Anisha Chaudhary: Projection 02 Tape Mapping

Concept:
I have been interested in images of Apsaras, or Hindu interpretations of fairies. I came across the following image online and used it as a reference for my tape mapping:

Apsara, a celestial being from Hindu and Buddhist culture

Sadly, it is difficult to find who the actual artist is for this piece. I think it is RB Yadav, however, many artists have claimed credit for this artwork. If anyone has insight on crediting the original artist, I would love to know.
I decided to create a drawing that referenced the posing of this artwork:

Detailed drawing of fairy

I then took my detailed image and reduced it to basic shapes that I could use towards my tape mapping project, and then I made that drawn image into a vector image: 

Sketch from detailed image

Vector image from Illustrator

Techniques:
I had Professor Scott assist me in my projection set up. He strapped my projector sideways so that I could project my illustration as a portrait image instead of a landscape image. I was then able to start taping my projected image onto the wall with the aspect ratio of 1200px by 1920px. I used a thin black tape provided by the 3D Studio. I used an X-Acto knife to make sharp edges while taping. 

"Holding Hands"
The chains from the gate next to my piece cast an interesting shadow onto my projection

Taping Complete!
This image was calibrated by projecting the image onto the wall and I taped accordingly

This is the thin tape that I used for the taping process

Now came the fun part: making imagery in MadMapper using their image library!

I decided on making multiple themes of fairies for each scene since I enjoyed projecting different colors.

Fairy Themes:

Evil Fairy - red, black, and white
effect: string noise

Portal Fairy - Pinks, purples, blues, reds
effect: [recode] Vasarely and atom supernova

Sun Fairy - yellows and oranges
effect: I created a "mini fairy" in After effects

Geode Fairy - greens, blueish greens, mix of colors for geode effect
effect: Calico




Dark Fairy - Blues, purples, whites
effect: Noise wave
Eye balls created by layering a number of shapes

Bubble Gum Fairy - pinks
effect: Burst

Psychadelic RGB Fairy - reds, blues, greens. 
effect: SinePuke

Interpretation:
This artwork has been an exploration of playful. magical themes to show versatility within one single character.
Vick asked me what I have named my fairy, but I haven't given them one. I think that it is worth thinking about a name and backstory for each theme since it would give this character more depth.

For future development of this project, I would also like to find music that I feel matches this image. I couldn't seem to land on one song that I felt encompassed all of the different themes well. It is possible that I would have to blend songs together to make a seamless piece. 
I would also like to make more fairies, of various genders and body types. 

Overall, I think my projection and taping came out pretty clean.

Link: https://youtu.be/FLQEzmNvfYg

(I condensed the 7 different scenes to three minutes to save time when viewing in class. If you would like me to upload the seven minute version, please let me know.)