tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39355130222616772282024-03-05T22:59:20.185-06:00Right Brain Workoutbevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-86754832510363062662013-05-22T04:01:00.002-05:002014-04-12T02:44:30.909-05:00At Long LastOn May 11, 2013, after 10 years of Herculean (one of my favorite words) effort, I received my undergraduate degree from Memphis College of Art. My grades were surprisingly good. I gave a speech.<br />
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It was hard to compress 10 years and a lot of emotion into a less-than-10-minute speech, but the words were <a href="http://mca.edu/beverly-speakes-class-of-2013-valedictorian-speech/" target="_blank">well received</a>, and the response was everything I could have hoped for. </div>
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It's amazing to think that after all this time I've finally finished. I feel dazed. I can hardly believe I really made it through to the end. I had to take a whole year off somewhere in the middle because of illness, and I was 99% certain—every single semester—that the miserable health challenges were going to put an end to my academic efforts. I'm still not sure how I managed to pull it off. I think my innate stubbornness ("do it or die trying" seems to be my mantra) is as responsible for this success as anything else. On more than one occasion, however, Stubborn Girl was only barely able to hold Sick Girl together. Thank goodness for spring, summer and holiday breaks, and a few kind and helpful people. </div>
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Both learning new things and studying for tests are uphill climbs when you've got a cognitive system that doesn't work as it should. Throw in a wonky immune system, a constant state of exhaustion, and varying degrees of pain, and just getting out of bed and getting dressed in the morning requires so much effort that anything else frequently seems impossible. Some days it is. </div>
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There was a lot of trial and error in figuring out how to be a (good) student. I had to work out how a person who forgets as much as I do could learn, study, and pass tests. I still forgot a lot. In studio classes, I often had to relearn techniques I'd mastered in the semesters (or sometimes just days) before. "Frustration" is such an inadequate word for what I regularly felt; the last several years have been especially difficult. </div>
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Until the very end, I wasn't completely certain I was really going to graduate—but I did—somehow, I managed to see it through. My time at Memphis College of Art meant a lot to me. It was a formidable challenge, but I met some fabulous people and had some wonderful experiences.The triumph hasn't been without costs, unfortunately, and I'm overdue for some serious rest and recuperation, but at the moment, I'm still a very happy girl... </div>
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bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-53928836625774972562013-05-22T01:29:00.000-05:002013-05-22T01:29:16.605-05:00Show at OtherlandsMy <i>Biology</i> series went up at Otherlands in Midtown Memphis last month, and it'll be there for a bit longer. I had a small reception and all went well.<br />
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bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-24891860419630982842013-05-22T01:16:00.003-05:002013-05-22T01:18:44.456-05:00Final PaintingThe final image of my most recent painting.<br />
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<i>Assimilation IV</i>, mixed media, 16x16 inches, 2013</div>
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I'm pleased with the results. I've been interested in working with planned out layers for quite some time, and though there were some twists and turns, it worked. bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-38724548216375705332013-04-21T23:38:00.004-05:002013-04-21T23:38:39.944-05:00Recent PaintingsThe last two paintings are the same, conceptually, as the previous ones, but technically, they've been experiments. I've been thinking about working in layers for awhile, so I took the materials I've been using, added a new one, and played around with them in different ways to see what kind of layering I could do. As usual, when doing something for the first time, I got unexpected results.<br />
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This one is on panel, and has a layer of coarse molding paste, a thin pastel wash, a layer of extruded acrylic, a layer of high solid gel, collaged textile imagery, and another layer of high solid gel. It's taken a lot longer to dry than I'd anticipated. There will be another layer of extruded acrylic on top and maybe a layer of water soluble oil after that.<br />
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My painting, <i>Assimilation II</i>, acrylic and oil on canvas, 24x18 inches<br />
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<i>The Patterns of My Discontent</i>, extruded acrylic and medium, water-soluble oil on canvas, 36.25x24 inches</div>
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<i>Assimilation I</i>,
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bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-66748292328842027392013-04-05T04:43:00.002-05:002013-04-06T00:01:14.205-05:00More Changes, First Biology SeriesI learned a lot from the last series, but I was worn out with the dark reds, the gold powder was toxic, and the incised lines stretched my arm and shoulder muscles to their limits. I also ended up needing to finish a considerable number of paintings in a relatively small period of time, and as slowly as I paint, I knew they couldn't be large ones. I wrestled with ideas, talked to a few people, and came up with a vague direction involving clothing imagery.<br />
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Ultimately, I think I ended up falling back on the advice often given to writers, to "write what you know." I decided to paint what I know best—the effect that my broken biology has upon the way that I see myself. Identity's been a thread through a lot of my work, even going all the way back to 2005, and my early work used clothing as metaphor, so the ideas seemed to be a good fit.<br />
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I'm not sure the paintings in the next two series have to only be seen as relating to illness or fractured health, though. I believe they might be equally effective if they're thought of as conveying the way women sometimes feel...because of the media, men in their lives, or other women...about aging.<br />
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<br />bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-77660010351806225652013-04-05T03:41:00.000-05:002013-04-05T03:49:10.211-05:00The First Big Change in StyleMy general painting style has been called "illustrative" and regrettably, it's not been meant as a compliment. I'm a book lover who, in the past, has collected children's books just for the illustrations. I like Illustration. I never thought of what illustrators do as so very different from what painters do. Through the years, many of the artists I'd been drawn to were illustrators. I didn't realize that some painters think of illustration as a lower art form, something that can't coexist with fine art. After having been exposed to this way of thinking for awhile, I began to feel as though I should take a completely different direction with my painting, and this series is what came out of that.<br />
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The painting above was a smallish, fairly quick (3-4 hours) test painting just to see what gold would look like in a painting. I'd been interested in using gold leaf, but wasn't sure if I could use the gold without it looking garish or as though it didn't belong. A brush was used only for the under painting. The primary image was done entirely with a palette knife, which made my painting style much looser than it had been before.<br />
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<i>Self-portrait II</i>, acrylic and water-soluble oil on paper, 11x14 inches</div>
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Above, another small, quick-ish painting to work on palette knife-handling skills. This one is less loose in spots than the previous one, but on the whole, I think it works. Almost all of my paintings are from photos, but I'm fairly sure this one was from life, hence the annoyed expression.<br />
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<i> Rumination on Disintegration in a Small Space</i>, acrylic, metallic powder, water-soluble oil on canvas, 48x36 inches</div>
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<i>Rumination</i>... is the first large painting I created using metallic powder. I'd been interested in using gold leaf, but opted for a less expensive gold-colored metal powder to see what could be done with it.<br />
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My initial interest in using gold stemmed from the idea that gold represents immortality or the everlasting, since it doesn't tarnish. My other initial color choices were based on information I found during my research that talked about a specific color of deep red, historically used with gold leaf. I wasn't trying to copy the exact color, it was just a nod to the tradition.<br />
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Conceptually, I was loosely focusing on emotions related to change, the places our minds occupy in-between major life decisions, and the identities we assume in these moments. I think though, that my paintings, whether I realize it at the time or not, are often primarily about how I'm feeling when I'm painting them.<br />
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This painting was made by putting acrylic gel medium down on a gessoed canvas, spreading quinacridone crimson acrylic paint over that, and then sprinkling gold-colored metallic powder over the top and brushing it lightly to smooth the powder (with a respirator on, of course), all before it dried. Brushing over the powder sometimes lifted a "skin" of paint off, leaving darker spots. Then, I took various implements and scratched back into the paint and powder mixture while it was still wet. After the acrylic mixture dried, I painted over it in water soluble oils with a palette knife. I'd intended to allow the underpainting to show through for darker values in some of the figure and that was successful. This is my favorite large painting of the series.<br />
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<i>Lost in Transition I</i>, acrylic, metallic powder, water-soluble oil, and ink on canvas, 48x36 inches</div>
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<i>Lost</i>...<i>I</i> was an exercise in switching gears again, although the underpainting was handled the same as the previous two. </div>
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Conceptually, <i>Lost...I</i> addresses the idea of emotions and identities in flux during change. <br />
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I'd been trying to think of a way to continue in the same vein with a figure or figures without becoming repetitious. I think slowly. I'm capable of coming up with good ideas, but they rarely come quickly. The original idea for this one was sparked by a double exposed photograph I ran across that I'd taken ages ago. It occurred to me that I might be able to do something similar in a painting. I took the reference photos, did a whole lot of Photoshoppin' to get a good composition, and soon realized that I didn't have time left to paint the bodies of the figures, so I opted for line work. Once I began the line work, I worked fairly intuitively and disregarded the previous plan, completely.<br />
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<i>Lost In Transition II, </i>acrylic and metallic powder on canvas, 48x36 inches</div>
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During a critique of the previous painting, I was cautioned not to let my figures look like E.Ts. I got a little paranoid about that, so in <i>Lost...II</i>, I gave the figures hair, but I think that took something significant away from the painting. I was also encouraged during the critique of<i> Lost...I</i> to incise lines into the paint rather than ink them, so I did this in <i>Lost...II</i>. Incising the lines took a lot of time and effort, and required me to alter the way I'd been painting. </div>
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For this painting, I laid down an even layer of medium over the entire canvas and let it dry. Then I laid down a layer of paint, incised the lines into the wet paint, then put more paint and medium on top, added metallic powder on top of that, brushed the powder and incised the lines again before the the last three layers began to dry. Easier said than done. I omitted the oils entirely. Because I was working so quickly and because of the incised line placement, the gold powder went on in small streaks this time. I used other transparent red and orange colors in this one to try to get more variation.</div>
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Conceptually, as in the previous painting, <i>Lost...II</i> addresses the idea of emotions and identities in flux during change.<br />
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<i> Lost in Transition III</i>, acrylic and metallic powder on canvas, 48x36 inches</div>
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The ideas in <i>Lost...III </i>were the same as those in the two previous paintings. <i> Lost...III</i> was identical stylistically identical to Lost...II. There were some small variations in technique from the last one to this one, and in this painting, I used even more lighter, transparent paint to try to make the layers more visible. There are small areas of transparency in this painting that I like just because of variations in the paint.</div>
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<br />bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-3934181343605710342013-04-05T00:54:00.003-05:002013-04-05T23:56:10.412-05:00CouchesI love curb couches. Strange, I know, but I do. They're so much more than just garbage on the side of the street to me. Couches absorb a lot of living (and who knows what else) before they're finally put out to be
carried to the graveyard-of-sofas or wherever they end up. They're
practically members of the family. I have a history with the curb variety.<br />
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Several years ago, I did a performance piece that included a slide show of photos I'd taken of curb couches and a poem by Thom Holcomb (who I knew from poetry nights at the <a href="http://javacabanacoffeehouse.com/" target="_blank">Java Cabana</a>), set to a soundtrack of Gary Jules' "Mad World" (after the music was featured in <a href="http://youtu.be/DR91Rj1ZN1M" target="_blank">Donnie Darko</a>, but before every TV show in the U.S. decided to use it for one episode or another). Getting so many photos of different curb couches was a daunting task. I begged friends and acquaintances to call me when they'd see one anywhere in the city, so they could give me the location and I could speed over and get a photo before the couch was carried off. Many nice people helped me. It was a great collaborative effort. One lovely, fabulous guy...a friend of a friend, not even someone I knew really well...took me driving for hours and hours one day to odd corners of Memphis I'd never seen, and I was able to get some great shots. The whole project took a huge amount of time and effort, but I was really happy with the result when all was said and done. It was well-received, and thinking of it still makes me smile. The people who helped me and those who saw the finished piece have told me repeatedly that every time they see a couch on a curb, they think of me. I think that's a good thing. As an artist, I like that I'm remembered as a result of a creative effort. I'm currently thinking of remaking it with more up-to-date technology.<br />
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Because of my interest in, and my history with curb couches, I thought painting couches out of their normal living room habitat was a good idea. I think couches are good metaphors for people. These paintings were made at a time when I was feeling quite isolated and lonely, but still a little hopeful, and I think they convey that. I've done two paintings and I'd like to add more to the series.<br />
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<i>Couch I</i>, acrylic on canvas, 36x48 inches</div>
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<i>Couch II</i>, acrylic on canvas, 48x36 inches</div>
bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-38446679120816480282013-04-04T23:59:00.000-05:002013-04-05T23:54:25.969-05:00Paris LandscapesThese were done from reference photos taken on a trip to Paris quite a few years ago. I started out with the intent to do just normal water soluble oil paintings (getting the drawing down in charcoal and then painting over it), but the effect of the buildings sketched in charcoal was intriguing enough that I ended up painting in a completely different way, leaving a lot of the charcoal visible. Large sections of the oil layer are painted thinly, and much of the acrylic under-painting is visible in both paintings. Once in awhile, a painting will lead me in a direction I'd not intended to go, but I think that can be a good thing. <br />
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<i>Paris I</i>, water soluble oil, acrylic, and charcoal on canvas, 30x24 inches</div>
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<i>Paris II</i>, water soluble oil, acrylic, and charcoal on canvas, 30x24 inches</div>
bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-55531117536391965492013-04-04T23:38:00.003-05:002013-04-05T22:39:42.037-05:00Nontraditional Paint ManipulationThis nonobjective series came about when I was trying to extend my painting beyond traditional boundaries. They were done purely for the enjoyment of moving the paint around and exploring color. The paintings required a special setup and figuring exactly what was needed and how it should be made was challenging, but I persevered and worked it out. Creating them was quite fun. The method I used to make them changed slightly when going from canvas to paper, but remained true to the original idea. The nontraditional paint manipulation gave me considerably less control over the medium than I'd have with a brush or painting knife, and yielded fairly random results. The paint was used straight out of the tube and mixed directly on the surfaces. I like the feeling of movement the paintings convey, the patterns that emerge, and the color variations that occur. I'm very interested in using this painting style on larger canvases.<br />
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<i>Secondary I</i>, acrylic on canvas 16x16 inches</div>
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<i>Untitled I</i>, acrylic on illustration board, 10x15 inches</div>
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<i>Untitled II</i>, acrylic on paper, 6.5x8.5 inches </div>
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<i>Untitled III</i>, acrylic on paper, 6x8 inches</div>
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<i>Untitled IV</i>, acrylic on paper, 5.5x9 inches</div>
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<i>Untitled VI</i>, acrylic on paper, 6x9 3/8 inches</div>
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<i>Untitled I</i>, acrylic on illustration board, 6x8.25 inches</div>
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Untitled II, acrylic on illustration board, 8.25x6 inches</div>
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bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-36510254070289304112013-04-04T22:29:00.003-05:002013-04-05T23:50:49.523-05:00New-ish workIt's been awhile since I've posted, but I'm back. The new posts will be about my paintings.<br />
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First off is a series I did, entitled <i>Things I Carry With Me From My Childhood</i>. These small acrylic paintings are approximately 5x3inches and relate to people and experiences from...you guessed it...my childhood. The little paintings are housed in "galleries" made from thrift store toddler's clothing. The pieces took quite sometime to plan, but I'm happy with the results.<br />
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The paintings were harder to make than I thought they'd be. They took days and days and days. I used tiny brushes (and even the tip of a straight pin and broom straws a few times), and I had to play quite a bit with the mixture of paint and medium to get the proper paint consistency.<br />
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The "galleries" were created by altering the small dresses (adding trim details and removing some really ugly plaid from one of them) and stiffening them (not <b><u>nearly</u></b> as easy as I'd thought it would be...there were balloons involved) with a product called <a href="http://www.paverpolusa.com/" target="_blank">Paverpol</a>. After drying for several days, doors were cut in each dress with a tiny hand saw and a Dremel (also not as easy as I'd thought it would be, especially since I was using the Dremel in a manner for which it was not intended), and hardware and floors, etc. were added. <br />
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This one was created as a shrine to my Gran. I lived with her when I was little. She was quite eccentric and often awesome. Most of us have at least one person who played a large part in helping to nurture the good parts of who we've turned out to be. She was my primary person. I chose this dress because it was black velveteen and looked like something I might've worn. I made the frame for the painting out of wood, <a href="http://www.sculpey.com/products/clays/original-sculpey" target="_blank">Sculpey</a>, and acrylic.<br />
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This piece has to do with a painful memory, but it's one of my favorite paintings. It turned out <b><u>exactly</u></b> as I wanted it to, and I love it for that reason. I chose this dress because I had a red velvet dress with a white lace collar when I was little.<br />
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The painting is Mr. Pig. When I was little, I lived with my grandparents on a farm. My grandfather raised pigs. My grandmother, being the grandmotherly sort (wanting to keep me safe, since sometimes grown pigs <u>can</u> pose a danger to small children), proceeded to scare the living daylights out of me by convincing me that all pigs were monsters who oinked and ate kids. My grandfather watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052522/" target="_blank">The Untouchables</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWaqUVac3M" target="_blank">Humphrey Bogart</a> on television (often, in vintage gangster movies, the bad guys would have a "Mr. Big" who was the head baddie). In my little girl brain, a freaky porker named Mr. Pig dressed in a fedora and trench coat and lurking outside my bedroom window every night made total sense. Open windows after dark terrified me because I was sure he was out there, just waiting to grab me. He stayed with me for awhile. I chose this dress because jumpers were popular when I was little.<br />
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The dress and tiny painting series was an idea I came up with when trying to move a bit beyond the confines of what's traditionally considered painting...painting-plus, I guess. I have a bit of background in working with fibers and although much more time and effort went into this than I'd expected, I seriously enjoyed creating them and I liked adding a sculptural component to my work. <br />
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<br />bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-2409994475361229682012-01-21T16:03:00.000-06:002013-04-05T08:21:09.954-05:00Absentee BloggerYup, I've been an absent blogger. This blog was originally set up when I was majoring in Illustration. I switched gears awhile back, am now a Painting major, and I only have three semesters to go before I finally get my undergrad in Fine Art. <a href="http://www.smileyvault.com/" title="fireworks"><img alt="fireworks" border="0" src="http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/10404/t9307.gif" title="fireworks" /></a>At some point between now and then, my online presence will be more pronounced and I'll be updating again. <a href="http://www.smileyvault.com/" title="Happy Smiley"><img alt="Happy Smiley" border="0" src="http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/10001/smile.gif" title="Happy Smiley" /></a>bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-75180081813743189372010-09-08T18:22:00.000-05:002013-04-05T23:49:42.753-05:00Illustration work...what's missingThis piece is supposed to afford me the opportunity to do some work that will add missing elements to my current portfolio. What's missing from my portfolio? A lot.<br />
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I chose to base this illustration on my own writing, but changed my mind several times about which piece of writing it should be. My final choice was this story:<br />
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This is the rough drawing...<br />
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Here's the finished watercolor painting....<br />
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There are so many things wrong with it. I tried to correct one of the most glaring problems, but am wondering if I only made it worse. There are some wonky striations that are the result of scanning the painting in, in 2 pieces, but I tried to camouflage most of them. So I'm back to the drawing board to start all over...literally. I really like the idea of the shark as a shadow, but the painting didn't accomplish exactly what I wanted. I plan to take some time and do the original over again....better, this time. <br />
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Besides an overly wordy one?<br />
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It seems pretty clear that I’m someone who’s on a completely different career trajectory than...well...I'm thinking most everyone else, I guess...but as far as the questions go, it appears that I’m definitely leaning in the direction of the stay-at-home freelancing of children’s book writing and art, book cover art in general, and/or greeting card art and/or writing…no surprise there. I’m an artist with some life limitations, who’s immensely interested in the story that inspires the art, and an artist who derives great pleasure from the fact that art can inspire emotion in people. I think doing freelance work for one, or even all three of these particular markets might be a good fit for me.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">What sort of career do you want to have?</span><br />
My dream career would be one as a rocking children’s book illustrator and writer, with time left over to do some personal painting, and maybe travel, but if that didn't happen overnight, illustrating for children's magazines, smaller print magazines, online magazines, and/or greeting card companies is something I'd like to look into (in the meantime, I'm doing pet portraits whenever I'm up to it), and I'd still like to try to make room for illustrating my own writing.<br />
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Because of the challenges I face with my less-than-healthiness, my intention when I started school was to hone the skills that I had and acquire new ones, so that I could do some sort of freelance work, strictly from home. Since the the health situation hasn’t changed, and is maybe getting worse, that’s still my goal. I didn’t originally have a specific art career in mind, I just wanted to find something I enjoyed...something that I had talent for, something that despite my physical limitations, I could actually <span style="font-weight: bold;">do</span>, that might help me to become a little less destitute, and at least a small part of the world-at-large, again. I declared Illustration as my major because I’ve had a lifelong interest in children’s book art, book cover illustrations, and to a lesser degree, greeting card designs; Illustration seemed to be an agreeable amalgam of Fine Arts and Design Arts, and it appeared to be a more financially practical path than Painting or Surface Design.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Does your present body of work reflect your aspirations? </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Not completely.</span><br />
After looking at everything two or three or four or five times, I think there are some pieces that might actually appeal to a children's book, book cover art, or greeting card market. I think the shortcomings of my body of work are...first...about the quality of the work—I need to show better skills, and after that, the types of work, and then the number of pieces in the portfolio.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Could it do so more strongly? </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Absolutely. </span><br />
I’ve been happy with many of the ideas that I’ve come up with for my assignments. That being said, at the very least, I don’t believe my present body of work is accurately indicative of my painting and drawing skills. I know that I’m better than what I’ve produced, at least as far as some of the work I’ve done in my Illustration classes, goes. I’m slow, and much of the time my completed pieces either look unfinished, or hurried, or both, and not in a good way. I think in many instances, I had solid, workable (maybe even potentially salable ideas to the right demographic and market); I even managed to come up with a couple of pretty good ideas once in awhile, and my preliminary drawings weren’t bad. In the end, however, the quality of my final pieces was often not what I’d hoped for. Looking back over my body of work…again, mostly from my Illustration classes…I’m not miserably disappointed with what I’ve done, but my portfolio definitely needs to be stronger and more substantial than it is now. There are just a few pieces that I'd be pretty comfortable showing to a prospective client, since the idea is to actually impress and attract them with my work, but I think that...over a period of time...several of the pieces could be reworked, or even redone from the original drawings, to add strength to my portfolio. It certainly wouldn't hurt to do some new pieces with a target audience in mind, either, and I'd like to offer as much variety as I can. Though the work I’ve done in Illustration has never widely appealed to the peer group, I’m certain that there’s an audience out there for my ideas and my ways of creating, it’s just a matter of finding that market, and then doing whatever I can do, to produce work that meets both my standards and the clients’.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">List ten images/themes/techniques/subjects/formats that your portfolio needs in order to become more in line with your aspirations.</span><span style="color: black;">Besides the rework of some of what I've got,</span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">1.</span></span><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;"> illustrations based on my writing</span></span>, because I don't have any.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;"> a greeting card or two or three</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">3</span></span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">.</span></span><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;"> something in a happy, colorful, fun style that's specifically aimed at kids</span></span>; I don't think many of my pieces set a mood or elicit emotion from a viewer the way I'd like for them to.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">4</span></span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">.</span></span> something in a quirky, darker style to contrast with the happy, colorful, fun stuff, but still kid-friendly. I actually prefer darker-themed pieces, but I don't have any.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">5.</span></span><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;"> water - I've not done much water; what I did do, I didn't do well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">6.</span></span> flora and fauna - I don't have many animals or plants in my illustrations. I don't think the dogs in my portraits count, because they're much more realistic than my illustrations.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">7.</span></span><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;"> photo collage</span></span> - I've only used photo collage for an Illustration piece, once. More and more it's being used on book covers, though not always well.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. </span>ink - I only have one piece in ink, & it's a silhouette.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. </span></span></span><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;">watercolor - I don't think I have any watercolor illustrations, & it seems to be popular medium with the children's book crowd, plus, I have a looser style with watercolor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">10. </span></span><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="color: black;">better, more consistent values in my painting</span></span>bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-87905576267429491212010-09-01T23:09:00.000-05:002013-04-05T08:20:47.531-05:00State of the Union - Post 5<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">If you had to spend the rest of your life illustrating one book, what would it be? Why?</span><br />
I guess there are some obvious choices; the Bible, because it’s long, complicated, and full of stories that can be interpreted in many different ways, or I could go for some uber-long, historical-minutiae-of-the-world compilation...from what the dinosaurs ate for breakfast the day the comet hit, thru whatever Paris Hilton is planning for next week...<span style="font-weight: bold;">that </span>would certainly take up the time, or I could even illustrate MY BIG NOVEL that I haven’t written yet. If, however, I was going to spend the rest of my life illustrating one book, I'd really want to enjoy it, so my choice would be an anthology by <a href="http://www.brazenhussies.net/murphy/background.html">Pat Murphy</a>, called <span style="font-style: italic;">Points of Departure</span>,<br />
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just because it includes some of my favorite stories, ever <span style="font-style: italic;"> (</span>my copy's falling apart, I've read it so many times). It would be a labor of love, and I think that would be a great way to live out a life.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">If you could go apprentice with any two artists in the history of the world, who would they be? Why? </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html">Leonardo da Vinci</a><br />
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<a href="http://artchive.com/artchive/L/leonardo/leonardo_self-portrait.jpg.html"> </a>Because he was a genius, <span style="font-weight: bold;">so </span>much more than an artist, and ahead of his time; I think learning from him would make you ready for anything.<br />
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and <a href="http://www.cfmgallery.com/Leonor-Fini/leonor-fini.html"> Leonor Fini</a><br />
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images source - previous Fini link<br />
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Though I’d have to do something about my cat allergy, because she was heavily into the felines, I'd like to apprentice with her, because she was a skilled painter and designer, she was a writer, she did illustrations, and she was kind of a wild woman, plus, she got to hang out with all the cool surrealist kids.<br />
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I guess I like multi-taskers.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">If you were banned from the art world, but could have any career you wanted that wasn’t in art, what would it be? Why? </span><br />
I wanted to be a singer when I was a little kid.<br />
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I loved to sing…it still gives me a huge rush...but then (as now), I turned out to be better at digging, than performing in front of people, so I began to dream of becoming an archaeologist. The idea of traveling all over the world, working outside on digs, and uncovering mummies and bones and pottery, while solving the mysteries of history and prehistory, sounded like the best adventure, ever. Sites like <a href="http://www.smm.org/static/media/pompeii/seatedman.jpg">Pompeii and Herculaneum</a>, the caves at<a href="http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/00.xml"> Lascaux</a>, anything to do with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/science/07neanderthal.html">Neanderthals</a> (you’ve gotta love those guys), discoveries in <a href="http://www.archaeology.org/0803/etc/nefertiti.html">Egypt</a>, and the exploration that’s gone on <a href="http://www.franckgoddio.org/sitemap/project/Alexandria/Default.aspx">beneath the Mediterranean</a> (how cool would it be if someone found that the contents of the Library of Alexandria <span style="font-weight: bold;">hadn’t</span> been totally destroyed?), all fascinate me, still. I think learning about history that we're not 100% clear on, is important. So if I couldn't be an artist, and it was possible physically, financially and in every other way to do anything else, then I'd want to be an archaeologist/paleoanthropologist, I guess. I could be Lara Croft,<br />
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minus the rocking body, the cool clothes, the independent wealth, and the weapons & fighting skills.<br />
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I’d still like to go on a dig one day, even though I am an artist, and a not-always-so-healthy girl.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Describe the project you would propose under the following circumstances. Describe the project in detail: what would it be, how would you spend the money (all of which must be spent on art expenses), how would you schedule the time allotted, and how would the work be presented upon completion? </span><br />
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So no paying off the school loans, huh?<br />
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Ok....let's see...<br />
<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">1)One month, one thousand dollars:</span><br />
A thousand dollars is a lot less than you'd think. Heck, if I had it, I could easily drop over $400.00 at Walmart and Whole Foods in just a few hours. I'm not sure I could even self-publish a book properly for $1000.00, of course, it's not like I could put a book out in a month at my turtle pace, anyway, so I guess it doesn't make much difference. But enough whining about what I can't do with it.<br />
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So. $1000. and a month. I'd like to buy some canvases, boards, paints and brushes...good stuff...and any other supplies I might need, to try to work up a few ideas I've had for paintings, for quite awhile. I have a journal that I write my ideas down in, whenever I have them...sometimes I go back and look at them and it's a real WTF moment, but I think there are a few ideas that have some merit...to me, if maybe not to anyone else. A cash windfall would allow me to explore one or more of those ideas.<br />
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If I bought really good supplies, I could probably spend $1000., but because I'm so slow, I doubt that I'd be able to get more than 2 or 3 really good paintings done in a month, so I'm not sure the cost would be justified...but maybe the kind benefactor who gave me the cash would be ok with that.<br />
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Time allotment? I'd pretty much be painting non-stop all month...eating, sleeping and painting, I guess; I don't get out much, anyway. For presentation of my 2 or 3 paintings, I could have a very, very small show, but it might have to be in my living room.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">2)Six months, Ten thousand dollars</span>:<br />
A little over $1500. a month. Depends on exactly what "art expenses" means. I'd like to do something indulgent. I'm really slow, but since I'm a hermit anyway, and if it was all I worked on, I might be able to produce a children's book in six months...of course, maybe that's naive, from a time perspective; I'd have to do more research. $10,000. would cover plenty of proper (not cheap) supplies, with possibly a computer upgrade, or at least some software purchases to help with putting it all together (no sense in trying to create something big with obsolete equipment and wonky programs); the $10,000. would also hopefully cover self-publishing, copyright expenses (even though sending something to the Copyright Office now is like <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051803171.html?hpid=topnews">sending it into a black hole</a>, it's probably necessary), as well as some advertising and marketing, maybe, and miscellaneous costs that I haven't thought of.<br />
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Time...again, pretty much non-stop work, I'd figure: write a story if I couldn't use something I already had, and then get up and paint every day, and occasionally eat and sleep, for the whole six months. Though, now that I think about it, the book has to be created, put together and printed, so that would require some creative time-juggling. Plus, some of the 6 months would have to be devoted to online set-up and marketing, and I'm pretty sure they'd want me to have a book before I started trying to do that.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">I know someone who's self-published a couple of books. She markets hers through Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and maybe some other Internet booksellers, so I'm reasonably certain I could do the same. She's also been able to tie her books to the Internet book launches of smaller, niche publishing companies, so that's a thought, too. I'd have to do more research to figure it all out, preferably, before the six months began. </span><br />
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I think there would definitely have to be some sort of real world launch, though...maybe I could talk <a href="http://www.burkesbooks.com/shop/burkes/index.html">Burke's</a> into letting me have it there, and I could try to get the local paper to run a story, in conjunction with the opening.<br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">3)One year and one hundred thousand dollars:</span><span style="color: black;">A little over eight thousand dollars a month.</span> Again, I'm not exactly sure what "art expenses" covers, but I'll go ahead and outline something that's been rattling around in my head for awhile. It's a proposal for an art-therapy center, specifically for <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/05/for-soldiers-returning-from-war-finding-catharsis-in-creative-expression.html">veterans</a>; something that goes beyond whatever services the VA offers, which from what I've read, often aren't much, if any, at least as far as art therapy goes.<br />
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There will be so many returning soldiers, eventually, and I've read that while art therapy helps them with <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/14/AR2007041401246.html">PTSD and other disorders, both emotional and physical</a>, there aren't nearly enough treatment centers available. I'm not a fan of war in general, but I believe that if, as a nation, we send people to war, then we should absolutely be taking better care of them when they return, and I believe in the benefits of art therapy.<br />
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This proposal would get the idea into the real world to see if it was doable, and hopefully attract the attention of people who could expand it. I have no idea how much something like this would cost, but I'm hoping $100,000. would be enough. I'm thinking a lot would depend on the kindness of strangers, and the cooperation of government people who aren't known for being cooperative.<br />
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It would be a place where the vets could go to hang out for a few hours a day, in a laid back, but semi-structured environment, with people who've been through what they've been through, with them all using art to try to get above and beyond those shared experiences. The services would be provided free of charge.<br />
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It would probably, hopefully, be possible to get a facility, maybe with utilities included, donated for a year (there's an atelier I know of here, that has a similar arrangement), since it would be just a trial run, happening over a finite amount of time, and it would be for veterans. I don't know if you can get a non-profit status for something temporary, but if so, that might help with expenses. It's possible that a proposal could be made to solicit more funds from the government, in the form of a grant, if it looked like more capital would be needed.<br />
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There would need to be consultations and/ or brainstorming sessions early on, with different art therapy experts (and maybe some brand new art therapists, just to get a fresh take on things) to determine how to set up a program that would go well beyond what's currently available, and be specifically geared for returning soldiers. With Skype, and other Internet means of communication, the participants would not have to be in the same location, and maybe that would help cut costs. It's possible that the experts would donate their time and expertise, but maybe not. If not, then their (hopefully reduced) fees would come out of the pile o' money. There would have to be at least a couple of licensed/certified/educated art therapists on hand, on-site, during hours of operation, and unless they wanted to donate their time, part of the money would go for their (hopefully small) salaries, too. It would most likely be possible to get some assistants, preferably people from local art programs or local artists (art students and artists are used to volunteering), to donate their time and skills.<br />
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Money would also be spent on art supplies and tables/furnishings/a single phone line/whatever, but we'd get everything donated that we could...I know some people who can talk anybody into just about anything. I don't know if you have to rent snack/soda/coffee machines, but I'm guessing we'd need to have a few. If we could get the VA and vet agencies on board, we could get vet referrals from them, and no advertising or solicitation would be necessary. I think it would be important to periodically arrange exhibitions of work that the participants would be comfortable showing, either at the (hopefully donated) facility, or maybe at a local gallery, so there might be a few costs associated with shows. If, eventually, these art groups were to spread across the country, maybe there could be state and national shows, as well.<br />
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My role would be to oversee the creation of the center and implementation of the program, coordinate the efforts, report on its progress, or lack thereof, be an art assistant, and make a final presentation to IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY, at the end of the year.<br />
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Overall, my hope would be that by the end of the year, the center would have proven to be something that would be viable for veterans' agencies to consider adopting nationwide, but even if we weren't successful in accomplishing broad change, I believe we would have made a difference in the lives of quite a few veterans over the course of the year. You can't just drop people from any kind of therapy though, so something would probably have to be in place at the outset, to allow for referrals in the event that we couldn't continue beyond the first year. If the program did manage to be implemented nationwide, and/or our facility stayed open (with some other source of funding, because the $100,000. would be spent), and someday, miraculously, the country managed to run out of wars and veterans, the facilities and therapy program could be adapted for other types of participants.<br />
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Time...this is such a huge idea that I have absolutely no idea how to begin to imagine the allotment of time. First, I think I'd have to get some art-therapy professionals and veterans on board with the idea, then maybe try to secure support from IMPORTANT PEOPLE. Then, the appropriate agencies and groups would have to be contacted, necessary approvals and support procured, grants, if needed, applied for, brainstorming sessions held, a program finalized, facilities secured, personnel acquired, and all of that takes time, before the first client ever walks in the door. Once all that was done, and everything was in place, the launch could be held at the facility; we could have an official "opening"...maybe A.C. could come down, cut a ribbon and say a few words. <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-36817745960689096362010-08-31T23:43:00.000-05:002013-04-05T23:36:47.583-05:00State of the Union- Post 4<span style="color: black;">Yeah..."updated editor", right. Not really crazy about <span style="font-weight: bold;">that</span> feature. It made everything all wonky, so I freaked out for awhile trying to figure it out, & then went back to the old editor, started all over & voila!</span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />List ten illustrators whose work you admire, or whose career you would like to emulate. Who are their clients? What sort of work do those clients look for? Provide images.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.cedricrivrain.com/">Cedric Rivrain</a> - I like fashion art and I like his style. He’s a fashion illustrator, and some of the designers he’s worked with are John Galliano, Maison Michel, and Martine Sitbon.<br />
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<a href="http://laurenmillsart.com/">Lauren Mills</a> - I like the delicacy in most of her work. She’s very skilled with watercolor. She’s done children’s book illustrations, and portrait and sculpture commissions. She’s been published by Little, Brown Young Readers, and Dial.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.michaelwhelan.com/catalog/illus.php">Michael Whelan</a> - Not a bad career…over 350 books & magazine covers, and some album covers. His eye for detail and his technical skill are amazing. His work has been published by DAW, Del Ray, & Ace books, almost all, Sci-Fi and Fantasy. He doesn’t even accept commercial commissions anymore, and he’d finally won so many awards, he started withdrawing his name from competitions. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.sundbergstudio.com/portfolio/index.html">Ingrid Sundberg</a> - Her children’s work is bright and fun and a little quirky. She’s done work for books and magazines, including The Mountain Astrologer, Sage Woman, and Half Price Books.<br />
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<a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12110/Stephen_Gammell/index.aspx">Stephen Gammell</a> - I love the loose and splattery children's book illustrations he’s done, particularly for Monster Mama…I bought it just for the illustrations. Some of the publishers he’s worked for are Knopf, HarperCollins, Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, and Henry Holt and Co.<br />
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<a href="http://www.diterlizzi.com/flash.htm">Tony DiTerlizzi</a>- He did freelance work, and then began writing and illustrating children’s books. He’s worked mostly for Simon & Schuster, Children’s Pub.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wayneandersonart.com/Wayne_Anderson_Art/home.html">Wayne Anderson</a> - I really enjoy looking at his work. I'd buy those books. His work is featured in books, mostly children's books, on greeting cards, posters, magazines, and more. Some of the publishers he’s worked with are Jonathan Cape, Paper Tiger, David Bennett Books, Templar,, Walker Books, and Delpire.<br />
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<a href="http://www.maryengelbreit.com/">Mary Engelbreit</a> - Not a bad career: children’s books, greeting cards, and then you’ve got the plates, T-shirts and all that other stuff....she's obviously been successful in marketing her work. Her work has been published by Andrews McMeel Pub, Harper Collins.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jerrypinkneystudio.com/frameset.html">Jerry Pinkney</a> - Children’s books illustrator, illustrator of novels, and doer of commissions, he’s won too many awards to count. He’s done work for Knopf Doubleday, Macmillan, Dial-a division of Penguin Pub., and National Geographic, just to name a few.<br />
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<a href="http://www.eatmousies.com/intro.html">B. Kliban</a> - Cartoonist for Playboy, creator of cats ; his work was compiled in books, & even though he died in 1990, it’s still being reproduced on greeting cards, mugs and t-shirts, etc. Most of his books were published by Workman Pub. <br />
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<b>Go to a bookstore with a large magazine section, like Barnes and Noble or Borders. Find at least 10 magazines you think you could work for. Consider both the content of the magazine and the type of illustration, if any, that they use. Record the names of the art director and any assistant art directors listed, and their contact information.<br /></b><span style="color: black;">I love magazines, but I'm afraid printed ones may soon become extinct. Everybody's got an online version, or they're scrambling to create one. Some previously impressive magazines, like Smithsonian, are now just shells of what they used to be....it's sad. Especially since illustrations just don't have the same impact for me if they're not on a printed page. I think if I'm going to think about submitting work to magazines, I might like to find small, financially solvent magazines that can still afford to pay, but that might be easier to get my work into. That will take more research, so in the meantime:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cricketmag.com/pages_content.asp?page_id=6">Cricket Magazine Publishing (14 children's magazines)</a><br /><a href="http://www.highlights.com/">Highlights for Children</a><br /><a href="http://www.brainchildmag.com/">Brain, Child</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.yesmag.ca/">Yes</a><br /><a href="http://www.knowmag.ca/thisissue/">Know</a></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/">Modern Dog</a><br /><a href="http://www.knowmag.ca/thisissue/"></a><a href="http://www.asimovs.com/2010_09/tableofcontents.shtml">Asimov's</a><br /><a href="http://www.analogsf.com/0906/issue_06.shtml">Analog</a><br /><a href="http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/">Fantasy and Science Fiction</a><br /><a href="http://www.rofmag.com/">Realms of Fantasy</a></span><b><br /></b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://ttapress.com/interzone/">Interzone</a></span><br />
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<b>List ten non-magazine clients that you would like to work with. Why are these dream clients? Find and record their contact information.<br /></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book Publishers</span> - I've seen some really crappy-looking paperback covers, and have often thought: surely, I can do better. Many of the large houses have quite a few children's book publishers under their umbrellas, and children's books really interest me:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.haffnerpress.com/">Haffner Press</a><br /><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/smp.aspx">MacMillan</a> (includes St. Martin's & Tor)<br /><a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/yr/puffin.html">Penguin </a> (includes several children's publishers, Dial Books for Young Readers, Ace, & Daw)<br /><a href="http://www.randomhouse.biz/ourpublishers/">Random House</a> (includes Bantam, Dell, Golden, The Dial Press, Ballentine, & Del Ray Books)<br /><a href="http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/gallery">Simon & Schuster</a> (includes Gallery Books)<br /><a href="http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/publishing_publishing-groups.aspx">Hatchette Book Group </a>(includes Little, Brown & Co.)<br /><a href="http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/childrens_submission_guidelines">Bloomsbury</a><br /><a href="http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/submissions.html#_submissions">Andrews McMeel</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Greeting Card Companies</span>: Greeting cards are small, they have few words, I'm not sayin' it's easy, but I figure I can do that:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.recycledpapergreetings.com/artists.htm">Recycled Paper Greetings</a><br /><a href="http://www.papyrusonline.com/category/about+papyrus/artist+submission+guidelines.do">Papyrus</a><br /><a href="http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/article%7C10001%7C10051%7C/HallmarkSite/AboutHallmark/HallmarkCareers/CAREERS_OPPORTUNITIES_CREATIVE">Hallmark</a><br /><a href="http://www.nobleworkscards.com/submission.html">Designer Greetings</a><br /><a href="http://www.oatmealstudios.com/Artist%27sGuidelines/AG-Pg.htm">Oatmeal Studios</a><br /><a href="http://www.psg-fpp.com/creative_guidelines.htm">P.S. Greetings</a><br /><br /></span><b><br /></b><br />
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bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-22634910683783641302010-08-30T23:14:00.000-05:002010-08-31T00:18:23.887-05:00State of the Union-Post 3<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Describe your typical creative process, from getting an assignment to finished piece. </span><br />It’s not unusual for me to become confused about what I’m doing from the get-go, so I always spend time at first just trying to make sure I’ve got all the assignment details right. Fairly often, I’ve gotten some part of the instructions wrong (though even when I don't, I usually think I do). I’ve found that I get things accomplished more quickly, if I’m away from, well…everything…I do better in a solitary confinement sort of situation, because I’m very easily distracted.<br /><br />I write a lot after I get an assignment…it seems to make sense to take the ideas from my head and put them into words, before I begin to draw. After I finally come up with some ideas that seem workable, I might do a little research first, maybe look at a few reference images, and probably do some reading. Then, I agonize through stick figure thumbnails for composition. (If I get much more elaborate with my thumbnails than stick figures, I get bogged down, trying to perfect them.) Sometimes I have to stop and write some more. When the thumbnails are done, I’ll eventually be able to choose a few that I like, but decisions are difficult for me. I usually try to pick at least 3-5 that I like, maybe see if I can make them better, and then eventually try to pare the selection down to one, if that’s what I need. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />My process for the portraits I do outside of school doesn't include thumbnails. I usually take photographs at a client's location, then, most of the time, I put them on the computer and collage dog parts and a client-approved background together in Photoshop, to create a composition that the client likes. I then use the collage as my drawing reference for everything.</span><br /><br />Once I’ve decided on the direction I’m going to take, composition-wise, I either make a larger, more finished sketchbook drawing, or I move directly to full-size graphite drawing on tracing paper, using reference material. If I’m really confident in the composition of the thumbnail(s), and am afraid I can’t correctly size it/them up manually, I’ll enlarge it/them via the computer to the drawing size. It seems to help a lot to have a full-size composition reference.<br /><br />I usually do massive amounts of reference research. I often have a lot of trouble drawing out of my head, so I try to make sure I have as many specific photo references as possible. It's possible that I overdo it on the reference material. A few times, I’ve collaged my reference photos into the correct composition in Photoshop and used that to draw from, because I also have a hard time putting the different reference elements of a drawing together properly in my head and then transferring them to paper. A collage takes a little time (though I’ve noticed I’ve gotten faster); it adds a step or two, to the process, but it seems to work for me, because when I’ve tried this, the finished drawing always seems to be better.<br /><br />Once the tracing paper drawing seems right, I transfer it to the working surface for my final piece. I’m still trying to find an easier way to do that at home. Sometimes I rig up a sort of rickety replica of a light table, but if my painting/drawing surface is too thick for that to be of any use, I either use graphite transfer paper, or I trace over the back of the tracing paper drawing, & then transfer it onto my painting surface. I’m not a huge fan of graphite paper, because the lines sometimes bleed through paint.<br /><br />If I’m painting, I try to mix my colors first. I just realized it’s been so long since I’ve painted that I’ve forgotten what I usually do next. Paint, obviously, but how? I think I try to get the mid-tones down, leaving highlights if I remember to (adding ‘em back in if I don’t), and then I darken the shadows. This is usually where I manage not to go far enough with the values, or maybe this is when I usually run out of time.<br /><br />My biggest problem is probably that I get bogged down with very small details when painting or drawing. I can spend an inordinate amount of time trying to fix or figure out, one tiny thing. On the previously posted Invisible Cities piece, I think I worked on one tiny cart and itty-bitty person for days, because I had such a terrible time getting the perspective right.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Describe what you think your creative process should be like. </span><br />I’m not sure there are any huge problems with the process I have, since I’m fairly sure I’m essentially following the process we’ve used in class (with a change or two to try to compensate for a couple of specific problems that I have); it just seems to take me forever. I'm open to any helpful feedback. I hate thumbnails, but that’s obviously something I just need to get over---I’d like to come up with a magic number of thumbnails that would be enough to generate good, strong ideas, but not so many that it feels like torture. It’d be great for my process to be easier and quicker, but I think that probably only comes with practice, and maybe a better-working brain. I’m reasonably sure that some of my problems are due to the brain-wonkiness I experience, that I don’t have much control over. I try to work around that dysfunction, but the severity and effects change, and I’m not always successful.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Research and describe a professional creator's creative process.</span><br />Here's James Turner's take on <a href="http://eruditebaboon.livejournal.com/15638.html">the creative process</a>.<br />source <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eruditebaboon.co.uk/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 89px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6eY3Ys6nEPk-cWYDMRGpjfts0xdj2tImUhVFDMnMI61AKL_tdtIE1TW0PVNPh4NyMl6sCwuQhjSsqgChYDd-Z-l_zau8z28uU5h1O_UJ_pQCQCr_97qtp3FN2vOJKPie_xE7N9KYsd5G/s200/Snapshot+2010-08-30+22-37-50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511425208213061778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And then there's <a href="http://www.n8w.com/wp/biography">Nate Williams'</a> creative process. I ran across it and thought that at least parts of what he had to say were very relevant to what I'm trying to do.<br /><br />He gets the specifics of a job from a client, and then (sometimes) pulls his inspiration from the environment around him. If this is his aim, he does his preliminary sketches somewhere away from home, on an aimless bus ride, on a park bench, taking a walk. He says that this kind of activity fires up his creative spark.<br /><br />He also uses words. He tries to think of 2-4 words that relate to what he’s trying to create. Then, for each of those words, he thinks of other things…either words or images…associated with them, making columns of words/images under each of the original words. He then rearranges the words, one word from column A, one from column B, one from column C, etc., to create ideas. (An example of this part of the process is <a href="http://www.n8w.com/wp/1937">here</a>. He gives an additional link for helping with the idea process, <a href="http://creatingminds.org/tools/tools_ideation.htm">here</a>.)<br /><br />Next he creates rough pencil sketches to use when he talks to his client about his ideas. He takes digital photos of the sketches, because he says that’s quicker than scanning and the quality at this stage, isn’t important. Then the concept sketches go to the client, he gets phone or email feedback from the client, and revises the concept until he has something the client is happy with.<br /><br />His next step is to begin creating the work. He says he likes “organic textures and loose free-flowing lines.” He uses a lot of different media, from acrylics to watercolors, to Sharpies to India ink, and more. He says that he’s trying to “create a library of modular pieces” that can be put into his computer and then changed and used repeatedly. He says this allows him to change things easily and turn his work around quickly. He frequently re-uses bits from other work, and says this helps speed up the creation of new compositions. He then modifies the work, and tailors it to meet the needs of the current illustration.<br />Source <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.n8w.com/wp/552"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 37px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAoCxjQ2LaCtAnt8kZQGF-M42A0-D3MkKWItnGaIVboa_SQ7GjJX8jgzYv6j6zRartTjOYPNi3caoJSlzUWwwepSO4g_jEeEkP_YQRrw70M_4sm4RW1EfoZc0ux0JyTZGVcIhkmkToJzD/s200/Snapshot+2010-08-30+22-37-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511427114229939026" border="0" /></a>bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-47919485687592162852010-08-29T23:48:00.000-05:002010-08-30T13:00:51.872-05:00State of the Union Post 2<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Of the artwork you have done, what is your personal favorite piece?</span><br />There are two.<br />#1 This one, that I did for the Invisible Cities assignment:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynQHGmN2mXdR5uQhfiUVpN43TbuZRL5TLh1pagSkMWpDfwqlpgY3RvKRE8LU9W6aBk3yV1-TH8Vac3M0heOuLfNuWW-kZvY20H26n6SnXzE1tVuHd9_eLpJ4XRr7VRO0hQPgKppMR1ttQ/s1600/girlatwindow1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynQHGmN2mXdR5uQhfiUVpN43TbuZRL5TLh1pagSkMWpDfwqlpgY3RvKRE8LU9W6aBk3yV1-TH8Vac3M0heOuLfNuWW-kZvY20H26n6SnXzE1tVuHd9_eLpJ4XRr7VRO0hQPgKppMR1ttQ/s400/girlatwindow1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511063809395762818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#2 And this one, that I did with the little monster fella:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnB2KuQet15V0a3B0um-twk-Vp8xXg6MF2J6n26ROnk-RHuXJpdMtgO_jQLDJ3i3TYgklEzLrgF6ib-9inEJ58guxCBBNlPwk8_iIT1JdyWkCVJ_Y1eZjOTC5vKsRmeNlTq0TH0kNk86m/s1600/littlemonsterdrawing1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnB2KuQet15V0a3B0um-twk-Vp8xXg6MF2J6n26ROnk-RHuXJpdMtgO_jQLDJ3i3TYgklEzLrgF6ib-9inEJ58guxCBBNlPwk8_iIT1JdyWkCVJ_Y1eZjOTC5vKsRmeNlTq0TH0kNk86m/s400/littlemonsterdrawing1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511063970934994066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Why do you like it?</span><br />#1 There are problems, including the values, with the original...the scan came out darker and off-color...but I like the composition, and the choices I made for the details of clothing, hair & shoes. I also like it, because it looks like there's a story there.<br /><br />#2 I like this one, because I rocked the litho-crayons, and did some not-too-bad drawing on this one. I've not been able to reproduce that kind of success with the crayons, since. I like the composition, I'm pretty happy with the other technical aspects of it, and I think my interpretation of the idea is good.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What piece do other people like most?</span><br />There have been a few different pieces in different classes. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Pretty Hate Dress</span> in Surface Design, a couple of landscapes in my watercolor class; the painting class liked <span style="font-style: italic;">Susan</span>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZCx890QDMZ_y0QuPbCcTuOz2A_ZJztpDICbUN7C1aRFQ3l-PAhnJe79RNg2zctwE0oP-Ec2tMkNPVKgzXzeiRnGb3pQGPWTwngoqU8601sx-bWqgyEPTU_eMnSHRbbtQbsVusqBED3HS/s1600/Susanpainting.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZCx890QDMZ_y0QuPbCcTuOz2A_ZJztpDICbUN7C1aRFQ3l-PAhnJe79RNg2zctwE0oP-Ec2tMkNPVKgzXzeiRnGb3pQGPWTwngoqU8601sx-bWqgyEPTU_eMnSHRbbtQbsVusqBED3HS/s400/Susanpainting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511067555403357266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />But probably the piece that I've received the most positive feedback on overall, inside and outside of class, was my <span style="font-style: italic;">Hannibal Lect-Hare</span> t-shirt design for Illustration:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDflmWbXSLZBeWq8Js_rm0vvD826NVxsPNMi_PobIEz-PnPHPkXuGIbtY2kP8yPxlX3vpUnylpAbQ0PVqzpngQDMA2m06FyDlrq1c80noJwKqDXd5uz2IfYQ5MGR-KYtQbjLDiXSTjzvO/s1600/Hannibal-LectHare-no-stroke.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDflmWbXSLZBeWq8Js_rm0vvD826NVxsPNMi_PobIEz-PnPHPkXuGIbtY2kP8yPxlX3vpUnylpAbQ0PVqzpngQDMA2m06FyDlrq1c80noJwKqDXd5uz2IfYQ5MGR-KYtQbjLDiXSTjzvO/s400/Hannibal-LectHare-no-stroke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511064499637252258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Do you agree?</span><br />The pieces I've done over the years that've received more-positive-than-usual-feedback have almost always been those that I've been reasonably happy with, the ones that feel at least mostly finished, and that don't have too many mistakes to fix...so the answer's yes; I can't recall ever having done a piece that I've disliked, that other people really liked.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Why do you think they like it?</span><br />What's not to like about a homicidal, cannibalistic bunny? Maybe people liked it because the style makes it look very clean, it looks finished, the colors work well together, the workmanship is good, or maybe they liked it because it was an idea that more people could relate to, for a change. Once in a while, I think I surprise people.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What piece surprised you the most?</span><br />The 100 demons scroll piece. It was a difficult assignment for me, but it turned out to be a good exercise that helped me see how a lot of sketches can help with the idea process, if you don't lose your mind first. I ended up surprising myself with some of what I produced. A lot of it was lame, but there were a few characters in there that weren't too bad. This is the one that got the most positive feedback, even from people who'd never commented on my work, before...which is funny, because this little guy is me:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFAcZ1KPzAO2ZpPwIHf2-GqGdGEzitXMEVrTLBGGB7nVIcQZJEVw43R_i15GG-Z6NBekcNGGo8wPGxC6qJEs4PJjp3gzc2cgE9vQMl_BNlrXxCEPP5LLc1TorM1DxmjGoP0eNyYIH4-vu/s1600/maskmonster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFAcZ1KPzAO2ZpPwIHf2-GqGdGEzitXMEVrTLBGGB7nVIcQZJEVw43R_i15GG-Z6NBekcNGGo8wPGxC6qJEs4PJjp3gzc2cgE9vQMl_BNlrXxCEPP5LLc1TorM1DxmjGoP0eNyYIH4-vu/s400/maskmonster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511064922849508434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And here are some others:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1xKh6lS99y-ev9gpj9xlnuPLUrNRRPDMWTs4abRc6WA4RulH1zk_knJLtVvNLtA7i0N6cfspz9ZyFmJthOr53FS27ZRHuKLowBaSby7TXYTiuuRq0XexcGH_jd7dzRaCayOrkIou2M3M/s1600/umbrella&sackmonsters.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1xKh6lS99y-ev9gpj9xlnuPLUrNRRPDMWTs4abRc6WA4RulH1zk_knJLtVvNLtA7i0N6cfspz9ZyFmJthOr53FS27ZRHuKLowBaSby7TXYTiuuRq0XexcGH_jd7dzRaCayOrkIou2M3M/s320/umbrella&sackmonsters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511065334777621554" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZnddZRON4lZA5A_rrtLGEua-_HC8Wdy8BdfCnzIH0ZBsCZ5VYoFhwN2RuyaMFnQCXpRRqWjR9UchOcxWTwGw94npUgQKvKrudYq2MpubCiUJCCsg_s_iomHmyKDPBExyrUnIsTDIgnbb/s1600/grindersnorermonster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZnddZRON4lZA5A_rrtLGEua-_HC8Wdy8BdfCnzIH0ZBsCZ5VYoFhwN2RuyaMFnQCXpRRqWjR9UchOcxWTwGw94npUgQKvKrudYq2MpubCiUJCCsg_s_iomHmyKDPBExyrUnIsTDIgnbb/s320/grindersnorermonster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511065331849466146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu01ihZYBS0mNRwiW6uAsUYh1OeHJm0q0f95pEkQ76oLudUrGZvW7_pqAZm9MsMCo0vR0rynq_As-xYU2DXj8eXBJV41Qfs6mFbwmGDfaKtdxTiOTQSKsNfyvGAamCd5c-TtQcJDOdHS3l/s1600/dramaqueen&cupcakemonsters.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu01ihZYBS0mNRwiW6uAsUYh1OeHJm0q0f95pEkQ76oLudUrGZvW7_pqAZm9MsMCo0vR0rynq_As-xYU2DXj8eXBJV41Qfs6mFbwmGDfaKtdxTiOTQSKsNfyvGAamCd5c-TtQcJDOdHS3l/s320/dramaqueen&cupcakemonsters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511065322221282434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Five doodles or sketches that you like as much as any of your finished pieces.</span><br />I don't doodle...which is probably against the artist's and Illustrator's code, or something. I usually always like my final preliminary drawing better than my finished piece...the drawings are done in a dry medium though, & the finished pieces are almost always done in a wet one, and I just never seem to get the final one quite finished, especially where the values are concerned.<br /><br />This was a less-than-an-hour, in-class drawing of Cody, which miraculously actually sort of looks like him, and probably has more life in it than the final Sinbad piece.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOapYm1M_Ns7wUXifRByCxDQVRJrbpkW5itNM3mHGmQWgJX096dIG8Nuvf7ZaJaB8ZkbRubqE-YmjWbalRV1Wxt850xfMNtmtacE6iPJQNBFECmFPwhq3LomN-hj1042Os3DRuiy64GTpY/s1600/codysinbad.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOapYm1M_Ns7wUXifRByCxDQVRJrbpkW5itNM3mHGmQWgJX096dIG8Nuvf7ZaJaB8ZkbRubqE-YmjWbalRV1Wxt850xfMNtmtacE6iPJQNBFECmFPwhq3LomN-hj1042Os3DRuiy64GTpY/s320/codysinbad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511065748939627026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This was some sketchbook work that was done fairly quickly with no preliminary drawing or planning.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Q5W6IWMDvp4_lkQPqsaFwqiC3ATObwF0tKsc9hEKRjN5B6FGc3iSF69_DtipkExGS4oeKRdYdDzynLcxRszjfoTEWEEUccH037v7bYJ9u7r38qws7JUwwqaITTaUAxuRH37sApperolu/s1600/richard2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Q5W6IWMDvp4_lkQPqsaFwqiC3ATObwF0tKsc9hEKRjN5B6FGc3iSF69_DtipkExGS4oeKRdYdDzynLcxRszjfoTEWEEUccH037v7bYJ9u7r38qws7JUwwqaITTaUAxuRH37sApperolu/s320/richard2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511065983672082514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This one's from the same sketchbook assignment, & I did as much sketching with the paintbrush as I did with the pencil, which is unusual.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvEXJVhfW1Z4ZPcqWeEJRGXJj6dtSTy_VYLHU-YKkzmRRRX0LrCHSjKcRaNUlw_bfTlWETDQ56i22ttz6vOwwZb7gXm3DdwoCU4tf5Jde8qMYJm8BbJqoBJLkTjyhOUnmpGnfkl02m2FR/s1600/richardguitar1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvEXJVhfW1Z4ZPcqWeEJRGXJj6dtSTy_VYLHU-YKkzmRRRX0LrCHSjKcRaNUlw_bfTlWETDQ56i22ttz6vOwwZb7gXm3DdwoCU4tf5Jde8qMYJm8BbJqoBJLkTjyhOUnmpGnfkl02m2FR/s320/richardguitar1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511066216586395842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the sketchbook sketches from The Peabody. They were originally just supposed to be sketches for ideas, but several turned out well enough to be stand alone work, I think.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicxi0mSGMnSTPxNmiZ_819fF7WMaD0F3puEwjgqaptnItp6aB29h_Xk36stZ9cQxKQY1Xh47BHncPh7ushsKE7A4a1rP74qUrm8-0MKdIue2BX0Cy1SuDPUmEPiQmFTBoiUybZE8VzLD5/s1600/peabody1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicxi0mSGMnSTPxNmiZ_819fF7WMaD0F3puEwjgqaptnItp6aB29h_Xk36stZ9cQxKQY1Xh47BHncPh7ushsKE7A4a1rP74qUrm8-0MKdIue2BX0Cy1SuDPUmEPiQmFTBoiUybZE8VzLD5/s320/peabody1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511066450492545106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another sketch from the same bunch from The Peabody. I don't think anyone else who looked at it, liked it as much as I did.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5VC9BkjvzMhiM_q96E8S7Rq2_7PfbCJwUWTGXlUEe5QD6icjqv3kZfkEVhj3kihWcVwvjcfp9Ag_uP2xvFpfD-yfwjKP2IA8Yx4sAE1JmDRJ61r-Fyz0rJ1FKJlbVQHaiqsp5Ax0ghIf/s1600/peabody2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5VC9BkjvzMhiM_q96E8S7Rq2_7PfbCJwUWTGXlUEe5QD6icjqv3kZfkEVhj3kihWcVwvjcfp9Ag_uP2xvFpfD-yfwjKP2IA8Yx4sAE1JmDRJ61r-Fyz0rJ1FKJlbVQHaiqsp5Ax0ghIf/s320/peabody2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511067686317176498" border="0" /></a>bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-55523539882415539712010-08-28T22:02:00.000-05:002010-09-05T19:11:53.578-05:00State of the Union-Post 1<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ok...so...I've been away for a year, and now I'm beginning Illustration 5. This is the first in a series of posts to allow me to reflect on the work I've done both in and out of Illustration class. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br /><br />What media do you like working in? List them.</span><br />My favorite personal medium is photography, I guess, if it counts, but I haven't made much use of it in my class work, except for drawing reference. I've used photography for years as an extension of my eyes and memory,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQSgNmca0CCaW2vGSUJY68OTU76-QY-GrXDWV6vI3-BlL_aFevIvjIFR306CV4juCKlBDxKr24rUxW7Rm25nfLE_AF8chmbQqEtVFvbxAwSclNobSUTLljAhUSOLGZOJZ8hYC6SdznIbO/s1600/cameraeyes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQSgNmca0CCaW2vGSUJY68OTU76-QY-GrXDWV6vI3-BlL_aFevIvjIFR306CV4juCKlBDxKr24rUxW7Rm25nfLE_AF8chmbQqEtVFvbxAwSclNobSUTLljAhUSOLGZOJZ8hYC6SdznIbO/s200/cameraeyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510665285483823570" border="0" /></a><br />to capture and hold moments in time that I'm afraid might not come up again, I guess.<br /><br /><br />I love working with Adobe Photoshop,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KTUNuaasLa9ktHRpBibSA1bBSK0WXgFpmmAQPzJTxJw4Fo5nGgRiMLSO0ABh3OoVe02HSt5jWhHBiLDd_jnxVmbGAlM58DhCCW24tsJcaOdoFF949skPh_lsw1BeTDLjgO6aF4v85cck/s1600/frida001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KTUNuaasLa9ktHRpBibSA1bBSK0WXgFpmmAQPzJTxJw4Fo5nGgRiMLSO0ABh3OoVe02HSt5jWhHBiLDd_jnxVmbGAlM58DhCCW24tsJcaOdoFF949skPh_lsw1BeTDLjgO6aF4v85cck/s320/frida001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510663125083408434" border="0" /></a>I gave Frida a new dress...<br /><br />and have developed an appreciation for (though not as much skill as I'd like to have with) Adobe Illustrator, as well. I enjoy working with dry, hard pastels; maybe it's the control freak in me, or maybe it's just that I like getting my hands dirty---having a very tactile experience with the medium. I suppose graphite and charcoal fall into that sort of smeary, get-dirty category, too, but I'm allergic to charcoal, so that takes some of the fun out of working with it. I also like to paint...with acrylics more than watercolors...but I enjoy them both, even if my results aren't as consistent as I want them to be.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What media do you hate working in? Why?</span><br />Hate's a strong word...I'm not sure I actually hate anything, and I feel reasonably confident that if I used anything often enough, I'd probably feel more comfortable about working with it. Since I've never worked successfully in colored pencils though, I guess I'm not crazy about them, and I feel the same way about oil pastels for the same reason. I think I also tend to avoid media that are less forgiving---hard to correct where errors are concerned, and easy to make mistakes with; litho-crayon was like that, cut paper, paper craft, and ink, too, even though I really, really like the way they all look when I'm able to use them properly, I definitely dread working with them.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What media would you like to try, but haven't?</span><br />I've never done anything in oils, and I've been told I'd like them, because they dry so slowly, and I'm a slow painter. I've always thought I'd enjoy working in clay and wood.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">List three non-illustration classes that have influenced you and/or your work, positively. Explain.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2D</span>, where I leaned how to properly use an X-acto knife (despite my irrational fear of sharp objects), and about careful craftsmanship.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Life Drawing & Drawing Comp.</span>, because they gave me new skills and gave me more confidence in the skills I already had.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Classes involving digital media</span>, because they gave me new skills and more confidence in the skills I already had.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">How has the work of your peers influenced you and your work?</span><br />I think many of my peers must've begun making art in the womb.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUjyN5u_S-XpwIFLAtylGrt91irDjwPkHvtvqLJmGVwh5rBavpuu5lorKLQKC9r8to7t9QQkUHTgyCBbThSE8IwutLqxu3iopxqiRu_Lf7wFuYZFaVPpeLKr5lyQdiQt1zlu_zuQXGRXv/s1600/bebe0001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUjyN5u_S-XpwIFLAtylGrt91irDjwPkHvtvqLJmGVwh5rBavpuu5lorKLQKC9r8to7t9QQkUHTgyCBbThSE8IwutLqxu3iopxqiRu_Lf7wFuYZFaVPpeLKr5lyQdiQt1zlu_zuQXGRXv/s200/bebe0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510666919865154786" border="0" /></a><br />They amaze me. The sheer numbers of incredible ideas they have, astound me. Their work generally makes me feel as though my own imagination and work are extremely limited, but at the same time, their ideas and what they produce inspire me tremendously. Their efforts make me want to be better and more innovative<span style="font-family:georgia;"></span> with my ideas and in my work.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What sort of subject matter do you like to create work about?<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I don't have a lot of experience with anything much but what I've done at MCA. In class, I guess I've enjoyed creating pieces that were tied to stories, more than those based on more abstract concepts.<br /><br />This is some work that I did in Surface Design that I felt strongly about, that had to do with the subject of intolerance. The idea that art can be used to protest the wrongs in the world appeals to me, though I'm not much of an activist.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br /></span><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx7uVs9wFBYBmsFtr12wDhr8Z5UeL9gX3Tvz3aIY97w99lH87Eba5CUbt3Ge5O-ca7cV2tQg9zr9cIBaqsVAL_WgP63CeDrzn4Dsq7AmtHfxpkqwfiikPyJWsAzUGXvnF1HozFLAH2mI8/s1600/prettyhatedress1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx7uVs9wFBYBmsFtr12wDhr8Z5UeL9gX3Tvz3aIY97w99lH87Eba5CUbt3Ge5O-ca7cV2tQg9zr9cIBaqsVAL_WgP63CeDrzn4Dsq7AmtHfxpkqwfiikPyJWsAzUGXvnF1HozFLAH2mI8/s200/prettyhatedress1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510668159391387762" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifR0_3nRXk5wYrCntDi-ijXbGX7kz1JXbu_ga2au7LRyrUBqsvAMjxq3zdoUSGn5IfwdKKx4z3sJgm2dNhXc1NTP7leNQjgzGgkhfjcgnKI-ZuZ1RmHtuOsGeNdo7qIq0IWvf_qXD4mlWu/s1600/prettyhatedress2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifR0_3nRXk5wYrCntDi-ijXbGX7kz1JXbu_ga2au7LRyrUBqsvAMjxq3zdoUSGn5IfwdKKx4z3sJgm2dNhXc1NTP7leNQjgzGgkhfjcgnKI-ZuZ1RmHtuOsGeNdo7qIq0IWvf_qXD4mlWu/s200/prettyhatedress2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510668384901130658" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15aGGfHzbbr05ofSjE4SwOWdFRV5fBnCvrcyzynblGd6r8-Pi9TULa3vdwKJldAWF9LCjMEhH2PlzkIeORWZAJhOfW-CITHiaJrr45k1WCBhdRK_ivxbznPL9ZYOjMMy-mJ_LI8_jpRc6/s1600/prettyhatedress3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15aGGfHzbbr05ofSjE4SwOWdFRV5fBnCvrcyzynblGd6r8-Pi9TULa3vdwKJldAWF9LCjMEhH2PlzkIeORWZAJhOfW-CITHiaJrr45k1WCBhdRK_ivxbznPL9ZYOjMMy-mJ_LI8_jpRc6/s200/prettyhatedress3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510668723371347506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pretty Hate Dress</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Work that explores my personal experiences interests me, too. This piece was part of a Design Systems assignment. </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDU2jfjaOy6eRNuQzfJ6y9ysLH-rdSq9jJ16TcWqQ1k17pYG8D1AgEFdWiXLwc_40bFoj5xjcRyPIb2DDAV4DQVs5pRmY9Les0NZ-mhW-cM6KA9eFtNoOo6HVuG0OZkE51wYDpdUz3N9PB/s1600/chickenbev.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDU2jfjaOy6eRNuQzfJ6y9ysLH-rdSq9jJ16TcWqQ1k17pYG8D1AgEFdWiXLwc_40bFoj5xjcRyPIb2DDAV4DQVs5pRmY9Les0NZ-mhW-cM6KA9eFtNoOo6HVuG0OZkE51wYDpdUz3N9PB/s320/chickenbev.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510671232337807874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The only work I've done that seems to allow me complete freedom with my subject matter is photography (it's easy, so I can do it for fun), and those subjects are almost exclusively front and back yard flora and fauna.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GYNlkAJfcF0HFsNcTL9uPlWhEwtiWSH-k-o1i4Dnnn1Ad9UU2X5qIpXu637iSq0_zBSce_yKp8D5_XyiQul2uL2srNAPH47wPdWsUXAHjDzOiecXw-6_QWBX_ciC3Y0HjAOEthXD4T96/s1600/2moths00w.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GYNlkAJfcF0HFsNcTL9uPlWhEwtiWSH-k-o1i4Dnnn1Ad9UU2X5qIpXu637iSq0_zBSce_yKp8D5_XyiQul2uL2srNAPH47wPdWsUXAHjDzOiecXw-6_QWBX_ciC3Y0HjAOEthXD4T96/s320/2moths00w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510671790927627298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGSbnhWWVXceLFYk8ESz7mQkgWzgAT8_zZTvAhrrMpZcFH5Cpi1g1Bp6j99QMQ8wm8tMlajB1J439j9al9axQHlBb6KMVu_f8YFD5VSIHc6_y7c8JOObSE3_J_k2HxJmcVvcoRHzvUwFL/s1600/milkweedinwindow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGSbnhWWVXceLFYk8ESz7mQkgWzgAT8_zZTvAhrrMpZcFH5Cpi1g1Bp6j99QMQ8wm8tMlajB1J439j9al9axQHlBb6KMVu_f8YFD5VSIHc6_y7c8JOObSE3_J_k2HxJmcVvcoRHzvUwFL/s320/milkweedinwindow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510671922999483154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I enjoy my pet commissions more than schoolwork, but I don't know if that's because I like using pastels, or because I set my own deadlines and I'm not usually rushed. It's definitely not because I'm partial to dogs, because I like them, but I'm actually more of a cat person.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjxyHAO_ICu6y_1ohf-uMEt8wClsxL-cxNHpkbgt_XIrVoSsJMK0MaknuAY-DWaNkGls-UKRSqflLqzTvr14jRB86SG1cjskeeq-UJ-TubrURs2NomLTIi3anGJ-ay2pID7iMuLdBXTB6/s1600/Anastasia.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjxyHAO_ICu6y_1ohf-uMEt8wClsxL-cxNHpkbgt_XIrVoSsJMK0MaknuAY-DWaNkGls-UKRSqflLqzTvr14jRB86SG1cjskeeq-UJ-TubrURs2NomLTIi3anGJ-ay2pID7iMuLdBXTB6/s320/Anastasia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510672263364419298" border="0" /></a><br />(this is <span style="font-style: italic;">Anastasia</span>, my favorite part is the chair)<br /><br /><br />I like the idea of creating work...drawing or painting...that involves clothing, especially vintage clothing, and I collect images all the time, but have never gone anywhere with the idea.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDwPeot_ZCh8_Iq2brm6PSblx2AMRbtA-k3YCkqHOil6DUi83l30skgXQkmmFGvz2GPAtCwF6k8s6yMzXhZV6p3T5Le2ruenuLzJFQjbnW8eywBQkQeA-wuek0fZYdNGhaKwlslBY7mej/s1600/Snapshot+2010-08-30+14-35-22.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDwPeot_ZCh8_Iq2brm6PSblx2AMRbtA-k3YCkqHOil6DUi83l30skgXQkmmFGvz2GPAtCwF6k8s6yMzXhZV6p3T5Le2ruenuLzJFQjbnW8eywBQkQeA-wuek0fZYdNGhaKwlslBY7mej/s320/Snapshot+2010-08-30+14-35-22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511289191641302866" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.bluevelvetvintage.com/vintage_style_files/2009/03/15/upcoming-charles-whitaker-auction-2/">image source</a><br /><br /><br />I've long considered doing illustrations for children's books, but so far, I've not done anything with that idea, either. Illustrating my own writing is something I'd really like to do.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What sort of subject matter do you like to read about?</span><br />The books I read are almost always strictly for entertainment...speculative fiction or regular fiction...usually nothing that requires a huge amount of deep thinking. <a href="http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/">http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/auel/webroot/">http://www.randomhouse.com/features/auel/webroot/</a><br /><a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/">http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/</a><br /><br />Specific real world subjects that I read about most often are:<br /><a href="http://www.artknowledgenews.com/">art</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.archaeology.org/">archaeology</a>,<br /><a href="http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/neanderthal-hormones-strong-arms.html">paleoanthropology</a>,<br /><a href="http://hubblesite.org/">space exploration</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.phobe.com/s_cat/s_cat.html">quantum mechanics (as much as I can understand, anyway)</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/">string theory</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/">anything out of the ordinary</a>,<br /><a href="http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/">strange</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.mufon.com/">or unusual</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.thehungrymouse.com/">and cooking.</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What kind of music do you like? Why?</span><br />I'm mostly a song person, rather than a band person or a specific type of music person. Much of the time, it depends on how the song sounds...what emotions the music evokes, not necessarily what the words say. I'm usually one of those people who thinks that life should come with a soundtrack, though when I'm feeling bad, physically, I often can't stand to listen to anything, because it seems to overload my wonky brain.<br /><br />My musical tastes are varied, though to the shock and dismay of many people I know, I'm not a fan of most jazz or blues. What I listen to depends on what I'm doing, how I'm feeling, physically, and/or what mood I'm in. Sometimes I have to have classical for homework, sometimes it has to be 80's hair bands, sometimes New Age-y stuff. If I'm having problems with homework, loud and angry is good, if things are going well, something quiet is great; if it's early on in the creation process, loud is best, when I'm close to finished with whatever I'm working on, quieter is nice. If I'm cleaning house, or doing something really physical, I definitely need some kind of rock or metal.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/slash"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6rEFU-bSm3FSIxWjtUtS6_07Y3AewI1KPJ6aS-TBVQggovBRl_rJ6ErPCATMzKA8w1q8d9jqeNbpZrnT0AOMZU4z3fh39l9sNOsKDrqCIYoFhS2yCsh2NHqbEv-WCT1okySqqOf_ji56/s200/Slash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510718574478402082" border="0" /></a><br />Slash <a href="http://www.fretbase.com/artists/10-slash">image source</a><br /><br />My regular song list includes:<br /><br />Black Eyed Peas, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdMp7C8T-ts&feature=related">Rasputina</a>, Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas and the Papas, Ozzy Osbourne, Linkin Park, Cameo, Jason Derulo, Disturbed, GunsNRoses, Prince, Offspring, Metisse, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aeNQ_nCCHQ">Suzanne Vega</a>, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Placebo, Warren Zevon, Simon & Garfunkel, Crash Test Dummies, Saliva, Fleetwood Mac, Korn, Lady Gaga, The Beatles, the soundtrack to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5MHNvOVl8Y">Rock Horror Picture Show</a>, world music with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvUg1nsXxg0">African drums</a>, or a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNfSTHuav_U">Middle Eastern</a>, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa8M3cr6eko">Bollywood </a>sound, and other seemingly random choices.<br /><br />My favorite homework music is the soundtrack from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYVTr1u3EYc&feature=related">Conan the Barbarian.</a> It's on a cassette tape...I've just about worn it out.<br /><br />My favorite piece of classical music is Barber's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM&feature=related">Adagio for Strings</a>; it makes me cry. My second favorite classical piece is Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; the first time I ever heard it was when I was a little kid, in the soundtrack of a cheesy 50's movie, called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ksrw9r8nlw">Fire Maidens From Outer Space</a>, and I never forgot it.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What non-art related interests/hobbies/skills do you have?</span><br />I grow things...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb70PoQ5g-dDkLvgptosOmlNHZ71FHPiZ-K-k4z6pAANGk_CBnJhSA-NltCIxa3dXxgBbAEhv0zwEHXctPltmWvtQpy5NTAnwRJdq0E0ntO99Xp7fLxs3F4RipgsjYZbsWsvyaCZXTx5d/s1600/angel-trumpet-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb70PoQ5g-dDkLvgptosOmlNHZ71FHPiZ-K-k4z6pAANGk_CBnJhSA-NltCIxa3dXxgBbAEhv0zwEHXctPltmWvtQpy5NTAnwRJdq0E0ntO99Xp7fLxs3F4RipgsjYZbsWsvyaCZXTx5d/s320/angel-trumpet-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510683143992002594" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wpWYT3Lfp8zy-2Pivs5VqULVndxoD7QP4blb3d8l0jL_QKIP5bhuwSkGckZ5v1gRKhB0W5gA-6mUUUpz0H3b5E60DN4P86C0yTh9DhWOFlmBUXeyk2M-8LhDhqkXpCFCSsUHXqvKAWW6/s1600/onions&potatoes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wpWYT3Lfp8zy-2Pivs5VqULVndxoD7QP4blb3d8l0jL_QKIP5bhuwSkGckZ5v1gRKhB0W5gA-6mUUUpz0H3b5E60DN4P86C0yTh9DhWOFlmBUXeyk2M-8LhDhqkXpCFCSsUHXqvKAWW6/s320/onions&potatoes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510683338085166978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I read quite a bit,<br /><br />I'm a good cook<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoTecp6FaCF9ZV11kehaEhZOpv0ql03w1snWf2FVZ0XD3tUWR59KL2FVM3eRqQnvQAr192AOXkhGqHVQRDxoxbh0EGl1b3TccMLUK53YJwWO5GKPrW16YdYfMIgsmXMhpIJCskcaQBh1i/s1600/shrimpwithmango.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoTecp6FaCF9ZV11kehaEhZOpv0ql03w1snWf2FVZ0XD3tUWR59KL2FVM3eRqQnvQAr192AOXkhGqHVQRDxoxbh0EGl1b3TccMLUK53YJwWO5GKPrW16YdYfMIgsmXMhpIJCskcaQBh1i/s320/shrimpwithmango.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510683694764567922" border="0" /></a><br />(shrimp with mango sauce)<br /><br />I can sew,<br /><br />I'm an avid escapist movie-goer and television watcher,<br /><br />I write a little,<br />I used to sing,<br /><br />and I can find four-leaf clovers without really having to look for them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOjVDa2UAMLSYmAF7TViarT1jY6K1TjHGcOqQq1UMjREyE_RFkqwCiU8OXFkP-r01e05brjm_Z5bsrilcfHNB7fUhfApDjIZ4F5hq_tqJnjDlj6G9nn64rPp3YwQiZhWQpNBx77KmUrYY/s1600/4+leaf+blue+smaller.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOjVDa2UAMLSYmAF7TViarT1jY6K1TjHGcOqQq1UMjREyE_RFkqwCiU8OXFkP-r01e05brjm_Z5bsrilcfHNB7fUhfApDjIZ4F5hq_tqJnjDlj6G9nn64rPp3YwQiZhWQpNBx77KmUrYY/s320/4+leaf+blue+smaller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510684063740282626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What is something you like that no one else does?</span><br />Figs<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4XM0eKxCseUrZva0cbtiOltaBqJSrqu52_7pJgHDS_HFhlZ_2M6o-y0qPuZQU31uN8ABmlbEDXqz-qWKz4qi6lkL-qgcsPboD5GapQc75SKQuoGz3qZedzWoiWS9Q5PRUpjpfLgttvN4/s1600/figs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4XM0eKxCseUrZva0cbtiOltaBqJSrqu52_7pJgHDS_HFhlZ_2M6o-y0qPuZQU31uN8ABmlbEDXqz-qWKz4qi6lkL-qgcsPboD5GapQc75SKQuoGz3qZedzWoiWS9Q5PRUpjpfLgttvN4/s320/figs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510684437896935250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />spiders,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9q1uXfi5QtIPYZNOWi8aNu1pvj0DfbTL_XeO0OgEEczYNsnt1cnt8OL6HFrVGCKt_4HHaYFgcanN_u2VgkzxdBqNRvGwH_otQ7JbiwPRh4rKtubnlmjjBSj4kJ8hH9XXZunbC2h2hmoH/s1600/greenspider.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9q1uXfi5QtIPYZNOWi8aNu1pvj0DfbTL_XeO0OgEEczYNsnt1cnt8OL6HFrVGCKt_4HHaYFgcanN_u2VgkzxdBqNRvGwH_otQ7JbiwPRh4rKtubnlmjjBSj4kJ8hH9XXZunbC2h2hmoH/s320/greenspider.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510685981086785074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/classic/index.html">Masterpiece Theater</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">If you had to run one of the world's museums, what 3 works of original art would you like to own?</span><br />Nefertiti's bust<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MLU648v84sHSGfBedQz7UChPAYmooW00FVHS9dnRocjw5M0WKeFltTPxbZj3DCfY3nrrgRupVNXwNWkLwETu4VqsXCn-0E8hxi2XVQbRHZocyPJY0vugbqQyB3a6q69rb6DxIOjJqbLu/s1600/Nefertiti1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MLU648v84sHSGfBedQz7UChPAYmooW00FVHS9dnRocjw5M0WKeFltTPxbZj3DCfY3nrrgRupVNXwNWkLwETu4VqsXCn-0E8hxi2XVQbRHZocyPJY0vugbqQyB3a6q69rb6DxIOjJqbLu/s320/Nefertiti1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510686576772066658" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiek1PBKwABnpw08tbpJnIGWvXCC9fN7KPVk_Qe9-TGbuJry-Rt6vGnZhGOWNU5rJU0_vSq2lYLZR_tlrfCmU0rsKey3cPlH2XBC2T__2YtBCOMhz_njbX0oD-W-iOAV7oE0jO0VZZGyoyv/s1600/Nefertiti2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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We were to choose 2 different stories for our illustrations—my choices were <span style="font-style: italic;">The Form of Space</span> for my cover, and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Dinosaurs </span>for my inside illustration. We were to do these illustrations in the medium(s) of the artist we researched (mine was Anne Yvonne Gilbert).<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The Dinosaurs</span> is a story about a dinosaur who may be the very last one. This world has been without dinosaurs for so long that they've been almost forgotten. They're only known in the current time as monsters in stories the inhabitants (who seem to have evolved to be only part dinosaur) use to scare each other. No one knows what a real dinosaur looks like, and when the dinosaur comes upon some of the new inhabitants, they accept him into their community without knowing what he is. This illustration shows the dinosaur meeting the son he fathered with one of the new inhabitants.<br />
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My cover illustration from <i>The Form of Space</i> was done in acrylics on Crescent heavy Illustration board. It was then scanned into Adobe Illustrator and the text was added. Pre-critique, the text was black, there was no text box, and the text was not justified.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The Form of Space</span> centers on the thoughts of a man, who, along with another man and a woman, is falling, endlessly, separately, and without any physical contact....or is he?<br />
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I rely heavily upon reference material in almost all of my drawings...drawing out of my head is not my biggest strength...<br />
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Paper craft carnage.....<br />
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Paper craft...it sounds so simple, and yet.....<br />
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I don't have the kind of mind that can look at one of these designs
either flat or assembled, and visualize them the other way around. As
Charlie Brown would say....AUGH!!!!!!! I thought if I put a few
together, maybe took them back apart, tried to combine some pieces, that
I'd figure it out. So far, not so much. I had a vision in my mind
that's apparently beyond the limits of my expertise at this point, so
I'm back to the drawing board.......<br />
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OK...so....hours and days later, I sort of got the hang of it, after admitting to myself that I wasn't going to be able to build something curved with my current skills. We were allowed to use pieces of other people's blank patterns, so Octomom is made from pieces of 2 different templates, though I changed the proportions, completely. The Octobabies were made from pieces of 2 blank templates, significantly reduced. I used some paper craft artwork for clothing references, and used Octomom photos for facial references. The Octobabies faces were made by taking Octomom's eyes and mouth & shrinking them down; the mouth was altered and new eyebrows & nose were added. All this was done in Adobe Illustrator, and printed out on HP matte presentation paper. There are a few craftsmanship issues, and I've made a few adjustments to the template since I made this model, but overall, I'm happy with the outcome.<br />
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bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597385437681997578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935513022261677228.post-49019942889196873302009-04-19T02:45:00.000-05:002013-04-05T23:19:52.717-05:00CD and Flyer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxZq4FXEV_pkFENzbf_re25prsEUtKaZUrNwsaMI5lW7QHV8ni-xXmlryFI_4orQNnxW74MGujylJvCDfZlyg82yCRiTm6FfiLBFzWLCo-2NNXU2TPn6VVZfYxpFDrbzql73R2G-tmZaS/s1600-h/Klaudia-in-meadow.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326307647167932114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxZq4FXEV_pkFENzbf_re25prsEUtKaZUrNwsaMI5lW7QHV8ni-xXmlryFI_4orQNnxW74MGujylJvCDfZlyg82yCRiTm6FfiLBFzWLCo-2NNXU2TPn6VVZfYxpFDrbzql73R2G-tmZaS/s320/Klaudia-in-meadow.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 246px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 315px;" /></a><br />
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I was supposed to get some people together who may or may not be musicians, and create a CD cover and band flyer from collaged images of them, or images pertaining to the message of the band. My people are usually in a band, sometimes as a duo, sometimes not. For the purpose of this project, they're a duo.<br />
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These first two pieces are details of choices I played with for the front CD cover. I eventually used the composition in the meadow for the final piece, because the background and color contrast were less distracting in it. The figure and meadow photos were not taken by me, but were used with permission.<br />
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I took the background photo for this one. I liked it, but the tree shapes and high contrast just didn't fit with my vision for the cover.<br />
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This is the front CD cover without text. Primary area photo with musician, taken by me.<br />
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This is the back CD cover without text. Primary area photo by me.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">
These pieces are post-critique, but do not have the required text that was included on the critiqued versions. I'm making some corrections from critique suggestions, and will probably be posting those pieces, including the flyer, with the required text. The CD front was created in Adobe Photoshop from 8 different photographs. The CD back was created in Adobe Photoshop from 5 different photographs. No musicians were harmed in this process, but I think one of them got pretty bored.</div>
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