Time LOG 14

ohh thanksgiving break...

3 hrs. taking more photos.

2.5 hrs working on computer, making the photoshop backgrounds

2 hrs debating and thinking about mounting (again) on wood?? bound together??


TOTAL HOURS= 8.5

Time Log 13

3.5 hrs talking to 3 new people to take photos of. I talked to them about the process showed them previous works. They gave me insecurity sheets (some were redone in sharpie so i can scan them)
Then took photos... its beginning to get harder and harder to find different positions.

5 hrs printing, scaning, making backgrounds, adding inks, and manipulating final pieces.

2 hrs going to Home Depot to look at wood, mounting options with screws, nails, wood glue, bracers, ect.

3 hrs. looking online at portrait studies, different styles, possible mounting options, ect.


TOTAL HOURS= 13.5

Time Log 12

TIME LOG 12

4.5 hrs. setting up times with new subjects. Going over thier insecurity sheets. Taking the photos.

7 hrs. working on new compositions. working with photoshop, making copies, using inks, ect.

2.5 hrs working and thinking about compositional ideas for layouts, mounting, and process ideas.


TOTAL HRS= 14 HRS

Time Log 11

2 hrs. pricing and looking at plywood for individual compositions.

3 hrs. working on a new composition. Photoshop, Pictures, inks, ect.

1.5 hrs researching compositional layouts and positions to have the subjects be in during the photographs.

****** Well i started noticing signs of sickness last thursday... and the symptoms got worse sat night. By sunday I knew that i was sick and went to the nurse on monday morning. I had the swine flu and then noticed spots underneath my arm pit and on may back that turned out to be some form of the shingles. Thursday i went to the doctors office and was cleared for the swine flu. they took a sample of the fluid from the shingles and are doing tests now to see exactly what strand of the shingles it is.


total hrs. = 6.5

Time Blog 10

3 hrs= sketching, researching, thinking about mounting options. (matboard frame, wood, ect.)

4 hrs= creating new works... looking into new photograph techniques, quality of photo ect. (photoshop, ect)

1 hr= setting up new subjects for upcoming weeks.



TOTAL HRS= 8 hrs.

TIME LOG 9

-4.5 hrs. taking more photos, manipulating photos, collecting more insecurity sheets.

-3 hrs scanning in projects, insecurity sheets, and layers for backgrounds

-4 hrs manipulating old projects, creating new series with background densely covered in their duplicated writings, completing 2 new projects.


TOTAL HRS= 11.5 hrs

Time Log 8

4 hrs= Doing research, thinking over my process, what worked/ what didnt. During this time i tried to take what my classmates and Dr. Dash said during my mid critique and improve my pieces. I wanted to emphasis the writings more. So i decided to scan in thier writings, use photoshop to copy, overlap, and densely fill the page so that the writing was the black in the back ground. I will still use the inks as a way to emphasis the topic.

2.5 hrs= Photos, conceling, and as a group sending a girl to the councelor. She has made suicide attempts in the past week, is abuseing pills, and wrote some intense writings about death and being alone. I photographed her and i think it was a plee for help. Her friend (who i photoed earlier was there and we talked, later she went to the counselor and suggested that she talked to them.) I believe that this is a way for her to deal with her problems... for her to bring them more to life and i feel that she enjoyed being a part of my project and i took the time out to photo her and now talk to her when i see her. However, it was very emotionally draining to be there with her and her neg aura (it was worth it though)

2 hrs= printing off photos, making copies, working with photoshop.


TOTAL HOURS= 9 HRS

Time Log 7- "The Night From Hell"

Time Log 7

*****I APOLOGISE IN ADAVANCE FOR THE VENTING*****

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So this past week i new i needed to complete as many complete pieces as possible for the mid-critique; however, i still continued to put it off to the last min. (fall break didnt help). Before this weekend i printed off copies of thier insecurity sheets and thier photos to transfer, thinking i was going to do one or two before the weekend, and they sat on my dresser until today. Today, since the copies were no longer good for transfering, i made more copies. I then had painting, work in sculpture studio (cleaning out closet), ceramics, RA meeting, and Ultimate frisbee (we won 10-5) .... all of which took up my day. Finally, i got all my materials out to do drawing, started to transfer just to find out that for some reason NONE of my copies wanted to transfer. i dont know if the toner is messed up on the printer or what ( i used it on the previous projects). I began to get a little stressed but still being rational and thinking where i could go to make new copies. THEN, my girlfriend called (only because i had promised her that i would call her) and she was mad. She hung up and then called me back to tell me again that she was mad and then continue to text me about her being mad and how i dont care about her or the relationship.... This is the point in which i hit the point of being overwhelmed. i spent over an hour talking to her about me, about her, about us, and about how our relationship is going. Still dont know where it is right now, but we told each other good night and that we would think on it and talk again tomorrow. Now i come back into the room with all hope lost, all desire gone, exhaustion hitting me in the face and see my collage i did last week. I decided i would combine both ideas into one. So there you go, i used the pictures, tape, writings, marker, ink, glue, and oil pastels to create a new thing. I dont know if i want to continue in this direction; however it is a refreshing break from transfers (mainly because i FAILED at it tonight). Sorry for venting. hours for the week...

1 hr.= Printing/ copying pictures

1.5 hrs.= Sitting/ thinking/ debating/ anyalyzing on what to do next (combining old processes and new ones)

6.5 hrs= Putting together collages/ laying inks with pastel and sharpies/ drying and writing over the top layer in sharpie

TOTAL HOURS= 9 hrs

Time Log 6

4 hrs. collecting sheets and taking photos (4 different people)

i thought about doing a duo with a couple and showing the differences and similarities between the two. i took photos of them both with a mirror; however, the guys seemed more forced and not as natural. i felt as though the girls photos with the mirror were interesting because the reflection carried a different emotion.

3 hrs reworking and combinning old projects

i tried to use the old projects as an inspiration and create a "monster" created from different parts of the finished works. I wanted to combine thier insecurities and emotions from those to create ond disjunctive piece. I want to use unsuccessful pieces in this process.

TOTAL HOURS= 7 hrs

(i realize that i have not been putting enough time into actually doing the projects; however i want to challenge myself this next week and have 4 done for the critique aswell as have taken more photos and collected more insecurity sheets.)

-kolbs out...-

Time Log 5

4 hrs. talking to people about my process, collecting insecurity sheets, and continuing to schedule times to take photos.

2 hr. looking for places to take photos and actually taking the photos.

1 hr. thinking about project and deciding who/what to focus on when doing the life size composition.


TOTAL HRS.= 7hrs

(total hrs. for semester= 44.5/50 hrs)

Time Blog 4

This week i focused on collecting people to use as subjects for my future pieces. I talked to my suitmates, my Residence life staff, and friends first to collect thier insecurity sheets from them in order to then set up times to take pictures.

i spent on average 45 min talking to each person about their insecurities, showing them past projects and collecting thier sheets when they finished.

4.5 hrs spent talking to subjects about projects, collecting insecur. sheets, and setting up follow-up meeting where i will be photographing them.

2 hrs was spent analyzing old composition, thinking about setting of the photos and deciding lighting and techniques to use when taking the photos.



6.5 hrs for TIME LOG 4

(total time loged for semester thus far= 37.5/40hrs)

Time Log 3

PROBLEM 2

4 hrs= TV (thrift stores, my house, dumpsters) I drove to different thrift stores asking for donations, looking in my basement, and checking dumpsters behind schools ect.

1 hr= Looking up images, printing, making copies

2 hrs= Completing 2D pieces of Problem 2

3 hrs= Taking pictures and doing research for tv destruction. Doing illustrator file

3.5 hrs= Working on final part of Problem 2

PROBLEM 3

1 hr= Looking at Paintings, printing, making copies

3.5 hrs= Drawing and completing project 3. (ink pen and iol pastel)

-2 hrs= Framing pieces from last semester.... contin. for this semester

*****TOTAL HRS= 21 hrs for this TIME LOG 3******

total hrs up to this week= 29

Time Log 2

2 hrs= Thinking about solutions to Problem 2. (images, thumbnails, word diagrams)

TOTAL HRS= 2 hrs

POST 1

• 1 hour= looking back over my pieces from last semester
• 2 hours= showing my pieces to peers and recording their reactions and interviewing them.
• 6 hours= problem 1 (brainstorming, feedback, execution)

TOTAL HRS WEEK 1= 9 hrs