A hard week

Well last week my project hit a speed bump in the form of the tutors and my pride......still following what i'm doing with the 3D little scenes from limerick i decided i'd paint the image instead of just manipulating the photos, not the best idea i've ever had but i didn't want to be accused of not trying other media and different ways of representing the scenes i was making other than just photographs. I personally didn't think it was that bad to be honest but i did invite a bit of an onslaught of criticism from the tutors because painting wouldn't be my strongest area. In other words.......they thought it was shit.

Now, i could see where the tutors were coming from so i'm not gonna say they were wrong, but at the same time i did want to finish it and have it there so they could see at least what i was trying to represent. So i did, and as much as i tried to stick up for it and try and convince myself that it wasn't that bad.......a small bit of pride swallowing took place and i have to really agree that it just plain and simply doesn't work. I still wouldn't consider it a waste of a week because there were parts that i can take and use them in the following pieces so all is not lost but here are a few pictures of the finished pieces anyway and i'll hopefully have something a little better and more positive on my next post.

Concept ideas

Here i just have some images of the models i made and some idea's that ran through my head. I am not going to reveal the context of the models and their significance because i want the viewer to make their own connections and conclusions of what the finished project is about.

Progress

After two weeks of taking photographs and making models of urban scenes, i had an individual tutorial with my tutor and he finally got his point across that a picture or photo takes the viewer on a completely different journey when the context of that scene has significance. Realising this i really started to look at the urban enviornment in a different light, thousands of us can walk the same path every day and take no notice but if an event of criminal nature or positivity takes place on that path we see it in an entirely different way. This is where i want to focus my project, to make the less obvious and the places we take for granted the focal point.

Things Aren't Always as they seem

This blog is to take you on a journey through my mind and the Urban Enviornment around Limerick City, the evolution of an idea and assumtions made, but as the title shows "Things aren't always as they seem"