Last updated: 15.February.2001

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.So Let Me Get This Straight...
.Pretty Pictures

.SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT...

The Victorian School System, specifically in VCE Art Units 3 and 4, used to require you to produce at least one major work for they year with a back up folio. They changed it, you could just have a tonne of back up in the year 2000. "Never!" cried Davo, "I shall createth something that will outdoeth my previous outings on papereth. Thy shall see that thine self is well capable of performing the task of makingeth a major work. Eth." And so beginbs the story of a masochist.

I'm warning you now, these works get pretty deep and serious. I'd gone through a lot that year, and I decided that not only could I fill up my art folios, but it could be theraputic if I drew what was on my mind. The end result was a backup folio of about 60 A4 works, and 15 A3+ works, from which about 14 were chosen to go into the final book. That's a lot for 3 terms of work. Some are lighthearted about the subject, some are scary, and some are things that make me shudder when I look at them again, making me think "I felt like that?" There are my own writings amongst the works, as well as chosen lyrics from some of my favourite music which I felt relevant.

The book was made into four copies, which cost $150 AUS to print all of them up. While it did earn me an A+ and a study score of 43 out of 50 for the unit, I wasn't chosen for Top Arts, the VCE exhibition. No matter, I did what I had to do anyway.

If you're wondering, I'm better now. Mostly... :P

.PRETTY PICTURES

The following are the actual pages of Catharsis, in their spread groups. I'll try and explain the basic gist of some of them, others I'll leave for you to decide. Some things just need to remain a mystery.

Things are labelled here as:

Pages:
Work 1:
Description.
Work 2:
Description.

	Cover: Untitled, really. The works that I used as the background images weren't even part of my initial folio. In fact they're from drawings that have been pasted into my own diary. None of the other works just suited the cover.
	00 - 01: Contents and introduction. Yep, that's the angel found elsewhere on Davo Productions, and used to be one of the two mascots, Boraelis. This just sums up what the book is, and what the works are.
	02 -03: Porcelina of the Vast Oceans: One of my first full blown pen sketches, A3 at that. Based around the images in my head from a Smashing Pumpkins song. Lift: A Radiohead song, an old favourite. I just new what the image I wanted was, but I ended up recolouring it anyway.
	04 - 05: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?: R.E.M. this time, depicting about how I fely I was treated sometimes. It's sort of about not fitting in... Thru the Eyes of Ruby: Smashing Pumpkins again. This. Song. Is. Amazing. The song is really about questioning feelings, what they're really worth.
	06 - 07: Cherry: Smashing Pumpkins again, but the lyrics aren't here this time. A little hard to explain. Giving up a halo isn't as obscene as you might think. Quiet: No, it isn't a Korn (tm) doll. I hate Korn. I just took my bad day and put it on this page. Spontaneous writing, as well...
	08 - 09: Human: The centrepiece of the Catharsis book, the original is in black and white and at an A2 scale. lyrics from Radiohead songs: How I Made My Millions and Lull. A tribute.
	10 - 11: I Will Not: Indeed. Stop Whispering: Indeed.
	12 - 13: Are You What You Pretend To Be?: My part social commentary, plus seemingly sloppy photoshop brush work. I know what I'm doing. Catharsis: The freedom of expression through artwork. This takes bits from my diary. I'm not explaining it.
	14 - 15: Obsessive/Compulsive Muse: Acrylic work. Yes indeedy. Watch me get bored and hide an Eva and Sonic in there.
	16 - 17: Thank You: Plus the credits page. A thank you to my friends... Well duh. Um, that webpage address isn't correct anymore. Shite.

E-Mail: masked_ferret@hotmail.com for any comments, queries or criticism (CONSTRUCTIVE criticism... Flames will be dealt with...) (Creatively...). And any job offers, etc. They'd always be of help.

Useless Information:
My initial art project for the year 2000 was going to be a life size portrait of an angel, wing-span included. This was vetoed to let me do the 19cm book, which proves once more that size doesn't matter (it would have been damn impressive, though...).