FEEL THE DIFFERENCE

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I think the point of last week's work is about " To adjust the uncomfortable feeling" and "To feel what you cannot feel before".

 I divide them into two parts.




To adjust the uncomfortable feeling

Both the pictures are drawn on September 19th, midnight
with music randomly chosen


I draw the left one in pen because I want to force myself not to revise. And I can have the weird feeling like some seconds I was drawing a face however some seconds a vase. 

As I said in the presentation, it was out of my expectation that I didn't have the odd feeling when I was drawing upside down.




To feel what you cannot feel before









I left the right twos to reflect light to show their texture.
To draw differently, I chose the Ted toy which can change its position easily, and I try two different color's iPad screen protectors as a different texture. 

I plan to overlap them together to show they are one object from different angles and positions.







And surprisingly, when I was in class, I misunderstood Paul's work as a projector, which reminded me of the slides we used in primary school.

So they can also attend to those effects:



It was hard to replay the effect of an old projector with one person. I did this in my bedroom, with the iPad's flashlight.
With a more close look, I found that I love the effect of the blue ones. Through the screen protector's foaming surface, finally, it looked like a Ted bear stuck into an amber.
It took me quite a while to think what's the meaning behind this slide-like effect, but cannot give you an answer, just let it be cool.

Moreover, there was another problem I haven't mentioned in class. I used a pen to draw on the screen protector-like surface, therefore the ink easy to drop off. I need to hold them closely in hand to protect them from the class.



Xiaokai Chen, September 24th

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