Said Once, Say it Again: Emotion Wheel

 This final assignment tasked the class with re-creating an assignment previously made by ourselves or another student throughout the semester. The end result did not have to resemble the original piece, but it had to be rooted in the idea or theme of the piece even if modified to identify with the new artist. I spent some time before the class session thinking about potential concepts, and my ideas shifted towards a recreation of "Growth" by my classmate Creed.


Created as a piece to reflect on his emotions as he came to accept being gay, Creed made a large paper circle and threw grapes at it. This formed a large maroon splatter pattern across the whole piece, and entries from his journals were written in a circle going inward. I appreciated how brave and personal his piece was, and I thought I could make an effective re-creation focusing on some recent reflection of my own. I wanted to focus on the odd emotions that follow an end to a friendship and considered making two circles that focused on positive and negative perspectives, but I decided to instead create a short video with a rotating circle. This was accomplished by taking photos of a paper circle and a wall, and then digitally compositing and animating the pieces. As the piece rotates, little images appear that tell the story of a random day.


I wanted to pay homage to Creed's use of splattered color, and so each digital drawing has colors based on each emotion that are loosely filled in. Instead of a continuously rotating circle, I decided to have it spin when a new image needed to appear. This resulted in me recording a simple narration and applying vintage effects to it and the video like my previous film. I wanted to capture the variance of emotions and how after losing a relationship, unpleasant pangs of emotion can come out of nowhere and then leave just as quick. While not as intimate a personal subject as sexuality, I'm grateful to have explored an emotional flurry in a format I feel comfortable in and truly love: animation. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone else's projects!



Watch the final video here: https://youtu.be/g2yPL39fAMo?si=MORGXtiYMfveg6Ed

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