Gen Z’s ABCs—by Lameesa, Jackie, and Mikayla The concept for our zine is an alphabet book on Gen Z lingo. Our main goal for this assignment was to create something fun and lighthearted that would make us chuckle as we navigate the stress in our lives. Step 1: Brainstorming + Mood Boarding We began by… Continue reading Project 3 – Zine
Author: Lameesa
Project 2-Lameesa
For this project, I knew I wanted to base my topic on the resurgence of women fighting for liberation in Iran. “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” “Woman, Life, Freedom” The idea here is to gather handwritten notes of “Jin—Jiyan—Azadi” as a means of digital activism and a sort of “fuck you” to the Iranian government (they have… Continue reading Project 2-Lameesa
Project 1 + Generative IceCream-Lameesa
Assignment 1 Notes: For my first Riso animation, I ended up using some footage from a rainy day from earlier this Summer. For my first 2 attempts I actually animated some Arabic calligraphy in AfterEffects, but due to technical difficulties I’ve been having with the program all week I had to scrap that idea. This… Continue reading Project 1 + Generative IceCream-Lameesa
Experimental Publishing-Lameesa
“Same Sum” by Peter Happel Christian https://www.conveyor.studio/shop/p/samesum I saw this zine/book at the PMABF2022 and instantly fell in love with it. This photobook is an exploration of the “observation, chance, and the everyday magic of ordinary life” of Peter’s life. Apparently the title is inspired by an Italo Calvino essay where experiences and meanings are… Continue reading Experimental Publishing-Lameesa
HW1-Lameesa
HW1 Notes: Using cutouts from two different images of my grandma’s hands, I made my first Riso print! I layered both images together in p5.js and “extracted” the reds and the blues from the flattened image. I printed my image in fluorescent orange first, where the details of the top image were really obscured. I… Continue reading HW1-Lameesa