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-Here are some photos of my finished wood sculpture. I'll add the exciting story of it tomorrow. It's really hard to write! I guess it's such a multifaceted tale that it kind of defies written documentation.

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***EDIT: I won't be posting the story of the sculpture until Friday (I'm way behind on my assignments). Plus, it's about a real person, and I need to make sure I'm being respectful. It's never cool to use yr blog to make fun of people.

island+ technical documents

-Here's my third sculpture project. This time, the assignment was to make something using wood. Even though my craftsmanship is still pretty shoddy, I think I ended up learning some important wood-related skills. And it's been cool to see the things other people in my class are building
-It's basically a reinterpretation of an aesthetic I've used really recently already, which I now think is kind of boring. I just thought the island/castle/flag thing went well with the narrative theme I was going for, because it sort of involves claiming territory.
-It's still pretty unfinished, but it's due tomorrow, so after my fun all-nighter, I'll post the finished sculpture either tomorrow or Wednesday, and tell the weird (and possibly controversial), real-life story that inspired it. Prepare yourself, it's a complex tale that involves high school proms, a new unit of measurement, and a patron of the arts.
*I added some of my very advanced 'architectural drafts' just to give a sneak peak at what it'll end up like.

so many splinters

Here are some woodblock stencils I'm making for my printmaking class.
The last one is part of a diptych that we were assigned to make.
The top two stencils are going to be part of the "book" we're supposed to make as our final project. For the book, I think I'm going to go with an outer space/astronaut theme. I think I'll make a lot of retro-looking pictures of stars/planets/etc using woodblock printing, like these ones. Then, I'll contrast those with some more technical looking prints based on these space station diagrams and other weird NASA documents using the more sleek, screen-print techniques.
-Sorry if this post is kind of dull. Monday's post might get pretty insane, so I figured it would be best to keep things really low-key for now.

thin ice

Here's the (mostly) finished picture. I still need to tweak a few things. And I'll try and take some higher quality pictures of it pretty soon. I realized that I neglected to mention before that this picture was also significantly based off of an earlier picture I made back in September.
It's basically a weird narrative about an unconventional team of scientists researching glacial melting. I'm pretty drained right now, so I can't really articulate a better explanation at the moment, but I don't really think it needs one-- it's nothing too deep.

cast of characters/brief explanation

Since my posts for this week were pretty bad, I figured I needed to do an extra post to improve blog-quality. So, here are some preliminary sketches that I'll either re-draw or collage onto the big picture I'm making. They'll make some sense once they're all in context-- hopefully.
The "source material" for this picture is this exhibit I saw over the summer, these pictures, renaissance fresco painting, and global warming. I'll explain further when it's done.








these photos were also "source material", I guess

celebrity dj 2.0+random

The extravaganza isn't ready yet (insert lame excuse), so all I have to post are some truly random things:
-the finished dj girl
-a little sketch
-cool trash!
Seriously though, on Monday, the slump will end and I'll finally show the big picture I've been inadvertently hyping with all these delays

dude, where's my camera?

-I said this post would be substantial, and it isn't. Sorry!
I also apologize for the awful "photography". I can't find my camera so I used photobooth, which didn't work out too well unless you're into "mood lighting".
Nothing makes you feel cooler than posing for webcam pics with a drawing of a scantily clad lady.
-To make up for this mess, Friday's post will be a true extravaganza featuring the big thing I expected to have done for today + more!

^HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

^photobooth funnn with my new pal! we're so warhol! we looked very sophisticated in sepia.