themes

WHIMSY CORE !

• what might go wrong > what will I discover

• writing a wish and putting it in a jar

• wearing a crown

• using a mood ring to pick out outfits

• walkable phone games….walk where the creatures are

• carrying a rock

• #mydownwardspiral

• tidepools

• heart shaped nature things

• spiral nature things

• branded playlists

when everything becomes intangible and hard to discern

is that I have my own art and way of thinking

• a chronicle of human history

• what will we leave behind when we return to dust

• wanting to interpret the world around you is oe of the most human things we can do

• how we all see different colors. especially since this eye problem nd my vision so fkked up

how to create a world

WHY should I ??

• your audience connects

• you connect with it

• its easier to come up with ideas when you have a jump off point

how ??

• create foundation

  • location, world on the map

  • characters

  • nature

  • creatures

1. THE ORIGIN

   1. how did you come up with this

2. THE VILLAN

   1. what is the problem to solve

3. YOUR MAGIC

   1. how are you fixing this

4. THE PROPHECY

   1. what the

themes & how to incorporate them visually

ethereal

• light pastels

• flowers

• faeries

• animals

• glowing

• future

• spiritual life

• hopecore

dark horror

• branches

• castles

• chains

• swords/medieval weapons

• medieval

• black/jewel tones

• past

• spiritual death

• evil core

what’s it about

• whimsy & joy

  • found materials

• 1/1 items

  • experiences that only happen once, being in the moment

  • going against the rise in AI experiences like this will always be extremely needed to connect us with reality again

  • spontenaity and the art of happenings

    • community art get togethers

    • when i first started showing my work i did a lot of casual pop up

how to find ur why

• colors & symbols

  • look into meanings and where those were directed from

• artists you enjoy

  • look into their artist statements/interviews/websites

  • study their colors, shapes, meanings

• connect dots from multiple artists

  • what are the themes being repeated

values (how you can control ur own reality when everything outside of it is out of control)

• uniqueness

• curiosity

  • spontaneity

  • questions

• peace

  • friendship

  • kindness

  • respect

  • tranquility

• creativity

• knowledge

• enjoyment

how can you live out your values even when you feel bad ? what does kindness feel like when you are depressed etc.

POCKETS OF JOY

• where to find pockets of magic

  • walks

  • paper

  • people

  • things out of place (a strange piece of graffiti, a weird note, etc)

• how to explore

  • derive

what do I do when I explore

• colors

• shapes

• collecting

  • maps, paper, wrapping