Overly ambitious

Upon reflection I think I have been way to ambitious with this project, I'm really starting to feel that time isn't on my side. I didn't take into consideration how long it would take to achieve what I want to achieve or the money I have had to put in. This project has grown into something a lot bigger than first expected.

But I still have 12 days if I work really hard and try not to get distracted by my other creative endeavors hopefully I can pull it off. Blame my brain for always coming up with personal projects I really want to do while doing my main project.

Anti bullying thinking back

I stumbled across this video on youtube, I watch this channel regularly but this video really reminded me of the last project.

I feel like when I was doing the project I did approach it from two sides. one side discouraging bullying and one side trying to make people understand why they or someone else bullies and trying to urge them to find a more none harmful avenue to dealing with those issues.

But they did bring up a rather valid point. Can bullying be an act of rebellion? The act of rebellion might not have anything to do with the actual victim rather the bullies maybe testing the adults who keep telling them not to bully. We see it in many other areas such as drugs because they are illegal to do they are can be seen as more attractive to do.

Just a thought   

Ball Jointed Dolls and How They Inspire My Work

So first off what is a Ball jointed doll or BJD?

A ball jointed doll is an articulated doll which was first made in Rome and Greece out of clay and wood, but the start of modern bjds started in France and Germany in the late 19th century. Today the market is dominated by Asian ball jointed dolls which are normally made out of polyurethane resin.

I own an Asian ball jointed doll. She is from a company called Angel Fantasy and her sculpt name is Alice. The name I gave her is Pandora I have had her for about 4 years now.

Why do I like bjds?

I got into bjds after stumbling across them on the internet while looking for manga and anime related artwork, I was taken a back by how stunningly detailed they were.

Bjds are fully customisable you can buy eyes, wigs, clothes, shoes EVEN eyelashes and you can paint their faces however you see fit (or have a face up artist do it for you). It is a great (but expensive )way of bringing a character to life. Since picking up the hobby I have noticed most people who partake in the hobby are artists and writers wanting a visual representation of their characters.

How are bjds influencing my representation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

I thought dolls fit in rather well with the story and is the closest thing I have physically to an automation. And automations are the aesthetic I am going for with the characters, like the red queen, mad hatter and tweedle dumb and tweedle dee.

New year, new project

For our next unit we are entering competitions I have chosen to enter Pan Macmillan's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The goal is to create a book cover and at least 2 illustrated pages.

I have started to gather some inspiration on pinterest www.pinterest.com/raeldanger/alice-in-wonderland