I have never had a more open-ended project than this before. In our class we were given a category and told to chose an object from said category. My category was "cosmetics".
"Great," I thought. "I barely wear any make-up. What could I possibly choose that I would have any knowledge about?"
It turns out I've danced since the age of three. Because of this, I have performed on a stage since roughly five years of age. And because of this, I have a basic knowledge of stage make-up. The most expressive part of the body are the eyes which is why these are accentuated the most. So, I chose eyeshadow as my product.
Once we had our object our instructions were to make a "4"x 6" postcard... expressing [our] reflection/analysis of the design/object using the written and graphic languages...." What?! That's it? Such an open-ended assignment!
My original idea came out looking like this:
I was trying to convey the idea of color and how the eyeshadow can become a palette. I'm not sure why I couldn't immediately think to put the eyeshadow on an actual artist palette as this was my original thought, but through the creative process, I eventually wound up with my art palette postcard.
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