TITLE: Chalk Sunset
ASSIGNMENT: Get some chalk and work on the sidewalk near your home.
MATERIALS: Sidewalk chalk of course!
INSPIRATION: Ok, here is a medium I have never tried before, and boy is it obvious! This is a sunset, now in watercolor, I could rock this, with chalk? Not so well, it was different.
A. Anderson
TITLE: NicroCat Gum
ASSIGNMENT: Go to a shop and ask what they'll let you make there.
MATERIALS: Free cat food sample, bubble wrap package from magnets, superglue and Photo shop.
INSPIRATION: Like I was going to walk into some store and say "Hey, I create things out of odd things and make a new art thing. Can I create something in your store? Besides, it'll will surely bring you business, right?" Yeah...right. So, I used this cat food sample packet and made something I found funny. :)
A. Anderson
TITLE: Rocks From Another Galaxy
ASSIGNMENT: Work with gravel, sand or rocks near your home.
MATERIALS: Cement rock pieces, acrylic paint, Photo shop.
INSPIRATION: What color would rocks be from another planet? From the moon, white (touched one at Canaveral!) or maybe rustic red from Mars? Or, maybe a blue terrains planet? So, blue rocks it is!
A. Anderson
TITLE: Shoe Man
ASSIGNMENT: Use all of your shoes in your household to make something, or work on a single pair of shoes that were destined for the thrift store.
MATERIALS: Shoes, red crepe paper, 3-D glasses, black hat, pair of socks.
INSPIRATION: What in the hell can you make from a pair of shoes???!??!?!?! Well, after a mere 60 seconds, Shoe Man was born!
A. Anderson
TITLE: EvaporGun
ASSIGNMENT: Make something that seems like it came from another era in history.
MATERIALS: Lighter, Pen caps, screw rivets (plastic), camera strap (unused), zipper handle, L wrench, camera protector, super glue.
INSPIRATION: I needed to make something way super cool from the future, right? I mean I could have easily gone outside and found a rock and called it a hunting tool from caveman times, right?
A. Anderson
TITLE: Number Warrior
ASSIGNMENT: Work only with numbers today. You should make an image using numbers, make something into number shapes, do something involving a calculator...
MATERIALS: Paper, pen, photoshop (for colors).
INSPIRATION: Wanted to create a sort of headdress for a warrior or island king of some kind.
A. Anderson
TITLE: Dark Shadows Puzzle
ASSIGNMENT: Make a puzzle or make something using pieces of a puzzle.
MATERIALS: Dark Shadows photo, cardboard backing, Elmer's glue and scissors.
INSPIRATION: Dark Shadows just same out ad I wanted to use the image. Puzzle was kinda cool.
A. Anderson
TITLE: A Foot Away
ASSIGNMENT: Create something with paper mache.
MATERIALS: Newspaper, flour, water, acrylic paint, superglue, Easter ribbon.
INSPIRATION: What would it look like if you were walking through a grassy field in ToonTown and looked down and saw a bloody, foot still inside of a shoe, what would it look like? I suspect, something like this. ;)
A. Anderson
TITLE: Twin Worlds
ASSIGNMENT: Write a 10-word science-fiction story and illustrate it.
MATERIALS: Photoshop.
INSPIRATION: This task is harder than you would think. You have to convey something happening, not just set something up or describe something.
A. Anderson
TITLE: Potato Man
ASSIGNMENT: Go grocery shopping and pick up something new specifically to work with.
MATERIALS: potato, balsa-wood ice cream spoons, sponge, sharpie.
INSPIRATION: It is hard to be inspired at the grocery store really. I mean most of your time you are fighting to get your stuff and just get out. So, with a little bit of awareness (okay a lot) I did this.
A. Anderson
