Lisa Maria's ITP Blog

Assignment 5: Final Proposal

lartistamaria — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:35:21 +0000

“Little Bones Babes”

The 6 pages are including front and back cover art to introduce and depart from the character.

I figure my audience will be little girls, but who knows, maybe old ladies will like it too.

Some of the feedback I received today in class centered around questions regarding layout. Do I need panels to create this book? I very much want this to be considered a comic, so I think that panels are necessary to share the sequential media in a format recognizable to comic book readers.

Another question brought up was in regard to how much pop up is in the story and how is it being used. There is concern that the fine line and balance to create this project as a complete piece without over saturation of pop up elements may not be met. In the comics class, the story is the most significant point to address. If pop up exists just to exist for aesthetic pleasure without purpose, the story might suffer and comic book cues may be missed. I’ve been challenged to create a comic with pop-up elements that have a purpose without being redundant. Time to consult my Scott McCloud book, Understanding Comics yet again to ponder the different ways to tell a story effectively.

I am excited to get to work on this project, and maybe get to show my finished work at the MoCCA ArtFest. How cool would that be?

Assignment 4: 4 Panels

lartistamaria — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:03:56 +0000

This weeks assignment was to focus on type and layout of fonts within a 4 panel story. Here is my work for class.

P.S. Painting with a brush and some ink is HARD!!!

Assignment 3: The Ape Lady

lartistamaria — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:40:53 +0000

The assignment was to create a six-panel comic adapted from T.C. Boyle’s “The Ape Lady in Retirement.” The challenge to create a complete story narrowed down from a rather lengthy tale with very detailed and rich imagery was somewhat daunting. I decided to keep it really simple highlighting who the ape lady was where she was coming from, what she wanted, and what got in her way.

The majority of my classmates did not particularly care for this short story. In today’s setting the story does not make sense. No one is that trusting, nor naive to think an innocent heart can prevail in such circumstances. It was nice; however, to get lost in a story and be challenged to put it into a comic with 6 panels. No more, no less.

Comics: Assignment 2

lartistamaria — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:51:15 +0000

Interdependent: Words and Pictures go hand in hand.

Little Bones Babes lies down under the weeping willow tree and day dreams while birds fly by.

Word Specific: Pictures illustrate but don’t significantly add to a largely complete text.

The leaves on the branches rustled a calming sound as the willow blew in the wind.

Picture Specific: Words do little more than add a soundtrack.

“Tweet. Tweet. Tweet.”

Parallel: Words and pictures seem to follow very different courses without intersecting.

“One bird, Two Bird, Three Bird, Four. “

Pop-Up Books: Assignment 2

lartistamaria — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:53:47 +0000

Comics: Assignment 1

lartistamaria — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:32:14 +0000

My face? I’m not an illustrator, but here’s what I had to show the class. I thought I was going to die of embarrassment. Oh well, I will never get better if I don’t make myself try, right?

The objective is to strip 5 layers down from my face as shown by example in Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics.

Pop-Up Books: Assignment 1

lartistamaria — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:37:56 +0000

Personal Statement

lartistamaria — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:47:58 +0000

My entire life has been revolved around music. I have performed in numerous musical outfits, collaborated with many musicians and participated in many styles and events. There is not a day that goes by where creating music is not a part of my focus or consciousness. I feel the most connected as a human to this earth when I am creating.

This past year, I had spent most of my free time in between and during my classes, work and personal life messaging my guitarist who lives 3000 miles away from me. We would send our music ideas back and forth via our telephones when a thought we were thinking of came to our minds. These incomplete, scattered pieces would travel in a matter of seconds taking away the delay of time and locale. As I was barely the more computer savvy of the two of us, I would take our work and edit it on my work station in Final Cut Pro so as to put it up on the web the easiest way I knew how, in video format.

The fire in which we sent messages back and forth was akin to a passionate love affair of sound. As I would arrange and work through the guitar ideas she sent me, I thought of how much easier it would be to just record a loop over what she had sent me. The amount of time I could save on editing and put towards further creation was something I thought would potentially further our output of creativity.

I like the idea of thinking of new ways to collect and create sound. I am interested in providing tools for other musicians to focus forward in the work they want to create as well as creating opportunities for collaboration. I am interested in creating a tool that would allow people to bring their musical stories forward from a quick doodle of an inspiration to a composition in full bloom.

Thesis Inspirations

lartistamaria — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:44:33 +0000

Thesis Abstract 2

lartistamaria — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:37:58 +0000

Lisa Maria’s Thesis Abstract #2:

The LoveLeeSounds App is an application for musicians to collaborate with each other using their mobile devices. One artist may have an idea for a song, be it a melody or a riff. This artist can record the idea on their phone and then take the recording and send it to the other artist through MMS or through the application. The other artist receives this sound recording and is inspired to write their own melodic, harmonic, or percussive idea on top of the first idea presented. The second artist can pass it on to a 3^rd artist and the 3^rd artist can add to the loop.

What would be remarkable about this tool is the instant connection an artist may have to reach another person and gather their ideas thus creating art through mobile technology.

The ability for artists to collaborate immediately with other artists came about with my band LoveLeeHeathen this past year. Living 3,000 miles away from my musical soulmate, we would text message ideas back and forth. I would take the information she sent me and put it in an editing software to collaborate my ideas and then post it on Vimeo.

If I had this mobile app, I wouldn’t need to go to any other platform to create with my music writing partner. It would be a one-stop-shop to record ideas and arrange music no matter the location. The opportunity to give musicians the tools that they need to collaborate and create interests me very much. I would love the opportunity to see this into reality.