The artist embarks on a challenge to diversify their social media content, adding watercolor to their illustrations. Each day brings a new prompt and creative interpretation, while sharing personal thoughts and anecdotes.
The artist's journey through a multi-module course is documented, emphasizing personal growth and embracing storytelling. The first chapter delves into thought experiments, perception, and character development. The second chapter touches on technique and narrative research, while the final chapter explores research expansion and animation creation. The artist's evolution and passion for creative storytelling are evident throughout.
Hello and welcome to my Confirmative Praxis project. In this post, you will be taken on a journey through my process of this final project as I go in-depth into topics of research while also giving you insight into my process as I talk you through from A to B. This final piece is a … Continue reading Confirmative Praxis – The World’s Pettiest Thief
Day 1 - Dream For those who fear a nightmare that they cannot awake from, just know that in slight cases the entities that chase you also need a nap and dream of much scarier things. Day 1: Dream Day 2 - Spiders Beware of the spider's bite. Even though they are usually harmless, you … Continue reading Inktober 2023
Hello all, and welcome to my Explorative Research and Praxis project. In this post, I will be going through all the pathways and tangents that I have taken since the beginning of this project. Starting with my initial thoughts and what I could possibly do, I went on to deep dive into narrative as a … Continue reading Explorative Research and Praxis
Hello all, and welcome to my Thought Experiment project that is centred around the brief randomly assigned to me titled Practice Make-Believe Everywhere. In this post, I will be discussing my thought process around deep diving into my own mind and characterising elements of my inner self, exploring the different aspects of what makes me … Continue reading The Thought Experiment – Characters of the Mind
The content focuses on the evolution of art and the artist/designer/maker's role from Modernism to Postmodernism and Post-Postmodernism, exploring movements like Poststructuralism, Posthumanism, and Transhumanism. The struggle against a grand narrative, influence on the artist's evolution, and societal impacts like the Covid-19 pandemic are examined. Various artists and thinkers are referenced, offering a comprehensive exploration of art's evolution.
Day 1 - Gargoyle Meet Gary! After a long day of rest, he may look a little groggy but he is still eager to get ready and head to work perching on buildings to help ward off evil spirits. Day 1: Gargoyle Day 2 - Scurry Meet Maple Hobbs! Expecting a sun-shiny day on his … Continue reading Inktober 2022
Hi all, and welcome to my Individual Major Project. In this post, I will be going through my design process as I start a project making first and conceptual thinking later. I will be discussing all the branches of research the concepts I explored before landing on the final idea and how I was consumed … Continue reading Individual Major Project – The Joy of Repetition
The dissertation discusses the author's independent inquiry into affect theory, aimed at understanding emotion perception in art. It includes a study on key thinkers of affect theory, perceptions of emotions, and applications of affect theory in art. The study involved three case studies - color, greyscale, and narrative, and an analysis of the data collected. The findings revealed intriguing trends, challenges, and insights into perception and emotional responses.
Samuel Mathias 