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!

My Art: Marie Antoinette

We got our second art direct each other assignment. I paired up this time with Amanda and gave her the task of making something a little more typography centric. I will either post a link to what she did or put it up here on my blog later.
As for myself she gave me the assignment of doing a bust of Marie Antoinette with more detail in it than some of my other pieces. I of course had to get the likeness of someone and decided to choose her. Hehe she was a little embarrassed when she learned I picked her as my model. Below are my sketches and under that the final. I will spare Amanda the embarrassment and not put up the stock photo I got of her for the final.


I did enjoy all of my sketches but sadly only one had time to go foreword so the hat won out. I did enjoy doing a piece that was more painting than the other art I do. It was relaxing to sit down and get in the zone.

And now the final...the scan is not as good as the original sadly...

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!