#4 Exquisite Corpse

Description

In this week's assignment, we were randomly assigned to classmates to share our body sketches and build a final piece that collectively represents a combined form. My partners were Michael and Yoo jin, and I had his top and her bottom portion.

Design Process

Michael's sketch was of a character that he created spontaneously. It looked like a golem, and Michael had drawn it in color. On the other hand, Yoo Jin's sketch mimicked mine more in that it comprised of different body parts. She gave the character a barbie doll head, skeletal body of a gorilla, and mickey mouse's feet. Yoo Jin tied her parts together by using black, making her drawing look more like a silhouette. Her story was that the girl figure was not eating so eventhough she had a pretty face, her body was too skinny. My sketch had a pig's head, giraffe's torso, and a supermodel's legs. So for my final, I combined their forms with mine, and to give it a more coherent look, I stuck to use of filled shapes, and colors.

Reflection

This project was fun in that we were challenged to create a piece with other's sketches. I think that just as the project title suggests, the final outcome did indeed become an 'exiquisite corpse'. I'd be interested to see if I can take on the project in a different way, where I take all our sketches to create a completely new one.