Project 9- Old Maid Cards

In this assignment, we were to recreate a set of Old Maid cards with characters and funky names. There were a list created with 5 specific events that shaped my personal aesthetic, 5 people who have influenced my creativity, 5 inanimate objects I keep around my workspace, 10 activities I do to stimulate my creativity, and one thing that hinders my creativity. Here is what I came up with.

The first 5 characters I came up with are events that shaped my personal aesthetic are Passing Dad, Moving Austin, Surfing Val, Broken Hearted Darwin, and Creative Arturo. Passing Dad came from the passing of my Father. Moving Austin was when I moved away from my hometown to Austin for college. Surfing Val was from when I went to visit California for the first time and it was a wonderful place to be. Broken Hearted Darwin is from my just recent break-up that made me realized I need to value myself more as a person. Creative Arturo is from the passion I have for art and exploring my creativity to a better future.

The next 5 characters are people who influenced my creativity and they are Hairy Frida, Little Maurice, Champion Marco, Rapper Tucker, and Savage Salvador (which is on the first lower picture). Hairy Frida is inspired by Frida Kahlo. Little Maurice is from Maurice Sendak. Champion Marco is from Marcel Duchamp. Rapper Tucker is from Tupac Shakur, and Savage Salvador is from Salvador Dali. Those artists are what keep my creativity going.

 The next list of 5 are inanimate objects I keep around my workspace which are a tiny toy airplane, food, a toy sheep, something to drink, and my iPod. So Flying Sally is from my toy airplane, Chewing Mason is food, Puffy Buffy is my toy sheep, Thirsty Bob is a drink, and my iPod is Musical Cal. 

The final list of 10 are activities I do to stimulate my creativity which are sleeping, meditating, cleaning, exercising, play drums, go outdoors, play basketball, listen to music, drive around, and have a few bottles of alcohol. Hence my characters are Sleepy Vinny, Meditate Kate, Spotless Jess, Exercising Stace, Drummer Gunther, Outdoor Flo, Baller Stella, Jamming Tammy, Driving Javi, and Drunk Chuck.

 Hesitancy Gracy is my final card of the photoset and is the old maid card. Being hesitant is what hinders me the most when it comes to creativity.

And finally, this is design I chose for the back of my cards simply because I'm the type of person who always likes keeping things in line and on grid point with simplicity. So I chose a simple grid plaid pattern. I'm kind of boring. 
Overall, this was a very fun project and will keep working on it, for portfolio use in the future.