Cynthia Kingsley-Smith





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Inputs and Outputs

This week: 

A simple flow diagram reflecting my workflow and how each stage informs the next at every part of my research to realisation. 

PROMPT / CONCEPT > SEMANTIC RESEARCH > CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH > THEMATIC RESEARCH > IDEA GENERATION > INITIAL THUMBNAILING > LAYOUT / COMPOSITION CONSIDERATIONS > COLOUR CONSIDERATION > MEDIA TESTING / EXPERIMENTATION > SKETCH TRANSFER > BLOCK CARVING > TEST PRINT > DIGITAL TRANSFER > CLEAN UP > PROOFING > FINAL OUTCOME > REFLECTION > SWOT > EVALUATION > SMART  

This is a simple statement that defines the lens through which I try and tackle my artistic projects. 

Universal: To develop thought-provoking, thematic solutions to conceptual problems backed by strong contextual research.  

The headings in my flowchart and related creative processes can be sorted into INPUTS and OUTPUTS.  

Inputs refer to:

  Knowledge, Skills, Experimentation and Reflections.  

            Traditional Skills, Media Testing, Sketch Transfers, Block Carving, Digital Skills, Proofing, Clean-up.  

Outputs Refer to:  

  Understanding and Implementing Theory. 

           Evaluation, SWOT, SMART 

  Semantic Research, Contextual Research 

            Concept Consideration 

  Practical Explorations. 

            Idea Generation, Thumbnailing,  

    Personal Objectives. 

            Actually achieving what I set out to do!  

I used metaphor to illustrate a diagram to describe my production pipeline.

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