Sketch Book and Final Metaphor Model. After we had assembled all our work and displayed them on the table, we presented our work to Riya ma’am and the class.

Post the presenation we were assignened our groups for the next project and briefed a little about it. I’m eagerly waitig for the next class.

09.10.18

Due to some reason, our Imaging faculty changed.

The class started off with Jai sir introducing himself and asking if there are any doubts. We kicked off the class by learning the basic difference between the tools of photoshop and illustrator. We got a more detailed insight about the softwares and what they offer.  We learnt what vector image and raster images are. After exploring Illustrator, we went ahead with exploring photoshop.

For starters, we learnt how to do masking, use the pen tool, brush tool, the various modes, adjust image sizes, merge layers etc. Sir also told us about certain shortcuts for the modes and effects. We then learnt how to use the liquify settings. It was so much fun exploring that part of the software. This is what I did in the class;

I also edited my last assignment by adding a text, here is what it looks like:

I can’t wait to explore and create more.

25.09.18

The class started off with all of us showing our documentation to Mr Sanjeev. After we were done showing our documentation, sir introduced us to Brush tool and how to use it.  He told us the basic difference between  Color burn brush tool and the normal brush tool, how to use it and when. He then showed some of his work that he did using the brush tool as a reference. Post this we were instructed to sketch a human figure, scan it and colour it using the brush tool in photoshop. Following is my sketch followed by my coloured version that I did using the brush tool.

05.10.18

Today was our review, we were asked to get our files with complete work.  The class started off with Sonia ma’am briefing a little about what our second project is going to me i.e., we are supposed to create a comic strip and for that, today’s assignment was to write down three short (five line) stories. Simultaneously ma’am was calling out us roll number wise to review our files.

When ma’am reviewed my file, she was impressed with my Linear object drawings and my abstractions.

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In the second half, I was working on my story and I also discussed it with ma’am. Ma’am was very helpful and gave me a lot of inputs on how can I improve my story and make it more dramatic.

We then learnt about the split frame and how to use them in our comic strip. For reference, ma’am showed us her work.

04.10.18

Today’s class started off with ma’am introducing our second project. We were first briefed about how the second project is more about us than me, it’s about a touch between two people like slapping, handshake, kicking, thumb fight, arm fight etc and how we have to choose one of the actions and make a wearable for that touch which either initiates or help that action (touch) or prevents it. We were then asked to name a few wearables like clothes, gloves, shoes, jewellery, ID cards, wigs, lenses, socks etc.  But the wearable that we had to create was nowhere close to the items that we listed above.

Next ma’am showed us a presentation of wearables by creators like Jennifer Cruppi, Trace Featherstone, Petra Storrs followed by many more. This presentation was for us to get an idea of how these abstract wearables work. We were asked to guess the use of the wearables shown in the presentation.

Post this ma’am asked us to make pairs for the second project and then jot down ten actions. After listing down we discussed them with ma’am and got them approved. we were then instructed to sketch five each.

The seminar class was a lot of fun we discussed about cities, what makes them so special and how they play a main character in our lives. We spoke about our favourite cities or our hometown. I first jotted down what makes Delhi Delhi and then discussed it with the person sitting beside me as instructed.

I learnt so much about so many cities and paces that too from various perspectives. We also discussed how do we write about a city. Observation, Exploration, Memories, Experiences are some of the keys that have a very important role while writing about a city. We were recommended a couple of books to read, some of them were;

On looking – By Alexandra Horowitz

Invisible cities -By Italo Calvino

Watchmen – By Alan Moore

Istanbul – By Orhan Pamuk

Zoya factor – By Anuja Chauhan

We were then told to get 15 pictures in the next class from the place that we are told to explore in the studio class.

I was very excited about today’s class because we were supposed to go out and explore and that too without phones, only one of us from our group could take the phone along.  The studio class started off with Ms Riya telling the groups the place that they are supposed to explore. Our group was given Pali Market, Bandra. We were then told that each group is supposed to submit 15 sketches of the place that they’re told to explore, 5 bird view, 5 ant view and 5 fish view. So, our group decided that we’ll take pictures from that particular view itself so that it’s easy to sketch it then.

My group decided to reach our destination by local and for me, that was my first time on local, I was so nervous and excited. It was adventurous and a little dramatic to travel by local but the fun part is that we travelled for free. We took a rickshaw from the station to the market. As we reached the market, the market was pretty dull and so we got a little confused as to what do we explore exactly because most of the hawkers and vendors weren’t there at this time of the day (noon) and most of the shops were shut. After a good amount of exploration, we managed to get some pictures but we couldn’t explore and experience the real nature of the market because of the timing. We then reported back to the college and discussed with ma’am about our little adventure aka exploration.

21.09.18

Today we learnt about ‘Three Point Perspective’ i.e., linear perspective in which parallel lines along the width of an object meet at two separate points on the horizon and vertical lines on the object meet at a point on the perpendicular bisector of the horizon line. After ma’am explained us the three-point perspective we were told to draw a composition using three-point perspective and watercolours. Because I wasn’t too familiar with this concept so I decided to draw a square using the concept before directly diving into making a composition.

Once I understood the concept I went ahead with the composition. This is what my final piece looks like;

It was a lot of fun drawing this and learning a new concept. Can’t wait to use this concept in my daily sketches and drawings

17.09.18

Today’s class started off with Ms Prarthan explaining the format of documentation. We went through all the slides explaining the format and the process of documentation and further discussed it. We were instructed to get the documentation done by next week for the review. Post this we were given feedbacks about our ‘Who am I’, Draft 02. Ma’am was impressed with my title for my ‘Who am I’ and found my second draft pretty impressive. For the rest of the Seminar class, we were told to work on our drafts or start with the documentation. As a home assignment, we were asked to jot down three titles for our ‘Who am I’. Here are my three titles;

1. The Wild Shy
2. The Quiet Noise

Final Draft (Who am I);

THE WILD SHY

When people ask me to tell something about myself, I often get clueless – though I’m the only person I know completely.

I’m a fusion of carefree, sweet and happy go lucky. But, people often mistake this carefree nature of mine as being haughty! I love to mind my own business. However, if someone interferes in my life I can turn into Satan in no time. Though I love minding my own business, I’m also somebody who is always ready to help others. I don’t hesitate going out of my way to help people if they genuinely need it.

My cheerful and happy go lucky nature has won me, several friends. I can be very moody at times and if you’re my close pal you’d know that I have some boundaries and I lose my temper the minute someone crosses them – no matter how close that person is to me.

I’m a Turtle – a very shy person at first and alike a Turtle, when someone I’m not familiar with comes up to me with a motive to talk and be friends, I just get into my shell and become distant. Because of this, people who approach me for the first time automatically assume that I’m being rude or throwing an attitude but the reality is that I’m too shy to start a conversation in the first meeting.

There was this one time when I was attending a workshop and a girl came up to me and started a conversation. One minute into the conversation and I start toying with my phone. She obviously assumed that I’m not interested and I’m being rude but the truth is I was getting too awkward and shy to continue the conversation even though I liked what she was saying.

But once you get to know me and become a part of my inner circle, I’m a totally different person. Just like a Turtle, I come out of my shell and waltz around as the real – boisterous me, without being shy. I’m like a 24*7 entertainment channel and I don’t keep still even for a minute. I love having people around as I’m a people’s person. Not trying to sound like a narcissist, but I’m that energy source in my group – which when missing, drains and dulls the life of the group.

I’m a Rubik’s Cube. I usually come out as someone who can not be understood easily. But just like when you solve the Rubik’s Cube and have all the sides with proper colours, I’m also someone you might not understand at first but eventually, when you make the effort, I open up and fill your life with kaleidoscopic colours of joy and happy moments.

I’m also very disciplined and possessive about my stuff. I love keeping my things in proper order and can’t stand anybody touching or disturbing them. I’m a creative, opinionated weirdo who loves being in front and also behind the camera. I want to explore and shoot life’s moments and am crazy about the fashion industry. There’s nothing that excites me more than being able to showcase my thoughts,  opinions and creative potential through self-shot photos, videos and writings. That is the dream I’m actively pursuing and working towards achieving. I’ve always been fascinated by YouTube and I really want to start my own channel on Fashion Communication.

So this is me. I may not be very good but I’m not bad either. I’m me and am proud of who I am.

In the studio class, we completed our final metaphor model. I worked on some last minute ideas for my final model. After a series of last-minute ideas and opinions, I discussed them with ma’am and finalized my main idea for the model. The rest of the class all of us were busy finalizing our models. I was able to complete more than half of my model and the rest was my home assignment.

20.08.18

The class started with ma’am reviewing our prototypes i.e., grip models.

Then ma’am chose the best ones and instructed us to work on a technical drawing of the chosen one. Following is the technical drawing of my model;

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Working on the prototypes made me come across a lot of new materials and helped me understand their right usage. The technical drawing helped me figure out the dimensions of my final model. Post this I discussed with ma’am about the materials I want to use in my final model. The discussion turned out very insightful and productive and I decided on using on MDF Board, Wire mesh, foam, fire and metal sheet. After this, I went to discuss my layout with our workshop teacher and after jotting down their opinions and ideas I started working on my model with their assistance.

It was so much fun working on my very first model. I learnt how to use various machines, how to work with various material, accepting fail attempts and most importantly believing in myself and my idea.

Here is my final model;

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18.09.18

For today’s class, we were told to continue our previous assignment i.e., Collage. We had to decide on a theme for our collage. I had already done one collage but I felt like I could do better so I asked sir if I could create one more. The theme for my last collage was my favorite TV Show but this time I went with Ganesh Chaturthi. For the rest of the class, we were finishing up our assignment.

I tried on a lot of new options on photoshop and it was so much fun exploring photoshop. I loved the drop shadow option, it added so much to the collage. While making this collage there was this one second when I got so annoyed as I could not get any good picture of a bunch of modaks together and so I consulted sir. He told me to find one good picture of a modak and then keep duplicating it until I create a bunch of it. So, that was a new thing that I learnt, duplicating layers. This is how my final collage turned out;