I had a terrible nightmare about being attacked by a T-1000. We got him stuck in a closet and escaped only to have biological warfare zombies come after us! There was a long sequence in which I was in a library and frenzied people were outside. We made a slow retreat (we being me and lots of the MFA's) and then I woke up in a sweat.
I spent today cleaning house. My room was a wreck. Tidied up, cleaned the kitchen, cut out some stuff from magazines, threw out the trash. Did something so not finals to distract from, well, finals. I will document Monday morning, that is my plan. The whole weekend now is set aside for my grand illustration piece. Whoohooo!
Did I mention that there was a redshirt in Star Trek? There totally was a redshirt.
I had a date tonight. Ohhh! How exciting. It was with Travis, the comic liker and animation major from AI. We met at my place at around 8pm and walked up to 21st. The Spike and Mike Animation Festival was playing at Cinema 21 so we went to catch that. We arrived early so we had some tea and Italian soda at Coffee Time. The Spike and Mike festival was very wonderful. Just lots of weird little shorts. Some were sweet but most were weird and a few were just plain gross. But hey, a reaction is still a reaction. My favorite was Aurthur De Pins's Crab Revolution:
Afterwards we walked back and had a pitcher of beer at Goose Hollow Inn. We talked mostly about art and our different approaches to it. Art is wonderful. We both like it. And comics. And school. Yup. After our single little pitcher we decided to take a walk up Washington Park. It was a lovely clear night but it got really chilly. Still we sat on the swings and the bench and shivered and chattered until we could take it no more. With Lucky Luna print in his hand, we parted ways (he only lives about 5 blocks away).
It was a nice little date. I like taking walks around Portland. If only I was in better walking shape (biking yes, walking no). Now to dream hopefully nice dreams.
hi
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
STAR TREK!!! COMICS!!! PERCEIVERS!!! YEAHHH!!
STAR TREK WAS AWESOME! The new movie, oh so very good. Great action and all that. Clean effects, lovely casting, nice references to the original series without being out of place. Waah! Saw Midnight showing even though there were ones all through the day for some reason. I am PUMPED!
I slept in because math was just the cube. Whatever. Had a tuna fish. I can solve the cube in under 3 minutes. I even got it under 2. Amazing.
Digital illustration was frustrating. I started over and started over again. I just can't get my head around the project. Had to take a mental break and talk to the crew in the library.
Oh and Simon Pegg was wonderful as Scotty. It was just, ahh. The audience was excellent. There were cheers when lines were said and when some characters showed up. There was even a hot green skin red hair alien. Sylar as Spock was seamless. Leonard Nimoy was there as well. Time travel! Phasers set to stun! Hitting on sexy alien chicks!
It was First Thursday as well and that brought around crackers and cheese for the Illustration Juried Show. We had a little table and everybody gathered around and snacked. Terry, Matt, Nathalie, Amanda, Erin, Karen, Dom, Sally Jablonski, Jen, myself. You know, the crew. Everyone who showed and got in got a free sketchbook! There were even moleskins to grab so I now have a shiny new moleskin to draw in. Fancy. The awards were also given out:
Bronze: Karen's Hank Williams silkscreen poster.
Silver: Jen Lee's watercolor collage Clint Eastwood
Gold: Erin's watercolor portrait of a lady singer that I forget.
Honorable Mentions: Matt's Mama Cass and Trillian's Katie with Jade Plants.
That's right. I got honorable mention! Which means out of the top 5 pieces, mine was around 4 or 5. This show was juried by high ups from around the country that Martin brought in. People totally unaware of us, just looking at the cohesiveness of the piece. And I was high up on the list! AWESOME!
I stuffed my face and Karen, Erin, Erin's boy and I walked down to Floating World Comics. We ran into Shaun, the math teacher, and I declared how fast I could solve the cube. Morgan has a show at one of the galleries and looking at his paintings and prints, it makes perfect sense. Fits just wonderfully in accordance with who he is.
Floating World Comics has a Kitty Pryde inspired show which the proceeds from the print sales are going to fund research concerning hemophilia. Kitty Pryde is a member of the X-Men. She is the one who can go through walls. So it was tons of different artists all drawing her in whatever way they wanted. It was really cool. I can't wait to check it out when it is more vacant. Farel had a piece, Matthew Seely had a piece, Zachary Baldus had a piece, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Joelle Jones, Nathan Powell, and just more and more. It was real neat. Karen bought a silkscreen. We walked back up and talked about our plans for our own comic/art/print collective we are forming: The Perceivers.
It was a surprisingly easy ride back home. Relaxed. Ate some pasta. Katie and her friend Eric are going to see The Shins tonight. At 11:20 I met up with Karen and we drove to the Lloyd 10. There was a slight panic at the sight of a full parking lot but there was a 11pm show. We were in the massive theatre and found side seats pretty easily. STAR TREK WAS AWESOME!! The audience cheered and clapped. A guy had a lightsaber which he whipped out during the trailer for the second Night at the Museum movie. He brought it out only once when Darth Vader came on screen. It was awesome. It really got the energy going. Nerd audiences are the best. When the movie was over, all I could say was how brilliant it was. Ahhh I just want to see it AGAIN! Go see it people, it is way neat.
I have to document my work over the weekend. And finish my illustration. After that it is just study for group theory and finish digital and turn in said documentation. Endgame for my fourth semester at PNCA. I will be a junior. I will have one year until my senior thesis. I am half way done. I am halfway done and getting honorable mentions in juried shows and selling my comics and forming collectives.
I slept in because math was just the cube. Whatever. Had a tuna fish. I can solve the cube in under 3 minutes. I even got it under 2. Amazing.
Digital illustration was frustrating. I started over and started over again. I just can't get my head around the project. Had to take a mental break and talk to the crew in the library.
Oh and Simon Pegg was wonderful as Scotty. It was just, ahh. The audience was excellent. There were cheers when lines were said and when some characters showed up. There was even a hot green skin red hair alien. Sylar as Spock was seamless. Leonard Nimoy was there as well. Time travel! Phasers set to stun! Hitting on sexy alien chicks!
It was First Thursday as well and that brought around crackers and cheese for the Illustration Juried Show. We had a little table and everybody gathered around and snacked. Terry, Matt, Nathalie, Amanda, Erin, Karen, Dom, Sally Jablonski, Jen, myself. You know, the crew. Everyone who showed and got in got a free sketchbook! There were even moleskins to grab so I now have a shiny new moleskin to draw in. Fancy. The awards were also given out:
Bronze: Karen's Hank Williams silkscreen poster.
Silver: Jen Lee's watercolor collage Clint Eastwood
Gold: Erin's watercolor portrait of a lady singer that I forget.
Honorable Mentions: Matt's Mama Cass and Trillian's Katie with Jade Plants.
That's right. I got honorable mention! Which means out of the top 5 pieces, mine was around 4 or 5. This show was juried by high ups from around the country that Martin brought in. People totally unaware of us, just looking at the cohesiveness of the piece. And I was high up on the list! AWESOME!
I stuffed my face and Karen, Erin, Erin's boy and I walked down to Floating World Comics. We ran into Shaun, the math teacher, and I declared how fast I could solve the cube. Morgan has a show at one of the galleries and looking at his paintings and prints, it makes perfect sense. Fits just wonderfully in accordance with who he is.
Floating World Comics has a Kitty Pryde inspired show which the proceeds from the print sales are going to fund research concerning hemophilia. Kitty Pryde is a member of the X-Men. She is the one who can go through walls. So it was tons of different artists all drawing her in whatever way they wanted. It was really cool. I can't wait to check it out when it is more vacant. Farel had a piece, Matthew Seely had a piece, Zachary Baldus had a piece, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Joelle Jones, Nathan Powell, and just more and more. It was real neat. Karen bought a silkscreen. We walked back up and talked about our plans for our own comic/art/print collective we are forming: The Perceivers.
It was a surprisingly easy ride back home. Relaxed. Ate some pasta. Katie and her friend Eric are going to see The Shins tonight. At 11:20 I met up with Karen and we drove to the Lloyd 10. There was a slight panic at the sight of a full parking lot but there was a 11pm show. We were in the massive theatre and found side seats pretty easily. STAR TREK WAS AWESOME!! The audience cheered and clapped. A guy had a lightsaber which he whipped out during the trailer for the second Night at the Museum movie. He brought it out only once when Darth Vader came on screen. It was awesome. It really got the energy going. Nerd audiences are the best. When the movie was over, all I could say was how brilliant it was. Ahhh I just want to see it AGAIN! Go see it people, it is way neat.
I have to document my work over the weekend. And finish my illustration. After that it is just study for group theory and finish digital and turn in said documentation. Endgame for my fourth semester at PNCA. I will be a junior. I will have one year until my senior thesis. I am half way done. I am halfway done and getting honorable mentions in juried shows and selling my comics and forming collectives.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
blue ink, my new foe!
Arrived at school in time for a supposed comic class meeting. Then no one else was around. Grabbed some cocoa and a muffin. And still no one showed up. Uhh. Yeah so later Lacey texted me to inform me that it was delayed till next week. Ha. Okay. Oh well. I was more than on time for the final printmaking critique.
First up was Junko's butterfly piece that felt very trapped. It was registered like a dream. Patrick's piece was confusing both in technique and execution. It was printed on yupo, which didn't take the ink at all and made it very brittle and in need of a spray sealant. The image also didn't read all that well. Bre had a lovely Audrey Hepburn that was critiqued as seeming a little contradictory and unfinished. Still, it was pulled nicely.
Everyone loved Luna! It also probably helped that I handed out the single image posters to bribe everyone. The cat was said to just have an aura of indifference and even when the registration was off, the cat just didn't care. I loved it. One of my favorite critiques. I like that my art brought a little joy to people. Everyone loves it when I give them a poster. I can't print them fast enough, or give them away quick enough. It's great!
Lunch was met with about 20 minutes of comic club where Taylor spaced and didn't show up for. Went and got a burrito after Daniel bought another Luna for a buck (I had given him one, which he gave away, and a second to replace that). Had a delicious burrito.
The other half of critique was Devin, Phil, and Brandon's collaboration zine silkscreen. They worked on making images together and putting them together in a little booklet that folded out into a larger poster. It was so rad. It really came together, which was good because Yoshi had been on their case from the first hint of them working together. The colors really tied it all together I felt. Some of the styles were a little different. It was a neat form of folding, I'll have to look into it. Right now I'm thinking of single image prints I could easily make oodles of. Hmmmn. Diana's 14 color owl print with pretty much perfect registration was met with a, "YOU ARE CRAZY!" I don't know how she got it so impeccable 9besides talent and patience and perfectionism). A really beautiful piece.
We were let out early but I stuck around to print more Lunas. I bought some nicer paper but when I cut it down she didn't quite fit so I don't know how I feel about them. I got a few more newsprint though and used up some ink. Then I was pulling the ink across the screen and DISASTER the block holding the screen up slipped and the screen clattered down and ink got all over me! A huge strip on my shirt and pants! Cherish helped grab my spare shirt out of my bag (I had ink all over my hands) and I dashed to wash the wet ink off my clothes before it stained. It came out of the shirt alright but I needed the private bathroom to remove and wash my pants. The person took forever and I shall name that person: TABOR! Took for freaking ever while the ink began to set. But it all came out. A lot of water and brisk scrubbing in the sink and it came out. It was not fun to wear the sopping wet pants. I just had to wear them long enough to get my yoga pants. Whew for spares!
In yoga duds I cleaned up my station (and washed my screen out which now has an insane big blue stain). Got everything folded. I felt a little doofy but at least I was comfortable.
At a little after 5, I helped set up the Illustration Juried Show! In the hallway! Outside the bathroom! Seriously, someone dropped the ball and we didn't get a halfway decent spot. We had to set up our fancy juried show in the hallway that we normally have for our classes. Bullpucky! Still, I got in. There is some serious talent in the show.
Then yoga! I remembered to do it. A new gal joined us. It wasn't so tough but I was stiff. I gave away prints after the session.
Then it was time to go home and do my laundry. Wash the ink victim pants and shirt and all my other regular dirty clothes. It all came out and they are folded and warm. Mmm.
I get to sleep in tomorrow because it is just a Rubik's cube solving day. I don't really need to spend an hour and a half solving something I can do in 5 minutes without almost any notes. Yeah. Go me.
First up was Junko's butterfly piece that felt very trapped. It was registered like a dream. Patrick's piece was confusing both in technique and execution. It was printed on yupo, which didn't take the ink at all and made it very brittle and in need of a spray sealant. The image also didn't read all that well. Bre had a lovely Audrey Hepburn that was critiqued as seeming a little contradictory and unfinished. Still, it was pulled nicely.
Everyone loved Luna! It also probably helped that I handed out the single image posters to bribe everyone. The cat was said to just have an aura of indifference and even when the registration was off, the cat just didn't care. I loved it. One of my favorite critiques. I like that my art brought a little joy to people. Everyone loves it when I give them a poster. I can't print them fast enough, or give them away quick enough. It's great!
Lunch was met with about 20 minutes of comic club where Taylor spaced and didn't show up for. Went and got a burrito after Daniel bought another Luna for a buck (I had given him one, which he gave away, and a second to replace that). Had a delicious burrito.
The other half of critique was Devin, Phil, and Brandon's collaboration zine silkscreen. They worked on making images together and putting them together in a little booklet that folded out into a larger poster. It was so rad. It really came together, which was good because Yoshi had been on their case from the first hint of them working together. The colors really tied it all together I felt. Some of the styles were a little different. It was a neat form of folding, I'll have to look into it. Right now I'm thinking of single image prints I could easily make oodles of. Hmmmn. Diana's 14 color owl print with pretty much perfect registration was met with a, "YOU ARE CRAZY!" I don't know how she got it so impeccable 9besides talent and patience and perfectionism). A really beautiful piece.
We were let out early but I stuck around to print more Lunas. I bought some nicer paper but when I cut it down she didn't quite fit so I don't know how I feel about them. I got a few more newsprint though and used up some ink. Then I was pulling the ink across the screen and DISASTER the block holding the screen up slipped and the screen clattered down and ink got all over me! A huge strip on my shirt and pants! Cherish helped grab my spare shirt out of my bag (I had ink all over my hands) and I dashed to wash the wet ink off my clothes before it stained. It came out of the shirt alright but I needed the private bathroom to remove and wash my pants. The person took forever and I shall name that person: TABOR! Took for freaking ever while the ink began to set. But it all came out. A lot of water and brisk scrubbing in the sink and it came out. It was not fun to wear the sopping wet pants. I just had to wear them long enough to get my yoga pants. Whew for spares!
In yoga duds I cleaned up my station (and washed my screen out which now has an insane big blue stain). Got everything folded. I felt a little doofy but at least I was comfortable.
At a little after 5, I helped set up the Illustration Juried Show! In the hallway! Outside the bathroom! Seriously, someone dropped the ball and we didn't get a halfway decent spot. We had to set up our fancy juried show in the hallway that we normally have for our classes. Bullpucky! Still, I got in. There is some serious talent in the show.
Then yoga! I remembered to do it. A new gal joined us. It wasn't so tough but I was stiff. I gave away prints after the session.
Then it was time to go home and do my laundry. Wash the ink victim pants and shirt and all my other regular dirty clothes. It all came out and they are folded and warm. Mmm.
I get to sleep in tomorrow because it is just a Rubik's cube solving day. I don't really need to spend an hour and a half solving something I can do in 5 minutes without almost any notes. Yeah. Go me.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
two projects left
I ate a huge bowl of spaghetti like 2 hours ago and now my stomach is grumbling. No fair!
Math was a quiz in group theory to show us just how little we really got it. Then it was question and answer time about the cube. I was golden but I stuck around.
I redid the transfer for my silkscreen. I taped it together before I applied the oil to make the paper transparent. It worked! The only strange part is barely noticeable. Did the emulsion and exposing part and then it was the last student council.
Elections! Nathan came in as mediator, Carlson is the events promoter, and a couple other people. Karen is club coordinator now. Hurrah! I hoped someone would take it over. It is nice being a part of school but I'm not really an organizer type. Karen would be better suited for it.
Just lolled about till class. Helped Karen with her printing. Well half got in her way, half helped haul around her massive screen.
My critique went well. Minor suggestions were given about making the background hazy and not so textured. Everyone seemed really impressed. Well the people that payed attention did. But it's cool, it is hard enough to keep focus in critiques when there isn't a computer in front of you.
Then I printed! And it went fairly well. Took a while to get the stripes to line up with the image. After I printed my edition I printed up about 35 Lucky Luna posters, which are just the image of Luna on newsprint. Wanted to use up the ink. It worked out well. I don't think it is that remarkable of an image but only critique will tell.
Had a huge bowl of spaghetti and sauce for dinner. Nikki stopped by with pizza to share with Katie. She is due to pop her baby out in a month! And Karen is an aunt now! Babies everywhere!
Watched Life Aquatic. So sad, it gets me every time but such a wonderful movie.
The drunks are outside being insanely loud. A car was honking and they were hollering.
I feel that I should write more but after nearly 2 years of mostly daily writing, it is getting tough to get all the details out of a day that is pretty close to other ones I've had. Do you want more explanation of the screenprinting process? More about how I approach art? My theories? My ideas? Gossip?
Math was a quiz in group theory to show us just how little we really got it. Then it was question and answer time about the cube. I was golden but I stuck around.
I redid the transfer for my silkscreen. I taped it together before I applied the oil to make the paper transparent. It worked! The only strange part is barely noticeable. Did the emulsion and exposing part and then it was the last student council.
Elections! Nathan came in as mediator, Carlson is the events promoter, and a couple other people. Karen is club coordinator now. Hurrah! I hoped someone would take it over. It is nice being a part of school but I'm not really an organizer type. Karen would be better suited for it.
Just lolled about till class. Helped Karen with her printing. Well half got in her way, half helped haul around her massive screen.
My critique went well. Minor suggestions were given about making the background hazy and not so textured. Everyone seemed really impressed. Well the people that payed attention did. But it's cool, it is hard enough to keep focus in critiques when there isn't a computer in front of you.
Then I printed! And it went fairly well. Took a while to get the stripes to line up with the image. After I printed my edition I printed up about 35 Lucky Luna posters, which are just the image of Luna on newsprint. Wanted to use up the ink. It worked out well. I don't think it is that remarkable of an image but only critique will tell.
Had a huge bowl of spaghetti and sauce for dinner. Nikki stopped by with pizza to share with Katie. She is due to pop her baby out in a month! And Karen is an aunt now! Babies everywhere!
Watched Life Aquatic. So sad, it gets me every time but such a wonderful movie.
The drunks are outside being insanely loud. A car was honking and they were hollering.
I feel that I should write more but after nearly 2 years of mostly daily writing, it is getting tough to get all the details out of a day that is pretty close to other ones I've had. Do you want more explanation of the screenprinting process? More about how I approach art? My theories? My ideas? Gossip?
Demon Hunter - what do you think?
Final digital illustration with a few enlarger detail shots.
Photoshop.
Monday, May 4, 2009
I accept the things I cannot change, like rain for three days
I got to school when the rain was just beginning to start but it never really let up. It is still drizzling. Boo.
We did a little critique of our next stage. Most of the work turned in wasn't quite on the money in terms of assignment fulfilment. Some had only color studies, some had really rendered final pieces, and some had more of a thumbnail stage(me). We broke for lunch early. Robin was craving Pho so I went with her to Silk to get some to go. It was a little pricy so I dipped into my Stumptown money. It was good though not piping hot. Honestly the Pho Hoa stuff is better, seemed like I got more with it. Still it was a delicious lunch.
Ran into Madeline, who was still on Germany time. Introduced her to Jen so the tweaks of the illustration juried show could be resolved.
Rest of class was open work time. I revised my sketches and took off a little early. Weird that when Joe let us have work time people complained about not using class time and now we are all for it? The difference finals makes.
Madeline and I exchanged cubes and scrambled and solved them. The colors look so odd to me. Took me a while to get oriented.
Read Bangkok Haunts with a passion. Almost done! Just have my digital piece to finalize tomorrow and my silk screen to finish. Over the weekend I will have to do a lot of documentation for class turn in so wow, you might see some of my traditional work!
We did a little critique of our next stage. Most of the work turned in wasn't quite on the money in terms of assignment fulfilment. Some had only color studies, some had really rendered final pieces, and some had more of a thumbnail stage(me). We broke for lunch early. Robin was craving Pho so I went with her to Silk to get some to go. It was a little pricy so I dipped into my Stumptown money. It was good though not piping hot. Honestly the Pho Hoa stuff is better, seemed like I got more with it. Still it was a delicious lunch.
Ran into Madeline, who was still on Germany time. Introduced her to Jen so the tweaks of the illustration juried show could be resolved.
Rest of class was open work time. I revised my sketches and took off a little early. Weird that when Joe let us have work time people complained about not using class time and now we are all for it? The difference finals makes.
Madeline and I exchanged cubes and scrambled and solved them. The colors look so odd to me. Took me a while to get oriented.
Read Bangkok Haunts with a passion. Almost done! Just have my digital piece to finalize tomorrow and my silk screen to finish. Over the weekend I will have to do a lot of documentation for class turn in so wow, you might see some of my traditional work!
lunch with a boy, again
Look at that, it isn't even 12:30am and I'm blogging to say I got my stuff done!
I did five color studies of the shifting light. I didn't do exactly the correct times but I really learned. Each one is different because I didn't get really good shots of the same thing. The assignment was to take a picture of the same thing at 5 different times of the day and do color studies with 12 colors of the shifting light. I did 10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm, and 8pm. We had to do 6am and I thought I took that picture but I couldn't find it. Anyway. Watercolored those up! Took about an hour for each one but I'm fairly happy. Then we had to come up with an image with the thought of "waking up" based on a theme in our photos. Mine had a jade plant so I'm doing a little scene similar to my four color woodblock. Sort of the same angle but with a lady and soft colors.
Today I had another lunch date! Lunch appointment? Uhh. Travis from AI's comic club met me at Stumptown and gave me his card and we decided to meet up for a little late afternoon nosh. We planned on Ole Ole but guess what, I forgot they were closed on Sunday! So we went to a PSU area McMennamin's. I had a milk shake. Jen surprised us and sat next to me and said a quick hello. I'd been caught! With an Art Institute kid! Egads! Nah, it was totally cool. We talked about comics and the differences in school and time based arts and lots of stuff. I showed off my cube solving skills. Well sort of. I got all jumbled when it called for me to perform. It was just a little hour or so long thing. I had homework, he had stuff to assist with, so we parted ways with an agreement to maybe see Spike and Mike's animation festival later on in the week.
Then I did my homework!
Gabe made chicken soup with potatoes. Mmmm. They watched Let the Right One In, a vampire movie I saw months ago with Jen. I took breaks from my painting and watched as well.
I did five color studies of the shifting light. I didn't do exactly the correct times but I really learned. Each one is different because I didn't get really good shots of the same thing. The assignment was to take a picture of the same thing at 5 different times of the day and do color studies with 12 colors of the shifting light. I did 10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm, and 8pm. We had to do 6am and I thought I took that picture but I couldn't find it. Anyway. Watercolored those up! Took about an hour for each one but I'm fairly happy. Then we had to come up with an image with the thought of "waking up" based on a theme in our photos. Mine had a jade plant so I'm doing a little scene similar to my four color woodblock. Sort of the same angle but with a lady and soft colors.
Today I had another lunch date! Lunch appointment? Uhh. Travis from AI's comic club met me at Stumptown and gave me his card and we decided to meet up for a little late afternoon nosh. We planned on Ole Ole but guess what, I forgot they were closed on Sunday! So we went to a PSU area McMennamin's. I had a milk shake. Jen surprised us and sat next to me and said a quick hello. I'd been caught! With an Art Institute kid! Egads! Nah, it was totally cool. We talked about comics and the differences in school and time based arts and lots of stuff. I showed off my cube solving skills. Well sort of. I got all jumbled when it called for me to perform. It was just a little hour or so long thing. I had homework, he had stuff to assist with, so we parted ways with an agreement to maybe see Spike and Mike's animation festival later on in the week.
Then I did my homework!
Gabe made chicken soup with potatoes. Mmmm. They watched Let the Right One In, a vampire movie I saw months ago with Jen. I took breaks from my painting and watched as well.
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