A couple of drawings/sketches

THESE WERE BOTH MADE IN 2003.

Line Design 12: Peach Orbit

THIS WAS MADE IN 2003.

I TOOK DESIGN 1 IN 1998. OUR INSTRUCTOR, CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, SHE WAS TERRIBLE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISISM. ALL OF US WOULD ALWAYS HERE, "OH THATS FANTASTIC", "BEAUTIFUL", "GREAT JOB, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK" - COME'ON, WE'RE NOT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ANY MORE- EVEN THEN I RECEIVED CRITISISM.

OUR FIRST PROJECT WAS TO CREATE A LINE DESIGN BASED OFF OF PATTERNS, POSITIVE & NEGATIVE SPACE, AND LINE THICKNESS. FOR SOME REASON THAT DAY I REMEMBER REALLY ENJOYING THE APPEARANCE OF VALUE BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL LINES, HOW THE THICKNESS OF ONE LINE NEXT TO A THINNER LINE CAN CREATE DEPTH. AND DRAWING CONTINUOUS, LINE AFTER LINE IN A PARALLEL SEQUENCE BEGAN A NEW VENTURE INTO MEDITATIVE THINKING.

LATER, AFTER RESEARCHING THE NEOLITHIC ERA 2550-1600 B.C. IN ART HISTORY - I BECAME FASCINATED WITH STONEHENGE. MY THOUGHTS ON LINE DESIGN AMPLIFIED.

"THE STRAIGHT LINE BELONGS TO MAN, THE CURVED LINE BELONGS TO GOD." - 1900 ANTONI GAUDI.

STRAIGHT LINE IS SIMPLE - EVERYDAY. COMMON.
CURVED LINE IS MYSTERIOUS. EXPRESSIVE. MUCH MORE INTERESTING.

WHEN I APPROACH LINE DESIGN FOR MYSELF, I STAY AWAY FROM CURVED LINES. I'VE TRYED TO USE CURVED LINES IN SOME OF MY LINE DESIGN DRAWINGS; HOWEVER, I FIND THAT THEY BREAK MY CONCENTRATION. USEING THE QUOTE ABOVE AS MY CONCEPT FOR THE LINE DESIGNS I DRAW, I'VE FOUND THAT THE STRAIGHT LINE CAN MANIPULATE ITS PLANE AND BECOME EXPRESSIVE AND MYSTERIOUS WITHOUT A CURVED LINE.

A STRAIGHT LINE CAN CREATE ANGULATION. THOUGH, THE CURVED LINE CUTS CORNERS, AND MANIPULATES THE PLANE TO CREATE A FALSE VICTORY.

WHICH BRINGS US TO: MIND OVER MATTER.