UF Capstone ISSUU - DRAFT for review

These are still in draft form so there are place holders for text not yet written or inserted in the magazine.

University of Florida Capstone - Project ISSUU MAKing Magazine

It's getting about that time.  Made some headway on my University of Florida, MA Art Ed Capstone "ISSUU magazine project."  My Capstone supporting research paper is <dare I say> finally hitting a benchmark.  Here are some spreads that I have 85% complete - still needs editing.  The title of my CSRP is 'How Ideas Become Real: Making in the 21st Century"  - Anyway the intent is to take my CSRP and turn it into an accessible magazine format with articles on art/design processes of Project Based Learning, Design Thinking, Design-Build, The Maker-movement, STE(A)M, and "futurings" of a Mobile Art Revival Vehicle (MARV) and a networking website to connect the classroom teacher with industry professional creatives.  

GETTING THERE!!!

New Orleans Sketches

We go to New Oeleans all the time.  Going again next year.  Here are some sketches, I have 100+ more. but scanning sucks.

Art Education - Indie Study

This is my last class before I formally complete my Thesis or "Capstone" as U of Florida calls it.  I conducted research on two teaching methodologies and two design/construction project delivery methodology.  The end output will be my Capstone paper and another "manifesto" ISSUU paper - but for this class, an infographic  for each and then one that identifies the best practice commonalities of all. I'm not done with the final graphic.  The research was a lot of reading and getting it all out into a graphic that relate to each other took some pondering. I chose to color-code similar process steps.  

A Morgen, A Maren, Some Random & Her Troll

Fremont Troll 

You can really cheat with markers - just get the perspective/composition right and just mush the rest together.  Your focus will be where the darkest dark and the lightest light meet - for this I wanted the 'Bread of Life Mission' signage and the historical street light to stand out - This was a daylight sketch - but I think it's be better translated into a night seen with the streetlight and neon Mission sign burning out of the darkness.

 Selfie - beard is getting long, and a bit warm.  But I am still and amazing specimen.

Ugh - Jimi Hendrix statue - this is located directly outside the Dick Blick art supply store on Broadway on Capitol Hill (Seattle) - so there are plenty of shithead (i kid, i kid) 20 somethings running around rolling their eyes mumbling rococo rococo...

Mare-Bear 

Morgen!

Another Pergola view in Pioneer Square - Details got away from me, so it looks a bit abandoned and lifeless.  there's a couple big trees and totems that block this view - I tied to outlined them but that was unsuccessful as well. 

The original second location of Starbuck at the Pike Place Market.  There are other stores on either side but I really only wanted to draw the sign and storefront area.  This one also got a bit dark on me  - I'm trying out a new Copic marker and ink set - but I added some Montana acrylic white paint and I think it  added great expression to the drawing.  

Some more Seattle sketches

My favorite Bldg in Seattle - The Arctic Building. Some lettering.

Been trying to focus when doing lettering - picking out signs of interest is a way to practice this. 

Rachel the Pig (really a Hog for those in the know) @ Pike Place Market

That's a big Salmon!  Pike Place Market

Another signage/lettering sketch. 

Pioneer Square - Pergola

The neighborhood takes its name from a small triangular plaza near the corner of First Avenue and Yesler Way, originally known as Pioneer Place. The Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District, a historic district including that plaza and several surrounding blocks, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On January 15, 2001 an eighteen-wheeler semi-truck crashed into the pergola, shattering it into thousands of pieces; it has since been restored.

Some sketches:

 I've got some thoughts on these - the darkness and jumbled detail on a fairly light structure - there some purpose and intention to that - but my Capstone Thesis project has kept me busy and editorial content will have to wait.