I feel really bored, but I have so much work to do. It was a big mistake not taking an illustration class (as in a numbered one) this semester because it seems like I have no work to put in my portfolio. Hanging my merit show is going to suck; I have absolutely nothing worth putting up.
Here’s my attitude right now.
a gross silverfish made out of gross technology. Its a component for a project in digital illustration, but I’m not quite sure how I’m gonna use it. Did you know that silverfish are gross?
This is Tim and I’s entry into the Beer Label competition. It’s the first in a series of 3 labels called “Petbuster Brew.” This is Lou’s Brew. Drink it. Fuckface.
In other news I am not as sick as I thought I might be. My throat has been really sore, and I noticed that I had bumps going all the way down the back of my tongue, making it kind of look like a squid tentacle. Naturally I was disgusted, so I went to the doc and he tested me for strepp, which was negative, so he guesses it’s some viral thing that will leave in due time. Also, the bumps are my tastebuds, which have gotten swollen because of the irritation.
Also- Tim, I think I left my cell phone at your place last night. If you see it around, please give it to me before you leave today! You can probably contact me through david.
Also- I made this drawing for Sparta.
After staring at this for the last two point five hours I swear “broken” should actually be spelled “brocken.” It’s a stupid word anyways.
Fast Fact: For those of you who know about the table I’m making, the idea of a broken jaw started the whole thing.
This could be the Hawaiian Punch of beers: Gimmie a brocken jaw! Ka-pow! Drink beer!
so for those of you who have seen the drawing i had up on the second floor with the forest and the bear, this is a sketch for the third drawing in that series. it was inspired by our current weather. and ghosts.
lemme know what you guys think
So, in my attempts to figure out this weird ad that has been airing in all the movie theatres around here (the want2bsquare ad) I decided to go to their website. Which is want2bsquare.com It’s much less disturbing than the ad, but still intriguingly grotesque. The “game” lets you click around and explore these illustrated worlds, and gives you points for completing tasks that you figure out without much direction. I got 5 points for pulling someone’s finger nail off, and another 5 points for electrocuting a pig! Then I made a guy sneeze into a hole, and a chick barf into the same hole, then a mushroom grew out of it. I’ll let you figure out who sponsored the website.
I know both Joel and Peter have been learning flash recently, and I think it’s an awesome website to check out for their use of flash. Lindsey too, because the animation is much like hers. I think she has been secretly working on it.
Right now I have 185 points! This website is a huge inspiration too. It’s just one giant creative project, and it’s amazing to look at. I think you can actually redeem your points for prizes (something you have to register for), but right now I’m focusing on exploration. GO! NOW!
a portrait of wes anderson for illustration 2 in guache. a little wonky cause i really havent used guache too much, but i still like it. also, the piece is way bigger than this so the details are more clear.
Okay. So it isn’t cognitive science that isn’t any fun. It is Francisco Varela. I have read a lot of his work and it seems to me that he has a stick up his ass because he thinks all cognitive scientists are computationalists and therefore everything he writes he emphasizes innerconnectivity and ‘synergy’ and talks about having a second renaissance that will be greater than the first by incorporating Tibetian Buddhism into Western thought. ANYWAYS enough about how much is dislike my teacher’s favorite guy. I am writing a 4-6 paper on color perception from a cognitive (both enactive and computational) and philosophical point of view. I had only really gotten to from a philosophical point of view at first of color theory, and it was incredibly dull. I really find philosophy to be quibbling over words and language. I bet if/when we can speak telepathically a major portion of philosophy will no longer be relevant.
But the computational and psychological/cultural views of color are extremely interesting. Things that are currently blowing my mind right now:
okay guys. as much as I loved it, I’m kind of glad High School Musical is over. It was time for it to go. My excitement for the Lost Boys of the Sudan (which all of you should see) overtook any remorse I felt about the show ending as of now. ALSO today (which was the last day of HSM, as we call it, and thus why this is on my mind) the fire alarm went off during the end of the first show and I got to be all cool and in charge and showed people where to go to evacuate the theater and comforted frightened looking children.
A side note: though I like working at the Children’s Theatre, I absolutely 99% despise children. I have met a few that I liked, but I have only talked to them for short periods of time, and thus if I spent more time with them I would probably dislike them. I don’t know what’s wrong with me – I’m a girl, I will probably one day HAVE a baby (maybe), shouldn’t I like childrens?
Enough depressing thoughts. Instead, how about some thoughts about the movie 300:
1) it was 89.9778% in sloooooow mooootion (the cool kind, where it slows down and then speeds up)
2) it was way less sexy than advertised
3) frat boys are not fun to sit in front of, but joel can tell you about that?
4) it’s oddly confusing to see sweet nerdy little monk from Van Helsing morphing into this
5)… slow motion?
With the wonders of the cameraphone, I am able to show you what is going on in my life:
As you can see, my car just turned 100000, which means it’s halfway to dead. Also, I should get it checked up on, since I was supposed to around 4000 miles ago.
Then you can see a picture of a diagram to close a box, but I think it looks like a funny face. This was found during work when I was cleaning out “the dungeon”, which is just really old files that accounting needs to get rid of.
Then, it is the loveable Ernie, the dog that ruled bill an my life for the past two weeks. NOT ANYMORE, THOUGH! Housesitting is officially over, and we get to sleep in our own bed now, sweet jesus, yes.
Also, Tim and Steven and Sam are up here and we are having shennanigans full of fun. We saw 300 last night, and it was a completely mediocre movie, but was still entertaining to watch.
