Jenna's mom called me earlier today. She hasn't been home since Tuesday and she filed a missing person report with the police today.
I'd go into more details but I'm really kind of in shock right now. Gonna have to say no lessons for a while.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Lesson Six
Ok so today's lesson is one that is unfortunate to teach, but unfortunately needs to be said. For any of you readers out there who don't follow me on Twitter, today I came out of my sculpture class to discover that my locker had been broken into. They vandalized my sketchbook and stole my $600 camera. Needless to say, I AM FUCKING PISSED OFF.
So today's lesson is: Be safe. Lock your shit up. Get a locker (if your school provides them), a GOOD lock (I know I locked mine, I always make sure especially when my camera's in there, so the lock must have been pretty easy to break. I'd say get a key one if you can, that'd be harder to break than a combination like mine was), and based off my experience, keep expensive stuff such as cameras and computers on your person if you can.
There are a lot of bad people in this world, and some of them are even art students. Some people want expensive shit like my camera, some people want free art supplies, and some people are just DICKS.
Ugh. I had a long day at work, I have no idea how I'm going to pay for a new camera, and I STILL haven't heard from Jenna. I am in a bad fucking mood. I'm going to sleep.
So today's lesson is: Be safe. Lock your shit up. Get a locker (if your school provides them), a GOOD lock (I know I locked mine, I always make sure especially when my camera's in there, so the lock must have been pretty easy to break. I'd say get a key one if you can, that'd be harder to break than a combination like mine was), and based off my experience, keep expensive stuff such as cameras and computers on your person if you can.
There are a lot of bad people in this world, and some of them are even art students. Some people want expensive shit like my camera, some people want free art supplies, and some people are just DICKS.
Ugh. I had a long day at work, I have no idea how I'm going to pay for a new camera, and I STILL haven't heard from Jenna. I am in a bad fucking mood. I'm going to sleep.
Lesson Five
Hey everybody! Sorry it's taken so long to get this up - I was really tired yesterday and today some friends and I went out to the park because it was super nice out. I wanted Jenna to come, but she's still not been responding to my texts very often (last I heard from her was on Sunday. I'm kinda worried but I don't want to be overbearing) Oh well. To the lesson!
Today's lesson is fairly simple. Last semester, when it came to open ended projects, I noticed a trend. I had a habit of always following up on my first idea. And usually I would get about halfway through, and then think of something else that would have been really cool to do. And then I had to make the decision - do I scrap the current project and try and do the better idea at the risk of not having time to really complete it, or finish the first idea and be unsatisfied with it? It was really frustrating, but it taught me something important.
Your first instinct isn't always the right one.
Sometimes you have to sit and brainstorm. Sketch ideas out, talk to your instructor, bounce ideas off other classmates, hell, maybe even just sit there and do nothing but think. I've done my best to apply this to my sculpture class this semester. We've started on two projects so far, and on each one I've come up with three different ideas and really thought about it before I committed to one. So make sure that the idea you decide to pursue is really the one you want to do!
Oh an hey! Speaking of sculpture, I do believe I promised a picture of my current project!
There it is, in all it's waxy glory! It looks a little different right now, because I've attached the gating system. It's a bunch of really thin red wax that's wrapped all around it like a bunch of tentacles, it looks pretty interesting. I'll post a pic if I get one before I start dipping it to make the mold. For those of you unfamiliar with this process, basically you make your sculpture in wax, attach the gating system (which is a series of funnels and vents to make sure the whole thing gets filled), you dip it in this stuff called slurry, which creates a shell, which after it is thick enough, you stick in the kiln which hardens it and melts out all of the wax, and then you pour molten metal (in my case, aluminum) into the mold. I'm going to mount my finished metal product on a box with a crank on the side so you can turn the whole thing around and it is going to be very neat.
Anywhos, that is that. You shall hear from once again once I think of another lesson! Or I am bored and feel like talking about random stuff! Or if I have something interesting post! Exclamation point!
Today's lesson is fairly simple. Last semester, when it came to open ended projects, I noticed a trend. I had a habit of always following up on my first idea. And usually I would get about halfway through, and then think of something else that would have been really cool to do. And then I had to make the decision - do I scrap the current project and try and do the better idea at the risk of not having time to really complete it, or finish the first idea and be unsatisfied with it? It was really frustrating, but it taught me something important.
Your first instinct isn't always the right one.
Sometimes you have to sit and brainstorm. Sketch ideas out, talk to your instructor, bounce ideas off other classmates, hell, maybe even just sit there and do nothing but think. I've done my best to apply this to my sculpture class this semester. We've started on two projects so far, and on each one I've come up with three different ideas and really thought about it before I committed to one. So make sure that the idea you decide to pursue is really the one you want to do!
Oh an hey! Speaking of sculpture, I do believe I promised a picture of my current project!
There it is, in all it's waxy glory! It looks a little different right now, because I've attached the gating system. It's a bunch of really thin red wax that's wrapped all around it like a bunch of tentacles, it looks pretty interesting. I'll post a pic if I get one before I start dipping it to make the mold. For those of you unfamiliar with this process, basically you make your sculpture in wax, attach the gating system (which is a series of funnels and vents to make sure the whole thing gets filled), you dip it in this stuff called slurry, which creates a shell, which after it is thick enough, you stick in the kiln which hardens it and melts out all of the wax, and then you pour molten metal (in my case, aluminum) into the mold. I'm going to mount my finished metal product on a box with a crank on the side so you can turn the whole thing around and it is going to be very neat.
Anywhos, that is that. You shall hear from once again once I think of another lesson! Or I am bored and feel like talking about random stuff! Or if I have something interesting post! Exclamation point!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Lesson Four
This semester, I enrolled in a sculpture class. As I entered on my first day, I was a bit apprehensive. All throughout my life, my interest in art had been mostly focused on drawing. I'd never really done any work with my hands like sculpture, and I'd never really worked in 3D. So I was nervous. I didn't know if I would be any good at it, I didn't know if I was going to enjoy it at all, I didn't know if I was possibly about to fail spectacularly.
Fast forward to last Wednesday. I had just finished the wax portion of my sculpture (we're making sculptures in wax, then making molds out of them, melting out the wax and then pouring metal into the molds). Over the course of my working on it, I had been told several times, by both fellow students and other random people who wandered into our studio, that my sculpture was impressive and well-crafted. I can't tell you how great it made me feel to have done something like that with little experience.
So today's lesson: Push your limits!! You'll have no idea how it might turn out, but trust me, if you keep trying you'll eventually find something that you're really good at and you really like. This is also how I found my real passion: film. I took a video production class my senior year of high school on a whim, and I loved it. I knew that it was the medium I was supposed to be working in. So play around! Take a chance!
Quick Jenna update: She said she'd ask the doctor about that whooping cough thing. I asked her about the dreams too, but she said she didn't really remember them.
Fast forward to last Wednesday. I had just finished the wax portion of my sculpture (we're making sculptures in wax, then making molds out of them, melting out the wax and then pouring metal into the molds). Over the course of my working on it, I had been told several times, by both fellow students and other random people who wandered into our studio, that my sculpture was impressive and well-crafted. I can't tell you how great it made me feel to have done something like that with little experience.
So today's lesson: Push your limits!! You'll have no idea how it might turn out, but trust me, if you keep trying you'll eventually find something that you're really good at and you really like. This is also how I found my real passion: film. I took a video production class my senior year of high school on a whim, and I loved it. I knew that it was the medium I was supposed to be working in. So play around! Take a chance!
Quick Jenna update: She said she'd ask the doctor about that whooping cough thing. I asked her about the dreams too, but she said she didn't really remember them.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Quick Update
Hey y'all, I got a twitter if anybody wants to follow me. http://twitter.com/Art4Amateurs @Art4Amateurs
I'll follow you if you follow me, if you know what I mean ;)
Seriously though I'll just follow you. Nothing weird.
That still sounded creepy.
I'll follow you if you follow me, if you know what I mean ;)
Seriously though I'll just follow you. Nothing weird.
That still sounded creepy.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
My shtuff
Heyo! So I woke up at 3 PM yesterday and had to rush to class so I didn't have time to post those pictures I promised. But today is a new day and I shall deliver on my promises!
All of these are from my drawing class. I have a few from my design classes I wanted to post but they're Adobe Illustrator files and I don't have Illustrator on this computer so I'm gonna have to convert them at school and then post 'em. ANYWAYS HERE WE GO!
That last one is a self portrait if anyone's curious. I've cut my hair since then though.
All of these are from my drawing class. I have a few from my design classes I wanted to post but they're Adobe Illustrator files and I don't have Illustrator on this computer so I'm gonna have to convert them at school and then post 'em. ANYWAYS HERE WE GO!
That last one is a self portrait if anyone's curious. I've cut my hair since then though.
Anyways that is that! I shall post a new lesson when I think of one!
P.S - Has anyone heard of any kind of bad bug going around? My aforementioned girlfriend (her name's Jenna by the way) not only has insomnia now, but has a pretty bad cough and has been having wicked fever dreams whenever she does manage to fall asleep. If anyone knows of any such thing and of any cures please let me know!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Lesson Three
Let me tell y'all a little story. Last semester I took a Design Color class, dealing with color in graphic design (in case you couldn't get that from the course title). I was doing fairly well, then came a project where we had to use paints. And paints are far more expensive than they have any right to be. And I was broke. But instead of asking my parents for money, or talking to my professor about my financial troubles, I just didn't do the project. This set me back pretty far and took a good toll on my grade.
On another note, I can't tell you how many times I walked in to my design courses or my drawing course missing some material or tool I needed, be it an exacto-knife, mounting board, pens, a certain of paper, or what. And every time I did this, it made life just a little more difficult. Sometimes I could borrow the materials I needed from classmates, but a lot of the time it ended up being a day wasted.
So today's lesson is this: Know what you need to have to get by, and make sure you have it. If you have all the correct materials, then it will make all the difference. It's a lot easier to get your ideas out of your head and onto the paper if you have all the materials necessary.
Now go forth and create! And tune in tomorrow (or the day after depending on how lazy I feel tomorrow) for a special sneak peek into the life of...ME! I'll post some drawings and photos I've done over the last year for y'all to see.
On another note, I can't tell you how many times I walked in to my design courses or my drawing course missing some material or tool I needed, be it an exacto-knife, mounting board, pens, a certain of paper, or what. And every time I did this, it made life just a little more difficult. Sometimes I could borrow the materials I needed from classmates, but a lot of the time it ended up being a day wasted.
So today's lesson is this: Know what you need to have to get by, and make sure you have it. If you have all the correct materials, then it will make all the difference. It's a lot easier to get your ideas out of your head and onto the paper if you have all the materials necessary.
Now go forth and create! And tune in tomorrow (or the day after depending on how lazy I feel tomorrow) for a special sneak peek into the life of...ME! I'll post some drawings and photos I've done over the last year for y'all to see.
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