Digital Printmaking Portfolio

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i find pop-culture really intriguing. sounds ridiculous but i FIND it ridiculous that when certain events become blown out, they tend to overshadow other current events, or at least temporarily. my first thought was the whole kanye/taylor swift moment. paralleling that night to the newspaper, certain national and world news didn't get the same treatment. kanye and taylor get pushed in the lime light, but the death of norman borlaug, who had a big hand in the green revolution, gets pushed in the shadows. this layered piece is meant to address the power pop-culture.

and if you thought i forgot about the book project...wrong again.

and i thought that all i had to show for my london study abroad were leftover pounds that the bank won't give me US dollars for. i realized that i came back with something more valuable, and i wanted a way to professionally document that. for every designer that we had the privilege of meeting, i had pages and pages of advice and quotes. this book is meant to be a designer's bible; something that you can stick in your pocket or throw in your bag; something you can constantly refer to.

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if you thought i forgot about posting, you're wrong! hope this makes you nauseous.

I've been playing around with line size and shifts in gradation to see if they play with the eyes at all. It's hard to tell on such a small scale.

I was doing some research for the wallpaper assignment, and I came across Op-Art and the artist Bridget Riley. I really took to her simple black and white optical paintings. The more you stare at them the more they seem to play with your eyes.

found this on ffffound.com

couldn't be more true. thought i'd share.

From all of the words of inspiration I had acquired, I wanted to make The Designer's Bible. This is the general layout I was aiming for. I wanted something clean and simple. I'm running into a few problems as far as content is concerned. I'm still interested in keeping the book

"pocket-size," so I need to find a way to keep the content on each page consistent.

I'm still really excited about this!!!

London Shmondon. If you know me, you would know I talk about it all the time, but somehow London and the experiences I had there sparked something within me. During the five weeks I spent there, I kept a visual journal for each day. These are two of the many entries I have. I was inspired to solidify all of the words of advice I had accumulated over the course of my study abroad in a book form.

the best book in the entire world

Paul Arden is quite possibly the MAN !!! When I was in London this summer I had the opportunity to hear Graham Fink from M&C Saatchi speak. He graciously gave each and every one of us a copy of Paul Arden's It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be. I never had the chance to flip through the pages until a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, I regret not having read it sooner. He lays out his experience in the creative field in such a clear and understandable manner. I like to call it my bible.....and the inspiration for my own book.

happy (not so happy) yom kippur.

the previous 4 comps clearly look ridiculously similar. each one underwent slight modifications. the composition is a collage of 3 found images. i really wanted to express the importance of creativity in regards to my lifestyle. 'the perfunctory' addresses what i feel to be the monotony and stagnant quality of standard 9-5 profession and the fear of falling into that pit of death (no offense). the beauty of living a creative lifestyle is that the sense of unexpectedness always exists.

One of the reasons I took to Nauman's work so much is because of his use of text as image. On top of that, his content does speak volumes. I find it interesting that throughout the course of a day, one hundred people might come across this piece, which might yield one hundred different interpretations (the beauty of art). I read his work as addressing the incessant needs and wants that humans have throughout their lifetime. The overwhelming quality that his medium evokes lends itself to that same interpretation. The neon lights might also reflect the consumption and the effects of media and advertising.

initial thought for a conceptual typographically driven composition. lame, i know. more to come (i swear).

this is actually a negative/inverted version of my digital print. my concept and execution simply mimicked the collaborative efforts executed in class. through random selections of photographs taken of the preliminary sculpture, i then consciously manipulated and constructed this composition.

Bruce Nauman's One Hundred Live and Die (1984) touches on the essential components of human existence with the use of non-traditional materials. Although Nauman's piece is solely typographic, his work speaks volumes as it stimulates thought and inquiry from its audience. 

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