I really enjoyed the journey to create what I wanted to show for the final showcase, since it allowed me to explore with different mediums to execute my idea, an I experienced how the creative process is all about trusting intuition, asking for feedback and working hard to make it happen.
My first vision of what I want to showcase came from an idea I had of a possible intervention where I ask people to confront themselves against a mirror that had on top the silhouette of the average man, asking them if they could fit that frame. After the Dragon’s Den, I had a different idea of how to approach it, it’s all described in this previous blog post.
After deciding that I want to create an environment full of red flags on objects and reading about the anaglyph effect, Zuleika informed me that for the exposition I didn’t have enough space to make an entire living room as I had thought, so I had to reframe my idea. I decided then to create some posters still with the same effect, so I went to the Digital Lab and asked help to one of the technicians I already had work with to create the Flag the Gap logo. She then invited me to play around with Illustrator. It’s important to mention that I have not much experience with and that I had to learn A LOT. Also, she asked me to create some sketches of what I was envisioning so it felt ore guided my creative process.
So, here are some of the images of the process, from the beginning to the end. I’m going to print them with the Riso printer of the university and I’m so excited of the result!
First Sketches:
First try in Illustrator:
Progress with Illustrator
Final Result
Another aspect that was important for me was to develop my own logo for Carolina, la Latina, which started as the name of this blog, but now I’m thinking about using it as my own personal brand for my art projects and my creative side. Also, by prototyping and playing around with Illustrator I created my new brand, which is also a big step for me.
It took me 2 weeks to make this happen and I’m really so proud of myself and the evolution I saw on my art piece.