My Visual Biography

For the most part blog posts are relevant to the date they are post but I want post some of my past work from what I call my visual biography.


I began matriculation at SCAD in Fall, 2009, and took my first Sequential class in Spring with Brian Ralph (author of the award winning graphic novel Daybreak.)  And quite honestly my work sucked. I always enjoy comics (particularly manga) but I never actually drew any until that class.

 However, there was one piece that I loved and still felt proud of after critique.

The odd couple assignment: Tells the tale of a princess who simply wants her

favorite stuffed animal to come to life.

I find my life unfolding daily the longer I stay in Savannah. It's a very beautiful city and the architecture is amazing.

My past two years at SCAD have been dedicated to Sequential, but then I started to fall in love with Industrial Design after seeing the coolest speakers and a process book from a company called Parrot.

My mom owns the black. The sound is clear and can go far higher than other speakers our family purchased.

That's when I thought about how cool it was to design the world we live in from chairs, mp3 players, stapler, cars, bed post. And then I thought, "If I can design for the world I can incorporate that skill into my comics to create a universe!"

So I enrolled into the Industrial Design program.  So far I'm 7-8 weeks in to my second class. But here is my first project from Intro to Industrial Design.

I must say... it makes me feel legit. 

I will end this post (for what I consider short) but do not fret! I will be back later on today to talk about my day at the SCAD Career Fair. Ready to network!

NEXT POST: SCAD Career Fair

        

Hello and Welcome to my Universe.

Welcome to this blog. Just an overview of what to expect from this blog, my name is Jordan Mathis and I am a sequential artist and industrial designer. Now most people say to me  "Wow, that's different."*you crazy woman* under their breath,  or "How do those fields go together?"

Well,this is how I see it. Essentially,  sequential art and industrial design both call upon the ability to be creative and to communicate a concept whether it is through character, environment, or product design.

When looking at industrial design through a sequential eye, the products in our lives tell a story. They are designed with purpose, and the fact that they can hold sentimental value for us, illustrates that products have meaning and a place in the story of our lives. On the reverse side, when we look at sequential art, the writers and artist must ask themselves, who is this character and what makes them who they are. Where the character lives, what car they drive, what weapons they use are factors that the industrial design mind can determine through hypothetical contextual research. In understanding the character, one can design the products surrounding them to visually communicate who the character is.

Jordan Mathis Said is the phrase to explain that I am giving my ideas and point of view to create a product for people to enjoy, whether its artwork, a story or a tangible object.

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