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A project looking into new ways of making marks I did for my Foundation year drawing class at RISD. I used an air compressor to move ink spilled on paper to create root like markings.
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Using the discovered marks to create shapes from negative space.
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Reversing the directions of the marks.
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Final piece using ideas learned.