Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Time to be an ass.
I have created a quick survey on survey monkey in order to get a broad range of thoughts on skateboarding, s naturally its time to share it around Facebook like crazy for a few days. Hopefully it will be enough to get that mural started.
logo
Although I haven't explored it in the way I intended to as of yet. I have come up with what would be a great logo for something similar to this project or personnel branding for myself. The icons I am using to create a pattern I think would also make a great logo mark. I am currently a bit "meh" on my current branding for myself so this is something I will definitely look into after this project is all set and done. Which if it wasn't for the deadline would feel like an eternity.
These are the icons I am currently working on/with and I think there is potential for a nice simple branding there. I may finally crack the case of my self branding after 4 long years. Still not getting my hopes up.
These are the icons I am currently working on/with and I think there is potential for a nice simple branding there. I may finally crack the case of my self branding after 4 long years. Still not getting my hopes up.
I have mentioned that I have had a severe lack of motivation for this project even though it is about something I love. I have had time to think about why his is like how it is, and I came to a conclusion. The lack of motivation came from the lack of direction I had given myself to the project. As up until recently I have not been 100% or even 50% at some points on what I actually will end up doing for the project.
I can compare this to the wheelscape brief I did for a previous module. For that I had lots of motivation and was keen to get the best work done I can. This brief was also relevant to skating but from the start I knew exactly what I would be doing, so the motivation kept coming.
Now that I am honestly at least only 90% sure of what I am doing with that 10% being things which only minor variables I now I must plan a little more to get to 100%. I have some motivation now as a purpose and end result is known.
I can compare this to the wheelscape brief I did for a previous module. For that I had lots of motivation and was keen to get the best work done I can. This brief was also relevant to skating but from the start I knew exactly what I would be doing, so the motivation kept coming.
Now that I am honestly at least only 90% sure of what I am doing with that 10% being things which only minor variables I now I must plan a little more to get to 100%. I have some motivation now as a purpose and end result is known.
Post tutorial thoughts.
I have looked into the possibility of having skateboards printed for the show, and simply put it is not possible. There are only a few places which offer to print skateboards to start off with and even less that does them in such small quantities. Not to mention the turn-around time on these things is 2-3 weeks. Which I do not have enough time for.
This has left me to think that getting blanks skateboards is a possibility as well as something to act as the mural for people to write there thoughts. Now that I have thought about it I think it is vital that a skateboard be present at my show, just to help people initially know what it is about.
After today apart from my workload I am for the first time happy and confidant in the development of my show. And I know now that my goals and message of the project can be achieved.
This has left me to think that getting blanks skateboards is a possibility as well as something to act as the mural for people to write there thoughts. Now that I have thought about it I think it is vital that a skateboard be present at my show, just to help people initially know what it is about.
After today apart from my workload I am for the first time happy and confidant in the development of my show. And I know now that my goals and message of the project can be achieved.
I have had a tutorial and a lot of information, help and direction on my project were raised, confronted and questioned. However I felt that there were a few points which felt the most important and the best to help my project.
The first was that I'm looking into what skating means to people, however I chose to show quotes from professional skaters. When it became clear I should be targeting real everyday people. That is skaters, skaters mom's, people to hate skateboarding etc. etc. This would be more eye opening to people and allow for a better perspective of what skateboarding means to people. This also lead to a interactive mural at my show, where people could write down there and then what skating means to them and what they think of skaters. I really like this idea as lots of scruffy handwritten scrawling's would fit right in with the aesthetics of skateboarding and street culture.
The second was expanding on this idea of skating is more than just skating and how it becomes more of a way of life to a lot of people. Sure there are some that just skate occasionally but to others it is skating every day its the clothes the language and everything else. So expanding on this in a sense of my deliverables would really help the grind box becomes more relevant. As currently it seems like a prop or afterthought. So having multiple deliverable formats would be good. Such as adding t-shirts and board designs.
The first was that I'm looking into what skating means to people, however I chose to show quotes from professional skaters. When it became clear I should be targeting real everyday people. That is skaters, skaters mom's, people to hate skateboarding etc. etc. This would be more eye opening to people and allow for a better perspective of what skateboarding means to people. This also lead to a interactive mural at my show, where people could write down there and then what skating means to them and what they think of skaters. I really like this idea as lots of scruffy handwritten scrawling's would fit right in with the aesthetics of skateboarding and street culture.
The second was expanding on this idea of skating is more than just skating and how it becomes more of a way of life to a lot of people. Sure there are some that just skate occasionally but to others it is skating every day its the clothes the language and everything else. So expanding on this in a sense of my deliverables would really help the grind box becomes more relevant. As currently it seems like a prop or afterthought. So having multiple deliverable formats would be good. Such as adding t-shirts and board designs.
Monday, 20 May 2013
A new restriction
I have recently come to realise a restriction on my project I had not previously thought about. At least not consciously anyway. I have realised that another size restriction is in place I will have to think about. This is that I am restricted on transport of goods to and from the gallery since I only own a car, and I do not wish to rent a van, I will have to make sure that regardless of how many pieces I make to skate they will have to fit into my car. However I can possibly imply a jigsaw effect on the pieces should their be multiple.
Construction is also an option in the gallery space however I am sure this is not the best way to go about this, as painting will have to be done there as well. This is a possible last resort option however.
The two things I have previously made for skating are around 5ft give or take, and these fit comfortably into my car. at a guess I think around 7ft would be pushing it to fit in, however 6ft is probably a sweet spot. 6ft is also a potential sweet spot for actually skating something like a ledge or a rail, as its long enough to lock in a full grind and not too long that balancing out the entirety of the ledge or rail is a big issue. Height and width of the structure also comes into factor when considering it for transport, but these when put into perspective are obvious when they are unrealistic for travel. More details soon on these restrictions as my skate-able piece comes closer to construction.
Construction is also an option in the gallery space however I am sure this is not the best way to go about this, as painting will have to be done there as well. This is a possible last resort option however.
The two things I have previously made for skating are around 5ft give or take, and these fit comfortably into my car. at a guess I think around 7ft would be pushing it to fit in, however 6ft is probably a sweet spot. 6ft is also a potential sweet spot for actually skating something like a ledge or a rail, as its long enough to lock in a full grind and not too long that balancing out the entirety of the ledge or rail is a big issue. Height and width of the structure also comes into factor when considering it for transport, but these when put into perspective are obvious when they are unrealistic for travel. More details soon on these restrictions as my skate-able piece comes closer to construction.
Thursday, 16 May 2013
running out of time.
So I have recently come to terms with how little time is left for this project. I believe it has given me a little boost in motivation which I needed greatly. I have for some reason had little motivation for this project over the last few weeks, and work rate has been rather slow compared to what I would normally be.
However time is less than a month so I better change my ways if I am to put on a good show and final get my hands on the prize of a degree. I have however done a vicious amount of planning recently and know exactly what research to do and what ideas to explore. So I guess the last few weeks haven't been a complete waste.
However time is less than a month so I better change my ways if I am to put on a good show and final get my hands on the prize of a degree. I have however done a vicious amount of planning recently and know exactly what research to do and what ideas to explore. So I guess the last few weeks haven't been a complete waste.
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