Scroll 4: Upside/downside

Another big scroll. I folded into squares and carried it around with me for about 3 weeks (end of August to Early September, 2012).

As elementary school approached, I was pretty grumpy, overwhelmed, and freaked-- so I labeled that part of the composition 'downside'. Then I started taking the right medication again and it was my birthday and teaching began to feel more natural... That side is called 'upside'. Truthfully, 'upside' kinda blorfs me out...the colors are pretty lousy. I tried to use colors I don't choose very often. Ew. The 'downside' has areas that I'm a little fond of:

This part of the composition is called the "downside". I drew myself sitting on the couch an awful lot. Crossed things out. Black lines, man. Drawings of people at Teacher Orientation in August. Clearly wasn't in the mood to plan an elementary art curriculum.

This is part of the half called "Upside". Pretty awful, no? I Except for the ninja turtle backpack-- that was a birthday present! The rest kinda makes me cringe... during this time I was just moving into my apartment. Maybe my arms were too tired to function...

detail: me and my family dog Bosco: a pair of slugs on the couch!

Scroll 3: Different Ways of Organizing Information

This long roll of drawing paper lives on my studio floor at the moment. In it, I've been playing with different ways of organizing and presenting information, cutting up old segments of sketches and photos and grouping them in different ways.

As a unit, the pieces don't work together: it's pretty much a testament to A.D.D... But my mentor was suggesting that I can cut parts of it up, add paper above or below, and extend or amend it. I'm going to try it! Here are some close-ups of the different parts:

System 1: circles

System 2: 100 window castle

System 3: stacks or piles

Florence, Chopped and Reassembled

dedAn experiment with another big drawing I made in Florence that wasn't succeeding as a whole. Cut up parts, taped em together quilt-style, added some connective elements.

I think this doesn't work as a unit either. Too much going on without a central theme or a stand-out feature. But I like parts of them:

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Interlude: found art

Photography isn't my usual medium, but after a long sweaty day and a shower, I looked down at the bathroom tiles, and lo! A moment of profound and geeky brilliance. I am now officially smiling!!

TITLE: 'bathroom floor spiderman'

Alternate titles: 'Spiderwearables', 'underthingers webswingers,' or maybe 'Laundrytime Hero Surprise.'