TITLE: Cherry Blossom
ASSIGNMENT: Write and advertising jingle for something in nature (a tree, a bird, a cloud) Bonus: Make a commercial to go with it!
MATERIALS: Cherry Blossom picture, Photoshop.
INSPIRATION: Tis' the season for Cherry Blossoms, so I chose them for my jingle. I also wrote mine very contemporary and ends with a spoken addition very quickly.
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TITLE: Gypsy Man
ASSIGNMENT: Make something only using dots. The dots could be stippling from a pen, the circles cut from paper using a hole punch, or even small, round price stickers.
MATERIALS: Ink pen, plain paper.
INSPIRATION: I used to love using points in drawing for years, so this one wasn't a hard choice. I love the effect and control and it also makes you take your time, whether you want to or not.
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TITLE: Smell of the Lion
ASSIGNMENT: Make something in which the sense of smell is the essential component.
MATERIALS: Sculpy, acrylic paints
INSPIRATION: Hmmm sense of smell? Maybe a candle and a specially made candle holder which features a nose of a feline of the wild; a lion? Sure. sounds good.
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TITLE: Old Woman
ASSIGNMENT: Work upside down. Create something in such a way that you have to rotate it 180 degrees to display/see it when it is finished.
MATERIALS: Plain paper and pencil.
INSPIRATION: Saw her image on the web, wrinkles and attitude, had to draw it. What is weird, is you have to stop and think HOW to draw things upside down.
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And here she is upside down, my view as I drew it.
TITLE: Skull Doll
ASSIGNMENT: Make something that would not normally be considered cute and cuddly into something that is.
MATERIALS: Plaster skull head, puppet king costume, black socks.
INSPIRATION: Ahhhh, Eddie Munster would have loved this toy!
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TITLE: Fire In The Forest of the White.
ASSIGNMENT: Work only with white materials today. Try working white on white for a real challenge.
MATERIALS: White printing paper.
INSPIRATION: Trees, forest fires, white.
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TITLE: Aarrgh!
ASSIGNMENT: Work with a lot of something. It could be dried grains from the kitchen, a jar of buttons you have in the closet, or all of your t-shirts.
MATERIALS: Raw popcorn seeds.
INSPIRATION: Pirates and I guess popcorn?
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TITLE: Stack Em!
ASSIGNMENT: How tall can you make something that stands up on it's own.
MATERIALS: Lots of stuff that I could find to stack!
INSPIRATION: Janga!
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TITLE: I Love Flowers!
ASSIGNMENT: Work with flowers - artificial or real, live or dried, picked or bouoght.
MATERIALS: Internet flowers, Photoshop!
INSPIRATION: Flowers! Love! Sex!
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TITLE: Face Me!
ASSIGNMENT: Face it. What can you do with a face-yours or someone else's? This doesn't have to be face painting; you could use food or something else to decorate it, or try molding it into a new shape with hands or tape and documenting it.
MATERIALS: Camera, my own face, PhotoShop.
INSPIRATION: At first I was going to do this to someone else's picture and then I decided, nah, take a shot of my own face and go to town! Well I did, and it came out sort of King Triton or some lost Lord of the Rings character.
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TITLE: The Farm
ASSIGNMENT: Create an image with masking tape or any other kind of tape, for that matter. Try making it on a nontraditional surface. Extra credit: Leave it for others to find.
MATERIALS: Clear scotch tape, watercolors.
INSPIRATION: I have only ever done this type of painting before with tape and it was a Halloween themed composition of gravestones, bats and pumpkins. This turned out simple and okay.
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TITLE: RoboLight
ASSIGNMENT: Make something that lights up. Work with an existing lampshade or put a small electric light or candle inside of something you make.
MATERIALS: Cardboard box, kitchen knife, clamp lamp, scotch tape.
INSPIRATION: I was very inspired to do a robot of some kind and this one kinda of came out very Isaac Asimov don't you think?
And here is the alternate red version I did with some Photoshop color hue trickery. I still prefer the untouched original above.
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TITLE: Rabbit Origami
ASSIGNMENT: Learn something new. Ask a friend to help you do something using a technique or skill they're good at.
MATERIALS: Paper, felt pens.
INSPIRATION: I have little to no interest in learning origami, so I thought I would try it for this assignment. Well this rabbit took me far longer then it should. Let's hope origami is not in my future again any time soon.
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TITLE: Suit of Many Sales
ASSIGNMENT: Turn today;s junk mail into something much more appealing.
MATERIALS: Junk mail, scissors and glue.
INSPIRATION: Nifty Netflix suit huh? And dig that AT&T tie! Sorry you can't see the Facebook shirt underneath.
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TITLE: Ladybug Ride
ASSIGNMENT: Think big. Create a large version of something that would normally be much smaller.
MATERIALS: Sculpy, acrylic paints.
INSPIRATION: And the first thing in my mind was a ladybug! How can I create a large image of a ladybug? By having a person riding it like a horse! And draw an actual sized ladybug beside it. Wonder how fast they move.
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TITLE: Chthulu
ASSIGNMENT: What can you do with yarn? You don't have to know how to knit or crochet, you can try yarn painting or just experiment.
MATERIALS: Thick yarn strand, watercolors, black ink pen.
INSPIRATION: I always meant to do a painting of Cthulu, but never got the nerve up to try. Well, this seemed like a good time since I had to paint with think yarn. I have to say the pattern comes out interesting with the paint, maybe I ought to paint with yarn more often.
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TITLE: DIEt Cola Death
ASSIGNMENT: Write a haiku about something that happens to you today or is in the news today. Bonus: Illustrate it!
MATERIALS: Paper, pencil, Photoshop.
INSPIRATION: Read the amazing horrid factoid today that if you drink diet soda's daily, it increases your risk of heart attack 45%!!! How is that for inspiration folks!
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TITLE: Underwater Pond
ASSIGNMENT: Work underwater. Fill up a large bowl, vase, or old fish tank with water and create something inside of it.
MATERIALS: Plain paper, scissors, small flashlight, Photoshop.
INSPIRATION: With this one I was trying to create that bushel of lily-pads that seem to just grow upwards towards the surface of the pond. I added in a couple of frogs and used some angled lighting with the small flashlight, and it's a pond! Then I tinted it with Photoshop.
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And here is the original version untouched!
And the same in green.
TITLE: Stapled Shotgun Shack
ASSIGNMENT: Make something with a stapler. You can staple things together or, heck, just work with loose staples. Even the stapler itself can be transformed.
MATERIALS: Plain paper, cardboard pieces, stapler & staples, Robocop's squad car, small flashlight, Photoshop.
INSPIRATION: Not sure what inspired this one, the end result, not sure whether I created a shotgun shack or a take-out box?
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TITLE: ElectroChem! Batteries of the Future!
ASSIGNMENT: Take something old and make it look new.
MATERIALS: Alkaline batteries (dead), shiny rainbow metallic paper, Photoshop.
INSPIRATION: At last forget your Energizers and you Duracell batteries, I give you the new battery of the future made from a new chemical power source! ElectroChem! Lasts for months before they require 5 minutes re-charging. Priced slightly higher in Canada.
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TITLE: Disaster At Sea
ASSIGNMENT: Create instructions that others can use to make something and then have someone try it out.
MATERIALS: Paper, Photos, Photoshop
INSPIRATION: I tried to think of what kind of thing could I possibly make without looking it up, reading how to make it, then make it, then create instructions of my own. Seemed kinda like cheating in a way. So, instead I went with something simple, that many people have done, but now I could create the instructions to go with it that anyone who has never heard of this paper trick and follow or show someone else.
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TITLE: Wire Ghost
ASSIGNMENT: Work with wire. Thin-gauge wire can easily be bent by hand, so no special tools are required. You don't even have to buy wire if you have some paper clips handy.
MATERIALS: Coat hanger, photoshop.
INSPIRATION: Well of course this shape came to mind! A little bit of globiness in Photoshop and you have the soaring, shimmery ghost! BOO!
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Here is the original wire before photoshop.
And the alternate I didn't think was as good. Right haunting intent, wrong effect.
TITLE: Pens
ASSIGNMENT: Use pens as your material/inspiration today. Draw with them, use them as construction material, or ...?
MATERIALS: Paper, Drawing Pens, Photoshop (for color)
INSPIRATION: When doing pen drawings I love to do faces, because they have all kinds of lines and curves, etc. I took this salty seaman and made him a little older than a picture of a man I was looking at for guidance. Aye maties, aye!
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And here is the original untouched black and white drawing.
TITLE: Bust In Butter
ASSIGNMENT: Make something ephemeral. Can you create something using a material that will dissipate quickly, like soap bubbles, smoke, butter on a griddle, or cream in coffee?
MATERIALS: Stick of butter, knife.
INSPIRATION: Man, and I thought the past assignments were tough! As I went I thought, okay bust, okay maybe a famous classical musician or maybe a bust from the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. Turned out pretty good; then I nuked him in the microwave and he melted and went back into the fridge!
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