Day-to-Day: Interesting Tour Guide

For my friend Hannah's birthday last weekend we always go to the Folk Life Festival at the Seattle Center. Well she also wanted to be surprised so we added going to the Underground Tour of Seattle.

The tour was...interesting. I wish we got a different tour guide but it was an experience. I was hoping the tour would be a little longer also. Though this is what the gal was wearing no joke and looked a little haggard like maybe she normally does the night tours.

We did get a wonderful amount of innuendos about "seamstresses" to make it more kid friendly when talking about the prostitution industry.

Ooh and favorite thing at the Folk Life Festival....Shishkaberries!!!! Yuuum! It ain't summer till I get some!

Day-to-Day: Back in my old bedroom

Missed last weekend's set of updates but I'll call that my after college break. I am back and here is my first little update...
It has been strange being back in WA. I keep thinking any moment I'll have to go back to Oregon for school any moment. Still I am back in my old bedroom which is odd since while I've been gone it has become Olivia's bedroom and now we're sharing it. She's in the process of moving out while I am moving in so there's boxes and piles of things all around. But I am enjoying being back home with the family while looking for a job.

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!

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!

Day-to-Day: Print Shops

I cannot believe I have forgotten to update my blog until now! But that is what happens when Focus Week (the week Seniors present their final thesis) does. Missing two updates...*sigh*
In the last three weeks I have had more encounters with print shops than I wanted. At the top a few weeks ago we went to Pinball Publishing on a field trip. It was interesting because once we were out there that was when Kristen mentioned the trip was optional. There wasn't much said that interested me as I am not as interested in the printing process.
The following week in Typography 2 some people came from Stumptown Printers to talk with us. It was much the same conversation and another talk that was not within my area of interest. I wish these were spread out so I didn't have to hear very similar talks so close to each oh well.

Day-to-Day: Graffiti Downtown and the Pearl

Here are a few more posts of what I find around town.

There was a dash of Retna Burn downtown...

Here is the cute little star I saw at the galleria max stop. Not sure if it was on purpose but it was cute.

And right across from it was a cute big wonky star! This looks like the work of Retna Burn about Portland. She does love putting stars on everything.

And finally this one I had to take home. It was loosely stuck on a pole and I love it being on the cute little name tag. Hope you enjoyed the little treasures I find around town.

Day-to-Day: Graffiti in Goose Hollow

Ah I love living in the Goose Hollow Apartments...the funky smells in the hallway...the sketchy shaky elevator... and of course the random drawings you find in the stairwells.

This little guy was adorable and I liked the use of the object to create this cute little creature.

Hannah is offended...or maybe she wrote it there. The floor below had sup hoe written with white eraser fluid for quite a while and I suppose someone answered above with something a little more humorous.

Of course there is always the lovely PSU blackboard wall near the mailboxes. I have to say though the Easter Bunny on steroids with a kid freaking out was a a little much. Especially when you add in the beer and wine fest passed out drunk guy.

I love this little guy so adorable. I also love that it's on a postage label. Very cute.

This one just made me chuckle. Rock on!

I love when people have fun with making characters out of boards. I do wish they put expressions on the cars beside it. Maybe one a little scared and the other blushing would have been cute!

Hope you enjoyed all the little things I found.

Day-to-Day: Hair length

Something I surprisingly didn't mention with the wig post is the fact that I had to get a haircut preemptively. While I was working on the wig I discovered that my hair was too thick and almost like wearing a third wig underneath my skullcap. Soo here it is my before and after hair drawn!

I will say that I was a little sad about having to cut it earlier than I wanted. I have been getting tons of compliments over the new cut. One thing that's odd is I forget all the time that I got my haircut because it's still in my face a lot of the time. Hehe.
One thing I do miss is hair swooshing is harder to do. What I mean by that is flipping my hair in the wind, it doesn't weigh as much so it is harder to do and also doesn't look as dramatic when done.
Oh well onwards and upwards to my thesis! One benefit of this hair is that it does look awesome after being under two wigs for hours.

Day-to-Day: Portrait: Myself

These are some last semester portraits I did of myself that I love quite a bit. They were both drawn looking at my reflection on the Mac desktop computers at the school when they're turned off. I love the reflection on the black background of the blank screen.


Obviously this last one was drawn during the time I was putting together my Keynote (for non Mac friends the apple version of Powerpoint) for my proposal of my thesis. Boy has time flown by!

Day-to-Day: My Workspace I SPY edition!

This is my art desk that I got for free from my good friend Brett Birdsong. Him and his father Tal who was my Sunday School teacher back in 5th grade made this desk themselves! It is amazing and sturdy! I can adjust the angle and height of the desk. It also has a little holder that I took off that keeps pens from rolling off. I play with it too much when it's attached. And the best feature....it's got wheels!

On the right I have duck taped a power strip so that I can plug in the electronic things on my desk easier. I have also attached a magnifying light that was for doing puzzles in Seaside and now I use for more light when I work on my art.

Now for a little I SPY:
2 boxes of Goldfish (which I love to eat)
1 role of "napkins"
1 X-Acto blade
2 Subtletys
1 little King Kana (external hard drive)
3 tiny sketchbooks
1 Matsu (cellphone)
1 red panda
1 Captain Picard
15 Elmer's Paintastic brush pens
2 orange earplugs
1 PNCA planner (sometimes used)
1 kiwi heart shaped lollipop
1 Mac Book Pro
2 bridesmaid fake flowers
1 pot holder...really it's just a dishtowel
6 pencils
1 hanger
1 wig tag
1 Captain Kirk
2 hearts
2 red items with gold swirls
1 compass
4 brushes
1 TRIMET ticket
1 salt shaker
1 rubber cement
3 kitchen items...one is queen
and 1 Orion slave girl!

Day-to-Day: Glasses Doodle

A while ago I tried to draw myself with my new glasses when I still had my long hair. I liked the little Ariel swoop I'd been doing. I don't think this drawing looks anything like me and the funny expression I made in the mirror didn't draw out as intended. Though I do love the simple coloring I did.

Day-to-Day: The Car Accident

Over Spring Break my sister and I got in an accident. We're all fine there were no injuries other than a sore neck for a few days. It wasn't our fault, officially declared by the insurance. I was the passenger. The lady who turned in front of us had her airbags go off but ours didn't. Sadly our Puma...the nickname for our Hyndai SantaFe is toast. The damages are more than the repair costs so the Puma is getting totaled.

Day-to-Day: Lady at the Train Station

When I went back for Spring Break waiting at the train station I saw this lady knitting across from me. I decided to draw her. I loved her interesting face and how intent she was in her task.

Day-to-Day: Graffiti from the Black Lagoon

Don't know who made these but I did love seeing the friendly Creature from the Black Lagoon on the way to school. I was surprised the three times he appeared.




And here at the end is another sweet piece I saw on the way to school. No flowers for you!

Day-to-Day: Portrait: Trevor Dodge

This is my Literature Seminar teacher. I took last semester his Graphic Autobiography class and this semester am taking his Aesthetics of Ugliness class. Behind him is the whiteboard that he was writing on for the class that day. I didn't realize how hard it was to try and copy his handwriting!

Day-to-Day: Portrait: Bob Martin

Here is the drawing I did of my teacher, Bob Martin, in my Thesis Research and Writing class last Monday. It was so fun to draw him. He's quite the sweet curmudgeon. And yes that is a compliment. I love how much he dislikes the Chicago Style we have to use for our paper and wishes we got to write it in MLA.

Day-to-Day: Typography II Frustration

I got really irritable on Monday. Sorry to all of you that were in its wake. I get frustrated by Typography II, the fact I don't have as refined an eye for design. I put a ton of hours into these projects but they don't turn out as good as I want. I also find the teaching not as hands on as I would like. Oh well there's another Cassi typography vent!

And here is the "final" I turned in. Not as complete as I would like oh and this was creating a band logo. I chose Frou Frou

Day-to-Day: Snowy Ride

Last weekend spur of the moment I ended up going home for the weekend again. This was wonderfully helpful to my own thesis work to visit again but the reason for going was different initially.

We knew there was going to be snow last weekend and that my dad was going to Yakima in a one day haul to work on a job out there. Mom and I didn't want him going over the pass in that weather so we tried to get him to agree to come get me for the weekend rather than go to Yakima. In my dad's language this translated to getting me on the way back up from Yakima. It isn't really on the way since it's practically an equilateral triangle between all three places.

He showed up at my place with bloodshot eyes and had been driving with his left leg for the last bit of the way there because his right was so tired. Ironically my mom's and my attempt to keep him safe lead to the worst driving conditions he had ever been in taking the pass over to Portland. There were at least three cars flipped and jackknifed semis.

I had to drive his big truck for the last leg back up to Washington. That was agreed upon earlier. I am not use to driving the truck so we hit snow and traffic that had us at pretty much a dead stop for two hours. It was very draining but I was glad to get home for that weekend and glad about all I got done up there.

Day-to-Day: Palette Hand

Yes I know I am not left handed but wanted to show the tools I use the most. My hand as a pallette and these Elmer's squeezable Paintastic brushes! Also it was on accident actually making this cute little face. It was simply trying to get my pen to run smooth again.