Paneled all the thumbnailed panels today. Adding more detail and getting into the rhythm of it. Tomorrow I shall thumnbail and try to knock out a huge chuck. I only have half a script but a lot happens in a short amount of space so yeah. Just have to figure it out as I can only squeeze so much into a few panels.
Finished the second season of Arrested Development. Yeah I guess I like it but I'm still on the fence. Still hold the same reasons for disliking it. Watched Basquiat, the movie about Basquiat that is really good. Also watched a little bit of Edward Scissorhands. Another sad movie.
The day crept by and then POOF it was gone. Still, at least I have another day to my weekend.
hi
Saturday, March 14, 2009
candied Friday
La la la.
Slept in.
Did math.
Lollygagged about.
Looked at thumbnails.
Ate food.
Went to Goose Hollow Inn with Katie and shared a pitcher.
There was a man who looked like a secret agent.
Not much else happened.
Oh got a package from Ma and Pa. Thank you for the Pez!
Slept in.
Did math.
Lollygagged about.
Looked at thumbnails.
Ate food.
Went to Goose Hollow Inn with Katie and shared a pitcher.
There was a man who looked like a secret agent.
Not much else happened.
Oh got a package from Ma and Pa. Thank you for the Pez!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
another week has sailed by
We had four constructions that took up the whole of class. I got the equilateral, equiangular square while trying to make the triangle. Jen helped me with the triangle. Robin helped me with the octagon. I got the hexagon with Shaun's help. Took a lot of work.
Relaxed in the library. Made some photocopies.
Had another student leadership meeting. We talked about council and the state of things. It was a lot of talking about how to prevent people from attacking us when really a lot of awesome things are happening in the school thanks to Student Council. I got a slice of apple pie and a smoothie for lunch. Mmmm.
I chilled in the library for the rest of the break. Terry, Terry's man, Nathalie, Jen, Karen and I all made a little cohort consuming the couches. Jen and Terry played their cards. Like race card and gender card and location card. I don't know why but it was a jovial little time.
For the first half of digital tools we watched documentaries about current artists who are making it big as illustrators. Sadly most of their advice boiled down to, "I just did what I wanted to do and I got famous. Whooo!!" So I just need to do what I do and get it out there I guess. We worked on another little digital project. Repainting a building from a photo. I am doing it of one of the Belgium comic walls. The one by Herge where the cop is looking through the fence at the two kids. It is neat. It looks good thus far.
Jen and I went out for a late lunch. I had a burrito. Mmmm. We walked around in the chilly weather. We caught the 7:40 showing of Waltz with Bashir. I had no idea of the history. The music was powerful. The animation was fitting. It was a beautiful work, tragic because we see some of those images so commonly in news but they don't resonate. There is no story or attachment but this movie creates it. Faceless devastation isn't so much...
We hugged and hobbles back. Got back so late. Now is the time to go to bed early. I have a lot of comic catch up to play this weekend.
I hope you have been enjoying all the art I have been posting. I'll try to keep it up.
Relaxed in the library. Made some photocopies.
Had another student leadership meeting. We talked about council and the state of things. It was a lot of talking about how to prevent people from attacking us when really a lot of awesome things are happening in the school thanks to Student Council. I got a slice of apple pie and a smoothie for lunch. Mmmm.
I chilled in the library for the rest of the break. Terry, Terry's man, Nathalie, Jen, Karen and I all made a little cohort consuming the couches. Jen and Terry played their cards. Like race card and gender card and location card. I don't know why but it was a jovial little time.
For the first half of digital tools we watched documentaries about current artists who are making it big as illustrators. Sadly most of their advice boiled down to, "I just did what I wanted to do and I got famous. Whooo!!" So I just need to do what I do and get it out there I guess. We worked on another little digital project. Repainting a building from a photo. I am doing it of one of the Belgium comic walls. The one by Herge where the cop is looking through the fence at the two kids. It is neat. It looks good thus far.
Jen and I went out for a late lunch. I had a burrito. Mmmm. We walked around in the chilly weather. We caught the 7:40 showing of Waltz with Bashir. I had no idea of the history. The music was powerful. The animation was fitting. It was a beautiful work, tragic because we see some of those images so commonly in news but they don't resonate. There is no story or attachment but this movie creates it. Faceless devastation isn't so much...
We hugged and hobbles back. Got back so late. Now is the time to go to bed early. I have a lot of comic catch up to play this weekend.
I hope you have been enjoying all the art I have been posting. I'll try to keep it up.
Sketchbook Upload II (markerfied)
More lifedrawing sketches. The introduction of marker into my sketchbook. Reverse chronological order (newer at top, drawn previously on the bottom).
Marker on flimsy paper.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
hyperactive long busywhooo
Comic meeting: didn't happen. Daniel had a dentist appointment and the schedule was a week off anyway. Oh well. Lacey and I chatted for a bit. I browsed through a picture book while waiting for printmaking.
Critique: It went well! Negative comments on colors and the amount of hair rendered. Positive on carving and concept. Patsy had a beautiful bird and a lady block with lovely beautiful colors. Diana had some retro cactii. Devin had a nauseous OJ and Bre had a horror film Audrey Hepburn. Patrick had fireworks. Phil had a multi dimensional and hazy chessboard. Brandon had a sloth. Aubin made an insane Renaissance dolphin. It lasted a while but it was fine.
Comic Club: Ate lots and lots of pizza. Didn't do that many jams. Talked about Watchmen.
Rest of printmaking: We were introduced to silk screens! I found Jim's old one and I am navigating buying it from him alongside the other one I bought fresh for class. I'll be rocking it! Yoshi pointed out all the things and rules and equipment. We got out early but I stuck around. Yoshi helped me decloud Jim's screen.
The break: Scanned in the jams. Scanned in my comic. Scanned in the entirety of my life drawing sketchbook. Resized them all. Posted some.
Yoga: My knees were hurting really bad. I have no strength. It was a real challenge today. I wanted to quit and stop and go home but I stuck it through. There were some new people there today. Hopefully it is because of my posters. It hurt so bad.
Home: Gabe saved me a piece of chicken. I stuffed it between two pieces of bread with pesto mayo and chomped it down. Popped some advil. Now I'm just riding a relaxing wave and watching Breaking Bad.
Hyper: I had some Billy Tea for breakfast and lunch and some killer sweeties so for like 12-4 I was HYPER AS ANYTHING!! I was bouncing and skipping and all that. WHEEEE!!!
Critique: It went well! Negative comments on colors and the amount of hair rendered. Positive on carving and concept. Patsy had a beautiful bird and a lady block with lovely beautiful colors. Diana had some retro cactii. Devin had a nauseous OJ and Bre had a horror film Audrey Hepburn. Patrick had fireworks. Phil had a multi dimensional and hazy chessboard. Brandon had a sloth. Aubin made an insane Renaissance dolphin. It lasted a while but it was fine.
Comic Club: Ate lots and lots of pizza. Didn't do that many jams. Talked about Watchmen.
Rest of printmaking: We were introduced to silk screens! I found Jim's old one and I am navigating buying it from him alongside the other one I bought fresh for class. I'll be rocking it! Yoshi pointed out all the things and rules and equipment. We got out early but I stuck around. Yoshi helped me decloud Jim's screen.
The break: Scanned in the jams. Scanned in my comic. Scanned in the entirety of my life drawing sketchbook. Resized them all. Posted some.
Yoga: My knees were hurting really bad. I have no strength. It was a real challenge today. I wanted to quit and stop and go home but I stuck it through. There were some new people there today. Hopefully it is because of my posters. It hurt so bad.
Home: Gabe saved me a piece of chicken. I stuffed it between two pieces of bread with pesto mayo and chomped it down. Popped some advil. Now I'm just riding a relaxing wave and watching Breaking Bad.
Hyper: I had some Billy Tea for breakfast and lunch and some killer sweeties so for like 12-4 I was HYPER AS ANYTHING!! I was bouncing and skipping and all that. WHEEEE!!!
tiny sketch book scans
Scans from the little sketch book I am using for the life drawing homework assignment from Illustration I. It fits nicely in my palm as I draw all that is around me. Posted in reverse chronological order (first is on the bottom).
Pen, graphite, and ink.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
it begins
Got four panels done on my comic! All I need to do is ink, yeah! Four is a big step. I just boiled down what would have been two pages into four panels. Rock on! And they are freaking TINY so yeah. Hope the print alright. Just have to keep plugging away at them.
Today was better. Math was spent trying to figure out two more constructions. One to do with finding a perpendicular line with a floating point and the other was about finding the...other point that means perfect balancing. Or something. Oh I think there was a third. Anyway, that was that. I finished my digital piece in the first break.
Student council was uneventful. Talked to Carla to try and sort out Modern Dance stuff. Ate the soup and rice. I just watched telly and farted around for the next hour and a half.
We only critiqued in class today. Joe has fluish symptoms. I went first and it was relatively painless. People liked it. Thought it was groovy. Karen's was really nice. Jen's was embryonic. Urusla was amazing. There were groovy things about. We got out at 4:10 so I went to Trader Joe's. Bought Emergen-c, can's of chili and soup, pasta, pasta sauce, juice, and some sweeties.
Gabe is crashing at our place for a few days while he moves into his new apartment. We hung out and watched Breaking Bad while I worked on my comic and ate Trader Joe-Os. Four panels!!
Productive. The comic part isnt so bad once I have thumbnails.
Today was better. Math was spent trying to figure out two more constructions. One to do with finding a perpendicular line with a floating point and the other was about finding the...other point that means perfect balancing. Or something. Oh I think there was a third. Anyway, that was that. I finished my digital piece in the first break.
Student council was uneventful. Talked to Carla to try and sort out Modern Dance stuff. Ate the soup and rice. I just watched telly and farted around for the next hour and a half.
We only critiqued in class today. Joe has fluish symptoms. I went first and it was relatively painless. People liked it. Thought it was groovy. Karen's was really nice. Jen's was embryonic. Urusla was amazing. There were groovy things about. We got out at 4:10 so I went to Trader Joe's. Bought Emergen-c, can's of chili and soup, pasta, pasta sauce, juice, and some sweeties.
Gabe is crashing at our place for a few days while he moves into his new apartment. We hung out and watched Breaking Bad while I worked on my comic and ate Trader Joe-Os. Four panels!!
Productive. The comic part isnt so bad once I have thumbnails.
Even A Dog Can Shake Hands
Final digital illustration. 825x500 pixels.
10 hours of work? 12?
Uncropped version, 900x500.
I know it is a cliche but snow does bite!
Oof what a day.
First I had a poor nights sleep.
Second I had to get up at 8am for a meeting.
Third it was freaking snowing! Snow! Like coming down.
Fourth I missed the meeting due to a scheduling mishap and that pissed me off so I took a nap.
Fifth class was called off because Joe had to take his daughter to the hospital.
And, finally, sixth I had a tiff with Chelsey. We talked later and sorted some long standing things out. Foxy boxing solves every girl problem I tell you.
I medicated with chocolate and a trashy women's magazine. After I finished my prints (they don't look too shabby) I read aloud from it to entertain the other girls working. It is so horrible. So hilarious. I feel sorry for all the PhD's that give advice to it.
Prints done with a day to spare. Math done. Only thing left is that comic. During the break tomorrow I am going to finish the digital project yeah!
Gabe made spaghetti and meatballs (balled by hand) for dinner. We watched QI. I lay on the floor seeking attention. I didn't get it.
First I had a poor nights sleep.
Second I had to get up at 8am for a meeting.
Third it was freaking snowing! Snow! Like coming down.
Fourth I missed the meeting due to a scheduling mishap and that pissed me off so I took a nap.
Fifth class was called off because Joe had to take his daughter to the hospital.
And, finally, sixth I had a tiff with Chelsey. We talked later and sorted some long standing things out. Foxy boxing solves every girl problem I tell you.
I medicated with chocolate and a trashy women's magazine. After I finished my prints (they don't look too shabby) I read aloud from it to entertain the other girls working. It is so horrible. So hilarious. I feel sorry for all the PhD's that give advice to it.
Prints done with a day to spare. Math done. Only thing left is that comic. During the break tomorrow I am going to finish the digital project yeah!
Gabe made spaghetti and meatballs (balled by hand) for dinner. We watched QI. I lay on the floor seeking attention. I didn't get it.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
fancy pizza only
Today:
Got up and got right to it. Set up a queue of movies and TV and sketched and painted. 3 episodes of Arrested Development, Pulp Fiction, and half of Frost/Nixon later I had completed my piece for Illustration. It is dominantly a shade of turquoise with slight changes in the bottom and on the underwear. I had fun doing the white lace details. It took a while but I got it done and I am pretty happy with it.
Then I moved on to thumbnailing my comic. All the panels will be some variation of 3x2 so that I can get them to fit together. So I will do it in waves. Thumbnail a chunk. Sketch a chunk. Draw a chunk. Repeat. Not as much as I should have gotten done but I HAVE started.
Now I am eating a nice penne dinner. Mmmm penne and garlic pasta sauce.
Yesterday:
Got up bright an early for a full day of drawing and mini golf under black lights. First up was meeting Jen and people at the library for Illustration Drawing Club. Jen and I talked about Watchmen while waiting for Daniel to show. Robin was lagging behind but we set out anyway. We set out to a coffee shop four blocks away. We talked about travels and thesis and Dave McKean while drawing the scene. Robin showed up and joined us and got a good sketch in. Jen has such neat lines. Daniel had a nice bush pen on hand. I fell back on my usual colored pens.
I wish that I had my life drawing system down when I went to Amsterdam and Brussels.
We did that for about an hour and a half and then we parted. Jen treated Robin and I to Taken at Pioneer Place. It was freeeeeezing cold. We not so much freezing as I had dressed light. The mall was nice and warm. Taken was still awesome even in the PG-13 cut. Just a couple more violent scenes were changed or removed. Nothing too bad. It was still brutal and awesome with Liam Neeson kicking butt all over the place.
Jen left for Borders and Robin and I went back to the Goose to work. She walked a brisk pace and I huffed and puffed to keep up with her. I am just not a walker at all.
For the next couple hours I kicked back and did not much of anything.
Then 5:30 rolled around and it was time for Black Light Mini Golf, courtesy of PNCA Student Housing! Whooo!! It was a place under the Hilton. It was pirate/spooky themed. The black light added a lot of depth. Robin, Jaymee, and two others whose name escapes me formed one group and Amanda, Robert, Karen and I formed the other. I actually did farely well and was under parr for two holes (and one I got in 2 and it was a Parr 4!). It wasn't the largest of courses but it was still pretty fun. Robert won with a very impressive 7. Diana showed up about one fourth of the way in and joined our crew. After mini golf we all had Pizza Schmiza. Not the best of pizzas but free pizza is awesome pizza. Robin pouted when we wanted not exciting pizza. One cheese and one fancy kind was ordered. She is a self admitting food snob.
We split into two groups on the way back. Amanda, Robin and Diana walked back. The rest of us took the max. There was one scooting by about 4 blocks away and Robert bolted. We didn't see if he caught it but a later message from him proved that he did. That boy can run. I did a jig to keep from freezing. I hung out with Gabe and watched Fight Club and stayed up late watching Fight Club again with commentary by Palahniuk and the screenwriter with Gabe and Katie (I don't quite know why but I had no ambition to do anything else right then). It was a late night so I made my exit by scooting slowly on my stomach backwards into my room. And went to bed without typing a word up of my exploits.
Got up and got right to it. Set up a queue of movies and TV and sketched and painted. 3 episodes of Arrested Development, Pulp Fiction, and half of Frost/Nixon later I had completed my piece for Illustration. It is dominantly a shade of turquoise with slight changes in the bottom and on the underwear. I had fun doing the white lace details. It took a while but I got it done and I am pretty happy with it.
Then I moved on to thumbnailing my comic. All the panels will be some variation of 3x2 so that I can get them to fit together. So I will do it in waves. Thumbnail a chunk. Sketch a chunk. Draw a chunk. Repeat. Not as much as I should have gotten done but I HAVE started.
Now I am eating a nice penne dinner. Mmmm penne and garlic pasta sauce.
Yesterday:
Got up bright an early for a full day of drawing and mini golf under black lights. First up was meeting Jen and people at the library for Illustration Drawing Club. Jen and I talked about Watchmen while waiting for Daniel to show. Robin was lagging behind but we set out anyway. We set out to a coffee shop four blocks away. We talked about travels and thesis and Dave McKean while drawing the scene. Robin showed up and joined us and got a good sketch in. Jen has such neat lines. Daniel had a nice bush pen on hand. I fell back on my usual colored pens.
I wish that I had my life drawing system down when I went to Amsterdam and Brussels.
We did that for about an hour and a half and then we parted. Jen treated Robin and I to Taken at Pioneer Place. It was freeeeeezing cold. We not so much freezing as I had dressed light. The mall was nice and warm. Taken was still awesome even in the PG-13 cut. Just a couple more violent scenes were changed or removed. Nothing too bad. It was still brutal and awesome with Liam Neeson kicking butt all over the place.
Jen left for Borders and Robin and I went back to the Goose to work. She walked a brisk pace and I huffed and puffed to keep up with her. I am just not a walker at all.
For the next couple hours I kicked back and did not much of anything.
Then 5:30 rolled around and it was time for Black Light Mini Golf, courtesy of PNCA Student Housing! Whooo!! It was a place under the Hilton. It was pirate/spooky themed. The black light added a lot of depth. Robin, Jaymee, and two others whose name escapes me formed one group and Amanda, Robert, Karen and I formed the other. I actually did farely well and was under parr for two holes (and one I got in 2 and it was a Parr 4!). It wasn't the largest of courses but it was still pretty fun. Robert won with a very impressive 7. Diana showed up about one fourth of the way in and joined our crew. After mini golf we all had Pizza Schmiza. Not the best of pizzas but free pizza is awesome pizza. Robin pouted when we wanted not exciting pizza. One cheese and one fancy kind was ordered. She is a self admitting food snob.
We split into two groups on the way back. Amanda, Robin and Diana walked back. The rest of us took the max. There was one scooting by about 4 blocks away and Robert bolted. We didn't see if he caught it but a later message from him proved that he did. That boy can run. I did a jig to keep from freezing. I hung out with Gabe and watched Fight Club and stayed up late watching Fight Club again with commentary by Palahniuk and the screenwriter with Gabe and Katie (I don't quite know why but I had no ambition to do anything else right then). It was a late night so I made my exit by scooting slowly on my stomach backwards into my room. And went to bed without typing a word up of my exploits.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
missus clean
I clean house today! Sanitized the sinks and the toilet and the bathtub. Scrubbed the stuff off. Yeah. Cleaned the mold off my windowsill with a strong course of disinfectant. Put my scattered clothes away. Did a load of dishes and put them away. Cleaned counters. Put more stuff away. Got the apartment and my room in a less cluttered and insane state. It looks nice.
Gabe made shrimp and crab cakes on angel hair pasta and pesto sauce. Very delicious. So delicious. Giving Auntie Brynne a run for her money.
Munchkin is getting back on its feet! Robin was out but Amanda is in. We played Super Munchkin. It was fun at time but we got distracted for most of it. Diana had Katamari Damacy on her iPhone so Adam was distracted. Phil won. Or Amanda won. I didn't win. Karen gave us some awesome owl prints. Whee! Owl print!
Whee apartment that smells like clean.
Gabe made shrimp and crab cakes on angel hair pasta and pesto sauce. Very delicious. So delicious. Giving Auntie Brynne a run for her money.
Munchkin is getting back on its feet! Robin was out but Amanda is in. We played Super Munchkin. It was fun at time but we got distracted for most of it. Diana had Katamari Damacy on her iPhone so Adam was distracted. Phil won. Or Amanda won. I didn't win. Karen gave us some awesome owl prints. Whee! Owl print!
Whee apartment that smells like clean.
Friday, March 6, 2009
99 luftballoons
Only math today. Joe is sick. Boo Joe, been missing a lot of class.
Math only focused on making a circle with a circumcenter and an in circle center. Thing. Yeah. Also we went over terms and vocabulary. Karen borrowed my compass. After class I sat in the print studio for a while and got a jump on my math homework. Then I took a nap in the library. Then I got some munchings from Safeway, checked out a tablet, put my headphones on and worked for about four and a half hours on my digital project. Just watched TV on the Internet and work work worked. I like how it is progressing but it needs less...something and more something else.
I Fandangoed some tickets to see Watchmen tonight. Did it for Karen and Adam as well. Nothing beats a midnight showing surrounded by fans.
When I left school, I was right behind Katie on her bike. We paced each other all the way back. I would have been a little faster but I was struggling with the shoulder strap on my bag.
Ate lunch. Relaxed. Waited out the hours till Watchmen. Nikki, Katie's pregnant friend, was over. I pushed the baby name of Bacon onto her some more.
At 10:30 I went up to Karen's. We managed to catch the max downtown. Adam stood in the way so that Karen could get on board. The driver glared at us but we didn't get in that much trouble. We cut in line with Taylor, Blair and crew. We met Taylor's lovely friendly girlfriend. We didn't sit with them though.
Okay.
Watchmen.
This was it.
Underwhelming. When it followed the comic, it did so perfectly. Word for word and with so many of the images. The ending worked. But overall it really just doesn't translate as a movie (I was also a little bit tired). Effects were good, nice casting, lengthy and I heard that there is a 4 hour director cut. Hmm. Not really all that bad. Karen had to shield her eyes at some of the violence.
Yeah.
Okay it is 4:00am. I'm going to bed. I'll ponder some more.
Math only focused on making a circle with a circumcenter and an in circle center. Thing. Yeah. Also we went over terms and vocabulary. Karen borrowed my compass. After class I sat in the print studio for a while and got a jump on my math homework. Then I took a nap in the library. Then I got some munchings from Safeway, checked out a tablet, put my headphones on and worked for about four and a half hours on my digital project. Just watched TV on the Internet and work work worked. I like how it is progressing but it needs less...something and more something else.
I Fandangoed some tickets to see Watchmen tonight. Did it for Karen and Adam as well. Nothing beats a midnight showing surrounded by fans.
When I left school, I was right behind Katie on her bike. We paced each other all the way back. I would have been a little faster but I was struggling with the shoulder strap on my bag.
Ate lunch. Relaxed. Waited out the hours till Watchmen. Nikki, Katie's pregnant friend, was over. I pushed the baby name of Bacon onto her some more.
At 10:30 I went up to Karen's. We managed to catch the max downtown. Adam stood in the way so that Karen could get on board. The driver glared at us but we didn't get in that much trouble. We cut in line with Taylor, Blair and crew. We met Taylor's lovely friendly girlfriend. We didn't sit with them though.
Okay.
Watchmen.
This was it.
Underwhelming. When it followed the comic, it did so perfectly. Word for word and with so many of the images. The ending worked. But overall it really just doesn't translate as a movie (I was also a little bit tired). Effects were good, nice casting, lengthy and I heard that there is a 4 hour director cut. Hmm. Not really all that bad. Karen had to shield her eyes at some of the violence.
Yeah.
Okay it is 4:00am. I'm going to bed. I'll ponder some more.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Even A Dog Can Shake Hands - Work in Progress
Two work in progress of the monochromatic shading of the line art. I made the lines black instead of brown.
Photoshop.
orange gold and grey
Another member of the PNCA community was hit by a car while riding their bike. Asha was wearing a helmet and will be fine. It was a case, like with the other two, of a driver turning right and not paying attention. This time it was a drunk driver and not a cement mixer or garbage truck. I make sure to make eye contact and wait for drivers. I'm very safe and have an awesome helmet. I occasionally get cut off but I've never come close. I brake on time no problem.
Someone stole my Norwegian bike seat cover that dad gave me. Thankfully I have extras but what a jerk move.
Printing was long. I spent the first hour and a half carving. Madeline joined me for lunch. We talked about movies at sat outside. I had a burrito and a slice of apple pie. A little pricey but so good and the apple pie made for a great late afternoon snack. None of my edition is registered correctly. Oh well. The light gray blended to make a gold color. As long as the dark gray and black line up, it should be okay. Got that all printed. Patsy (not Betsy as I may have said) was printing hers at the same time. She asked for my advice and some tips which I thought was very sweet. While I was working, a large portion in the other room were watching Wristcutters.
After cleaning I spent another hour carving so that next time, all I have to do is roll up the black and off I goooo. Diana swept. Patsy and I moved some of the prints around so that more of the drying rack was freed up for other printers. We did it with lots of respect (unlike other people who just sort of shove them all together in a pile and assume they are dry).
Didn't have any break between class and yoga. Yoga was no so good today but I worked hard. Some times the sessions crawl painfully by but today it just sailed. We spent more time in certain things. Really strained the joints but in the end it felt good. I need arm strength.
Got home at around 8:30. Had a hell of a time getting in the door. The key wouldn't work. It eventually did but I had this problem last semester. Hung around with Karen. Went over to Robin's and chilled with her, Kristen, and Natalie. Robin is such an amazing painter. She can mix colors like nobodies business.
Rest of the night was spent chilling. It was a long day.
Someone stole my Norwegian bike seat cover that dad gave me. Thankfully I have extras but what a jerk move.
Printing was long. I spent the first hour and a half carving. Madeline joined me for lunch. We talked about movies at sat outside. I had a burrito and a slice of apple pie. A little pricey but so good and the apple pie made for a great late afternoon snack. None of my edition is registered correctly. Oh well. The light gray blended to make a gold color. As long as the dark gray and black line up, it should be okay. Got that all printed. Patsy (not Betsy as I may have said) was printing hers at the same time. She asked for my advice and some tips which I thought was very sweet. While I was working, a large portion in the other room were watching Wristcutters.
After cleaning I spent another hour carving so that next time, all I have to do is roll up the black and off I goooo. Diana swept. Patsy and I moved some of the prints around so that more of the drying rack was freed up for other printers. We did it with lots of respect (unlike other people who just sort of shove them all together in a pile and assume they are dry).
Didn't have any break between class and yoga. Yoga was no so good today but I worked hard. Some times the sessions crawl painfully by but today it just sailed. We spent more time in certain things. Really strained the joints but in the end it felt good. I need arm strength.
Got home at around 8:30. Had a hell of a time getting in the door. The key wouldn't work. It eventually did but I had this problem last semester. Hung around with Karen. Went over to Robin's and chilled with her, Kristen, and Natalie. Robin is such an amazing painter. She can mix colors like nobodies business.
Rest of the night was spent chilling. It was a long day.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
why do I need a title every time?
You guys enjoy all the art I put up? I love my digital class. So much fun and I feel like I am really getting it. Also, with everything being digital it is a lot easier to put up the work that I am doing.
I left early so that I could pick up a compass. They had one of those electric erasers for cheaper than the instructor said so I picked one up (it also had oodles of extra erasers). Sweet little thing. Can't wait to use it.
Math is now into geometry. Lines and segments and the five rules of them. The teacher asked us to find a congruent segment for a line and I raised my hand and explained it and he asked me to show on the board how I did it. I struggled with his compass but I did the whole, using one point as the center and the other as a radius and drawing a circle and drawing a straight line from the center to another edge on the circle to make a same line lengthy...thing...thing. Yeah. I got it. Whooo!! Construction is tricky but at least it is visual.
Spent the next hour and a half carving my block. So much wood came off that puppy and I'm still not done. Student council lasted only half an hour. Afterwards I helped Daniel set up a homeroom site for the ASL Club (which was passed, right on!).
I checked out a tablet from the Cage and worked on my digital piece for the rest of the break. Worked on the sketch and at about 30 till realised I needed color compositions so I did those. There was a class going on but I was quiet and kept to myself. I'm tired of being proper and waiting for empty rooms. They didn't use the computers at all, why are they even in that room?
We had another painting pop quiz. This time a sunset done in Corel Painter. It was tricky but I liked the results. Critiques in that class are so awkward. Well not awkward, people just are quiet. I miss the days when monitors were separate and teachers could turn them off while they conducted class. Since all we have are those all in one Macs, we are rather stuck to having a huge glowing distraction during class. We worked on our thing. We technically got out early but I stayed till 6:15, wanting to finish the line work. I think I will do it monochromatic. Just looks so nifty that way.
I'm giving Arrested Development another try. Didn't like it much when it was on TV and so many people are all about it being the best show ever. It does have some funny moments but they are all so set up. Still very unidentifiable.
How are you?
I left early so that I could pick up a compass. They had one of those electric erasers for cheaper than the instructor said so I picked one up (it also had oodles of extra erasers). Sweet little thing. Can't wait to use it.
Math is now into geometry. Lines and segments and the five rules of them. The teacher asked us to find a congruent segment for a line and I raised my hand and explained it and he asked me to show on the board how I did it. I struggled with his compass but I did the whole, using one point as the center and the other as a radius and drawing a circle and drawing a straight line from the center to another edge on the circle to make a same line lengthy...thing...thing. Yeah. I got it. Whooo!! Construction is tricky but at least it is visual.
Spent the next hour and a half carving my block. So much wood came off that puppy and I'm still not done. Student council lasted only half an hour. Afterwards I helped Daniel set up a homeroom site for the ASL Club (which was passed, right on!).
I checked out a tablet from the Cage and worked on my digital piece for the rest of the break. Worked on the sketch and at about 30 till realised I needed color compositions so I did those. There was a class going on but I was quiet and kept to myself. I'm tired of being proper and waiting for empty rooms. They didn't use the computers at all, why are they even in that room?
We had another painting pop quiz. This time a sunset done in Corel Painter. It was tricky but I liked the results. Critiques in that class are so awkward. Well not awkward, people just are quiet. I miss the days when monitors were separate and teachers could turn them off while they conducted class. Since all we have are those all in one Macs, we are rather stuck to having a huge glowing distraction during class. We worked on our thing. We technically got out early but I stayed till 6:15, wanting to finish the line work. I think I will do it monochromatic. Just looks so nifty that way.
I'm giving Arrested Development another try. Didn't like it much when it was on TV and so many people are all about it being the best show ever. It does have some funny moments but they are all so set up. Still very unidentifiable.
How are you?
Even A Dog Can Shake Hands (progress work)
The various stages of Even A Dog Can Shake Hands. In order:
Final sketch (without the background or ring leader, she is on another layer).
First initial sketch of the composition.
Final sketch with the ring leader, background sketches (gray and red), and background notes.
Color and value tests.
Rough sketch that is under the final sketch.
Digital Pop Quizs
In class 30-45 minute illustration pop quizzes. The whole class went from a photo and recreated it in Photoshop and Corel Painter.
Even A Dog Can Shake Hands (work in progress sketch)
Work in progress digital sketch for Digital Illustration. A clique of girls being mean to a nerd. Inspired by the quote, "Even a dog can shake hands." 2-4 hours worth of work.
900x500 pixels.
eclectic electric eraser
At around 10:20 this morning some people knocked on my door, informing me of an insect bate to be placed in my apartment. I went back to bed for about three minutes before it hit me that it wasn't 9:20. I tore out of bed and showered and ruffled my hair and threw on some clothes and then I was out of there! And on time!
Joe was out doing something else so we had a sub in, the other painting teacher Josh. Err I think his name was Josh. A young talented painter. We reviewed our color compositions and our final products. Marilyn returned to class(she has been sick) and presented some more amazing line work. Took two hours to get through our decisions. After lunch he showed us his process on this commission and presented this way of doing a preemptive value study. He photocopied a sketch and did a gradient of pencil over it so it was all at a middle value. Using an electric(!) eraser he went into that and pulled out some highlights and then added some dark values with the pencil. It was instant awesome! We did the same with our sketches and it was revealed that a flat color that went over most of the image with shades in the knives and stockings looked a lot better than lots of separate parts. Whoodathunkit?
I had some Quizno's for lunch. Walked around with Mel and Melissa and chatted with Matt and Madeline after.
It was sunny then it rained for a minute then it was sunny and then it hailed and then it was sunny again.
After class, Josh, Janessa, Dominic and I went to the Annex for a couple drinks. Sat about drawing and chatting and we played telephone pictionary. Lots of fun sitting up on the second floor and viewing the surroundings. It is a lovely, cozy place.
We parted ways and I went home and had a two course dinner of cheesy pasta and cheesy rice with chicken. Finished up the disk of The Champions and did my laundry.
Joe was out doing something else so we had a sub in, the other painting teacher Josh. Err I think his name was Josh. A young talented painter. We reviewed our color compositions and our final products. Marilyn returned to class(she has been sick) and presented some more amazing line work. Took two hours to get through our decisions. After lunch he showed us his process on this commission and presented this way of doing a preemptive value study. He photocopied a sketch and did a gradient of pencil over it so it was all at a middle value. Using an electric(!) eraser he went into that and pulled out some highlights and then added some dark values with the pencil. It was instant awesome! We did the same with our sketches and it was revealed that a flat color that went over most of the image with shades in the knives and stockings looked a lot better than lots of separate parts. Whoodathunkit?
I had some Quizno's for lunch. Walked around with Mel and Melissa and chatted with Matt and Madeline after.
It was sunny then it rained for a minute then it was sunny and then it hailed and then it was sunny again.
After class, Josh, Janessa, Dominic and I went to the Annex for a couple drinks. Sat about drawing and chatting and we played telephone pictionary. Lots of fun sitting up on the second floor and viewing the surroundings. It is a lovely, cozy place.
We parted ways and I went home and had a two course dinner of cheesy pasta and cheesy rice with chicken. Finished up the disk of The Champions and did my laundry.
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