Thoughts on Face Hunter

FaceHunter is a fashion blog started by Yvan Rodic in Paris in February 2006. He was a natural born fashion photographer with his eye for trends and his habitual talent of photography. Today he is considered to one of the most influential men involved with the fashion industry. When he first started people loved his democratic views on fashion, and pretty soon he was traveling world-wide to such places as London, New York, Berlin, Stockholm, Geneva, Zurich, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Oslo, Gdansk, and many others.
While he may be a street style connoisseur, he is much more than that. He is a traveling artist on the prowl to find global trends, current cultural happenings and fashion. With his blog, he blends together world cultures with his fashion tuned eye and seems to knock down global differences; after all, everyone can relate to fashion.
Photo by: Yvan Rodic
Photo by: Yvan Rodic
Yvan's goal is to create a unified world through his pictures. By taking pictures of all different kinds of people dressed the way they want to be perceived, he can create a new world online. A world that speaks to everyone about everything. Fashion is a representation of each society; its poverty levels, the racial majority, and most importantly, the uniqueness of each society.  

Fourth Piece-There is Hope Yet

Nope, this does not mean I figured anything out for my fourth piece. I know there's hope though because at least now I have a theme (actually two potential ideas). First is being in touch with life’s mysteries. One of the biggest mysteries of life is "what is the meaning of life". With this i have an idea of the tree of life with a keyhole in the middle and a deer standing by with the key around it's neck. Am I grasping at straws with this idea...potentially, but that's okay because at least I like it. If the artist doesn't like her own work, then what's the point.
The second potential idea, is being in touch with inner child. With this I had the idea of a young deer and a young boy standing face to face in a floral meadow. Why a floral meadow? In my head there is nothing more innocent than a floral meadow. They're peaceful and beautiful so what could be more perfect. I want to give the two subjects the idea of understanding. The young deer can connect to the young child, and the child can relate to the deer because both are in touch with their inner (actual) child.
I'm still debating between the two. I'm leaning more towards the inner child one however, because my idea is "the Deer as a Spirit Animal." This means I should connect it to a human. I can also try to balance out the four pieces. Two with human representations, and two without humans.
The main question for me here is whether I want perfectly balanced aspects, or mostly human aspects.

Time + Hard Work = Success

With this most recent deer project...I am quite behind. Am I slacking? Not anymore, but I was. "It's okay. I got time," I would tell myself. Now with four pieces to complete and only one of those being 100 percent done, the stress has set in.
 The nurturing piece features antlers gently cradling a sleeping baby. This one is nearly finished but the baby's face escapes my artistic capabilities and poses to be a rather cumbersome road block. Seeing as I need to take a break from the nurturing piece for a bit, I have moved on to the piece that demonstrates power. This one is a blue deer (the color representation of power) standing, full of pride, on top a hill. This one is nearly finished and just need the background to be painted.
The finished piece demonstrates grace, and this one shows a deer/ballerina majestically leaping through the air. It's done in gouache on wood and turned out better than I expected . It shows my artistic flare and also the concept I was trying to achieve.
With success...must always come failure. The fourth piece is not even mentally created. Will I settle or give up? Of course not. Granted I'm running out of time, I will add more time to my schedule and work harder. This way I'm bound to come up with something I like and also something that shows the idea.