To make it I had to cut a clear CD case into threes, tape it into a triangle, and put black paper on the outside to make it reflective. I really like it, I'm just sad I ran out of film before I could use it with the camera.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Just Experimenting
Hi! I wanted to experiment a little and try out some photography. Mind you I'm definitely not the greatest, but I'm still debating between getting a major/minor or a double major and even then I don't know what the second one is going to be (obviously the first in art). So, I just wanted to give photography a try. I used this old panoramic film camera my aunt gave me as a kid (God knows if it still worked). Thankfully my mom still had film and I just went to the park and started taking weird photos. The last twelve (if not more) were most definitely of a group of butterflies. I still haven't developed the film yet, so hopefully I get to post it later in the week. I did take one picture with my phone's camera using this kaleidoscope thingy that I made from a tutorial (don't remember which one exactly).
To make it I had to cut a clear CD case into threes, tape it into a triangle, and put black paper on the outside to make it reflective. I really like it, I'm just sad I ran out of film before I could use it with the camera.
To make it I had to cut a clear CD case into threes, tape it into a triangle, and put black paper on the outside to make it reflective. I really like it, I'm just sad I ran out of film before I could use it with the camera.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Idea Sketches
Hello! Today I'm just posting a sketch I did of a new project I'm hopefully going to have time to do in ceramics.
Basically, they're supposed to be tribal masks, and the title is going to be "Day Off" and the concept is that they're on their day off so they don't have to be serious and/or scary. So they make funny faces all day long so that for the rest of the week they can maintain their serious/scary faces. So, the first three are acting all funny and the last one does not approve that they're breaking character. Well I hope you like my idea, and I hope to show you guys the final product soon!
Basically, they're supposed to be tribal masks, and the title is going to be "Day Off" and the concept is that they're on their day off so they don't have to be serious and/or scary. So they make funny faces all day long so that for the rest of the week they can maintain their serious/scary faces. So, the first three are acting all funny and the last one does not approve that they're breaking character. Well I hope you like my idea, and I hope to show you guys the final product soon!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Birthday Paper Illustrations
I keep forgetting to post these. These are paper illustrations (paper cuts) for my friend's birthday. I wanted to do a silhouette mixed with some steam punk, because of our favorite series The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger. So, I used my friend's profile and I just gave it a hint of steam punk with gears and the couple is supposed to be like the classic spinning ballerina in a jewelry box, etc. So I hope you like them the pictures are from before I painted the outer border a similar pink as the couple because I felt it was too much white and it came out greatso yay(picture of new version to come)!
So there they are and for shits and giggles (purely out of boredom) I also made her this octopus in a teacup with a parasol. Basically I took the signature trademarks from said series and made it into a little paper cut. Hope you all like it!
So there they are and for shits and giggles (purely out of boredom) I also made her this octopus in a teacup with a parasol. Basically I took the signature trademarks from said series and made it into a little paper cut. Hope you all like it!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
My Newest Ring
Hello! I know...I know... I only had one post last week, but today I'll make up for it. I've been working on this ring project in my jewelry class for a while. It's definitely a conceptual piece, and not meant to be worn (unless you don't want to keep your finger and/or want to kill someone). So I hope you guys like it! I know I do!
It's my own interpretation of this mold specimen I saw in one of my teacher's books. When you saw the picture it looked like this amazing cathedral, and I just took a piece of it and made it into a ring. I'm definitely going to use this for my portfolio and hopefully enter it into a competition here at school. Well that's it for today, and I hope that everybody likes it!
It's my own interpretation of this mold specimen I saw in one of my teacher's books. When you saw the picture it looked like this amazing cathedral, and I just took a piece of it and made it into a ring. I'm definitely going to use this for my portfolio and hopefully enter it into a competition here at school. Well that's it for today, and I hope that everybody likes it!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
In My Epic Boredom
Sorry today isn't going to be much. I just wanted to show people how bored I was in the period between my science and jewelry courses, which by the way is 8 hours long. So, I'm in school today for 12 hours in total. I usually like it because most of the time I have someone to talk to or lots of stuff to do. Neither of those happened. So in my epic boredom I drew on the blackboard.
It's a cardinal on what look's like a Japanese cherry blossom tree. I don't even know if that's even correct (most probably not), but I like it.
Here is the close up. Enjoy!
It's a cardinal on what look's like a Japanese cherry blossom tree. I don't even know if that's even correct (most probably not), but I like it.
Here is the close up. Enjoy!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Sketches
Hey everybody! I just wanted to show you the full sketch I'm going to incorporate into the Blog Title.
I'm going to change it to black, but it's basically staying the same. The subject is, of course, my version of Alice. Also, I was watching this documentary called Art 21 at school, and on one part I got really bored. Of course my eyes wandered until I saw a reflection of the guy behind me on my monitor. So, I started drawing him and this is what came out.
To remind you I was drawing off a monitor reflection, so the anatomy is a little off. I still like it, and it's the first actual drawing (not a sketch) I've done in a long time. I hope everybody likes the new blog title and the drawing!
I'm going to change it to black, but it's basically staying the same. The subject is, of course, my version of Alice. Also, I was watching this documentary called Art 21 at school, and on one part I got really bored. Of course my eyes wandered until I saw a reflection of the guy behind me on my monitor. So, I started drawing him and this is what came out.
To remind you I was drawing off a monitor reflection, so the anatomy is a little off. I still like it, and it's the first actual drawing (not a sketch) I've done in a long time. I hope everybody likes the new blog title and the drawing!
Bowls Part 2
Hey everybody! I just wanted to show you how the pieces looked glazed, but not fired. With some of the glazes I use I can't resist giggling at the soft candy style colors they have at first. I go reach for the blue glaze and it has this cotton candy pink color, when its fired it then turns blue. So I just wanted to show you this step so you can tell the difference when they're fired.
Let me explain each one starting with the one on the left. It looks pink with a light mint green inside, but the pink is going to turn beige with a transparent red inside. The middle one has the same pink color and beige inside, but in reality the pink is a transparent deep blue and the beige is a creamier blue color. The one on the right has a lavender inside with white stripes and a minty green outside, but the purple will change into a black with metallic brown flecks, the white will stay white but it'll bleed into the brown giving it a white crackle effect and the mint green is the same red from before.
The one on the right is purple inside and has a beige outside with blue legs, but the purple will turn dark green, the beige will stay beige, and the blue legs will turn into a light green. The big middle one has a pink inside and beige outside, the outside will stay beige but the inside will turn blue. The one at the end has a red inside and a white outside, but the red will turn into a metallic black and the white will stay white. The piece that's in the middle of the semi circle is an off white with red splotches, and it will end up with a odd white glaze with tiny black veins almost like marble and the red splotches will turn black.
Well I hope you find this interesting, and I will pray that my bowls come out the way I imagine them. Also, sorry if there is any atrocious grammar or any other mistake, because I am very tired.
Let me explain each one starting with the one on the left. It looks pink with a light mint green inside, but the pink is going to turn beige with a transparent red inside. The middle one has the same pink color and beige inside, but in reality the pink is a transparent deep blue and the beige is a creamier blue color. The one on the right has a lavender inside with white stripes and a minty green outside, but the purple will change into a black with metallic brown flecks, the white will stay white but it'll bleed into the brown giving it a white crackle effect and the mint green is the same red from before.
The one on the right is purple inside and has a beige outside with blue legs, but the purple will turn dark green, the beige will stay beige, and the blue legs will turn into a light green. The big middle one has a pink inside and beige outside, the outside will stay beige but the inside will turn blue. The one at the end has a red inside and a white outside, but the red will turn into a metallic black and the white will stay white. The piece that's in the middle of the semi circle is an off white with red splotches, and it will end up with a odd white glaze with tiny black veins almost like marble and the red splotches will turn black.
Well I hope you find this interesting, and I will pray that my bowls come out the way I imagine them. Also, sorry if there is any atrocious grammar or any other mistake, because I am very tired.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Sorry, Blame My Bowls
Sorry everybody! I know I fell off the face of the earth... again. I've been so busy with thinking of new projects, applying to schools, to making a portfolio that I just feel so burned out that I kind of forgot about the blog. That's going to change! I'm going to try to at least post something twice a week and hopefully I get to do more, but for now at least 2 posts a week. For starters here are some progress shots of my bowls.
They've all been bisqued, and the one in the middle has been glazed but not fired. These bowls are from my series called Evolution where all the bowls have evolved from the one in the center. Hope you like them!
P.S. can't stop listening to D.I.S.C.O. by the Young Professionals.
They've all been bisqued, and the one in the middle has been glazed but not fired. These bowls are from my series called Evolution where all the bowls have evolved from the one in the center. Hope you like them!
P.S. can't stop listening to D.I.S.C.O. by the Young Professionals.
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