Inspiration from artist of inspiration!!!

Yes, let me just say that the title does sound a little odd, strange, grammatically incorrect, etc but that is how I meant it to be!
and even though I don't need to post a blog entry this week I just wanted to document this!

Anyways, now to the real reason why i'm posting this blog:
this week was collage week in which we learnt or refreshed our memories/minds of the history of collage - it's very fascinating stuff - you need to google it sometime!
we also had the chance to tryour hands at digital collage.
personally i've doen alot of things like this before (meaning creating images for fan pages or what is know as signs for fanpages (link here for my Jonas Brothers myspace fansite - i haven't updated it in about a year! - just click on the picture on the left to view all my signs)) so i had really no trouble understanding the concept. however i did have a little trouble trying to come up with an idea or a composition for an idea this week.
i did end up thinking up an idea and running with it, even if it failed miserably and fell flat on it's digital face! if you want to view the image it can be viewed on my blog here.
But after doing a little reflecting on the work by Sarah Jones (my blog you can view here) I have really felt inspired to create images that don't just look like it fits into my chosen theme or look nice, but that creates a narrative without too much explanation from myself!

opinions are welcome!

so that's it for now....

till i next type!
Em


p.s
I really want a usb tablet now!

Sarah Jones - my review of her work

Sarah Jones work is very simple yet very complex.
Most of the time, her work contains only a single figure or model, however her work does communicate constant narration without much movement.
For this reason is why I really love her work.

Take this image for instance. This one is titled Camilla (I) and was photographed in 1998.
This image can hold a lot of different meanings, such as hiding from pain, looking for something under the bed, monsters that hide under the bed, or even a child's game of hide and seek where kids often hid under the bed.







I love these her works because they are exactly what I would like to create in my work.
I would love to be able to create something this cosmic and spectacular that can tell a story or many stories through the use of one still or one image. The viewer doesn't even need to know the real story or the real meaning behind the work to be able to relate some aspect of their life to them or even to identify something within it.

References:
http://www.antonkerngallery.com/artist.php?aid=15