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TAPS S.E. Disclosure - The Pink Desert

I got permission from Fourcast to disclose some of my experiences with TAPS, so here's some art I made after an S.E. (sleeping episode)! I lovingly call it the Pink Desert (for obvious reasons) - last time I checked 4CL hasn't been able to pin down when/where this is, so the Pink Desert will have to do. Being able to document and communicate what I experience during a TAPS episode is vital not only for my work at the Lab, but for other 4CL branches as well. I'm not the best at drawing or painting or anything like that, so I usually go with making collages that are as close to what I witnessed as I can get them, paired with some note-taking to get down as many details as possible. Some fun note excerpts from this S.E. are:

"-Despite the desert-like appearance of surroundings, climate was cold and dry with consistent, blustering winds" "-Probable that fine-particle terrain underfoot is garnet (or a similar mineral) that has been weathered by environmental factors - large deposits of garnet were seen scattered across the landscape, some with visibly scratched or otherwise eroded facades" "-Coloration of the atmosphere would suggest high chlorine gas content, yet wavering patterns like Earth's aurora borealis were also observed, which indicate electrons interacting with an oxygen-rich upper atmosphere. Chlorine is a poor conductor of heat and electricity; atmospheric content remain uncertain"

It's probably clear that Fourcast didn't hire me for my stellar environmental sciences knowledge (lmao), but even my rough guestimates can help the actual environmental science Fourcasters figure out what's going on. But yeah! First disclosure from my personal vault :). Overall it was a pretty calm episode, despite being a bit cold and waking up with a really dry mouth. Never know what you're gonna get with TAPS, thankfully this time around it was a beautiful, mysterious, pink desert.

Always open to answering any questions about my life with TAPS, feel free to drop a message in the ask box! The images I used to make this collage were sourced from Pinterest - the particular images I used can be found here!

Here's a WIP of what I've been working on this past week for my Illustration class. 🔷 This assignment is another collage, using very detailed life drawings from a specific book. I've taken images that I liked, collaged them together, photocopied them, then used a special marker to transfer the images on to Bristol paper. (Looks like magic, no? 😆) 🔷 I haven't drawn anything yet, but I plan to later. I haven't been feeling that great, so I think I'll go get some more rest. Hope you enjoy!

I started my next school semester recently, and my first assignment for my Illustration class was to make a self-portrait collage. I finished it the other day. I originally thought I would have to shred up the images more, but my prof was satisfied with this layout. I like how it came out. 😊

In the pink

A4 collage - paper, tissue paper

Spring Jockstrap (after Filippo De Pisis)

A4ish woven collage - scanned watercolour and digital collage

Flautist (after Filippo de Pisis)

21cm x 21 cm collage-scanned watercolour, marker pen and acrylic paint

A Smile for David

A4 Collage and inkjet overprints

timeline : ryan snowflake collage (after May Wilson)

Faces snowflake collage (after May Wilson)

20cm x 20cm paper collage

Underwater snowflake collage (after May Wilson)

A4 paper collage

Making friends (Piero della Francesca remix)

A4 collage cutout and digital collage

untitled

A4 woven collage, collage and automatic writing

Got your number from a mutual friend

A4 woven collage with automatic writing

Heraldry

A4 collage and digital collage

...a core truth, asshole.

18 x 18cm woven collage with automatic writing

Acrobats

A4 collage cutout and drawing

Fox and cubs

A4 collage - paper, dried leaf, artificial flower, coloured pencil, digital collage

Collaboration with photographer Ivan Muselli 2013

A4 collages and ink jet overprints

The Philosopher's Hand Series 2019

For MvD

A4 collages

Untitled woven paper collage

29.5 x 21.5cm

Collage as Catalogue #2

23cm x 30cm camera film negative holder with collage and found objects

Untitled Cubomania

Paper collage

16cm x 19cm

Tree Team 2

A4 collage and coloured pencil

Collage as object #1

23cm x 30cm camera film negative holder with collage and found objects

Advent (day 5)

A3 collage with paper, found objects, paint

Layers of the waterfall or the genealogy of morals

A3 collage with found objects, card, paper, biro and thread

Tyger Tyger

A4 Collage - paper and sheep's wool

Sunburst

A4 collage

Screengrab from a Ricky Martin video, Goltzius's Knollenman, own photos of painted street markings

Infinity Herm 2

A4 collage and digital collage

Making friends

A4 Collage