Blah blah blah women's clothing sexualizes us waah waah waah. I'm so tired of the constant feminist ranting in my lit class. Everything is against women!! Arrrgghh! As true as it may be in some contexts, it is just a constant irking. The class had minimal conversation about the book and it was mostly about women and stuff. I'm probably coming off as an anti-feminist but really I prefer to focus on issues like the lack of pockets in jackets and how pink is the color of women.
Critique for the comic was a write-on-sheet type of thing. It was really nice with just a few helpful comments. A lot of people were frustrated with theirs. Robin had a great one but she is so anti comic. Almost hurts my feelings how much she hates them. I was dead tired and swaying back and forth. I tried to nap during lunch. I showed Chad the wall murals from Belgium. He assigned us the final project. Turned stuff in. It wasn't that eventful really, I think everyone had a lack of focus. Also a studio at the end of the week sucks. Next semester my studio is at the start of the week. I don't have any three class days, just a different studio right after the graphic novel class and a break between math and painting.
Chad let us out early so I went home, gained my energy, and went to see the new James Bond movie! Which isn't that good! The action is choppy and low class, there was one shirtless scene and the movie tries to have his tight white pants make up for it. I guess it works as a continuation (it literally takes place 15 minutes after the last movie) but on its own it is just not as good as Casino Royale. Had some good explosions and pretty good Bond Girls. The villain was sort of pathetic looking (played by Mathieu Amalric) and not really all that convincing as bad. Really disappointing and I don't think they weighed on me being tired.
Great new Watchmen trailer. Same for Star Trek (yay for Simon Pegg as Scotty!).
Picked up some library books (The Botany of Desire and a Winsor McCay book) and did some grocery shopping. Made some of my famous banana bread for the potluck Thanksgiving tomorrow. Should be nice, I guess. Lots of people that I don't know so I'm a little wary. Crowds don't do well by me and crowds of people I'm unfamiliar with? Yikes!
Diana won at Munchkin. Again. She makes such a fuss when we try to bend the rules to make it difficult for her. Her sister Melina is in town. Very nice lady. Karen and Diana had some RA duty and Phil, Robin, Adam, and I all grilled Melina. She wants to be a Veterinarian and all our artist talk was probably a bit frightening. Or weird. Probably weird. Phil threatened to lick Karen's elbow.
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
spoil sport
Well my Jet Ski picture went over well. It didn't award much discussion. I blahed on about Eli Roth for some reason. I talked about a lot of things today for some reason. I ramble when I'm tired. Blah blee blah. Some nice pirate pictures. Karen's was painted wonderfully, Diana's was greatly rendered, Lacey was of course awesome. Her lines are so smooth. She is going to be in Graphic Novel with me. Booyah!
We moved onto pencil in Figure Drawing. I wasn't able to get contours on all of them but the move in medium shows my improvements in skill. The last drawing, Karen and I drew on the same picture at the same time and near the end Diana joined us. It looked really cool though very off.
During break I looked up Bruno Paul and Edmund Dulac to decide which to do for my sketchbook reproduction. I settled on doing close up studies of parts of Dulac's work. Try to get better brushwork over composition. Technically not what we are supposed to do but I'm too tired to care right now and it's only 11:31pm! I didn't get a good sleep last night. Sometimes it is nerves, sometimes it is Cece not being quiet enough when she comes and goes.
I had set my stuff down on the library couch and left to do some computer work (nearby, all my stuff was still in sight). I went to sit and rest and some people were having some INTENSE RELATIONSHIP ADVICE CONVERSATION. I figured they would either tell me to buzz off or move or be really quiet but they kept going with their exchange of advice and problems. Karen was napping near them as well. It was weird how private it was and how loud they were during it.
There was an opening in Pearl's schedule so I slipped in and sorted out what I'm taking next semester. Kurt is only teaching the alternate Illustration Studios now. I will have four different teachers through my four semesters in my Sophomore and Junior year. Chad and then Daniela, Martin and then maybe Daniela again. I really don't like that switch. I came here expecting and wanting a year of Kurt and a year of Martin. Sure different teachers breeds variety but you also start fresh each Semester and don't have the familiarity to build up a relationship through a year. It is really hard to be brutal and grow when you having gotten past that boundary with people in critiques. It takes ages and a semester just isn't enough. Argh. So I switched my Illustration Studio. Also I am saving the internship for the summer or my Junior year because I need to find out where I want to go first and then apply. I have no idea and the school doesn't have a list. You just pick and they help you get it. I'd much rather do it when I have the time to devote and I'm not busy worth school and work. So I added Relief & Screen with Yoshi to my schedule. In talking with Pearl, I decided to just go for it and take classes even if I don't need them to graduate. It is the same price to take 4-6 classes so I might as well take 5. Why not? I'm here to learn so I'm going to learn! Also I think this printmaking medium might apply more to my style than the previous one I learned.
Painting was more nude models. Jen made me blush. In conversation it was revealed that the model was the same red head dreaded lady who I briefly met during my pre-college experiences at PNCA in 2006. Small world! I think. Our new assignment is to draw a portrait of a recognizable public figure. I was thinking Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. or David Sedaris. The first because I have no guff with him and would like to portray him as so, the second because he has a great face with lots of character, and the third doesn't need explaining.
Finished painting my comic. Looks sloppy. It is decent from a distance but I just don't feel that dandy about it. I'm not too stressed about critique though, everyone is so damn nice that they'll never say anything too harsh. Not done with Handmaid's Tale (Even 100 pages a week is too much for me and too slow a pace for this class) but I can still respond to it. I just can't talk about the end and I am not looking forward to having it spoiled for me in class tomorrow.
Jen said that my blog has become less interesting recently and is just Gap Gap Gap. So, what should I do to spice up the blog? Include stories about Ninjas? Gossip about fictional PNCA students? Post more art? Tell lies about Jen?
We moved onto pencil in Figure Drawing. I wasn't able to get contours on all of them but the move in medium shows my improvements in skill. The last drawing, Karen and I drew on the same picture at the same time and near the end Diana joined us. It looked really cool though very off.
During break I looked up Bruno Paul and Edmund Dulac to decide which to do for my sketchbook reproduction. I settled on doing close up studies of parts of Dulac's work. Try to get better brushwork over composition. Technically not what we are supposed to do but I'm too tired to care right now and it's only 11:31pm! I didn't get a good sleep last night. Sometimes it is nerves, sometimes it is Cece not being quiet enough when she comes and goes.
I had set my stuff down on the library couch and left to do some computer work (nearby, all my stuff was still in sight). I went to sit and rest and some people were having some INTENSE RELATIONSHIP ADVICE CONVERSATION. I figured they would either tell me to buzz off or move or be really quiet but they kept going with their exchange of advice and problems. Karen was napping near them as well. It was weird how private it was and how loud they were during it.
There was an opening in Pearl's schedule so I slipped in and sorted out what I'm taking next semester. Kurt is only teaching the alternate Illustration Studios now. I will have four different teachers through my four semesters in my Sophomore and Junior year. Chad and then Daniela, Martin and then maybe Daniela again. I really don't like that switch. I came here expecting and wanting a year of Kurt and a year of Martin. Sure different teachers breeds variety but you also start fresh each Semester and don't have the familiarity to build up a relationship through a year. It is really hard to be brutal and grow when you having gotten past that boundary with people in critiques. It takes ages and a semester just isn't enough. Argh. So I switched my Illustration Studio. Also I am saving the internship for the summer or my Junior year because I need to find out where I want to go first and then apply. I have no idea and the school doesn't have a list. You just pick and they help you get it. I'd much rather do it when I have the time to devote and I'm not busy worth school and work. So I added Relief & Screen with Yoshi to my schedule. In talking with Pearl, I decided to just go for it and take classes even if I don't need them to graduate. It is the same price to take 4-6 classes so I might as well take 5. Why not? I'm here to learn so I'm going to learn! Also I think this printmaking medium might apply more to my style than the previous one I learned.
Painting was more nude models. Jen made me blush. In conversation it was revealed that the model was the same red head dreaded lady who I briefly met during my pre-college experiences at PNCA in 2006. Small world! I think. Our new assignment is to draw a portrait of a recognizable public figure. I was thinking Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. or David Sedaris. The first because I have no guff with him and would like to portray him as so, the second because he has a great face with lots of character, and the third doesn't need explaining.
Finished painting my comic. Looks sloppy. It is decent from a distance but I just don't feel that dandy about it. I'm not too stressed about critique though, everyone is so damn nice that they'll never say anything too harsh. Not done with Handmaid's Tale (Even 100 pages a week is too much for me and too slow a pace for this class) but I can still respond to it. I just can't talk about the end and I am not looking forward to having it spoiled for me in class tomorrow.
Jen said that my blog has become less interesting recently and is just Gap Gap Gap. So, what should I do to spice up the blog? Include stories about Ninjas? Gossip about fictional PNCA students? Post more art? Tell lies about Jen?
four nudes (in class)
Four poses over two days worth of work. Each pose given to work from was around an hour and a half (give or take fifteen minutes).
10"x14". Watercolor.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
not Gap enough
Rough day at work. I operate best at the "tell me what to do and I will do it" type of chores. So I did it. This was my first time working off the sheets and I had no idea where most of the things I was looking for were. Took me ages to find a bloody fair isle set of mittens and the belts that are tucked away (no wonder they are marked down, no one can see them and thus no one will buy them). That wasted a lot of time so when it came to marking down the sale racks (continually, I know I'll be marking the same striped shirts down next week) it ran over the allotted time. Markdowns are supposed to take five hours and should have taken Brandon and I two and a half each. It took me about four and a half hours and he spent three. Argh. Paula told me that it seemed like I had been taught three different ways to do it and asked why it took me so long. I mentioned how much time was spent trying to find things when I'm still not familiar with the store (because they have me doing markdowns for most of my work and its the same sale racks and I'm not allowed to roam the floor much but I have a cashier shift this Saturday and it is during a sale, scary!!). Her last comment was a, "you can't wear those shoes again" in regards to my dirty white Chucks. Sadly those are my "clean" Chucks. Now I have to see if my Sketchers and not so obvious that I can wear them (we can't wear nonGap obvious shoes, Converse are sold at Gap). Damnit! So yeah, I wear a men's size 5 and a women's size 7 in Chuck Taylor Converse All Stars. Black is a good color but I'll accept anything really. Then again, Christmas is ages away and I have lots of work to do. I'll probably use my discount on a pair from The Gap. My designated "work shoes". It was a crummy shift. I can only go so fast when repricing a crammed rack. OH and Paula didn't like the radio I had on. Mariane liked it and Brandon didn't seem to mind. She came in and was all, "This is all mellow, where's the Beyonce? We should get our blood pumping!" Jazz is much better than Hannah Montana. Paula is nice but the way she phrases things isn't the way I'd phrase things.
Oh! And this lady was asking for boys sizes of this jacket and telling me about how all the girls jackets were under stuffed and of lesser quality because girls are not expected to play or be in the weather as long as boys. I said, trying to be nice, how girls fashion has more layers, but she wouldn't let it go. Everyone who helped her in the quest for that size 12 heard about how bad the girl jackets were. The last twenty minutes of my shift was spent at the register helping a person after another and trying to sort out all that code stuff. Karen you lied, it doesn't tell you what to do!!
I was glad for that shift to be over. It rained all day and I was nicely damp on both my Max rides.
Inked and colored my Jet Ski Pirates. Inked in what I had sketched for my comic. It just needs a few panels sketched and colored. It is a lot of work to be done tomorrow ontop of other stuff but I think I'll go for a minimal, solid color palette over a highly rendered one. I'm not being lazy, solid colors are tricky as well because you have to be more choosey!
I put on my rain pants for the journey to yoga. I am so dedicated to getting bent. Yeah! There were about 12 people during this session. Esteban was there, Olivia called me Trillium but as I couldn't remember her name until someone mentioned her later, I didn't correct her at the time. Getting the jist of it is swell enough. I have no muscle definition whatsoever. I don't know where my muscles went. Hopefully they will come back.
I treated myself to some Bellagio's pizza for dinner (and it will carry over to Breakfast and Dinner tomorrow). So warm, so good.
Oh! And this lady was asking for boys sizes of this jacket and telling me about how all the girls jackets were under stuffed and of lesser quality because girls are not expected to play or be in the weather as long as boys. I said, trying to be nice, how girls fashion has more layers, but she wouldn't let it go. Everyone who helped her in the quest for that size 12 heard about how bad the girl jackets were. The last twenty minutes of my shift was spent at the register helping a person after another and trying to sort out all that code stuff. Karen you lied, it doesn't tell you what to do!!
I was glad for that shift to be over. It rained all day and I was nicely damp on both my Max rides.
Inked and colored my Jet Ski Pirates. Inked in what I had sketched for my comic. It just needs a few panels sketched and colored. It is a lot of work to be done tomorrow ontop of other stuff but I think I'll go for a minimal, solid color palette over a highly rendered one. I'm not being lazy, solid colors are tricky as well because you have to be more choosey!
I put on my rain pants for the journey to yoga. I am so dedicated to getting bent. Yeah! There were about 12 people during this session. Esteban was there, Olivia called me Trillium but as I couldn't remember her name until someone mentioned her later, I didn't correct her at the time. Getting the jist of it is swell enough. I have no muscle definition whatsoever. I don't know where my muscles went. Hopefully they will come back.
I treated myself to some Bellagio's pizza for dinner (and it will carry over to Breakfast and Dinner tomorrow). So warm, so good.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
beauty and the bedraggled
No model showed up for class. For the first part we hung out in the Feldman Gallery and discussed the paintings there. Morgan didn't like them at all, said they were immature or something like that. I can kind of see what he means by that as they don't seem to have that deep of concepts but are executed really well. Morgan, not the teacher, was very vocal in his disapproval stating comments about low contrast and not being crisp. Then when we returned to class and some people put up their homework, his was low contrast and not crisp. Ha ha!
I registered. Right now I am signed up for five things but only 12 credits (the internship doesn't have any credit listed for whatever reason). I am taking: Illustration Studio I: Word + Image with Kurt Hollomon, Illustration Painting Techniques: Digital Media with Joseph Cross, Graphic Novel with Daniel Duford, and Beginning Mathematics with Shawn Cardwell. Also there is in the Internship but that needs to be sorted out ya.
Karen and I quickly whipped up some Comic Club posters. She did the lettering, I did the picture. It isn't too shabby for a poster I must say. The meeting is tomorrow but I can't make it as I am scheduled to work till noon. I told Taylor I won't be able to make it so he has to supply the paper and all that jazz.
History of Design held my interest! We are getting to some of the modern designers and some of the images presented were wonderful. Margaret passed around a copy of Idea Magazine, a Japanese publication devoted to type and type related things. I did do a little excitement hop for it. Wonderful piece of print! She likes my thesis so now the bar has been raised. Our final project is to do a homage to some piece of design, I'll probably do something from Beardsley or Gulbransson, those two are my boys.
The MFA's were gathering around free coffee and mix CDs. I grabbed a mix CD and chatted with Matt for a little bit. Student Council was mostly a conversation about clubs and I put in my two cents about having clubs take a more active role in formation before asking for money.
We moved on to nude modeling in painting. Hurray! And we had Anna for a model. Hurray hurray! I did two nice little paintings with colored backgrounds. I'm quite pleased with them even though they are not as smooth as I would like. I think I'll do the background different on the next set. Karen painting conjoined hair twins, Jen drew one sitting on the other (and looking fabulously anatomical), Lee did some more groupings, Erin from Alaska is trying out the fur while Erin the Bartender is trying out the lines, and Bryan made her look like a wood nymph of sorts. Or something, it looked cool. The first half of class was silent while the second half had some nerdy conversation about Spaced, Anonymous, and Scott Pilgrim. I asked Farel how he felt about being scheduled for 8am classed next semester and he didn't know that he had been scheduled that early. Like most days our conversation took some weird turns but it was a nice class. We take long breaks, as evidenced by my ability to post the picture before I had painted the second.
I left both a plastic bag AND my rain pants at home. It was raining through most of the day and my seat gave me bum quite the chill, which was nice considering how warm I got ontop with the jackets and weight of the bag keeping me insulated and steaming. I sloughed off my clothes and took a hot shower and now I'm just going to sink into bed. No work on homework tonight, I'm exhausted! I have most of tomorrow to ink so I'm not worried (I work another mark down shift and have Yoga in the evening which should provide a nice break).
I registered. Right now I am signed up for five things but only 12 credits (the internship doesn't have any credit listed for whatever reason). I am taking: Illustration Studio I: Word + Image with Kurt Hollomon, Illustration Painting Techniques: Digital Media with Joseph Cross, Graphic Novel with Daniel Duford, and Beginning Mathematics with Shawn Cardwell. Also there is in the Internship but that needs to be sorted out ya.
Karen and I quickly whipped up some Comic Club posters. She did the lettering, I did the picture. It isn't too shabby for a poster I must say. The meeting is tomorrow but I can't make it as I am scheduled to work till noon. I told Taylor I won't be able to make it so he has to supply the paper and all that jazz.
History of Design held my interest! We are getting to some of the modern designers and some of the images presented were wonderful. Margaret passed around a copy of Idea Magazine, a Japanese publication devoted to type and type related things. I did do a little excitement hop for it. Wonderful piece of print! She likes my thesis so now the bar has been raised. Our final project is to do a homage to some piece of design, I'll probably do something from Beardsley or Gulbransson, those two are my boys.
The MFA's were gathering around free coffee and mix CDs. I grabbed a mix CD and chatted with Matt for a little bit. Student Council was mostly a conversation about clubs and I put in my two cents about having clubs take a more active role in formation before asking for money.
We moved on to nude modeling in painting. Hurray! And we had Anna for a model. Hurray hurray! I did two nice little paintings with colored backgrounds. I'm quite pleased with them even though they are not as smooth as I would like. I think I'll do the background different on the next set. Karen painting conjoined hair twins, Jen drew one sitting on the other (and looking fabulously anatomical), Lee did some more groupings, Erin from Alaska is trying out the fur while Erin the Bartender is trying out the lines, and Bryan made her look like a wood nymph of sorts. Or something, it looked cool. The first half of class was silent while the second half had some nerdy conversation about Spaced, Anonymous, and Scott Pilgrim. I asked Farel how he felt about being scheduled for 8am classed next semester and he didn't know that he had been scheduled that early. Like most days our conversation took some weird turns but it was a nice class. We take long breaks, as evidenced by my ability to post the picture before I had painted the second.
I left both a plastic bag AND my rain pants at home. It was raining through most of the day and my seat gave me bum quite the chill, which was nice considering how warm I got ontop with the jackets and weight of the bag keeping me insulated and steaming. I sloughed off my clothes and took a hot shower and now I'm just going to sink into bed. No work on homework tonight, I'm exhausted! I have most of tomorrow to ink so I'm not worried (I work another mark down shift and have Yoga in the evening which should provide a nice break).
ketchup makes everything edible
My comic is sketched out. It needs inks and colors of course but I have plenty of time to devote to them. Also my pirate pictures is sketched! That also requires at least the minimum of inks but that will go fast. There is piracy from the legendary golden Zocchihedron to Bela Lugosi's corpse. It's awesome. Those two things are my major projects this week (I have another artist sketchbook due but those don't take me long).
Returned some books to the library and checked out a new pile. I also put some books on hold like Michael Pollon's Omnivore's Dilemma and Umberto Eco's On Ugliness. I saw a lady with a dagger face tattoo. It was on her cheek and it was glowing (well tattooed to look like it was glowing).
I looked at the class schedule. Sadly History of Printmaking is not being offered in the Spring. I think I will wait for it as none of the current history classes interest me. Right now on my slate is Illustration Studio, Illustration Painting Digital Techniques, Graphic Novels, and the internship. Not the official names but thats what I'm signing up for. Another thing will probably be added. It is a Monday-Thursday schedule. Three day weekends are nice. Math might be added on (oh Dad, I don't think I'll need a refresher for it as they don't teach the same math at regular school).
I kept busy today, pretty good. Quantum of Solace is coming up and Let The Right One In is playing at Cinema 21. Swedish vampire flick, sounds good ya?
Returned some books to the library and checked out a new pile. I also put some books on hold like Michael Pollon's Omnivore's Dilemma and Umberto Eco's On Ugliness. I saw a lady with a dagger face tattoo. It was on her cheek and it was glowing (well tattooed to look like it was glowing).
I looked at the class schedule. Sadly History of Printmaking is not being offered in the Spring. I think I will wait for it as none of the current history classes interest me. Right now on my slate is Illustration Studio, Illustration Painting Digital Techniques, Graphic Novels, and the internship. Not the official names but thats what I'm signing up for. Another thing will probably be added. It is a Monday-Thursday schedule. Three day weekends are nice. Math might be added on (oh Dad, I don't think I'll need a refresher for it as they don't teach the same math at regular school).
I kept busy today, pretty good. Quantum of Solace is coming up and Let The Right One In is playing at Cinema 21. Swedish vampire flick, sounds good ya?
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Marge, is this a pimple or a boil?
Glorious sleep in Sunday. I'm giving the heads time to dry fully before putting on another layer. They needed turning over because the bottoms were still very wet while the tops were really dry.
I'm all done with that season of Rome. I wonder what is going to happen in the second season, I thought they would take longer to off Caesar. Overall it had a great setup for the finale. Wonderful show.
Has anyone gotten their discount cards yet? I'm wondering if the ink smudged on the mailing addresses.
Had a work meeting tonight. They grilled us about the Gap Cards, the general appearance of the store, and about shop lifting. It's weird how difficult they make it to check someones bag if we think they shoplifted. We did a couple customer scenarios. I played a person who was grabbing clothes and shopping and not stopping at all. Met all the other employees. It's a really small store. I picked up another shift on Saturday so I'll have 9 hours plus the 3 tonight clocked in for this week. I'll be getting a paycheck soon. Whoo! It was a long sitting period listening to stuff. It really gave me a wide scope of how much I need to learn about the various tasks around the store. Folding is key.
Karen drove me home and after I posed for some reference pictures. She, Adam, and I talked about things over rice. Diana stopped by. It was an...interesting conversation. Not really fit for the PGness of this blog.
I have this bump on my hand that I don't think is a callous (as it is in a spot that I don't rub). Might be a boil or a wart. They said it doesn't look like a wart but it doesn't pop so I'm not sure that if it is a boil. Hnn.
I'm all done with that season of Rome. I wonder what is going to happen in the second season, I thought they would take longer to off Caesar. Overall it had a great setup for the finale. Wonderful show.
Has anyone gotten their discount cards yet? I'm wondering if the ink smudged on the mailing addresses.
Had a work meeting tonight. They grilled us about the Gap Cards, the general appearance of the store, and about shop lifting. It's weird how difficult they make it to check someones bag if we think they shoplifted. We did a couple customer scenarios. I played a person who was grabbing clothes and shopping and not stopping at all. Met all the other employees. It's a really small store. I picked up another shift on Saturday so I'll have 9 hours plus the 3 tonight clocked in for this week. I'll be getting a paycheck soon. Whoo! It was a long sitting period listening to stuff. It really gave me a wide scope of how much I need to learn about the various tasks around the store. Folding is key.
Karen drove me home and after I posed for some reference pictures. She, Adam, and I talked about things over rice. Diana stopped by. It was an...interesting conversation. Not really fit for the PGness of this blog.
I have this bump on my hand that I don't think is a callous (as it is in a spot that I don't rub). Might be a boil or a wart. They said it doesn't look like a wart but it doesn't pop so I'm not sure that if it is a boil. Hnn.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
sleep has come back to me for the time being
Actually slept through the night. Thanks peppermint flavoured melatonin!
Had an apartment check with Robin. Things checked out.
Had a complete breakfast with two slices of buttered black sour rye, an apple, some emergen-c, and oatmeal. Delicious and filling! I love granny smith apples.
My comic is all thumbnailed and laid out, all it needs is the pencils and inks and colors. It shouldn't be that difficult as the panels are small and I ink fast.
Did some more papier mache with the recipes given to me by mom and Michal. How come it takes so bloody long to dry? I want to build these parts quicker, but this is for a final so there isn't the greatest rush. I am just doing the heads now so I can test how the plaster lays on the papier mache. I want it to be smooth and I am going to decoupage white tissue over it to get a veiled effect. Only the eyes will be painted. I'm going to do the same for the hands. It will be a marionette.
Watched Atonement. DEPRESSING!! It was also really unevenly balanced. I didn't feel the regret so much. It needed about another half an hour. I also didn't have the subtitles so I didn't know what she said to the soldier with part of his brain exposed. Err yeah.
Had an apartment check with Robin. Things checked out.
Had a complete breakfast with two slices of buttered black sour rye, an apple, some emergen-c, and oatmeal. Delicious and filling! I love granny smith apples.
My comic is all thumbnailed and laid out, all it needs is the pencils and inks and colors. It shouldn't be that difficult as the panels are small and I ink fast.
Did some more papier mache with the recipes given to me by mom and Michal. How come it takes so bloody long to dry? I want to build these parts quicker, but this is for a final so there isn't the greatest rush. I am just doing the heads now so I can test how the plaster lays on the papier mache. I want it to be smooth and I am going to decoupage white tissue over it to get a veiled effect. Only the eyes will be painted. I'm going to do the same for the hands. It will be a marionette.
Watched Atonement. DEPRESSING!! It was also really unevenly balanced. I didn't feel the regret so much. It needed about another half an hour. I also didn't have the subtitles so I didn't know what she said to the soldier with part of his brain exposed. Err yeah.
never a winner
I want to win at Munchkiiiiin! Everyone used up their items on me, twice! And it made other people win really easily. Namely Diana and Phil. We were...spirited tonight. Maybe a little mean.
Half of lit was devoted to talking about current politics and what they mean. Blah blah blah, I hear that stuff enough. I want to talk about scifi!
In Illustration our two class piece is a design for a fountain. We have to do a drawing for a proposal of something that represents Portland. Not really that much of an Illustration assignment. I'm not happy with it. And our final was voted on and we are going to do a design for a float in the Rose Parade! I wanted something, again, that is an actual Illustration assignment. I felt that we haven't done enough in this class. He doesn't assign a workload that is particularly challenging (like this four weeks to do the Snowman comic thing, whatever!). We should do both the Rose Parade thing AND the two page magazine spread for the final. Make it harder for us.
I went to Trader Joe's to do some grocery shopping and lunch getting. Stocked up on multivitamins and some chewable melatonin supplement, to help me with my restless sleeping. I got bananas and apples and chocolate milk and cheese puffs and peanut butter minis. Delicious! Then I went to Ace Hardware to get some Plaster of Paris to start making my puppet.
Had a good lunch, Robin had a bite of my apple, showed the girls the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain videos on youtube.
I'm mostly done with my fountain, I just need to round off the shading.
Started with some of the plaster work on my puppet (when I got home , of course). I filled a glove with plaster to try and make the hand and then carve into it. I will cut it free from the glove tomorrow and see. Then I did a papier mache layer on a balloon but I think I did it wrong...how long does a single layer take to dry? Its just flour and water right? Uhhh. Then I played Munchkin and lost.
Half of lit was devoted to talking about current politics and what they mean. Blah blah blah, I hear that stuff enough. I want to talk about scifi!
In Illustration our two class piece is a design for a fountain. We have to do a drawing for a proposal of something that represents Portland. Not really that much of an Illustration assignment. I'm not happy with it. And our final was voted on and we are going to do a design for a float in the Rose Parade! I wanted something, again, that is an actual Illustration assignment. I felt that we haven't done enough in this class. He doesn't assign a workload that is particularly challenging (like this four weeks to do the Snowman comic thing, whatever!). We should do both the Rose Parade thing AND the two page magazine spread for the final. Make it harder for us.
I went to Trader Joe's to do some grocery shopping and lunch getting. Stocked up on multivitamins and some chewable melatonin supplement, to help me with my restless sleeping. I got bananas and apples and chocolate milk and cheese puffs and peanut butter minis. Delicious! Then I went to Ace Hardware to get some Plaster of Paris to start making my puppet.
Had a good lunch, Robin had a bite of my apple, showed the girls the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain videos on youtube.
I'm mostly done with my fountain, I just need to round off the shading.
Started with some of the plaster work on my puppet (when I got home , of course). I filled a glove with plaster to try and make the hand and then carve into it. I will cut it free from the glove tomorrow and see. Then I did a papier mache layer on a balloon but I think I did it wrong...how long does a single layer take to dry? Its just flour and water right? Uhhh. Then I played Munchkin and lost.
Friday, November 7, 2008
the difference between rococo and a whammy bar
What's this? I'm caught up on reading and it is barely Midnight? It must be a blue moon! No? Wooow! Go me. Well Handmaid's Tale has a great pace going, I can scarcely put it down to watch Rome instead.
We had the great model in figure drawing. She can hold 2 minute gestures and long poses like no ons business! My charcoal has lost some of what I liked about my mark making early on but it could be me just forcing it too much. But my general skills have improved. There was a vigorous discussion about ukulele's as well. A great line was said in class, it went something along the lines of, "If there is one thing that Rococo isn't, it's badass".
During the break I went to the library and they had a magnificent book about the sweeter side of R. Crumb. He is an amazing draftsmen, even Diana who isn't keen on his work admires him for that. It is a lovely volume, though rather thin (but considering the amount of Crumbs "safe" work, the size isn't surprising).
Our new assignment has to do with pirates. I know what I am going to do, I just need to write it all down and get started.
I ate some of Yo's curry for lunch and took a nap.
There was a lecture from one of the artists who has a show in the Feldman gallery. He name is Baochi Zhang and he goes in between sculpture and painting. His sculptures were really simple with a great singular idea. He has a pretty diverse portfolio, if only he knew how to stand closer to the microphone so we could hear what he is talking about.
Painting was another costume model with two poses. I didn't like the portrait so much. She had a plaid coat that was really hard for me to draw but others seemed to get it fairly easily. It was a wonderful variety of styles exhibited today. Lee had a great piece. My final result was cool. Something different I guess.
Went home, skipped out on First Thursday because the weather is horrid, read and responded.
We had the great model in figure drawing. She can hold 2 minute gestures and long poses like no ons business! My charcoal has lost some of what I liked about my mark making early on but it could be me just forcing it too much. But my general skills have improved. There was a vigorous discussion about ukulele's as well. A great line was said in class, it went something along the lines of, "If there is one thing that Rococo isn't, it's badass".
During the break I went to the library and they had a magnificent book about the sweeter side of R. Crumb. He is an amazing draftsmen, even Diana who isn't keen on his work admires him for that. It is a lovely volume, though rather thin (but considering the amount of Crumbs "safe" work, the size isn't surprising).
Our new assignment has to do with pirates. I know what I am going to do, I just need to write it all down and get started.
I ate some of Yo's curry for lunch and took a nap.
There was a lecture from one of the artists who has a show in the Feldman gallery. He name is Baochi Zhang and he goes in between sculpture and painting. His sculptures were really simple with a great singular idea. He has a pretty diverse portfolio, if only he knew how to stand closer to the microphone so we could hear what he is talking about.
Painting was another costume model with two poses. I didn't like the portrait so much. She had a plaid coat that was really hard for me to draw but others seemed to get it fairly easily. It was a wonderful variety of styles exhibited today. Lee had a great piece. My final result was cool. Something different I guess.
Went home, skipped out on First Thursday because the weather is horrid, read and responded.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
ninety seven
I haven't been sleeping well. I keep waking up at random times and start getting ready in a delirium, completely unaware of what time it really is. 11pm I get up. 1am I get up. 5am I get up. It isn't good.
I had another markdown shift this morning. It was only me and Mariane. I had to do the sale racks and I screwed up one of them. I repriced some of the ones that had been slashed as quick sales without knowing. Raised some of the things to sell at 3.97 to 6.97. I should have asked. It also ate up a lot of my time pricing all the .97 things. Anything that is a .97 is as low as it is going to go. I only got through the kids sale rounds and the walls in my three hour shift. Mariane let me choose the music and I went with the jazz station we always listen to in painting class. Today was a celebration of the saxophone.
After work I grabbed a late breakfast (I only had poptarts to get me going). Arby's is fantastic, they have a 5 for 5.95 deal. 5 pepperjack melts! 5 full sandwiches! Awesome! I ate two and three fourths of a third while sitting about in lounge dining area in the Lloyd and save the others for later. I ate them through the rest of the day. I love fast food that lasts you longer than one meal.
I'm making a super good pace through Handmaid's Tale. I'm almost at the halfway point and I have time to spare. And the response to it is the only thing I have due Friday. It is a nice break, ya.
I promptly fell asleep once I got home and enjoyed a lengthy rest. It felt so good. I need to employ more naps.
With my yoga pants at home, I had to do it in jeans. It worked fairly well except for one move that required an extended leg behind me, a bent leg in front of me, and my elbows on the floor. Kody B. joined us in the bending. There was a drop in numbers but it should pick up again. People just need to get into it.
I wish I had done more today but really, I just needed rest and relaxation.
I had another markdown shift this morning. It was only me and Mariane. I had to do the sale racks and I screwed up one of them. I repriced some of the ones that had been slashed as quick sales without knowing. Raised some of the things to sell at 3.97 to 6.97. I should have asked. It also ate up a lot of my time pricing all the .97 things. Anything that is a .97 is as low as it is going to go. I only got through the kids sale rounds and the walls in my three hour shift. Mariane let me choose the music and I went with the jazz station we always listen to in painting class. Today was a celebration of the saxophone.
After work I grabbed a late breakfast (I only had poptarts to get me going). Arby's is fantastic, they have a 5 for 5.95 deal. 5 pepperjack melts! 5 full sandwiches! Awesome! I ate two and three fourths of a third while sitting about in lounge dining area in the Lloyd and save the others for later. I ate them through the rest of the day. I love fast food that lasts you longer than one meal.
I'm making a super good pace through Handmaid's Tale. I'm almost at the halfway point and I have time to spare. And the response to it is the only thing I have due Friday. It is a nice break, ya.
I promptly fell asleep once I got home and enjoyed a lengthy rest. It felt so good. I need to employ more naps.
With my yoga pants at home, I had to do it in jeans. It worked fairly well except for one move that required an extended leg behind me, a bent leg in front of me, and my elbows on the floor. Kody B. joined us in the bending. There was a drop in numbers but it should pick up again. People just need to get into it.
I wish I had done more today but really, I just needed rest and relaxation.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
the change in my pockets
My cruddy zombie drawing made it onto the wall for the class. I got a chuckle from the class but I'm not fully behind it. Oh well. Morgan taught us about how all of our forms are a series of convex shapes, and even what appears to be concave is actually made up of convex shapes. Very important lesson. We had a model who was previously a student at school, but we are professionals and so it wasn't awkward. She also has a healthy body and was a good poser.
Robert taught the first hour of History of Design (all the MFA's have to teach a class as part of their lesson). Learned a lot about Bauhaus but then she quizzed us and then berated us a little for not learning as much as she had assumed we did. I didn't feel so bad about drifting off during her rambling lecture in the second part of class. She also said something about all Illustrators hating each other.
They whacked open a pinata during lunch, in it were misfortune cookies reading things like "Where is my post college bailout?" and "Your mountain of debt will be difficult to climb". It also had fake money and a couple bouncy balls. We need more pinatas at school.
I couldn't be bothered to go to student council so I grabbed a steak beef dip sandwich and holed up in the library for the last chunk of lunch.
We had a costume model in painting. My paintings were rather small but I liked the way they turned out. I did a light watercolor sketch and then filled in the whole area of the form in the skin tone and then painted into that. I'm going to add the next classes paintings onto the same page as I have plenty of room. I like the attitude of that class, we have a lot of fun chatting and working. We are all so different and we combine together nicely.
It was very cold today. Numbing almost. I was toasty when I got done with my bike ride and now I'm comfortably warm. I am looking forward to going to bed soon. Early shift, early to bed.
Mum called and we chatted. I confirmed that she is indeed getting a discount (just FYI: all your comments get emailed to me so I do read them, even if you post on old entries), we marveled over our love of Sedaris, and I proposed again the idea of some of YOU PEOPLE coming down to Portland for Thanksgiving.
Oh yeah, and Obama won the Presidency. I figured that if he did, it would be by a gigantic landslide.
Robert taught the first hour of History of Design (all the MFA's have to teach a class as part of their lesson). Learned a lot about Bauhaus but then she quizzed us and then berated us a little for not learning as much as she had assumed we did. I didn't feel so bad about drifting off during her rambling lecture in the second part of class. She also said something about all Illustrators hating each other.
They whacked open a pinata during lunch, in it were misfortune cookies reading things like "Where is my post college bailout?" and "Your mountain of debt will be difficult to climb". It also had fake money and a couple bouncy balls. We need more pinatas at school.
I couldn't be bothered to go to student council so I grabbed a steak beef dip sandwich and holed up in the library for the last chunk of lunch.
We had a costume model in painting. My paintings were rather small but I liked the way they turned out. I did a light watercolor sketch and then filled in the whole area of the form in the skin tone and then painted into that. I'm going to add the next classes paintings onto the same page as I have plenty of room. I like the attitude of that class, we have a lot of fun chatting and working. We are all so different and we combine together nicely.
It was very cold today. Numbing almost. I was toasty when I got done with my bike ride and now I'm comfortably warm. I am looking forward to going to bed soon. Early shift, early to bed.
Mum called and we chatted. I confirmed that she is indeed getting a discount (just FYI: all your comments get emailed to me so I do read them, even if you post on old entries), we marveled over our love of Sedaris, and I proposed again the idea of some of YOU PEOPLE coming down to Portland for Thanksgiving.
Oh yeah, and Obama won the Presidency. I figured that if he did, it would be by a gigantic landslide.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Gap Kids Radio Sucks Socks
WORK! Oh wow! Overwhelming! Busy! On my feet! Doing a lot! Holy cow!
I was assigned to help customers and do all the cash register stuff. Returns are fairly easy. The major challenge was the person calling and asking for an item to be sent to another store (she really wanted the puffy pink polka dot vest in a size 10). I had a hard time finding some of the discount and I kept hitting cash without totaling the amount of tender I needed to give back to them. No one got too frustrated with me and half the time I rang up the purchases with no help needed. Go me! The first hour was dead so I helped hang up some of the new baby clothes that came in. Casey showed me how to fold with the board. Someone even opened a Gap Credit Card with me! Hooray! I was pretty busy and near the end I was helping put things back on the racks and running about and making sure to ask everyone if they needed help. Most of the time I had no clue and directed them to a higher up. It went quick and I was joyful to be off my feet. Only had one lady be grumpy about the prices (I remarked that they are good quality clothes and last).
I bought some Gap jeans a few days ago and they fit perfectly. Denim fact: it stretches when you wear it so buy a size or two smaller than the ones you are trying on. It should be tight in the dressing room because it will stretch in the next few days of wear. Now all my new jeans fit perfectly. Also it helps to buy jeans in the proper leg length, I have short legs and thus wear the shorter length. They are sewn differently so fit even better (my regular length jeans are good but not great). Just a tip, so anyone want a gift certificate? I've sent a couple out already.
The stuff with clocking in was sorted out. My next shift is another three hour markdown shift. Getting up at 5am is a real joy but I'll get home before noon and be ready to work on whatever needs getting doing that day.
My zombie anatomical drawing looks like crap. I didn't do it right at all. It isn't anatomical, it isn't interesting, it isn't rendered with a good sense of anatomy, it isn't zombies, it doesn't look like who I want it to look like. It's a big piece of DOESN'T!! Arggghhh!! Well, I did it anyway.
And I did my bibliography/thesis for my Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas essay. Thanks go to Karen for picking up some books on Duchamp for me. She is a real pal.
Lindsay stopped by for a little chat. She is doing some play time thing with kids at the Goose Hollow Inn so she swung by here early to visit. I showed her my picture compilation books and we talked about art and Daniel's Morgan costume. I put on an episode of The IT Crowd for her to watch while I painted her. It's an okay portrait, it needs some more. She looks a little...not gaunt in it. But I think it looks like her. I've missed her, I need to visit Ibanez. See if he has lost the weight he gained under my care.
I was assigned to help customers and do all the cash register stuff. Returns are fairly easy. The major challenge was the person calling and asking for an item to be sent to another store (she really wanted the puffy pink polka dot vest in a size 10). I had a hard time finding some of the discount and I kept hitting cash without totaling the amount of tender I needed to give back to them. No one got too frustrated with me and half the time I rang up the purchases with no help needed. Go me! The first hour was dead so I helped hang up some of the new baby clothes that came in. Casey showed me how to fold with the board. Someone even opened a Gap Credit Card with me! Hooray! I was pretty busy and near the end I was helping put things back on the racks and running about and making sure to ask everyone if they needed help. Most of the time I had no clue and directed them to a higher up. It went quick and I was joyful to be off my feet. Only had one lady be grumpy about the prices (I remarked that they are good quality clothes and last).
I bought some Gap jeans a few days ago and they fit perfectly. Denim fact: it stretches when you wear it so buy a size or two smaller than the ones you are trying on. It should be tight in the dressing room because it will stretch in the next few days of wear. Now all my new jeans fit perfectly. Also it helps to buy jeans in the proper leg length, I have short legs and thus wear the shorter length. They are sewn differently so fit even better (my regular length jeans are good but not great). Just a tip, so anyone want a gift certificate? I've sent a couple out already.
The stuff with clocking in was sorted out. My next shift is another three hour markdown shift. Getting up at 5am is a real joy but I'll get home before noon and be ready to work on whatever needs getting doing that day.
My zombie anatomical drawing looks like crap. I didn't do it right at all. It isn't anatomical, it isn't interesting, it isn't rendered with a good sense of anatomy, it isn't zombies, it doesn't look like who I want it to look like. It's a big piece of DOESN'T!! Arggghhh!! Well, I did it anyway.
And I did my bibliography/thesis for my Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas essay. Thanks go to Karen for picking up some books on Duchamp for me. She is a real pal.
Lindsay stopped by for a little chat. She is doing some play time thing with kids at the Goose Hollow Inn so she swung by here early to visit. I showed her my picture compilation books and we talked about art and Daniel's Morgan costume. I put on an episode of The IT Crowd for her to watch while I painted her. It's an okay portrait, it needs some more. She looks a little...not gaunt in it. But I think it looks like her. I've missed her, I need to visit Ibanez. See if he has lost the weight he gained under my care.
internet issues
My Internet is being a nitwit. The connection is horrid so it doesn't go through most of the time. I can stand slow loading but when the page doesn't go through at all it is most infuriating. And then it stopped loading all together. Didn't get it to work again till just now, sorry about that! If I don't post for a while, assume that my Internet has gone down.
I woke up early today and didn’t feel like making myself go back to sleep so I watched some Rome and tidied up. I think I did more with my day but I do tend to let these things slip away. Started getting back into Handmaid’s Tale, it is very good but it’s a little confusing when it comes to explaining everything.
Did some laundry. The machine read my card wrong so I had to do it again and it double deducted! Five dollars for two loads of laundry! Outrageous!
Went in for cashier training today. It was made up of going through an automated instruction guide and going step by step through the procedures. I’m not sure how much information I retained but once I get started I am sure to learn more that way. The standing at the cash register was tiring but I have to get used to it I guess. The weirdness about my key number was sorted out and I was able to clock in. I’m getting good hours and soon I shall be paid! They gave me a gift certificate booklet so if any of you guys want a 30% off coupon for the Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic, drop me a line with your address and I will send you one.
I was leaving the mall and some people were yelling stuff and running and it startled me. They were not running at me but rather a car in my vicinity. It was their ride. Still, I was spooked and I didn’t feel the greatest about being the only one at the Max stop. Still, Portland is safe. And then when I was going to the Goose a little dog popped out of nowhere in the corner of my eye and startled me! It's owner soon followed and we had a good laugh.
I woke up early today and didn’t feel like making myself go back to sleep so I watched some Rome and tidied up. I think I did more with my day but I do tend to let these things slip away. Started getting back into Handmaid’s Tale, it is very good but it’s a little confusing when it comes to explaining everything.
Did some laundry. The machine read my card wrong so I had to do it again and it double deducted! Five dollars for two loads of laundry! Outrageous!
Went in for cashier training today. It was made up of going through an automated instruction guide and going step by step through the procedures. I’m not sure how much information I retained but once I get started I am sure to learn more that way. The standing at the cash register was tiring but I have to get used to it I guess. The weirdness about my key number was sorted out and I was able to clock in. I’m getting good hours and soon I shall be paid! They gave me a gift certificate booklet so if any of you guys want a 30% off coupon for the Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic, drop me a line with your address and I will send you one.
I was leaving the mall and some people were yelling stuff and running and it startled me. They were not running at me but rather a car in my vicinity. It was their ride. Still, I was spooked and I didn’t feel the greatest about being the only one at the Max stop. Still, Portland is safe. And then when I was going to the Goose a little dog popped out of nowhere in the corner of my eye and startled me! It's owner soon followed and we had a good laugh.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
slow dancing
I got out of bed at 2pm. It was really nice. No work, no nothing. I gave myself a day to chill way way out. Started watching Rome, the HBO show about Rome and all that other stuff. Pretty good thus far.
Phil and I went to see RockNRolla, the new Guy Ritchie movie. I heard that it is part of a potential trilogy, which would be pretty dandy. It took a while to get started but it had many great moments and a few awesome scenes. Stringer Bell from The Wire is British? Mark Strong looks so different out of his Stardust garb. It isn't as good as his old movies but if he films the trilogy, well who knows?
It was raining and we ran into Karen on the Max ride back. The rest of the night was low key, just me kicking back. Soon I'm going to go back to bed and read Handmaid's Tale.
Grandma and Grandpa Spencer mailed me my Halloween candy. It really made me so happy to receive it, thank you so much!
Phil and I went to see RockNRolla, the new Guy Ritchie movie. I heard that it is part of a potential trilogy, which would be pretty dandy. It took a while to get started but it had many great moments and a few awesome scenes. Stringer Bell from The Wire is British? Mark Strong looks so different out of his Stardust garb. It isn't as good as his old movies but if he films the trilogy, well who knows?
It was raining and we ran into Karen on the Max ride back. The rest of the night was low key, just me kicking back. Soon I'm going to go back to bed and read Handmaid's Tale.
Grandma and Grandpa Spencer mailed me my Halloween candy. It really made me so happy to receive it, thank you so much!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
when was the last time you touched a monkey?
Our lit class was a small one. I thought my notes didn't amount to much but I did have a lot to say. I talked about removing a generation from the cycle, the painting, the roles of stuff, and arguing FOR breaking the fourth wall after that long take. Trevor passed around a bag of candy (mostly smarties) and I double fisted my portions of it. We watched a snippet of Wall-e and compared the two. It was short but I had a good time.
Very few people are in costume and of those that are, almost nobody constructed anything intense. Robin was Rosie, Madeline was Palin, Daniel was Morgan, there was a Lincoln, and several zombies and witches. What's going on, art school people??
I didn't win or place in the costume contest. Daniel won the first prize (a 25$ certificate for Yo's), a werewolf won second, and Lincoln won third.
Madeline, Robin, and I sat in the library during lunch. Daniel joined us as well and he had a nice little round of talking about whatever. School, classes, liberal arts teachers, etc. I played a little Toejam and Earl: Panic on Funkotron with Jason for his Science Friction project.
In Illustration we wrote a little describing a horror creature and then we switched with someone else and drew that for most of the rest of class. I wrote about these things that lurked in shadows and Madeline drew it. I originally got hers but then I switched with April and so I got this sort of werewolf that was also just a big nerd or...something. It was a great paragraph and then I went off the deep end and did some weird almost abstract painting of it that didn't quite...fit. I dug it and it was something new but also not...right. It was this orange and blue twisting sad mass of a man. Definitely different. Everyone now is putting out consistently awesome pieces. Critiques are a joy. We get to joke and really enjoy the work. Marilyn's mom was in class and also did a piece for our project based upon something Chad wrote for her. I love the class, I just wish I wasn't so dead by the time it rolled around. Having an end of the week studio is a bad idea.
I rode home thinking about how Mid Terms are over and how little Halloween spirit there is in the air. I put on my Waldo digs and went to the Pioneer Place Gap to use up the rest of my discount. Amazing how 50% can make pants really cheap. I'll try not to say this every time I buy something from the Gap but HOLY COW!! I tried on a pair of corduroys but I didn't even have to button them to know they didn't work. Some of the poor "working on Halloween" people had a good laugh when I came in. After those were reasonably paid for, it was time to go and attend the thing I have been waiting years for:
DAVID SEDARIS!
He was signed books before the show. Sadly I didn't have anything with me. Thankfully they had a table of his books including a reissue of Holiday's on Ice with a couple new stories added. I bought it to be signed later. He looks exactly the same in person. And sounds the same as well. My seat was pretty far in the back but for a reading, is that really important? He actually read from mostly unpublished and in progress work. One was only half done. He read about how he gives goodies to people at signings and the experience of buying said goodies at Costco. One time he was doing a signing at Costco but it wasn't advertised well and no one payed attention to him and that was made even more sad by his ever present "No Photos" sign. It was a wonderful blend between reading and discussion. One story was about the pretentious people who pronounce random words in their native language. I should have taken notes. He has a story in one of the newer New Yorkers about how people who go on TV and saying they are undecided voters are actually just attention seekers and how can anyone really be undecided at this point. My dream came true and it was everything I wanted it to be. Due to my seat being far back I managed to get out quick and into the signing line before it got too intense. He was very inconspicuous as he made his way to the table after the majority of the throng had left. The line for his signing was incredibly long but ha! I had a good location! When it was my turn he asked my name age and where I went to school and I said I was an Illustration Major at a conceptual art school (PNCA is heavy in concept and light on like...technical ability) and talked a little about how 12 Moments in the Life of the Artist is in the back of my mind as I see people drag themselves through paint for their thesis. I was jittery but I still got a smile a little response out of him. I met him! Sedaris! EGADS! He gave me a candy and a little leaf from somewhere. He signed the book with a drawing of Lincoln as a turtle. Don't know what that means but he said that it is all art school got him. Haha. For all the drugs and smoking, he has aged pretty well.
I changed back into Tintin and then it was time for Munchkin! First we played with dry ice. If you add dish soap it foams into bubbles and as the bubbles pop the gas/smoke releases. It looks super cool. We tossed it around at each other and had a good time. Food was consumed and we played a good round. Andy snuck in a victory. I had a powerful character but not enough monsters to fight to level up.
And now my long week is over. I have no real commitments for tomorrow so I can sleep in past noon.
Friday, October 31, 2008
the soldier, the horse, the light, the women, it's all there!!
Is this week over yet? No? I have one more day? Crud!
We had Kate as our model in figure drawing. We did a segment where we didn't draw her but everything around her. It was her birthday so she gave us all presents (her artwork). I got what I believe to be a self portrait. It is nifty but I don't know where to put it yet. A lot of class was occupied with talking. Talking about the web, talking about homework (zombie assignment) and just talking. It was a relaxing day.
I did about 10 photocopies of my Ensign Ricky zine of the line art form and handed it out to people telling them to "Save the Red Shirts". My drawing class liked them (well the people who I knew who would probably like them, did). I finished them and ran off a pile of black and white copies and canvased all my friends through the day with them. Finished my painting with time to spare. Had a caramel apple courtesy of the school throwing us a Halloween shindig of sorts. It was good. I just plugged away at my projects and time flew by.
Painting class had a delay due to printing errors. Our critiques are really nice. It's hard to get up the nerve to say anything negative but I did manage to point out that one piece was the easy way but the person didn't seem to mind and actually accepted the fact with relish that they didn't challenge themselves. What?
I made a .pdf of my zine and put it on the class website and then scooted home, watched Pushing Daisies, and worked on my illustration homework and my response to Children of Men. I was looking up Guernica and holy cow there is a ton of crossover between that painting and the story! Lots of the same symbols and whatnot. I'm so excited about this, I can't wait for class.
We had Kate as our model in figure drawing. We did a segment where we didn't draw her but everything around her. It was her birthday so she gave us all presents (her artwork). I got what I believe to be a self portrait. It is nifty but I don't know where to put it yet. A lot of class was occupied with talking. Talking about the web, talking about homework (zombie assignment) and just talking. It was a relaxing day.
I did about 10 photocopies of my Ensign Ricky zine of the line art form and handed it out to people telling them to "Save the Red Shirts". My drawing class liked them (well the people who I knew who would probably like them, did). I finished them and ran off a pile of black and white copies and canvased all my friends through the day with them. Finished my painting with time to spare. Had a caramel apple courtesy of the school throwing us a Halloween shindig of sorts. It was good. I just plugged away at my projects and time flew by.
Painting class had a delay due to printing errors. Our critiques are really nice. It's hard to get up the nerve to say anything negative but I did manage to point out that one piece was the easy way but the person didn't seem to mind and actually accepted the fact with relish that they didn't challenge themselves. What?
I made a .pdf of my zine and put it on the class website and then scooted home, watched Pushing Daisies, and worked on my illustration homework and my response to Children of Men. I was looking up Guernica and holy cow there is a ton of crossover between that painting and the story! Lots of the same symbols and whatnot. I'm so excited about this, I can't wait for class.
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