Sean-Maurice Lynch

Greetings! So this weeks assignment was to research varies  artist/designer blogs that you find interesting. We were encouraged to research blogs that dealt with our particular fields of interests. My particular filed is that of Performing Arts. Because of my profession,  I research daily what’s the “up and up” with the theatre world in New York City and more. Although I’m actor, leisurely the majority of blogs that I tend to thread are fashion blogs. I have in the coming years become more and more interested in the world of men’s fashion, and so there are several blogs that I tend to go to when and if I ever need a tip on what to wear for an event. I have found that any genre or field can and do have blogs.

One of the first things I do every morning is check out this blog. Broadwayworld.com is a great source for information on local, national, and international theatre. A main reason why I like this site is because of it’s unique format videos, articles, and casting call post. It most certainly keeps me abreast to all things Theatre.

Broadway World.com – #1 Site for Broadway Shows, Theatre, Live …

Playbill.com is my other go to when it comes to knowing wuz up in the theatre world. New York City is the “central hub” of theatre in the USA and so it’s great to read the content on Playbill’s site because they always keep you informed of the New York Scene. More specially there’s a blog within the sight that I quite enjoy. ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE is a blog by a Seth Rudeksky who is a musician, actor, writer, radio host, and broadway personality. I enjoy this blog because Seth shows another side of the theatre business that most do not get to see; Actors off the stage.

The Style Blogger is a blog that I happen to stumble upon a few years ago by chance. Once while reading Esquire Magazine there was a “Best dressed Man in America” article that showcased a few “everyday” guys who were deemed “best dressed”in the Country. Being featured in that article is what sparked the creator of The Style Blogger to start a blogging his daily fashion. Now because of this blog, the once Wall Street creator has transitioned into the New York Fashion industry and has his own clothing line. My reasoning for using this blog is it’s unique format. The Style Guide is a unique feature that allows you to find clothing suggestions based off the weather or events that may be attending.

Qui Style in Savannah is the most recent blog that I’ve discovered. I have only been at SCAD for six weeks, and one thing that I have noticed is the various fashion styles of the students here. I am constantly pulling out my iPhone and snapping photos of interesting fashion that I see throughout my day. So I was quite excited when I found that there’s a local blogger who has noticed the same thing. What I like about this blog is it’s simplicity. The blog is very easy to navigate and it’s pretty much just photos that basically explain themselves. Many of the photos in this blog are of people whom I’ve seen before while walking to class….some of them I have class with! Another thing that I like about this blog is that the creator Mangue Banzima is a relocated to Savannah fashion professional from New York City.

These are a few of the blogs the take my interest on a week basis. I think that all of these blogs have a easy navigation layout and do a great job in being precise  and unique within their respective fields of interest.

Greetings!

Today  in class we were challenged with another Exploration exercise:”The Black Square Problem”. Using only black squares (via any media you care for) the exploration challenged the creation of designs inspired by six terms: Order, Tension, Playful, Congested, Bold, & Increase. Because the previous assignments required or I chose to used tangible materials, this time I chose to use Adobe Illustrator to create my black squares and designs. Using Adobe allowed me to play around and create the black squares in ways that I felt really helped to convey the task at hand.

In order to create these designs, I first needed to understand the meanings of each word. Using a dictionary I looked up the many definitions and pick the words that stood out to me. Here are my findings:

CONGESTED/ concentrate, in small or narrow spaces/ clog

INCREASE/ to become greater, intensity, size in numbers or amount

BOLD/ fearless, prominently

CONGESTED/ INCREASE/ BOLD 

Congested/ Increase/ Bold

ORDER/ arrange, regulate, command, to place

PLAYFUL/ humorous, fun, frisky, fay

TENSION/ stretch, stres, extension, unbalance, hostility

ORDER/ PLAYFUL/ TENSION

Order/ Playful/ Tension

This assignment was interesting. I saw some fellow classmates designs, and it was great to see how everyone defined the terms using the squares. Some people decided to take the design literal and create shapes via the squares that would then create another recognizable shape. Happy Mid Terms Everyone

Till the next post

-SM

Greetings! For this assignment the class was challenged to work with shapes and repetition…and challenged we were. This project required a plethora of steps in order to execute completion. There were moments that I quite enjoyed working on this project, and then there were times when I most certainly did not! Below you will find the progression from my motif designs into the completion of my Repetition Grid.

ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS
Problem: Combine principles of form and repetition on complex grids

Materials: Regular tools, templates, tracing and/or layout paper, illustration board

Final size: Exactly 10”X10”, inked on white, cold-pressed illustration board

Method: • Draw any regular, repeatable form and use it to pierce a second, larger form.

CRITIQUES:

*Not a lot of rhythm

*Very creative

*No focal point, but it makes the piece unique

*Lots of negative space in certain sections

*Points for trying something different with the board, but it may distract from the actually design

*”Kissing” triangles are nice…wish there were more embedded into the design

*A sense of movement could be improved on the design.

*Superb craftsmanship.

MY THOUGHTS ON THE PROCESS:

I found this project to be quite stressful for me. There were a lot of particular steps that did not allow for many mishaps. I am quite “type A” and so when it came time to ink my design, the possibility  of unfixable mistakes really stressed me out. I made  the decision to “think out of my box” and not pick the symmetrical design that I normal would of I called myself being “Subvert” with my design, but I conclude that I did not meet all points precisely. The negative feedback that I received during critique from prof and peers kind of pissed me off. I do appreciate constructive criticism when it is actually given, but I do wish that the process allow for some type of critique prior to the final project submission. That being said, I did learn via this project of what is exactly expected for completions and what the prof. is looking for (or not looking for the most part). I now look forward to the next assignment and the challenge of making it a better process then this one was for me. I would not like to “repeat” this one.

-SM