https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd Stage 2 en-us 2018-05-10 18:24:30 UTC 2026-02-14 11:31:51 UTC hello@padlet.com julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/259744154 08.05.2018
We were supposed to start making our instruments yesterday in class during the afternoon. However, since we had several technical problems with the internet and computers, the presentations ended up lasting all day. It was a bit frustrating and tiring, but we got everyone to present their researches. So, after class, I used my free time to put together some materials that I had early separated to create my instrument and I ended up building a reco-reco along with a rattle. 
Today, we got to know in which groups we are working. I found this scheme of forming the groups after each one has already created their own instrument very disorganized and a little clueless, but I ended up really enjoying the people who I am going to work with: Zaíra, Fred, and Jade. We took advantage of the day to finalize and give the final touch to our instruments; and, at the end of the lesson, we made up an action plan for us to get organized and accomplish our goals during these two weeks ahead. My group has very similar ideals and tastes, and all ideas are flowing well until now. I think we form a very good team!]]> 2018-05-10 18:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/259744154 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/259744269 09.05.2018
Today there was no class, but even so, my group and I decided to meet up on EBAC to work on our project. At the beginning, we were quite insecure, since none of us have musical experience and understands instruments very well. The first idea was to choose a well-known instrumental music and to make a reinterpretation of it using the instruments we created ourselves. We tried to divide each part of the song for each person, but this plan did not work out. We could not find the right tone or fit the instruments correctly into the music. Then, we decided to go to the photo studio, which was a very quiet place. We started to record the sound of each instrument, separately, doing several tests, erasing and re-recording several times. We used the garageband on Zaíra’s ipad and we were editing much of the music right there, at that same moment. It was a very organic and unpretentious thing, but we ended up finding a place for every sound and instrument. The result of the song was very funny but at the same time very disturbing. So, from there, we decided to do our project with a creepy and scary movie type style. This idea has further livened up our group and we are pleased with what we are planning.]]> 2018-05-10 18:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/259744269 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/259744383 10.05.2018
During the morning, Zaíra and I went to the mac lab, we passed all the recordings we did yesterday with her ipad to the computer and continue editing our music. The result was getting interesting, but we decided that it would be better to record some more sounds to have a larger amount of material to work on. We called Jade and Fred, and we went down to the second floor. As the rooms in there are empty, they cause an echo and we thought that we could use that feature in our favor. And it worked really well, giving a special and scary touch to our music. After all recorded and documented, we returned to the mac lab to finalize the edition.
Already in the afternoon, the four of us got reunited and started thinking about a brainstorm for our video. We thought how every noise and sound could be represented; and one of the very strong references we had was from the opening of the series American Horror Story.
Although things are going well and we are able to fulfill what we have planned, I feel that none of us are still really satisfied and safe with this project. And even with our love for music, we are not completely happy doing this work.]]> 2018-05-10 18:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/259744383 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/260606959 11.05.2018
Since Zaíra and Jade are from Moving Image, they went to the After Effects Workshop and were also encharged of making the animation. In the other hand, Fred and I, both from Visual Communication, stayed at the studio and we had to think about and develop a graphic score. We really did not know how to do it or at least where to start. This made us very upset with this task. But Ana and Daniel's lecture was very enlightening and helpful. They showed us several examples of artists who created their own graphic scores and all of them were a great source of inspiration for us. It made me open my mind and start having some ideas with Fred. In addition to the tutors talking to us a lot about this subject, exchanging ideas with us and giving names of artists for us to research, they did a kind of "game" with us where they put a song with their respective graphic score and, all together, we tried to guess what each symbol corresponded to in the music. It was a lot of fun and I started to get excited.
So, in the afternoon, Fred and I dedicated ourselves and focus exclusively on our graphic score. I confess that at the beginning it was still a little difficult and complicated, but, over time, we were getting the hang of it, matching all the ideas and we were able to create a symbol for every sound we made. We were super happy with our outcome and I felt that I surpessed another obstacle.]]> 2018-05-14 18:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/260606959 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/260607077 14.05.2018
For today, we already had a sketch of the graphic score and the first version of the animation done. Jade and Zaíra stayed Friday after class recording videos for our animation and, during the weekend, Zaíra edited everything, along with our music. I thought that Jade nailed it into the interpretation and would make a great actress and I was also very proud of Zaíra because although she does not have experience in video editing, she did an amazing job.
During the day, I stayed at the studio and started to think about a visual identity for our band and develop some ideas in my sketchbook. Some of the things we still had to decide were the band's and song's name. After many ideas and discussion, it was decided that our name would be “Psycho Club” and the song “Troubled Mind”. And after I created and developed some visual identities for our music, we decided, as a group, to use the ones with the skull and with the white eyes. (the two pictured from the bottom row)]]> 2018-05-14 18:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/260607077 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/261614361 16.05.2018
Our group is very advanced and ahead of time. I was extremely happy that we super focused on everything we had to do and we completed everything that was scheduled in our action plan. So, today we take our time to do extra things to add to our project and to give the finishing touches on our video. In the morning, while Zaíra was looking after the video, Fred, Jade and I made several different variations of the graphic score. We used paints, pencils, pens and charcoal in these experimentarions. I also used my time during the morning to develop extra things related to the visual identity of our song.
In the afternoon, we had the idea to take a photo for the “CD” cover. As we are basing our project on things of terror, we decided that each one would be a famous slasher: I was Jason, Jade was the Leather Face, Zaira was Freddy Krueger and Fred was Michael Myers. He had a lot of fun making this. We took several photos at the photo studio and I edited the cover very true to the style of our work.
These two weeks were very tiring and laborious, but, after all, our group was very pleased with everything we have done so far. We have the good feeling of accomplishment!]]> 2018-05-17 14:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/261614361 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/261614470 17.05.2018
One more project came to an end. And, although it was not one of my favorite projects, I really enjoyed working with those three colleagues who were in my group. We had a lot of tuning and everything happened as we expected. Our ideas wer almost always the same and when they were not, the idea of ​​one complemented the one of other. We did not have any big problems. Besides all exchange and discussion, everyone in the group was a good listener. So, we'd sort it all out and make it all together.
Each one did his best and worked with what they liked best. I, as I am in Visual Communication, was one of those responsible for the graphic score and the visual part of the band/music. I was well pleased with what I was able to develop.
During the critique we had today, we received lots of positive feedback and praise for our work. Our classmates really liked our idea of ​​taking our weakness (not knowing how to play instruments) and turning it into something new and very interesting (scary movie style). And I believe that the outcome we got from our project reflects on how well we work together.]]> 2018-05-17 14:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/261614470 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/262440045 21.05.2018
The image I think was the most successful:]]> 2018-05-21 17:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/262440045 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/263311451 21.05.2018
Today, we had class with Michael and he knew how to manage the time very well. He was able to pass on to us everything he had planned and I was able to absorb all the informations.
First, he read the briefing of the new project “The End of the World”, which I found the theme very interesting, and explained everything by topics. I had already read about this work over the weekend, but I had some doubts, so it was very helpful. He also showed several artists, such as Simon Spilsburg, Jody Hewgill, Takumer Homma, Alayna Danner, and Alberto Seveso who served as inspiration for me. From there, I already started to think about how I would do my project.
Then, we did an activity that stimulated our creativity. The whole class had to draw in the same paper things that Michael said (such as a dog, a tree, old people) while a music was playing; and when it stopped, we had to stop drawing immediately and move to our right to do another illustration. The result was very appealing and we were able to develop our skills in thinking and developing our ideas in a short period of time.
Finally, we had to get some images / pictures / drawings related to the project theme for references.
It was a very productive day and I'm very excited to start my illustrations on A2 paper.]]> 2018-05-24 11:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/263311451 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/263311487 22.05.2018
Last night I started to research and think about my story plot. In this project, we have much liberty to interpret, in innumerable different ways, how would the end of the world be like. However, I, particularly, like more things that are real and I saw that I would have many possibilities on working with the problm of the amount of garbage in the cities and in the environment. And some of my references were the movies “Wall-E”and “Cloudy With a Change of Meatballs”.
Today in class, during the morning, I developed the idea of ​​my story better. I thought of people throwing garbage into the environment; this garbage starts to accumulate; pollution begins to spread and takes over all places; people start to get trapped in their own trash, and as a consequence, the world turns into a big ball of trash, leading to the end of the world. I also did some research on the different types of pollution and its consequences.
Already in the afternoon, I began to sketch the four illustrations for this project. I had to select what I would draw on each paper so that when put together, make sense and pass on the story I created for those who see my work. We also had to make an action plan for this two weeks and I realized that I will travel to my hometown during the holidays. So I had to think about a way to finish everything by Tuesday, may 29th.
I really liked what I came up with and I was very happy when I talked to Leo about my proposal and he liked it too. He also questioned me how I would illustrate the four pages and that is one thing I still have to decide. There are many options: collage, digital, hand drawing (pencil, pen, colered pencil, paint)... I am thinking of doing some experimentations in the next two days to see which technique will look better and make more sense to the theme I chose.]]> 2018-05-24 11:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/263311487 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/263311533 23.05.2018
It was independent work day so we did not have class, but I went to EBAC anyway because I think I produce better in the studio.
I already had the idea of ​​how I would do the four drawings, I just needed to decide how. So I started to do some experimenting. The first one I tried was using watercolor: I did not like the result because the ink worked too hard on the paper and I too could not detail very well the situations of the illustrations as I wanted them to look. Secondly, I tried to draw with colored markers: for me, the result was even worse, because I could not find the right colors as I was imagining, the drawing was very marked and wet because of the markers and the colors did not blend. Finally, I tried to make with nanquim, one of the techniques that I like the most, and the result was very good: clean, with the necessary details, and in black and white, giving a special touch to the theme I chose.]]> 2018-05-24 11:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/263311533 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364559 24.05.2018
During the morning, I started to draw for real in the first A2 sheet. As I had already chosen, I used nanquim pen and nanquim ink. I started by drawing the city, the buildings and some details, like the shadows. I was really enjoying the style of the drawing and how it was looking, but it had a small problem: I still did not know how I would represent the trash in my illustrations. I was thinking of something very real, to cause a bigger impact and I did not think I would be able to convey this, by hand drawing, all the trash. I then talked about it with Monique and, together, we came to a conclusion that would be super interesting to put, through photoshop, in the drawings that I will make real images of rubbish accumulated in the streets. She also told me about a website called cgtextures.com to get some pictures for free. I loved her help and I think the result will be very unusual.
In the afternoon, I used my time to begin, and also finish, the illustration of the second paper.]]> 2018-06-04 12:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364559 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364632 27.05.2018
I do not have as much experience or vast knowledge in editing photos in photoshop. However, I really enjoy learning, I am very interested in editing and I believe using this instrument will help improve my work. So, today I spent the morning studying and getting to know all the tools that the app offers. I did several experiments and tests (some with good results, others not so much) to see the best way to use it in my project.
In the afternoon, I spent hours picking out the best photos that would match my drawings and editing. At first, it was a bit complicated but with time I got the hang of it. By the end of the day, I already had the first two official A2 papers ready to go.
I was very glad with the result that I managed to achieve; because, to be honest, at the beginning, I was apprehensive about this way I decided to do my illustrations. I was not sure if the two different techniques (hand drawing with nanquim and collage with real photos) I used would combine and I also did not know if I would be able to make a good use of photoshop. Happily, everything worked out fine and I'm super excited and anxious to finish the other two illustrations and see it all together ready.]]> 2018-06-04 12:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364632 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364680 28.05.2018
Even though I was enjoying how my project is looking, I still felt a little insecure about it today, in the morning. I did not know if the way I had chosen to do my illustrations would please the tutors and would have good feedbacks on the crit. But fortunately, I was able to talk to Ana about my work and my ideas and she made me much calmer; she found it interesting, encouraged me to continue and gave me some tips on how I could further improve the designs, such as to use different scales, where I could put more garbage, where I could have less, where I could have more scattered trash and where more accumulated. It was very helpful and I was happier in relation to my assignment after our conversation.
In the rest of the day, I took my time and finished the third and fourth illustration. Now, I only need to do the editing in photoshop of them two and print it.]]> 2018-06-04 12:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364680 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364716 29.05.2018
Today the day was super smooth. There were no scheduled classes and the time we had was to work independently. Besides, because of the strike, few people came and the studio was very calm and peaceful. This was very good for me because I was able to concentrate and focus 100% on what I had to do. I stayed from 10:30 am until 4:00 pm editing the third and fourth illustration and also retouching the other two, giving the finishing touches. I have to say it was very tiring and laborious. I was also agonized to finish soon and very anxious about the trip I will make tomorrow. However, when I got the final results, it was very rewarding.
At the end of the day, I sent the files to the graphic and printed all of them. I was afraid of not getting a good printed quality, for being on paper A2, but everything went well. I was very glad that I got fine results, I finished in the planned time and I’ll be able to travel calmly and enjoy the holiday.]]> 2018-06-04 12:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265364716 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265501197 04.06.2018]]> 2018-06-04 22:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265501197 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265725167 05.06.2018
In the morning, we made a visit to the Garoa Hacker Club. In its community laboratory, there are equipment to host projects focused on electronics, programming, visual arts and other creative activities. The most interesting thing for me was to know that they offer courses, lectures, workshops, in addition to having the laboratory available so that their regulars can develop projects freely. We had a long talk with Alexandre and although it was very difficult and I was a little lost a few moments, I found the experience of learning to use codes to create games, animations and drawings very exciting.
I would love to be able to develop a digital game using this technique that we started to learn today, but I think that because of the short time we have, I will end up creating an analogue one. However, learning codes is definitely one thing I want to dig deeper into.
After we returned to EBAC, in the afternoon Leo read and explained in detail the briefing of the new project. He also talked a bit about artists like André Breton, Cadu and Athos Bulcão, who served as some references to me. From then on, I've started to think and generate some game ideas that involves rules and chance.]]> 2018-06-05 19:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/265725167 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260648 07.06.2018
We started the class by creating our action plan for the next few days; and I have to highlight: this was the thing that helped me the most in part 2 of the course and in the projects. Detailing a plan outlining actions needed to reach specific goals is the best strategy to succeed. In addition, in the rest of the morning, I started to think about three different game ideas; thinking about the components, the objective and the rules of each one. By 12:00pm, I had already created the RANDOM SENTENCE, HEADS OR TAILS and COLORFUL EXPLOSION. I enjoyed the ideas a lot and had high expectations with all three games, therefore I could not choose only one. So, I asked some friends to vote on which ones they found most interesting and “Heads or Tails” ended up winning. From now on, I will focus and develop it in depth.
In the afternoon, we received the British artist Eleanor Greenleaf. She showed us and talked about some of her works, which are simply amazing, and she even taught us about the Game of Life created by the mathematician John H. Conway. After the little talk, she did an activity with us where we split into groups of three and we had to think about rules and create a game using a grid paper. Then, we would have to trade our game with another group and try to play their game. My group had a bit of difficulty in the beginning to unroll all the ideas but with much conversation and experimentation, we were able to complete the task. I found this workshop very important to understand the relevance of creating rules that are not only understanding to us, but to everyone. ]]> 2018-06-14 18:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260648 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260718 08.06.2018
Today was the day to start producing the game. In my game, “Heads or Tails”, the components would be 1 giant coin (that I would have to make), 40 heads & tails instructions cards (20 for each), some sheets of paper and a variety of art materials. The idea of ​​the game was to choose either heads or tails, flip the coin and the side of the coin facing up would determine what card should be picked. After picking the card, the person needed to do exactly what it tells to.
To start developing my game better, I made a list of things I would need to do it / build it.
Then, I had to start thinking about what heads and taisl meant in the game and what would be written in each card, because the idea was still very raw and the game depended exclusively on this. After thinking hard, I decided that the heads cards would be related to drawing and the tails related to challenges.
I stayed from 1:30 pm until 4:00 pm trying to develop the instructions for each of the 40 cards but I simply crashed. Nothing was going forward and my ideas stopped flowing. At this moment I'm very frustrated and sad. I’m afraid I’ll have to abandon this idea and start a fresh new one by this point.]]> 2018-06-14 18:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260718 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260821 10.06.2018
The idea of ​​Heads or Tails” was still stopped and I could not unroll it. So, I had to restart my research to create another game and start from all over again, since the beginning. After a long time, I came up with the idea, then, of trying to create an arcade game.
I thought of a theme related to space and several ideas began to appear in my head. I began to make a list of materials that I will need to build this game, like cardboard and marble balls and to think about the rules.
The game will be based on the following: you must put a marble ball on the rocket and try to deflect the holes in the space. If the balls go "onto de moon", you gain 10 points, but if it goes "back to earth", you lose 10 points. And the goal, of course, is to make it to the moon.
Now, all I have to do is focus and work hard this week so I can get a game ready and that works until the deadline.]]> 2018-06-14 18:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260821 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260850 11.06.2018
I arrived early in the studio and already started working on my new game. I can not waste time and I have to do everything for my game to work out.
I started by cutting the cardboards and finding the right measurements for each piece. In relation to the design of the arcade, I thought it might also be interesting if it could look like a rocket / space-ship. And made it come true. I spent a lot of time also analyzing and researching how I would make the marble balls go to two different sides: "onto the moon" and "back to earth." It was very laborious and took a long time, but I believe it will work. I gradually built it during all day long.
Almost at the end of the class, I talked to Ana about my bold idea and about my new game. As it is not ready yet, it was a little difficult to explain to her, but she managed to understand and found it very engaging. The only thing she's really worried about is if I'm going to be able to finish everything on time and that the game will have functionality for people to play. I really like to build and DIY things, so I'm very confident. And also, since she is my tutor, I want make her proud and prove to her I am able to do it.]]> 2018-06-14 18:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260850 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260905 12.06.2018
Today, I used the entire class time to finalize the construction of my game. I finished to glue every piece of my analogic arcade, handmade. Then, I painted everything using acrylic paint e added some important detaisl, such as the moon an the earth.
In the end, I tested my game to see if everything was really working, and fortunately, everything was in order and exactly how I was expecting to be. 
I felt super proud of myself to be able to do this game, which I idealized with a lot of love and a lot of strength to do, but that also that made me sometimes question my own ability to build things.]]> 2018-06-14 18:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260905 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260962 13.06.2018
Today I spent the whole morning thinking about a script for my video. I wanted it to look funny and kind of cheeky as well as the toys advertisements in the old days.
After creating a story board, I spent the whole afternoon recording several videos with the help of Bruna and Eugenio.
I still do not know how the result is going to be, since I did not edir the video yet. However, I had a lot of fun recording with my friends.]]> 2018-06-14 18:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260962 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260993 14.06.2018
There is not much to reflect on today. I just used my time to edit my video, which, by the way, turned out very funny and gives a clear message of what my game is about, and I helped my friends to finalize their projects too.]]> 2018-06-14 18:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267260993 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267387446 15.06.2018]]> 2018-06-15 15:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/267387446 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/268851399 26.06.18
As soon as I arrived at the studio, I decided that the project that I was going to remake was the protest one. Looking at my original project and its outcomes, I believe that there is room for improvement; such as giving more the necessary information to the audience. The second step was to find a theme to protest about. The choosen one was the 2018 World Cup Harassment because it is a very strong topic, really recent and relevant, and also, since I am a active and assumed feminist, what is happening in Russia is bothering me so much! It is very disgusting how women is beeing treated. I did a quick research about it and I found many cases of harassments which were reported. I had access to a lot of information and it was very useful so I could decide what to write and what to show on my poster. Still in the morning, I chose how I was making the poster: silkcscreen. This decision was made because when I was looking at my portifolio planning, there was an observation pointing out experimentations missing using this technique.
During the afternoon, I sketched some poster ideas. There was a lot of good things and information about them; however, the problem was that I used too many colors. Marcelo adviced me that for silkscreen to suceed is better to chose only 1 or maximum 2 colors and I agreed with him. To help me even more, he showed me the May 1968 Protests in Paris as reference. Later on, I had a talk with Bea about my work and it was very useful. She gave me more references and also told me to think about a simple yet strong design for my poster and also to think about a clear message. So, I went back to the printing room and my ideas started to flow more easily. By the end of the day, I had created a simpler and direct poster, only using the colors black and red. I really enjoyed the final result and I can not wait to start printing it!]]> 2018-06-28 11:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/268851399 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910236 27.08.18
My first idea for my project was drawing a  group of men with a cellphone in their hands surrounding a russian woman, as a reference to that disgusting video that went viral, where the men made her repeat vulgar phrases and words with sexual connotations, without her knowing what that meant.
But then I realized that the message wouldn’t be clear unless the person had seeing the video and I did not have to do everything literally. Any represention of harassment would be enough to pass the message I wanted to. So, I thought about drawing a girl, backwards, wearing a soccer shirt from Brazil and a man’s hand grabbing her butt. In this way, the harassment message became clearer.
I also wrote the phrase “is this fair play?” to put an emphasis on the sexual assault during the World Cup 2018.
I was pleased with the result and glad that I changed from the first idea because now it looks more effective and has a clear message for everyone, regardless of the video or not.]]> 2018-08-03 18:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910236 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910264 13.07.18
As I am spending the holidays in Orlando, ideas for souvenir is not lacking here. Everywhere I go, there's a gift shop with hundreds of disney stuff. I already went in several of them to do some research. The only problem is that I want to get a bit away from the cliché and here in Orlando is kind of difficult because the biggest attraction is Disney; and everything you can think of Disney already exists.
Today I went to one of the biggest stationers here and I went crazy with the amount of different materials they had to offer. I bought a wide variety of materials that I can possibly use and I have also started to think about some ideas for the project. Among the ones I liked the most were Disney Magic Flashlights and Disney Characters Coasters. Now a decision in which one I would like to make needs to be done so I can move to the next step.]]> 2018-08-03 18:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910264 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910272 20.07.18
I did several tests with flashlights to be able to do the Disney Magic Flashlights. One of the most magical things about Disneyworld is the nighttime fireworks display. I thought it would be fun to create a little nighttime Disney magic of my own. But, since explosives and the indoors are not a great combo, I had to get creative; that’s why the idea of the flashlights. I thought about cutting a black cardstock in circles (in the size of the top of the flashlight), make disney elements on it using holes amd glueing them on the flashlight. However, this ideia did not work out. I got a little frustated because I had high expectations on it and really hopped it would work well.
So I decided to use cork tiles to make the coasters. I cut nine circles and started to think about what characters I would like to draw on them.]]> 2018-08-03 18:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910272 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910276 25.08.18
Among the characters I chose, there are Minney, Michey, Nemo, Ariel, Olaf, Stitch, The Incredibles, Alice’s Cat and Michael Azauski. I did sketches of characters in pencil on the cirlcle cutted cork tiles, made some stencils to paint them (with acrylic paint), and to finish, I put on a veneer so that when I put the glasses with the drink on top of the coasters, the water would not disintegrate corks. 
I really enjoyed the result I came up with and it totally represents my holidays.]]> 2018-08-03 18:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910276 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910286 02.08.18
Today was the first day of school and as incredible as it may seem, I was really missing this crazy Foundation routine. And we already started with a project that caught my attention and I was very interested in. In this project, we are supposed to create a narrative having as a starting point the EBAC’s building. 
Although I was very excited, I had no idea what I wanted to do for this project or where to start. Fortunately, Ana showed us several examples and works of artists that had to do with this project. It was very enlightening to understand the exactly concept and what we should do in this work. Besides that, we also did an exercise of going to places in the school and drawing some of its elements, by observation and by memory. It was a lot of fun and made me pay more attention to the small details of this environment thats surrounds me.]]> 2018-08-03 18:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/271910286 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594373 06.08.18
My partner for this project is Bruna. We got reunited in the morning and took a look at each other's drawings that we did last Thursday. One of my favorite I did, and the one I liked the most do draw, was of the pipes in the ceiling. Bruna also liked it very much, so we decided to work on that. So, we took our time to make experimentations, with different materials, for our poster we are going to make in risograph. We did some collages, cutting, tracing, and painting. 
In the end, we decided to use the photos we took from the pipes, overlaping, merging and cutting them. We also included some text and numbers in the design.
We also went to the Mac Lab to make the necessary editions for risography. We separated our design into two layers and placed them in gray scale, as requested. I do not know this printing technique, so I do not know if the result will be the way I'm expecting it. But I can not wait to have this experience!]]> 2018-08-16 20:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594373 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594513 07.08.18
Our experience today at Risotropical was incredible, and so useful as well. Renan, the owner of the company, was very attentive. The process of printing is very simple after you understand how it works. 
As our colleagues were printing their work, every result was different and the colors too, so at the end, we created a range of posters. One very different from others. 
Doing risograph printing is doable as long as if you want o print more than 100 copies if not the price is not justified. I fell in love with this technique and hopefully I can do this again. 
I loved the result of our poster. The decision of using the pipes was a happy idea, that came during the exercise we did yesterday. In addition, I hope I can take this idea further.]]> 2018-08-16 20:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594513 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594647 09.08.18
We had an incredible lecture with Fernando Vilela, an artist which I admire very much. He showed us some of his works, and some of them were even related to our current project. I was very excited with his works and the techniques he uses in them. Collages and woodcut are some of them which grabbed more my attention and which I have more interest in. 
He is a great reference and an inspiration for me.]]> 2018-08-16 20:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594647 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594832 13.08.18
Working with the pipes for the risography experience, the organic design of this elements gave me more inspiration to reflect about their shapes. Thus, I decided to continue to work with this components in my project. Therefore, this element became the principal aspect of my narrative, which I thought about it during most of the morning; giving me more opportunities to experiment with composition and different techniques. 
I observed that the red pipe is very contrasting compared to the other pipes of the ceiling. This turned out to be the main “character”/ protagonist of all my designs and narrative. I decided to make a very simplistic yet very graphic outlined drawing of some pipes and the red pipe would apear gradually in the sequence of drawings, intertwining through the other pipes. I used my iPad and the app ProCreate to make the illustrations.
At last, after talking to my tutor, I decided that making a zine to represent this narrative would be a great option. 
The final result really pleased me and I believe the outcome is clean and sofisticated. Also, there is a clear narrative and everyone can understand what is happening and the story, despite having a text on it.]]> 2018-08-16 20:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594832 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594904 14.08.18
Today was crit day, and since I really enjoyed my project outcome, I was really confident. I explained to my tutor and my classmates all my ideas and process until I got that final result. 
It was very nice to see people's reaction as they looked at my work. They also liked it very much and the narrative was clear to everyone, just as I wanted it to be.
I just wanted people to have given more attention to this interesting project. Since the due date was the same to deliver out portfolios, people did this project in a rush.
The rest of the day I used my time to do some finishing in my portfolio. It was a great relief after I delivered it.]]> 2018-08-16 20:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594904 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594983 16.08.18
Today we were introduced to a new project that I, particularly, found it incredible! The main aim of this project is to develop ideas that can transform the architectural space of "Casa do Pequeno Cidadão" through art and graphic design interventions, such as playful signage and mural based art work. It is wonderful to be able to do something for a possible real customer. However, in this case, we have to be a little careful, since we are dealing with a delicate case. The institution welcome children and teenagers, until seventeen years old, in situations of social 
vulnerability in which their basic rights have been violated, often victims of ill-treatment or neglect and abandonment, enabling them to be reinstated to their families of origin or into surrogate families through adoption.
I feel that most people, at some point of their lives, are moved by a work of art, regardless of what it is. And when we are touched, we are moved; we are transported to a new place that is, nevertheless, strongly rooted in a physical experience. We become aware of a feeling that may not be unfamiliar to us but which we did not actively focus on before. This transformative experience is what art is constantly seeking. I strongly believe that art can change the energy of an environment. I want to make the children and adolescents feel as comfortable and happy as possible in where they live and help them not only get to know and understand something with their minds but also to feel it emotionally and physically. 
My partner for this work is going to be Bruna. So, in the afternoon, while we went to visit the site, we analysed each place together and took measures of the ones we got most interested to make the intervention. We are thinking about the second floor hallways or the TV room. We also thought about some ideas, such as an interactive mural, geometric forms and patterns. But, we still want to make a deep research to come up with an amazing result. I am super excited!]]> 2018-08-16 20:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/273594983 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/274711697 17.08.18
Bruna and I got reunited and started to think about our project. We know for sure we want to work on the TV Room, but don't know exactly how the intervention there will look like, yet. Each one of us looked on the internet for some references and did a quick research on wall art murals. We tried to find a theme to decorate the place and make it look happier; however, we struggled a lot because we concluded that it should not be too childish neither too adult, since both children and teenagers frequent this space. During the entire morning, we were not feeling inspired at all and we could not think of anything, and I started to get a little frustrated.
We went to lunch and this break was really important and necessary. We stopped to think on the project and in our creative block for a while. So, when we returned to class, some ideas finally started to flow. We made annotations of everything that was popping up in our heads and, in the end, we decided to make a under the sea theme. We drew many forms and sea elements in a piece of paper and also did a selection of colors. After that, we picked the elements we most liked and started to make a panel with them. 
Nevertheless, both of us are not totally safe and happy with the result we are coming up with.]]> 2018-08-22 20:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/274711697 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/274711776 20.08.18
When I arrived at the studio by the morning, I sat down with Bruna and we discussed about our project. Both of us thought that the design we came up with on Friday had nothing to do with our style and identity. Plus, thinking carefully, under the sea has nothing to do with a TV room. So, we decided to change everything. We chose, then, to work with geometric forms. It is more neutral, we can make a lot of things with it and has more to do with Bruna and I.
Today, we also had the amazing opportunity to meet and have a class with Filipe Grimaldi, a lyricist who is one of the best artists in handwriting and hand lettering techniques nowadays. He taught us how to make blocked letters and how to paint with water-based enamel paint. During all the day, we painted a wall on the hallway with him and it was a incredible experience. I learned a little more about lettering, which is something that have always interested me and I was able to exchange ideas with this awesome artist. Besides that, making the mural with this type of paint we used can be a really nice option for our project.

]]> 2018-08-22 20:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/274711776 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/274711851 21.08.18
Today in the morning, Bruna and I started to think and work on the design of the room using geometric forms. We did the same thing as before: each one of us made some drawings, in separate papers, using different shapes and then we put together all the designs to form one. I thought this way of working worked super well this time and we could managed to put the essence of both of us at the work and transform into one thing only. Bruna and I were super satisfied with the result now and started to get more excited with this project. We just did not know what colors we were going to use, we just knew we had to avoid too dark colors because the environment is already too dim. While Bruna set out to make experimentations using colored papers to decide which colors to use, I began to make a draft of the maquette, using cardboard paper and tape; nothing very pretty or perfect. It was really just to have a better sense of the space we are working on. I love doing maquettes and building things, so I had a good time making it. 
After I finished the model, I went to help Bruna to cut out the colored forms and finalize the collages of the walls. I enjoy working with her because our ideas complement each other and we are always on the same page. 
We decided to make a principal mural, which is located behind the couch, where will have the main information and the geometric forms all over the wall. The design will continue through the rest of the walls (unless the TV one), however with fewer forms and the forms will be more scattered, to give continuity to the main panel but without polluting the space. We believe that the TV is the protagonist and we do not want the walls, specially the ones more close, to compete with it.]]> 2018-08-22 20:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/274711851 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/275669959 23.08.18
We met today at Insign, a visual communication company with graphic solutions in digital photo printing, special parts cutting, modeling and cutting of parts in milling and digital manufacturing, plotting, solvent printing and vinyl trimming. I super enjoyed the visit and found it super interesting how all of these things work. It was amazing to see the processes of the different types of impression and cutting. Also, this company may be one of our options to make a budget for our project.
When we returned to EBAC, I began to decide the scale of the maquette while my partner decided the materials we would use to build it. I ended up turning the actual size of the room, in meters, to centimeters and then dividing all measurements by 10, a common divisor. I believe that, with these new measures, our maquette will be the ideal size for us to work and to show to our customers. Soon after, I spoke with Bruna and it was also decided that we would use coated styrofoam and adhesive for the model. I believe it is a  great choice and I'm sure it is going to be all right.
In the afternoon, Monique also came to talk to us and see how our project is going. We showed our design to her and explained our decisions. She found it interesting and also thinks it will work out very well. However, she suggested us to change a little the design of the walls with the niches and with the windows. She said that if the design started up in the wall and then go gradually down, people’s eyes would turn to the television more easily. That made perfect sense and I totally agreed. So I went to the Mac Lab with Bruna, we vectorized the designs and made the necessary modifications.
I also had the idea to make mock ups of our design in the photos that we took from the room the day we visited the institution. But, when we went to look at them, the photos were not good enough. So, I vowed to learn how to use SketchUp, and make the TV room with our project in this program. It seems to be very difficult and complex; I am not sure if it will work. Nevertheless, I will do my best to achieve the desired result.]]> 2018-08-27 19:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/275669959 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/275670154 27.08.18
I went to class very excited today. That’s because it was the day we started making our maquette for real. On Friday, I was was not here, but Bruna had already begun to cut all the necessary and existing pieces of our model and also some details, like the three niches. Now, all that was needed was to put the all pieces together. Shortly after the register, I, together with Bruna, went to get our design stickers on Copyset. We were very happy that everything came out the way we expected.
As soon as we returned to the studio, we began to cut the stickers, shape by shape, and glued it to the coated styrofoam boards of our model. We also added some details that were missing: I cut the 3 windows and Bruna made the sofa. After all this done, we bought a very resistant glue and began to glue the walls with the floor of the maquette.
Everything was going well, but when we were about to glue the third wall, we realized that we had totally forgotten about the floor. There, in the institution, the floor made of wood, and we could not leave it blank on the model because it makes a huge difference when you are visualizing the design that we created for that specific environment. We spent a lot of time discussing and thinking about how we would solve this problem. Painting or gluing a brown paper were some of the ideas, but none of them were making us happy and satisfied. So, we thought that the best thing to do would be to print a sticker with a photo of a wooden floor, to be consistent and also to match the rest of the maquette. We sent the file to Copyset, but the sticker will not be ready until tomorrow. It was a little frustrating, because we had planned to have the model ready for today, until the end of the day. It is not a very serious problem, but I think we'll have to change our schedule a bit.
So, for the rest of the day, I focused on the Sketchup. It is super hard to use this program, but I'm very glad that I'm able to use it and create the digitallly environment  true to our maquette and real room.]]> 2018-08-27 19:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/275670154 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276088874 28.08.18
Bruna and I started our day a bit early today. We went to Copyset before the class began to pick up our printed A2 sticker of the wooden floor.
After the register, we set our goal to fix the floor on the model. That took us a while because we just had only one copy of it, so we could not take risks and mess everything up. We glued it with great caution. It was a tense moment and it took a lot of attention and concentration. An, for our happiness, everything went well.
As soon as we finished the floor, we took care to glue the rest of the walls to finish our maquette. The result came out beautiful and I was very satisfied.
I used my time throughout the rest of the day to continue making the TV room digitally the Sketch Up. Everytime I use this program, I face some type of problem, because, as I said before, it is super hard to manage it. However, I research many tutorial videos on youtube and I was able to overcome the obstacles I was facing. And the result is turning out great. I believe by tomorrow will be already done.

]]> 2018-08-29 01:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276088874 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276713185 29.08.18
Today was a idependent work day, but I met Bruna at EBAC today because both of us feel that we work better here in the studio than at home. 
For this project we were able to manage our time really well. Only few things were needed to us complete the project completely. While Bruna started to think about the designs of the boards we are going to present, I spent the whole day finishing the SketchUp model. 
Deciding to use this program was an interesting way to show the environment with our design digitally. It was very challenging because I had never had contact with this program, and I had to learn to use it practically by myself. But it was very satisfying, after a long time working on it, seeing the final result. It was  a design worthy of an architect, in my opinion. I am very proud of myself.

]]> 2018-08-30 18:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276713185 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276713297 30.08.18
Today Bruna and I finished to edit our boards for the presentation and it did not took us so long to get to a final decision. 
Then we printed out the boards and we started discussing about our speech for the presentation tomorrow. We decided to talk about the concept for our design, inspiration for our project and why we choose the TV room. We developed a little script to make it easier to remind everything we need to say.
We also made a quick research about the budget for our project. With the painting and the plotting, everything will cost around 1.500 reais.
It was a calm day because our maquette and almost the entire project was already done. We just checked if everything was fine with the details of the maquette and we were ready. I am pretty happy with our team work! It turned out great even with technical difficulties with the Sketchup program.]]> 2018-08-30 18:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276713297 julia_vasconcelos https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276764465 31.08.18
This project was very laborious and took us a long time. I confess that sometimes I get tired of working on it and did not enjoyed it so much. But as soon as I remembered its purpose, I already tried to get excited again and focuse exclusively on doing an excellent job. 
Also, having to develop a work for a real costumer made me very motivated by this project.
I believe thar Bruna and I work really well together and we could manage our ideas to create an amazing wall art. I was very happy with our result.
And after making the presentation at Casa do Pequeno Cidadão, and see the happiness in their eyes, I was proud to have made you part of this. I could realize that the whole effort really paid off. ]]> 2018-08-30 22:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_vasconcelos/77xd0hdmqitd/wish/276764465