Sheep Head
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Inspiration and Reasoning
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I was excited by this project and knew how i wanted to create my project almost immediately after the project was announced. I took inspiration for the mask from the Scottish Hebridean Sheep, a black sheep with four horns, and a devils mask. I wanted my mask to be able to emphasize how i want to be viewed, i want to be more intimidating, yes mischievous and fun. I am shorter than most of my peers, and for that am seen as less of a threat, however i didn't want this project to be seen as something only scary, I wanted to portray my playful side. I have always seen myself as the black sheep of my family, and many social groups and i was glad i was able to use it to my advantage with this project.
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Planning
I wanted the top layer of horns to be smaller, reminiscent of devil horns which will feed into both intimidation and playfulness. With this in mind, I sketched out multiple ways I can include this into my cardboard mask, making sure to keep in mind the materiel I will need to be using. I used separate colors and dashing lines to help me visualize what direction each piece will be slanting. The way I sketched out the separating pieces of the mask, and the angles it will be at really helped me in the creating process of the mask, especially when cutting the shapes used to create the full mask. I ended up deciding to use mask #3 as my main source of inspiration for my mask, except I decided to not incorporate the ears like I had originally intended. |
Process
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This project felt nostalgic, similar to art projects i did in early elementary school. After sketching my mask design digitally i started measuring my face, and measuring the proportions onto paper before tracing it onto the cardboard. Due to my unfamiliarity to mask creating, most of the project was not a perfect, straight forward process. I was constantly cutting, re-cutting, resizing the pieces to the mask, and it was rare i cut a measured piece and was able to glue it to the mask perfectly on the first try.
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Reflection
This project was difficult, but intriguing and fun. Though i suffered many burns of the hot glue gun, i am proud of the result and am interested in continuing similar projects. I do not see a future use for this project, unlike many paintings i can easily use for decoration, this bulky, precarious object in both uncomfortable to wear and see out of.
ACT questions
1) Clearly explain and describe how you are able to identify the cause-effect relationships between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork.
With my inspiration being a sheep head with devil horns, i believe the outcome completely represents the inspiration.
2) What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The overall approach my author had regarding my topic of inspiration is one of imitation for trickery, and playfulness.
3) What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
I found multiple websites solely dedicated to Scottish Hibridean Sheep and the donations for them. Prior knowledge to this project is that a black sheep is an outsider, or someone who does not fit into a group, and a devil commonly is seen as a misbehaving, mischievous, tricking or bantering person.
4) What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
I wanted to imitate the facial structure of a sheep, while also mimicking a devil's mask. I wanted to mask to be intimidating, yet more than a Halloween mask.
5) What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
While looking into the different kinds of sheep and devil masks for references, i was intrigued by the limited amount of block-like or square-ish masks. I watched some videos off of you tube of working with mask-making, and cardboard, however, the majority of my work came completely from memory or in process experience, limiting my ability to research.
With my inspiration being a sheep head with devil horns, i believe the outcome completely represents the inspiration.
2) What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The overall approach my author had regarding my topic of inspiration is one of imitation for trickery, and playfulness.
3) What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
I found multiple websites solely dedicated to Scottish Hibridean Sheep and the donations for them. Prior knowledge to this project is that a black sheep is an outsider, or someone who does not fit into a group, and a devil commonly is seen as a misbehaving, mischievous, tricking or bantering person.
4) What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
I wanted to imitate the facial structure of a sheep, while also mimicking a devil's mask. I wanted to mask to be intimidating, yet more than a Halloween mask.
5) What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
While looking into the different kinds of sheep and devil masks for references, i was intrigued by the limited amount of block-like or square-ish masks. I watched some videos off of you tube of working with mask-making, and cardboard, however, the majority of my work came completely from memory or in process experience, limiting my ability to research.