CreativeSprint

Thank you CreativeSprint

by D.M. Sessous

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This was a wonderful experience for me. So much so, that I can’t wait for the fall to try it again. Hopefully by then, I’ll have enough rudimentary skills and photographic archives to use Photoshop as my medium.

So here goes my list of lessons learned:

  1. Sometimes the first idea is the best one.
  2. It doesn’t need to be perfect
  3. Mistakes happen
  4. Art supplies are everywhere
  5. Trying new things, inspires new things

I wasn’t able to complete every challenge due to work and social obligations, But, I still accomplished enough to make this bitchin’ wall of butterflies.

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Messages

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 14: Create something inspired by an email, text or other message that you receive today.

I get a daily newsletter from Today called “Stuff We Love,” and in today’s Today email I found this article about a t-shirt for travelers. It’s covered with icons and all you have to do is point to the image representing what you want. Genius or lazy, I can’t decide. Maybe lazy genius?

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But, it did inspire me to create the butterfly version…

Maybe I’ll print it on a t-shirt one day…

 

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Candy Crush Butterfly

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 18: Break something and make something new with the parts.

I decided to break some hard candies a la Candy Crush with my trusty hammer. I wanted this to be something I could keep, so I glued the candy to a piece of cardboard…

I didn’t count on the candy dissolving into the glue. Live and learn.

It looks kinda like a map of the United States, a sticky sweet, ooy-gooey map.

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Butterfly chain

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 25: Teach us how to do something.

REFLECTION:

What was your favorite day of CreativeSprint so far and why?

How to make a butterfly paper chain, step by step.

Step 1 – Choose a piece of paper and fold it, accordion-style. (Hint: Be sure to make the folds even and four layers max. The paper pictured is 4 1/4 inches by 11 inches and folded into quarters)

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Step 2 – Press all layers flat, draw the image you want on the top layer. (Hint: Be vigilant of your folded edges. This is how the paper chain stays connected, so don’t cut completely through your folds.)

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Step 3 – Cut out your design (Don’t cut through those folds!). You can also cut out shapes within your image, like making snowflakes in grade school. My design was too ambitious for the tools I had available. Specialty scissors or Exacto knives will allow for more detail.

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Step 4 – Unfold and enjoy! You can leave the paper plain white or decorate it.

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In reflection, my favorite CreativeSprint day was Cat-terfly for the simple reason that I had fun. It didn’t feel like work to create this and the idea came to me easily.

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Today in history

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 26: Take your inspiration from something that happened today in history.

REFLECTION

Did you notice anything unusual or surprising about yourself or your work during Creative Sprint?

My first stop was Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it appeared to be all bad news: wars breaking out, natural disasters, the rise of the Nazi party, blech.

By now, you may have realized that anything having to do with news or history is difficult for me. So, I did a quick web search for “good news on this day in history” and found the Good News Network. Whew, and thank goodness.

So, the top choices for me were: Marcus Aurelius (birthday), John James Audubon (birthday), Carol Burnett (birthday) and the discovery of top quarks.

Since I love fractals and any artistic representations of theoretical math in general, quarks it is.

On reflection, what’s surprised me most about participating in CreativeSprint has been a growing enthusiasm to share my creations no matter how poorly executed or confident I am about them. Normally, and anyone who is Facebook friends with me will know this, I’m terrible about posting. So, thank you CreativeSprint for nudging me out of my shell.

 

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Gnorw, drawkcab, nwod-edispu

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 21: Do something intentionally wrong today.

Upside-down, backward, wrong…so many choices.

Since my theme for this challenge is butterflies, I couldn’t let this get ugly.

I purchased a masquerade mask base, but instead of decorating the front like you’re supposed to, I decorated the inside. And, instead of wearing on my face, I made it into a hairclip that’s meant to be worn on the back of your head.

I just hope it’s wrong enough, ’cause it feels kinda right…

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Using my left hand…

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 15: Work with your non-dominant hand. If you are usually right-handed use your left, if you are left-handed use your right. If you are ambidextrous use your nose 😉

Since I knew this would come out looking like my eight-year-old self did it, I chose a pre-printed wooden masquerade mask from the children’s craft section at my favorite destination…Michael’s.

I was actually surprised at how well I did using my left hand. It ended up being a very meditative process for me. Everything in the background faded away like someone turned the volume down on the world as I found myself super focused as I worked.

From a distance it looks pretty good, up close though is another story…

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