I admit to having been a bit apprehensive being the only female on today’s exercusion. My dad backed my feelings and was wary. However today went fine. I met up with J & W downtown to meet the hip hop group, Downtown.
This afternoon I had done some research on rap and hip hop albums to see what the competition looks like. From there I moved to sketching out some ideas. They were well-received with my final hasty thumbnail being the most admired. I’ll upload it later. The resulting photograph will be the back cover of the cd. Also my ideas seemed to jive with the photographer’s own take on the project.
After explaining my ideas and thumbnails to the clients, I mostly stood around watching and taking notes while W took the photos. A group of the client’s friends wanted to be in the photos. These will probably wind up on the website since the clients want to be seen as “real.”
I was curious as to what the hand signs meant so I asked Bigmoney (yes, there is no space). He explained the signficance of two thumbs down meant their background of having a hard life. Yet they want to embrace the negative meaning and change it to represent who they are and make it into a positive influence. Then he showed me how to form the letters “AVL” which stand for Asheville.
Word to your mothers.
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