Sketchbook Things
Archive for the ‘Art’ Category: Monday, September 6th, 2010
I purchased a new sketchbook last month with the intent of keeping my mind creative, especially while I’m finishing up school. I guess this book will also function as a photo album/journal and will continue to collect things as I find them and mash them into the pages.
I got the idea for this type of journal from my cousin, Liz, who’s the one that got drawn all over in these two images. She’s an artsy person and her sketchbooks, at least the two that I’ve seen in the past, are awesome to look at. I guess you can say she’s the one who inspired me to start this craziness.
But anyway, here are two photographs/drawings from my new journal that I took in August while I was loving life in Florida.
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010I’ve turned to my blog as a result of my procrastination problems. It’s my last semester of undergraduate school ever. Basically, when December gets here and I get my diploma, I’ll be free. Free from the clutches of the education system in America.
Classes this semester are interesting. I need motivation to actually get stuff done, though. I mean, who wouldn’t choose riding horses and playing in darkrooms and ceramics studios over studying Criminology. I MEAN REALLY!
Criminology isn’t really all that bad. At least I don’t think it will be. We’re covering that philosophical, standard you-must-know-this-to-understand-the-rest crap right now. Seriously, if one more guy’s name pops up in the book, it’ll be on the other side of the library I’m sitting in right now with a very large bullet hole through the middle.
I’m also taking Intro to Agriculture which is basically like my 9th grade biology class, War Crimes and Genocide which makes you feel really disappointed in all humanity every Tuesday night, and Lacrosse on top of my senior thesis. I would rather be redesigning my website and devoting more time to my photography show in December than reading text books, but whatever.
Senior show is on 2 December, by the way. I start shooting on Friday. SQUEE!
Other than this, I’m still trying to read FUN books, re-watch Firefly yet again, start planning my family’s trip to Scandinavia this summer, and try to figure out when the bloody hell my friend and I are going to peace out on our road trip to try to write a book. It will all happen, because, well, I want it to. So yeah.
Been throwing a lot too so expect pictures of stuff in the near future. I’m either going to try to sell it at our student art sale or on Etsy. Or both. So come back to stay informed.
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
While I’m enjoying my weekend and trying to find the motivation to finish up my Australia blog, I’ll leave you with a nice photo I took at the beach this August between Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida. One of the many reasons I would actually like to pack up and move down there.
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
I finally got the film developed from the roll I took with a disposable waterproof camera in Key Largo. My cousin, Sara, works down there in a kayak shop right on the beach and quite frankly, it’s amazing.
I was lucky enough to go on a four hour kayaking trip across the water and through the mangroves with her and one of the regular kayaking guys. Honestly, it was incredible and these photos don’t do the whole ride any justice at all. The water was crystal clear, there were thousands of little fishes under our boats the whole time, and we got to get out and go for a swim mid-way through the trip.
If I already didn’t want to move down there and try to find a job already, this makes me want to move down there even more. Don’t know where I would end up in Florida, but the beaches and weather there make me an extremely happy person.
And apologies for the awful quality of the digital images – the film ones aren’t that great either. Thanks Walmart for royally effing up my photos. I guess I should look into a waterproof point-and-shoot, eh?
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Friday, May 14th, 2010Before I run away from the inside and go lay on the beach again, I think I need an update on what this past week has “made” me ponder. With my vacation coming to an end in Florida, I’ve noticed that I’ve been one of those lazy beach people who runs into the water, comes out, dries off, runs into the water again… it’s a vicious cycle. Anyway… all that time by myself in one of the most relaxing environments possible makes me think.
This semester I’ve put a lot of my art on hold. I was way too busy to do anything, really, for myself in terms of photography and ceramics these past five or six months, which is really sad because this time last year I came back from Italy doing NOTHING but art for MYSELF.
I really don’t know what to do anymore… for the rest of college and/or for the rest of my life! I DO KNOW, however, that I am going to grad school for photography. But really, I sort of came up with a mental list of things that I know I would be totally happy doing: traveling the world and photographing for a travel magazine (two awesome passions in one), moving somewhere and doing that whole fashion photography thing, opening up a studio and joining with another artist or two and living solely off of workshops and commissions… the list goes on and on. I want to drive across America and photograph ALL of it (and I do mean all of it!), I want to do the same in Australia (only that’s not such a wonderful idea considering the environment over there), I want to make journals of all this crazy and publish a book about it – all the stupid things I tend to get myself into (like getting lost in Sweden during a blizzard).
I have all the time in the world to do this stuff, but I need a job first so I can, you know, actually DO IT. I’m not all for finding an office job and being all like “blah dee da… SALARIES!” No… I need to be wandering, meeting new people, seeing new things, doing all that crazy stuff. I’ve had a taste of it this summer. Even if Florida isn’t exotic and brand spankin’ new, that’s okay. I’ve met a bunch of crazy awesome people and have done quite a few pretty amazing things no matter how little or big they may be.
Anyway… this is what the beach does to me. If only the beach could be tossing me up money so I can go do it ALL, that would be fantastic haha.
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010**I’ve finally worked out a logical subscription service to any of those who would like to subscribe to this blog and get emails when it’s updated. Look to your right for a link**
I’m done with school… ’till August! It’s weird to think that I’ve only got one semester left as an undergraduate college student and that I’ll actually be graduating and getting that crazy BA degree. WEIRD I TELL YOU!
Needless to say, I don’t have to go back to school until next semester, but I’m still not done. All of my friends have finals this week – I don’t. The only classes I was supposed to have finals in were classes with critiques in which the professor decided not to have a final critique, or I was able to opt out of the exam because I was happy enough with my grade. I still have a couple of projects to complete for my digital imaging class as well as the rest of my term paper to write for my early 20th century art class. This all isn’t so bad though… I’ll be able to finish that paper in about two hours before proofreading it and sending it off.
The end of my semester this past week was INSANE!!!!! We had five firings in the ceramics studio so all the students could have some sort of work to present for their final critique. If you don’t know much about clay firings, we’ve got to watch the kilns all bloody day long so no one gets burned and so nothing bad happens while they’re firing. As we start at 7am and end anywhere between 8pm and 2am, you can imagine how tired we get during just one firing. Now multiply that BY FIVE PEOPLE! Really, though, it’s fun and we always get a good group of people to come around in the evenings to keep ourselves entertained.
Tomorrow I’m heading down to Florida to see my crazy cousins. I’ll be outside of Jacksonville for a while and plan to head down to Miami for a couple of days before driving back up to New York in bits and pieces. Expect one of my lame maps to pop up at some point… it’ll be fun! Haha.
Anyway, expect updates more and more as I’m officially free! I’ll have many photos from my adventures and will direct you towards my crazy times in Australia and beyond.
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010For a project at school and of my own, here are four images from, well, a whole bunch of a commercial fashion spread that I had been wanting to do for a long time. Thanks to my model, Allie, and my artistic/makeup/hair director, Caysie.
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