My computer starting having problems. The Vista anti virus seemed to have an issue that I had chosen another anti virus program over it. Now it keeps popping up. I restarted and it refused to let me open the internet because the internet program itself was unstable. I installed some Microsoft update and that is stalled on one of my accounts. I'm using the backup admin acount dubbed Marvin until I can sort this stuff out. Bleh.
Slept way way in. Like, till 1pm. Didn't know I was that tired.
Made myself a massive bacon and eggs breakfast. This diet change is why I'm getting all soft around the edges. I'll have to add some more serious exercise into my routine soon.
Katie and I caught the 4:25 showing of The Crazies. It was one of those gray days that made a horror movie so fitting. It had a really awesome moment where Olyphant's character was stabbed through the hand and he pulled his out of the floor and, knife still through his hand, he grabbed the infected person who was going to kill his wife. It was AWESOME.
The Girl Scouts were not outside Safeway, like the website said they would. I'll be mad if I miss my cookies.
Then we watched at home The Signal. Another horror movie told in three parts, each part had a different director but the same cast and plot extended over all the parts. It was pretty rad.
The movie ran into our getting prepared time. Our getting prepared time for karaoke with Karen and BT and the others. I applied eyeliner and lipstick and gold eyeshadow and put on a different outfit. Set out at 9:15. Caught the blue right on time, the yellow took 15 minutes, and in the end it took us almost an hour to get from The Goose to The Alibi in NorthEast. Still, Karen would be giving us a ride home so all was good. I didn't sing. I don't find it fun. I just ordered a whiskey and had a good time with my friends. Cheered on Karen, BT, and Katie when they sang. Ann Marie say Minnie the Moocher. It was awesome. So yeah, had a good time.
BT drove us home. My computer is still all weird. I'll deal with it tomorrow. Call Nathan or something.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
trillian as a bike commuter: 89 portland weather: 1 (snow)
Oops, started to drift off and remembered I never posted.
Horrible slow groggy morning. Wanted to get to school early so I could sort through my figure work to show Morgan. Got to school through the misting rain about 4 minutes early. Not so bad though, as it is ink day. We played with dipping string in ink. In my meeting with Morgan, he told me to play more on ink days and work more on drawing days. Play harder, not play harder. Force the extremes in both directions and I will "get my chops back". So for the remainder of class I slopped ink around and had a good time.
Adam Haynes, a pretty successful illustrator, came into class. His work was brilliant and just...wow. And the turn around on the pieces was just a couple days, of course these were probably 5 days of solid work. Anyway, he was really cool and friendly. Kevin, Dom, Josh, Janessa, Danny and I talked with him into lunch break. Finally too starved to continue, I said goodbye. It is so great to get actual working artists in. Really shows how the process works if you work it.
Just got mac & cheese and jo jos from Safeway and ate with Dom and Michaela in the library.
It rained all day. It is still raining.
Rest of class was open work time. I showed Martin my images first, and I was the last to leave at around 5:20. He really liked my Odd Owl concepts and encouraged me to develop the text and really think about graphic and details. So that is what I did for the rest of class. I asked Mia about making my own alphabet, drew out text, worked on the development book final project for class (it is just a sort of pdf portfolio for class), chatted with Dom, and ate a Kit Kat. I stayed all the way through, even though I could have left at 2pm.
Well I also wanted to get Girl Scout Cookies, but I decided the rain wasn't worth the detour and I would get them at Safeway tomorrow.
Spent the rest of the day inside, watching stuff, emailing people, and unwinding. Katie returned from her Eugene minibreak.
Last week and then SPRING BREAK!! Next week:
-essay and one on one discussion with teacher in Existentialist Phenomenology
-nothing for Homeland besides reading
-nothing for The Figure
-come up with new silk screen idea
-black and white promotional images for Odd Owl
Horrible slow groggy morning. Wanted to get to school early so I could sort through my figure work to show Morgan. Got to school through the misting rain about 4 minutes early. Not so bad though, as it is ink day. We played with dipping string in ink. In my meeting with Morgan, he told me to play more on ink days and work more on drawing days. Play harder, not play harder. Force the extremes in both directions and I will "get my chops back". So for the remainder of class I slopped ink around and had a good time.
Adam Haynes, a pretty successful illustrator, came into class. His work was brilliant and just...wow. And the turn around on the pieces was just a couple days, of course these were probably 5 days of solid work. Anyway, he was really cool and friendly. Kevin, Dom, Josh, Janessa, Danny and I talked with him into lunch break. Finally too starved to continue, I said goodbye. It is so great to get actual working artists in. Really shows how the process works if you work it.
Just got mac & cheese and jo jos from Safeway and ate with Dom and Michaela in the library.
It rained all day. It is still raining.
Rest of class was open work time. I showed Martin my images first, and I was the last to leave at around 5:20. He really liked my Odd Owl concepts and encouraged me to develop the text and really think about graphic and details. So that is what I did for the rest of class. I asked Mia about making my own alphabet, drew out text, worked on the development book final project for class (it is just a sort of pdf portfolio for class), chatted with Dom, and ate a Kit Kat. I stayed all the way through, even though I could have left at 2pm.
Well I also wanted to get Girl Scout Cookies, but I decided the rain wasn't worth the detour and I would get them at Safeway tomorrow.
Spent the rest of the day inside, watching stuff, emailing people, and unwinding. Katie returned from her Eugene minibreak.
Last week and then SPRING BREAK!! Next week:
-essay and one on one discussion with teacher in Existentialist Phenomenology
-nothing for Homeland besides reading
-nothing for The Figure
-come up with new silk screen idea
-black and white promotional images for Odd Owl
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Trillian's Sketchbook - Volume 2 - Portraits
Silk screen on flimsy paper. Images pulled from my sketchbook.
lots of open time
Oh damn the time escaped me again.
I got to school only to find out our mid term meetings were just with the teacher and we wouldn't be doing anything except for waiting. Sometimes they still have us practice drawing or watch a movie while they call us out and give us out fates. My meeting was at 1:10. I could have majorly slept in. Oh well. Had time to eat and mess around on the net.
Sat with Tabitha, Cherish, and Sandra. The latter two are doing this detox thing and can only drink this lemonade mix. Poor ladies.
My meeting with Daniel went pretty well. I'm showing up, doing the work, and talking. That tends to lead to success.
Then it was do nothing time again. Well I sketched for Odd Owl. Then it was off to Museum of Contemporary Craft!
There was a show he wanted us to see and we had a chance to talk to Bill Gilbert, his former teacher. Mostly a talk about having a place in the art world and all that. He seemed pretty cool. We got out of class early because it was required to see Bill Gilbert talk at 6:30 tonight.
I rode my bike to Powell's in search of Wendigo myths. None could be found, and the general Native American myth section was lacking. I did pick up The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian. I had spied it a year ago (it has a really nice cover) and now it was on sale! Thanks to some directions from the cashier, I made my way downtown in search of Nike Town. Unfortunately I was mistaken. The Girl Scouts will be outside Nike Town tomorrow from 4-6, not today. Damn!
Finished my morning burrito at school. Yoga was only three people, including myself. On Monday it is around 15, and that gets crowded. Anyway, it was nice not having it so full up. The lizard pose really screwed up my knees for a few minutes. I couldn't hold the lunges.
Yoga ran a little bit into the lecture, but I still caught it. Bill Gilbert is rad! He teaches this land art and ecology class at Uni New Mexico. It is part of their sustainability program. He takes students on these long week to three weeks expeditions into the west. They visit Spiral Jetty, Grand Canyon and all these other spots and do art on location. His slide show was so cool. I want to do a road trip really bad right now.
Rode home. Sketched Odd Owl. Watched White Collar (wow really bad explosion effects) and Quantum Leap (and the episode had a young Willie Garson, who plays Mozzie in White Collar).
Tomorrow is going to be a Billy Tea type of morning.
I got to school only to find out our mid term meetings were just with the teacher and we wouldn't be doing anything except for waiting. Sometimes they still have us practice drawing or watch a movie while they call us out and give us out fates. My meeting was at 1:10. I could have majorly slept in. Oh well. Had time to eat and mess around on the net.
Sat with Tabitha, Cherish, and Sandra. The latter two are doing this detox thing and can only drink this lemonade mix. Poor ladies.
My meeting with Daniel went pretty well. I'm showing up, doing the work, and talking. That tends to lead to success.
Then it was do nothing time again. Well I sketched for Odd Owl. Then it was off to Museum of Contemporary Craft!
There was a show he wanted us to see and we had a chance to talk to Bill Gilbert, his former teacher. Mostly a talk about having a place in the art world and all that. He seemed pretty cool. We got out of class early because it was required to see Bill Gilbert talk at 6:30 tonight.
I rode my bike to Powell's in search of Wendigo myths. None could be found, and the general Native American myth section was lacking. I did pick up The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian. I had spied it a year ago (it has a really nice cover) and now it was on sale! Thanks to some directions from the cashier, I made my way downtown in search of Nike Town. Unfortunately I was mistaken. The Girl Scouts will be outside Nike Town tomorrow from 4-6, not today. Damn!
Finished my morning burrito at school. Yoga was only three people, including myself. On Monday it is around 15, and that gets crowded. Anyway, it was nice not having it so full up. The lizard pose really screwed up my knees for a few minutes. I couldn't hold the lunges.
Yoga ran a little bit into the lecture, but I still caught it. Bill Gilbert is rad! He teaches this land art and ecology class at Uni New Mexico. It is part of their sustainability program. He takes students on these long week to three weeks expeditions into the west. They visit Spiral Jetty, Grand Canyon and all these other spots and do art on location. His slide show was so cool. I want to do a road trip really bad right now.
Rode home. Sketched Odd Owl. Watched White Collar (wow really bad explosion effects) and Quantum Leap (and the episode had a young Willie Garson, who plays Mozzie in White Collar).
Tomorrow is going to be a Billy Tea type of morning.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Casey is on the Case
I am so tired of waking up at 3am in a state and trying to figure out what to wear because it is a formal day and taking fifteen minutes to figure out it isn't a formal day and then crawling back into bed only to get out of it in four hours. Uhg.
Had an egg and bacon breakfast. Lugged a new sketchpad to school. We are doing long poses while Morgan does midterm art reviews. Hard to believe it is midterm already. I gotta get started on my puppet! Liked a couple of my long poses.
During break, I scanned by Bear Fight submission. Bear Fight is this art collection BT is putting together. It is focused around bears fighting something. My bear is fighting a pickle jar lid. I like the piece very much. Still need to do something for Rainbow's France show.
Silk screen had a wheat pasted slide show and some review of our work.
In the library for lunch I ate my last remains of lasagna. So good. Read an article. Walked to Safeway. Got ear swabs and $20 for Girl Scout Cookie cash. I will find some and I will BUY SOME GOSH DARN THIN MINTS!! Tomorrow they are supposed to be outside Nike Town from 4-6, so in the 5-5:30 break between class and yoga I will have my sweet sweets.
After lunch we talking about subculture, graffiti, posters, "selling out", how Canadian artists live on 13-40k a year on average, and other things. It was a good chat.
Hold on a second, I need to bang my stick against the ceiling. Okay that stopped now. So annoying!
I sorted out some printing stuff and did some school errands. I didn't have anything to print so I helped Anthea pull. Casey was paper feeder, Chelsey was paper-put-on-drying-rack-er. We had issues because the emulsion had begun to crack a bit from the strain of hundreds of prints. Do the BFK edition first, the massive edition second. Some of the pulls were good, some not so much. The registration was decent though. I messed up Caseys name. I called her Cassie. So hard, I don't know why I can't remember which it is.
Robin replaced Chelsey. Anthea leaves Portland on Thursday. I'll miss her.
I stuffed a lot of the art that has long been collecting dust in my locker into a portfolio and rode my bike home with the thing over my shoulder. Tricky thing to maneuver. Really slows a bike girl down. Thankfully it wasn't too windy.
Jon W. had invited me to hang out, but didn't get around to calling me till 9:30, at which point I had already given my night to Karen and BT. They gave over to chill. I made popcorn. We talked about movies mostly and Karen and I were shocked, nay, HORRIFIED at some of BT's opinions. I'm not even going to mention what he thought was more visually appealing than some other movie. It was just...too much.
They left. I'm so excited to sleep in, even just a little bit.
Had an egg and bacon breakfast. Lugged a new sketchpad to school. We are doing long poses while Morgan does midterm art reviews. Hard to believe it is midterm already. I gotta get started on my puppet! Liked a couple of my long poses.
During break, I scanned by Bear Fight submission. Bear Fight is this art collection BT is putting together. It is focused around bears fighting something. My bear is fighting a pickle jar lid. I like the piece very much. Still need to do something for Rainbow's France show.
Silk screen had a wheat pasted slide show and some review of our work.
In the library for lunch I ate my last remains of lasagna. So good. Read an article. Walked to Safeway. Got ear swabs and $20 for Girl Scout Cookie cash. I will find some and I will BUY SOME GOSH DARN THIN MINTS!! Tomorrow they are supposed to be outside Nike Town from 4-6, so in the 5-5:30 break between class and yoga I will have my sweet sweets.
After lunch we talking about subculture, graffiti, posters, "selling out", how Canadian artists live on 13-40k a year on average, and other things. It was a good chat.
Hold on a second, I need to bang my stick against the ceiling. Okay that stopped now. So annoying!
I sorted out some printing stuff and did some school errands. I didn't have anything to print so I helped Anthea pull. Casey was paper feeder, Chelsey was paper-put-on-drying-rack-er. We had issues because the emulsion had begun to crack a bit from the strain of hundreds of prints. Do the BFK edition first, the massive edition second. Some of the pulls were good, some not so much. The registration was decent though. I messed up Caseys name. I called her Cassie. So hard, I don't know why I can't remember which it is.
Robin replaced Chelsey. Anthea leaves Portland on Thursday. I'll miss her.
I stuffed a lot of the art that has long been collecting dust in my locker into a portfolio and rode my bike home with the thing over my shoulder. Tricky thing to maneuver. Really slows a bike girl down. Thankfully it wasn't too windy.
Jon W. had invited me to hang out, but didn't get around to calling me till 9:30, at which point I had already given my night to Karen and BT. They gave over to chill. I made popcorn. We talked about movies mostly and Karen and I were shocked, nay, HORRIFIED at some of BT's opinions. I'm not even going to mention what he thought was more visually appealing than some other movie. It was just...too much.
They left. I'm so excited to sleep in, even just a little bit.
Monday, March 8, 2010
pickle fight
Was unable to cook a breakfast for myself. Had such a restless night sleep.
I was more lost in class today than usual. There were many long pauses after Adam asked questions. The discussion was sort of there but not really. Yeah. Not much else to say.
Check out a Lucian Freud, Alex Katz, Beijing fashion, and bird book. Scanned some stuff. Went home. Ate lasagna. Watched Dead Like Me. Wrote out my week to do list. Figured out when and where the local Girl Scouts will sell their cookies. I need me some thin mints.
Hard to get enthusiasm on Mondays. Went to school for yoga. My nose got super runny. I might have allergies (seeing as how everyone asks if I have them) but I'll just take an antihistamine instead of figuring out what is really wrong. I like yoga when we stretch more than the parts that rely on strength.
Returned. Ate pasta. Watched stuff. Shot some emails back and forth about Odd Owl. I am so excited!
I'm really running out of ways to describe my days.
I was more lost in class today than usual. There were many long pauses after Adam asked questions. The discussion was sort of there but not really. Yeah. Not much else to say.
Check out a Lucian Freud, Alex Katz, Beijing fashion, and bird book. Scanned some stuff. Went home. Ate lasagna. Watched Dead Like Me. Wrote out my week to do list. Figured out when and where the local Girl Scouts will sell their cookies. I need me some thin mints.
Hard to get enthusiasm on Mondays. Went to school for yoga. My nose got super runny. I might have allergies (seeing as how everyone asks if I have them) but I'll just take an antihistamine instead of figuring out what is really wrong. I like yoga when we stretch more than the parts that rely on strength.
Returned. Ate pasta. Watched stuff. Shot some emails back and forth about Odd Owl. I am so excited!
I'm really running out of ways to describe my days.
Odd Owl - early sketches
Some really quick and preliminary sketches for the Odd Owl poster which will be my next illustration project.
www.myspace.com/oddowl
Micron in sketchbook.
Stephen Fry 4 - Technophile
Stephen Fry final for Illustration Fall 09. Stage Four: Technophile.
Black, sepia, and gold ink on paper.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
taxed or "I love you more than rainbows"
Set the alarm so my body wouldn't be adjusted to a 1pm wake up.
I was so very slow to start my day. Sort of read Cogito. Sort of sketched. At 4:15 I decided that I was better off leaving the house to work instead of sitting about avoiding it. So I took my sketchbook to Mission Theater and Pub to join the masses in watching the Oscars.
I first looked at spots on the balcony but didn't like it, so I went downstairs. I moved around a bit and eventually joined a nice lady at a table (she was waiting for a few friends). You don't go to an open viewing and not be social. I sketched Odd Owl and some of the stars on the red carpet show. Bought a burger and a pint of Porter.
It was really fun watching the Oscars with a huge group of people. We booed and hissed at the woman who won for Costume. She was so ungracious! There were claps for Waltz winning best supporting actor. No one cared about District 9. Sharlto Copley got so little screen time (about a second). I thought it was funny how Kathryn Bigelow was seated right in front of her ex husband James Cameron. It was made even a little be more funny how her film Hurt Locker won awards that Avatar was nominated for. Every time there was a shot of her happy, there he was in the background. She even won for director and Hurt Locker won best movie. Girl power! I teared up a little at the John Hughes tribute, and wondered why Twilight was in the horror montage (and why they kept THAT SCENE from Misery, you know the one I mean). The sentiment in one speech that practicing the arts isn't a waste of time was wonderful. Sandra Bullock had the best speech overall, and it was really surprising she won. I didn't understand the musical number. Popping and locking does not go with Hurt Locker. I got a few pages of sketches and had some good time to think.
Then back home and time to do my taxes. I filled them out entirely twice in the deluxe version by accident. It is supposed to be free but it kept asking me for $66. I eventually figured out how to get into the free section and finally filed my lovely pitiful taxes.
Now to draw more owls and start another school week.
I was so very slow to start my day. Sort of read Cogito. Sort of sketched. At 4:15 I decided that I was better off leaving the house to work instead of sitting about avoiding it. So I took my sketchbook to Mission Theater and Pub to join the masses in watching the Oscars.
I first looked at spots on the balcony but didn't like it, so I went downstairs. I moved around a bit and eventually joined a nice lady at a table (she was waiting for a few friends). You don't go to an open viewing and not be social. I sketched Odd Owl and some of the stars on the red carpet show. Bought a burger and a pint of Porter.
It was really fun watching the Oscars with a huge group of people. We booed and hissed at the woman who won for Costume. She was so ungracious! There were claps for Waltz winning best supporting actor. No one cared about District 9. Sharlto Copley got so little screen time (about a second). I thought it was funny how Kathryn Bigelow was seated right in front of her ex husband James Cameron. It was made even a little be more funny how her film Hurt Locker won awards that Avatar was nominated for. Every time there was a shot of her happy, there he was in the background. She even won for director and Hurt Locker won best movie. Girl power! I teared up a little at the John Hughes tribute, and wondered why Twilight was in the horror montage (and why they kept THAT SCENE from Misery, you know the one I mean). The sentiment in one speech that practicing the arts isn't a waste of time was wonderful. Sandra Bullock had the best speech overall, and it was really surprising she won. I didn't understand the musical number. Popping and locking does not go with Hurt Locker. I got a few pages of sketches and had some good time to think.
Then back home and time to do my taxes. I filled them out entirely twice in the deluxe version by accident. It is supposed to be free but it kept asking me for $66. I eventually figured out how to get into the free section and finally filed my lovely pitiful taxes.
Now to draw more owls and start another school week.
ants on a log in a bog receding into fog
Just looked at the clock and saw it was 1:49am. Time to blog and sleep!
Pile of bacon, eggs, and plain old buttered toast for breakfast. Big champion hearty no need to eat while working breakfast.
Then I went to school to print! My ideal was two colors at the minimum. I managed to knock down all three in four and a half hours!
I made the green celery layer from a combination of two premade inks that were very viscous. I used some transparent base to make them more usable. That layer went really smooth. I was printing almost the whole size of my screen and had no pressure problems. Guess I am getting stronger.
Carmen was working in the studio, as was Pilar and Lynda Wysong I believe. Christy was printing clear ink on the back of paper to prevent it from curling.
I am doing a three color reductive print, so I used the drawing fluid to draw the peanut butter layer and sat back and read and let it dry, then applied emulsion and let that dry. Then exposed it and washed out the drawing fluid, which blocked the emulsion so it came off where I wanted to print.
The brown for the peanut butter came mixed right off the shelf. Perfect! Another smooth printing run. Did the emulsion steps for the raisins. Put on the mix CD that is always in the CD player.
Carmen asked me for my opinion on her piece and I said it looked like an architectural plan had imploded. She said that was what she was going for.
While waiting for the raisin layer to dry, I computered it up a bit. That layer went just as well. The purple came right off the shelf, but I had to add a little transbase to get it moving. All in all, the Ants on a Log print turned out to my liking. If it is recognizable as being what it is...I will find out.
Home! Six Feet Under! Relaxing!
At 6:40, Katie and I departed for hot wings. Phil met us outside the Goose and we caught the Red Max to the Yellow Transfer. Then took the Yellow to Fire on the Mountain on Interstate. Took a long time getting there, but the wings and company (BT and Karen) were worth it. Tots, fries, and onion rings were also ordered. I didn't get spicy, just BBQ flavor and water for me. Actually, Katie bought my wings because she ate some of my lasagna. How nice.
BT drove us back to Phil's place (who lives a few blocks from us). Karen collected her houseplants. Phil and Andy have a huge apartment. HUGE!
I sort of got us (Katie and I) sidetracked on the way back to our apartment. There is a freeway between Phil's place and the Goose and I went the way that doesn't cross the freeway. Still, it was a good night for walking.
Spent my night cutting out the celery, peanut butter, and raisins. So much cutting...
Tomorrow is Odd Owl drawing day. Hurray!
Pile of bacon, eggs, and plain old buttered toast for breakfast. Big champion hearty no need to eat while working breakfast.
Then I went to school to print! My ideal was two colors at the minimum. I managed to knock down all three in four and a half hours!
I made the green celery layer from a combination of two premade inks that were very viscous. I used some transparent base to make them more usable. That layer went really smooth. I was printing almost the whole size of my screen and had no pressure problems. Guess I am getting stronger.
Carmen was working in the studio, as was Pilar and Lynda Wysong I believe. Christy was printing clear ink on the back of paper to prevent it from curling.
I am doing a three color reductive print, so I used the drawing fluid to draw the peanut butter layer and sat back and read and let it dry, then applied emulsion and let that dry. Then exposed it and washed out the drawing fluid, which blocked the emulsion so it came off where I wanted to print.
The brown for the peanut butter came mixed right off the shelf. Perfect! Another smooth printing run. Did the emulsion steps for the raisins. Put on the mix CD that is always in the CD player.
Carmen asked me for my opinion on her piece and I said it looked like an architectural plan had imploded. She said that was what she was going for.
While waiting for the raisin layer to dry, I computered it up a bit. That layer went just as well. The purple came right off the shelf, but I had to add a little transbase to get it moving. All in all, the Ants on a Log print turned out to my liking. If it is recognizable as being what it is...I will find out.
Home! Six Feet Under! Relaxing!
At 6:40, Katie and I departed for hot wings. Phil met us outside the Goose and we caught the Red Max to the Yellow Transfer. Then took the Yellow to Fire on the Mountain on Interstate. Took a long time getting there, but the wings and company (BT and Karen) were worth it. Tots, fries, and onion rings were also ordered. I didn't get spicy, just BBQ flavor and water for me. Actually, Katie bought my wings because she ate some of my lasagna. How nice.
BT drove us back to Phil's place (who lives a few blocks from us). Karen collected her houseplants. Phil and Andy have a huge apartment. HUGE!
I sort of got us (Katie and I) sidetracked on the way back to our apartment. There is a freeway between Phil's place and the Goose and I went the way that doesn't cross the freeway. Still, it was a good night for walking.
Spent my night cutting out the celery, peanut butter, and raisins. So much cutting...
Tomorrow is Odd Owl drawing day. Hurray!
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