final

here is what I worked on for my final for desma 21.

my initial final project. i finished with this super early and vasa had me do another one, which resulted in the piece below.

my final project that i ended up turning in. vasa said it was my best work to date. this piece came about when i was quickmasking part of the image in photoshop, and vasa commented that it worked really well, so i went about recreating the way it looked in illustrator. with the image on its own, it felt like it lacked something, so i placed the image behind it to frame it.

frankly, i don't see the greatness in my final piece yet, but vasa said that he hoped i would one day. i had a tough time letting go of my first project, since i had spent a lot of effort on it. vasa gave me a little lecture on how i needed to not get attached to works, and be more assertive, since good work should win out. he provided the building of his house as an example; he wanted the bathroom a certain way, and had the plan work around it, but the architect pointed out that the rest of the house suffered because of the bathroom, and he was adamant about the bathroom at first, but finally realised what the architect was saying. vasa pointed out that with the first piece, i was off to a good start (the pink rings around the face) but became stagnant when i was desperate to just fill the piece with something, and it suffered because of it. the final piece was finished as an accident, and i only started it when i was told i couldn't sit around for two hours and forty five minutes doing nothing. i was really reluctant to drop this in the class folder, as it took me less than ten minutes to finish, and i just didn't like the idea of turning it in when i'd spent so much more time and effort on the first piece. i understood what vasa was trying to say, though, and dropped this in the print folder. i wish i had the printed version, but vasa kept it. he said that i should have it printed for myself. maybe if i keep staring at it, i'll see what he sees in it.