Thesis: Video and Graduation Remarks

My video of Blush Corp Performance.

This is the two minute piece I am showing on a continual loop at the Thesis Senior Exhibition at PNCA. I am very proud of it! Now it's not a perfectly edited masterpiece. Very choppy but I have to say with my limited video skills I am very proud of it!

I cannot tell you how happy I am with my overall thesis. I loved my mentors Sara and Martin. They were so amazing with helping me whenever I asked. Linda for getting me the room I needed. Sure it's only been a month since that performance but really it has gotten me looking forward to the future! I love the team I have back home they are amazing both as actors and collaborators!

I have learned and grown so much from this thesis. Blush Corp has given me territory to grow confident in myself as a person and as an artist. I use to think that I was the one that always helped everyone else bring their visions to life but Blush Corp is my baby and I brought it through its step one. I even got this video up on YouTube! Yeah YouTube! Never bothered trying that before.

I really am ready and think I earned that degree I get tomorrow but also am not clinging to being outside of school. With that drive to collaborate I know you'll hear from me soon. Hopefully also from these eevil villains! Keep in touch those of you that part ways as we leave PNCA! It has been such a wonderful three years working alongside all of you. Your lives, your art inspires me and my dear classmates you drove me to become better both artistically and personally. We are an amazing class of Illustrators.

Thesis: Whiteboard Doodles

Another little note on my thesis....during rehearsals my minions kept drawing things on the whiteboards. Here is an assortment of some of the things drawn:
The large Corporal was drawn by dear Hannah and the rest...I think was Tobi maybe Chase for the little figures at the top...not sure.

Still I have to say my thesis weekend of set up and rehearsals was so much fun! I was in shock and not even worried about it being my final enjoying the process with my crew! I am taking a little break on Blush Corp for now but can't wait to get back into it later.

My Art: Typeface: Delicate Curves

For my Typography 2 class the final was creating our own typeface. Now that I have had the opportunity to step back from it a little I must say I am rather proud of it. I am not sure I want to work in the program FontLab any time soon but maybe in the future I'll polish this one up.

I started using grid paper to create the initial typeface. I wanted something less nauseating than Curlz MT and loved the thin lines in fonts like Helvetica UltraLight. I knew from past works in FontLab that I wanted one stroke weight and one size for the dots. I worked in both Illustrator and FontLab to create this.

The final I am rather happy with but there are a few areas that I would love to improve. I didn't get to creating the numbers for my typeface. I really want to improve the capital and lowercase S and would love to put more work into the spacings between them. Add some kerning especially with the lowercase f.

My Art: Rest in Peace Puma

This was my final illustration for my Literature Seminar class The Aesthetics of Ugliness with Trevor Dodge. It was my commentary on how an attachment to objects can become an ugly thing since we become rather sad loosing something we come to consider almost a member of the family. Done with charcoal, conte, sharpie, and brush pens. I had way too much fun making this little piece.

My Art: Hated movie Napoleon Dynamite

We got the extra credit assignment of designing a poster for a movie that we hate. You would think a million movies would come to mind for me but I drew a blank. I decided to ask my good friends and both in their answers had Napoleon Dynamite. The main thing I hate about this movie more than the slow pace is that open gaping mouth breathing of the main character! Soo that became the focus of this movie poster.

My Art: Portrait of Nicole Cuvin

Thank you everyone for following my blog. As it leaves the realm of being a class assignment that was suppose to have 16 posts minimum, *gloating* I'm up to 65 with this one, I do intend on continuing it past this school year. I have enjoyed this weekly assignment and hope to keep the three day weekend posts going as I continue on with this blog.

For my last "official" class post here is a portrait I drew of Nicole Cuvin during my Typography 2 class. I think I've gotten much better with doing quick portraiture.

I will miss all my friends from Portland but hope you all keep in contact with me over my blog I can't wait to see where we all go from here!

Day-to-Day: Goose Hollow Classiness

Waiting for the Goose Hollow shuttle to school I heard this gal talking to her friend. She was using the words fuckin and like every other word! It was completely ridiculous. I think the English language was weeping.

Also I do not think it is too smart to talk about how ripped you got on weed everyday in public. And just because your doctor says that you shouldn't smoke cigarettes doesn't mean pot is a better substitute. Oh and I wasn't even trying to eavesdrop in on this conversation. She was louder than I usually am and for those who know me that is quite loud!

This is why I am glad I am leaving Goose Hollow that smells of refer down the hallways and is full of kids trying to figure out who they are going about it the wrong way. I am ready to graduate from college. I really look at these college freshmen and sophomores like I use to look at middle school kids in high school. So glad to be past that age group.

Day-to-Day: Focus Week Presentations

Of course there was more to Focus Week than just myself presenting. I got to see many of my friends do wonderful presentations and here's my little drawn snapshot of each!

Amanda did amazing artwork on fairy tales, but since all her figures were female she got the eevil questions on feminism. Those are not her words but my own.

I can't begin to tell you how many people were drawing octopus or nonnopus at Andrea's proposal. Must say I am looking forward to seeing where her comic goes.

Nicole's oral presentation was so much fun and her art very playful. Ooh but it was so early in the morning!

Jenn did an amazing job at her oral defense! I have to say she thought one step ahead of me on what she was going to say next! She did an amazing job not only with talking about her work but answering questions!

Thesis: Finally Over...time to rest

Yes Focus Week is over! My performance a splendid hit. My oral defense went beautifully well. I of course passed the project portion. For those of you that read my Facebook posts you'll know that I now also have my thesis paper turned in! I get the results on Monday if I pass but I am not too worried about it.

For now I am letting the Blush wig rest. I am going to take a break for a month before getting back to working on them. This is not the end of Blush Corp though, my thesis is just the beginning...

Day-to-Day: Thank You Self Portrait

For my illustration class we had to do a little thank you. I decided I wanted to finally draw myself in my glasses and with my now short haircut. I hadn't drawn more than a doodle of this new hair. It's not perfect but I do love it! By the way happy May Day! And thank you my readers for keeping up with my musings!