Crunch Time

There are only a few more days until major things need to be done and turned in to the gallery. Right now I am in the process of revising my map so that I can get it into printing. After that, I will finish drawing my faces, put them up, take the pictures and print those. I know this is a lot to do, but I figure since I have the frames I am going to use, I can give these to the gallery as place holders on Tuesday. I am hoping to get as much done as possible this weekend though. It is really frustrating, because I have another class project which is a site installation and there is going to be an opening of that next Wednesday, so my professor is being especially naggy and making us all work really hard up until the opening. Then, on top of that, some personal problems arose the past few days. Not trying to make any excuses, but if I look like I want to punch anyone in the face in the next week or so, this is why.

What I Did:

5 hours revising my map
15 hours drawing facial features
1.5 hours planning gallery set-up
2 hours getting frames from Ikea

first love face

eyes for first crappy apartment face

4 AM face (the eyebrows are underneath the eyes because I ran out of room, but I'm cutting everything out anyway)

sketches for gallery space

What I Discovered/Encountered:

Even though I liked how my card looked that I made last week, it didn't have the right feel for my project. I agree with Hannah that it looked like a different project. I could have gone in the direction of making faces in Illustrator, but I didn't so I needed a new look for my card. I still like the way the card opens up to reveal the inside of the mouth, but we came up with a new way to fold it that makes that a little more apparent. Therefore, I need to draw a mouth, but I want it to work in almost the same way as the previous design, it just would have a different feel because it is hand drawn. Then, the way the stack of cards are going to be placed in the gallery, they are going to pair up with the eyes that are going to be above them. Together they will make up my final worried face, which will be included in my map.

I went to Kolossos, and they seem to have the cheapest prices and the best quality for what I want to do. The price, however, is way more than I intended: $300 for 500 cards. I might have to bring that number down to 400 and fold the cards myself, because I do not have that kind of money to spend, even if I want to make a good impression for my show. There is even a special that the owner gave me, and this is still the price. It's crazy. 

Drawing the facial features that I will paste out in public has been going smoothly. It is my favorite part of this whole process. I can get immersed in them and not even realize that so much time has gone by.

What I Plan To Do Next:

I will draw the mouth for my card and send in my design to get my cards printed at Kolossos this weekend. I will then finish up drawing my faces and try to put them up before Tuesday. I don't think putting them up that soon will be possible, but I will try. I have a lot of motivation now that I am hoping will push me to get as much done as a can these next few days.