The challenges of the October 2019 Design Challenge?
Posted: October 14th, 2019, 9:15 pm
(I think this is the best subforum for this thread since I'm not proposing a new challenge here; I'm just using one as a conversation starter. Now, if this isn't really the best subforum for the thread, can someone please move it?)
I seldom participate in the monthly design challenges, but I've followed them for some time. I'm intrigued by certain practices I've seen in each one. Maybe it's just as common outside of the challenges... not that sure about that.
I've noticed people tend to participate with models based on concrete subjects: something they can see or have seen at least. This is similar to having a model at the center of an art classroom. You know? Aside from that, I've also noticed people tend to add a description of what the model is and how it relates to the challenge's topic. Models without descriptions are very uncommon in them. Why is that? Now, the current monthly design challenge is about not doing one nor the other: the model must express something the contender feels strongly about, instead of representing a concrete subject, and also, express that idea without adding a description.
I might be wrong, but I have this feeling that people haven't been able to express that through a single model. They feel they need more than one model, place the model as part of a scene, and/or add a description to relate it with what they feel. And that would be the reason for such little participation in the challenge during its basically first half. What do you think?
I love this kind of discussions; I'd really like to know what others think about it. Would you please let me know ?
I seldom participate in the monthly design challenges, but I've followed them for some time. I'm intrigued by certain practices I've seen in each one. Maybe it's just as common outside of the challenges... not that sure about that.
I've noticed people tend to participate with models based on concrete subjects: something they can see or have seen at least. This is similar to having a model at the center of an art classroom. You know? Aside from that, I've also noticed people tend to add a description of what the model is and how it relates to the challenge's topic. Models without descriptions are very uncommon in them. Why is that? Now, the current monthly design challenge is about not doing one nor the other: the model must express something the contender feels strongly about, instead of representing a concrete subject, and also, express that idea without adding a description.
I might be wrong, but I have this feeling that people haven't been able to express that through a single model. They feel they need more than one model, place the model as part of a scene, and/or add a description to relate it with what they feel. And that would be the reason for such little participation in the challenge during its basically first half. What do you think?
I love this kind of discussions; I'd really like to know what others think about it. Would you please let me know ?