For this week's post, I took inspiration from the "Kitchen Table Series" and made my photo series named "The Creative Process." My photo series is based on the stages of my creative process, (or let's just say the struggle and product I have to go through when making art) to show people how sometimes when making art to relate to other people with what other people may go through when doing there personal or homework.
For me, the "Kitchen Table Series" really clicked with me because of the fact of how I spend most of my time on my PC, and Carrie Mae Weems's series, it shows how her life is mostly spent around the kitchen table showing the stages of life she goes through. For me, I kind of took that thought and instead of having it be my day-to-day life, I made it about the stages of my work that I go through. Art has always been a way of helping people and expressing my feelings. I really care about my business a lot and has been an outlet for me to create art for other people and make them happy and satisfied with the art I produce.
Though I love my art a lot, sometimes creating art can be a struggle too and not a lot of people see the challenging part of running my business. This series has helped me show and express the process of creating art through the series.
(In order from top to bottom)
Beginning The Project
Beginning the project is a really slow process, starting a rough sketch, finding inspiration to apply to my work, getting the ball rolling and really getting my ideas on the artboard.
Artist's Block
When it comes to making ideas, it comes to the point where I felt as if I have tried everything in my mind to make the product different and unconventional, but it feels like everything I have created so far is not good enough. This creates the feeling of being stuck and not being able to think of anything good enough.
Reset
Sleeping and taking a break from the project always helps by creating new ideas by just clearing my mind and not doing anything. The best way to deal with feeling stuck is by just stepping away for a couple minutes or hours and not thinking about the project for a while.
Final Product
After stepping away for a while and coming back to the project when my mind is clear, the work that I produce become satisfying and I am able to come up with the final touches and finally show my client their final piece of work. Having the feeling of being done and hearing from the client that the work was great is always the best feeling and helps keep me going.
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