Memoir part two

I like my first memoir project better, but this time  played around a little more with the words and how I can make them follow a line i just drew.  If i can learn to draw nicer lines that will come in handy soon.

Those kids take after their parents exactly!

Its really exciting how I got to do this project three different times because the computers kept freezing up.  That just makes anything frustrating.

So these are my two icons and I really hope I got this right.  Don't remember where the paper was with the icons on it, but I do remember there being one for no smoking so I decided that was a safe bet.  Besides, I am all for not smoking myself.  The first icon shows thread and a needle.  I've always liked to sew.  I got it from my mom who got it from her mom.  I guess something about having at least three sewing machines in our house at all times helped out with that one.  I mean I'm not very good but it is something that I really enjoy doing and sewing was pretty much the first creative hobby that I had. 

Tech Center

It is official.  The tech center hates me.  I finished all my projects last night and as i was figuring out the best way to save it all, the computer froze.  I had to put up with that colorful spinning wheel for 15 minutes before the tech guy had to shut it off and I lost everything.  On the bright side, I am a MASTER at making little families of shapes.  As of right now I am pulling an all-nighter to get my folios completed.  I am so tired I am having a lot of trouble moving my fingers to the right keys.  But at the same time, if I can pull this off and not collapse mid-critique, I'm going to be very happy.  Wish me luck!

Art Lecture

So I literally just got back from our lecture, where Candy Depew talked about her work with silkscreen and molds and bikes.  I found this to be exceptionally interesting.  I had always been interested in the same type of art and hearing about her life kind of inspired me.  That is very similar to what I want to be doing when I grow up. So much that I am tempted to email her and later on in my schooling, try to be an intern.  I’m not going to lie; the past lectures we had I would often doodle and concentrate more on my 2-D sketches, but I was just so involved in what she was saying; even when she got sidetracked and talked about bikes at the bottom on the canals in Amsterdam.  Another thing that got my attention was her variety in work.  She appeared as a graphic artist to me at first.  I mean she used solid colors and lines to make her images.  Then she got further along in her work and I realized how much variety she uses.  Such as Tony Hawks skateboard for example.  The design on that was so beautiful and romantic in my opinion.  Then she had molds.  Some complex and some simple, going back to that graphic look.  Then she showed us her fabric, and not just her silk screens but I was amazed with the dress she gave the ballerina who performed at one of her exhibits. The fabric was very bunched up together and had little form, but I thought it was beautiful.  And in general, she seems like an awesome person.  I mean she’s an artist who works with skaters and punk rockers.  I’m not too into either one of those things myself, but its still pretty cool.

The Met!!

So this was my first trip to the met. Ever.  I cannot describe a more perfect day.  I got to explore the met, I strolled around central park talking about music and art with a friend, and, finally,  I really just experienced New York on my own for the first time.  Every other time I went up there I would be with my mom who, despite my adult age of 18, would not let me out of her sight.  I don't think I need to even begin talking about how AMAZING everything at the met is.  I was so awed by everything.  And, I really enjoyed our tour with Professor Kline.  The art seems even more interesting when he talks about it.

At one point I also got to see european art and was completely mesmerized by a Van Gogh painting for about 10 minutes.  I literally could not look away.  The way he mixes his color to show dawn is absolutely gorgeous.  But I digress.It was an amazing trip and I cannot wait to go again.

Some pics from the museum and central park... 

Memoir

This assignment was a little frustrating.  It took a while to figure out how to put the final picture on my actual blog.  Other than that though, I enjoyed playing with the Illustrator.  On this particular picture, I used an effect to make the image look like water since my memoir involved a pool.  I chose this memoir because it represents my life very well and also there was no way to incorporate goggles to these pictures and this project.