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Today we had one on one tutorials with Cesar to talk about our plans and it made me realize that, not only do I need to keep working on my project, but I also need to pick a platform to show my work other than Padlet. I was thinking about using hot glue, despite having failed with it last time I tried, because I have a computer now, so I think it might work.

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Today I had the progress tutorial with Monique and we talked about what I had done so far. She mentioned that I should probably do more research and register more of my process in order to get a pass.

I also questioned her and Roger Basseto about what to do to feel more motivated and both of them told me to practice more, so I have been tracing over some reference pictures I got from google to try and understand human anatomy a little bit better, since that’s something I struggle with.

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Since we’re going to have our progress tutorials tomorrow, I decided to spend the last couple of days up updating my research padlet. I’m also planning on writing more on my reflection padlet. However, I noticed that I was falling behind with the project itself, and I told this to Lauren today, so she advised me to look for stories that already exist for inspiration, especially myths and folklore, since I already worked with them once.

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Today was the last day I had to work on my mind map project, so I decided to spend it making the final version of my expanded mind map. I think it ended up looking good enough and, even if I wasn’t sure of how to decorate the reference post-its, the idea of putting a small drawing made by each artist was not bad.
While working on this project, I realized that I still don’t really know what I want to do for my part 3 project, but I am not as worried about that as I was before. Actually, having just a very vague notion seems to be enough, since that is what I started with on all of my other projects.

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Today, I got to finish the second version of my extended mind map, but I chose to not include the references, since I already knew it wasn’t what I was looking for and because the deadline of the project is near, so I wanted to have time to work. I also started editing the picture, making the final version of the expanded mind map, and I think I like how it’s turning out.
However, there are some elements of the completely digital version that are not easy to translate into the collage picture, like the “insects” bubble, that was shaped like a beetle, or the “surrealism” one, that was a lemon, but I think I did a good job at substituting those elements.

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Since I wasn’t satisfied with how my expanded mind map turned out, I decided to do it digitally today. I tried giving it an interesting look with graphic design but, even before finishing it, I don’t feel like it is what I was looking for. In fact, I liked the edited picture with the web better. However, I think I might achieve a better result if I mix the two outcomes I got together.

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Yesterday I could finally finish my research and the pecha kucha presentation, so today I was able to start working on my expanded mind map installation. I decided to make a big mind map using fake spider webs since, on my last progress tutorial with Carlos, he said he thought I was going to create something “strange” because of the items I included in the list of things that I liked.
However, I wasn’t satisfied with how my webbed mind map turned out, I thought it still lacked something, so I took a picture and decided to edit it to look more cartoonishly creepy. After doing that, I realized that what I had done was probably not the best outcome for me, so tomorrow, I will take a different approach to the expanded mind map and try to make it digitally, so that it reassembles one of the weird collages that I researched for the pecha kucha.

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Today I had a progress tutorial scheduled with Carlos to talk about my mind map and it helped me understand how vague I should make the starting point of the mind map. However, that meant changing the draft I had done before completely, so I had to redo my first draft.
In the afternoon, I got to do some researching, but I still didn’t start to work on the PowerPoint presentation, which is something that I want to do as soon as possible, in case I have trouble with it. I plan on doing that tomorrow and maybe I will be able to start working on the expanded mind map soon.

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I decided to take the weekend to think about what I wanted my part 3 project to be about because I wasn’t entirely sure about which one of my ideas would make for a better result for me, and I came to the conclusion of working with mythology again, since I enjoyed doing it on the end of the world project. However, this time, I had the idea to make art out of how ancient stories inspire pop culture.
With that in mind, I started a rough draft of my mind map, with some stories I want to research and include on my pecha kucha presentation. I plan on continuing my research tomorrow and hopefully I will start working on the pecha kucha power point as soon as I can.

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Today we had a lecture with Carlos about the pecha kucha and the part 3 project, which helped me understand what I have to do for my not yet task better, since I had struggled a bit to grasp what to do when I first read the briefing. I also decided that for my project, I want to tell a story, since that’s what I did on the end of the world project, which was the one that I enjoyed working on the most.
After that, I tried generating some ideas, as Carlos suggested that I did a list with more or less 20 of them, before deciding which ones I could follow, but I still don’t know if the ideas I managed to come up with are good enough or if I need to think about it a little longer.