Rdranta's Blog

Cliche-Verre

rdranta — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:19:12 +0000

I find the idea of cliche-verre very interesting. I ended up painting with the india ink, then I used a paper towel to pull out some of the ink. I really like how these came out. I was thinking of doing some more, then trying to print with the gum process. I think it could come out really cool.

Pinhole aka. Free Project

rdranta — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:12:13 +0000

For the free project, I chose to try to make my own pinhole camera. The process of making the camera was really fun (thanks Sydney!) and the mystery of taking the pictures was also really interesting. Although most of my pictures ended up being underdeveloped, these two came out really great. I used slide film and had it cross processed. I think the result is intriguing.

Color Story

rdranta — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:07:00 +0000

For the color project, I wanted to do more than just focus on a color in a different setting. I wanted to create a narrative of a colored object. I placed my object in different settings to cause a juxtaposition between the object and its surroundings. I think the result is interesting.

Seven Deadly Sins

rdranta — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:53:40 +0000

I struggled with what to do for this project for a while. I wanted to avoid cliches like depicting someone eating for gluttony, and someone holding money for greed. So I decided to restrict myself from using any human figures in my images. I thought that this would be a good way for me to go about thinking about how to represent the seven sins in a new way. On a random, and rare trip, to the mall for new shorts, I discovered that each store I passed was trying to sell one or more of the seven deadly sins. Eureka! I realized that consumerism and the sins were intertwined. Each storefront represents the sale of one of the sins, and I feel that they each speak for themselves. The only one that might need a little help is the wrath picture. It is of the Rob Zombie-esque T-shirts found in Hot Topic. This store peddles teenage angst to the fresh-faced tweens going in, to have them come out in chain-draped black baggy pants and a Nightmare Before Christmas top, complete with eyeliner and a shopping bag full of hair dye. Your one stop for all accessories to compliment your rebellion against your middle-class suburban life.

Overall, I think that I was successful in depicting each sin in a new way.

Envy

Gluttony

Greed

Lust

Pride

Sloth

Wrath

Class Portrait

rdranta — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:11:11 +0000

Final Selection from Jackson Hole

rdranta — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:36:54 +0000

I struggled trying to figure out how to depict my Jackson Hole experience. On one hand, I wanted to to try to capture the immense natural beauty of the place, but on the other hand there was this slightly askew tourist-fed cowboy culture, which was also as fascinating and intriguing to me. I now realize that to depict one over the other would be an incomplete glimpse of the town. So I choose images that I felt truly represented my short visit there.

Flash Demo

rdranta — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:42:58 +0000

Jackson Hole

rdranta — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:09:20 +0000

Time of Day Study- Jackson, WY

rdranta — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:24:09 +0000

5:30am

2:00pm

6:00pm

I went to Jackson Hole two weeks ago for a long weekend. I did my time of day study of the view off our hotel balcony. It is interesting how the light changes the mood of the picture.

First day of class

rdranta — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:44:05 +0000

Swan picture taken on the first day of class. I played around a lot with the tools to change the atmosphere of the picture.