The Holiday Season

It's the most wonderful time of the year when everyone acts nice for a month in hopes of getting back on the nice list for a Mr. Claus. Now that we live in a digital age and most of the family is on Facebook and most forms of social media, let's do a digital Christmas list this year. Great idea I know. Let's see if I can hard code this like a list shall we.

Starting with Clothes... remember as a child hating the thought of socks and tee shirts as gifts. Well as an adult it's not so bad. I could use some Socks and some Large tee shirts. Socks should be around ankle length. The best shirts can be found here. I could also use some restocking of undershirts. A peacoat would also be a sweet addition to my wardrobe. Those things are so badass an I am in dire need of an update from the retro jean jacket for the wintertime.

Moving on to books and the like. Sadly I have fallen out of the book scene but I could always use more art books. Something like this perhaps. I've also been meaning to look into the Looking Glass Wars series. Remember to start at the beginning there. Also as I am a closet type nerd, something like this would be pretty cool. I'd also love a subscription to ImagineFX magazine.

Onwards and upwards to movies. I want to flesh out my Pixar collection.

• Toy story 1, 2, and 3
• Cars
• The Incredibles
• Monsters Inc.
• Cars

My apartment has been rather good this year and is looking for an Iron, Ironing board, possibly a George Forman grill, and a pull up bar ( the kind you screw into a door frame, not the kind that you latch onto the frame). Also one of those things that holds your dishes while they dry would be a lovely addition. Refrigerator magnets. Oh man I can't believe I almost left that one out. No one likes a naked fridge.

There are some rather sweet games on the market right now like Epic Mickey and Donkey Kong Country Returns. They even rereleased Golden Eye. These are all for the Wii btw. If someone attempts anything WoW related they will get laughed at to their face.

Some clever ideas for stocking stuffers would be tweezers, teddy grams, batteries (AA & AAA) Post-it notes. Soap in the shape of things like elephants or otters. I think that's a pretty good list

And they're off

So I'm officially out of the parents place and it feels good. I'm a rather large fan of my apartment. there may be a couple drawbacks right now... like the fact that with the heat on ( the heat I don't control) it gets up to 90 degrees inside. Or the extra leaky faucet in the bathroom. Does a leaky faucet count as an emergency? From a fiscal standpoint, that dripping water adds up but it won't damage the place. I'll try calling the office again tomorrow.

Tomorrow I have my first job interview. It's not my first job interview ever, just first one for a job I'm not a shoe in for since I was 13. Brings up all the old questions of what to wear, how to stand, how early is to early to arrive? It's a huge judgmental process. My main concern is how will they feel about the mohawk. Will it come up in conversation? Will that give me an ax from the start? I'm not extremely connected to it but I've had it for a while now. Eh, maybe it is time for change.

End of the final semester

I picked up my cap and gown yesterday and it is really starting to sink in that I am going to be done with college. 4 years went by quite fast. there have been ups and downs as is always the way with life... and I'm going to miss it. Right now I have projects out the wazoo to keep me occupied, but I would rather spend my time with the people that I won't be seeing again on a weekly basis. It's interesting to reflect back on the past 4 years and figure out how college has changed me. Here is to the next two weeks and one more goodbye.

End of the semester woes

As the semester comes to an end so begins the time of reflection. What have I accomplished? I became an E-board member for OnMark and have been diligently updating their website. Hopefully there will be one that is more web 2.0 over the winter break. The completed chapter plan was also a big deal.

I made around 30 traditional prints... of which I only like around 10.

It was a big semester for posters in Graphic. Also my first paid gig in a way with logo design. I'll have a t-shirt to remember that.

New site is up, with new content as well as links to old content. I finally made a sketch book on Conceptart.org as well.

It has been a productive semester which leads to the question what is to come in my final semester? The big goal is a gallery show and some better web stuff.

Task Oriented

I'm glad to say I've been pretty on schedule. I have been doing some sort of art piece every day. I did pick up a camera flash. I'm still lacking on the gallery front, but I have a strong feeling that I could have one ready in December.

I am really starting to enjoy printmaking. The class leads to a very relaxing experience. It is also nice getting an instant hardcopy. I'm used to digital and photo where I have to go get pieces printed, instead of having the piece be the print. It's nice having something physical to show. I'm also starting to get inspired to scan prints and then apply them to other works for crazy collages. I like where this semester is going.

so what ever happened to plans? I recall being real gung-ho with artistic goals back in March then May came around and it appears that dreams die in May... school ends and dreams die.

I've clearly fallen off the beaten path, and it's become an issue. so lets go back to phase one

MAKE A LIST

To DO:

New born contest entry

trip out to Oneonta

Gallery show

Website for Marketing and Equestrienne

Purchase a camera flash

fill a sketch book

How to:

create a sb page on CA

get some furniture for the apt

come up with a solid idea... execute said solid idea

get input from club members

make money, shop around, take more pictures

draw something every day

so there is something to do every day, a few things to be done by the end of the month, some things that won't come into effect until August. It's good to plan. this is something permanent too... I can look back on this come August and see what I actually did. lets aim for a CA sketchbook by Friday... that gives me two days, sort of. That should be plenty... right?

I almost forgot... remember to try work the buddy system for your goals... it's a good thing to have some one harass you when you go off the beaten path... you hear that Jeff... that's all you man.

Pop Culture project and ramblings

I think I might need to pixelate it a little more... make the dots bigger. I don't really keep up on pop culture in terms of celebrities or really even the news.  Every one know;s Obama is big though. He will be a huge part of the next four years, so I picked his portrait to do in Warhol style.

I honestly just don't have the patience to do the optical art... I painted one for 2d design back when I took that and the folding is such a pain. Also I'd go perfectionist on it and if the fold was crooked or something I'd have to start over.  I might do one of them eventually... but not now.

The first meeting of the professional practices thing was friday... and I must say it was quite enlightening. Going was the first step... especially with the inclement weather. Setting small daily goals to achieve a large main goal is such a great idea, and so simple.