Spring Semester Begins Today~

Wintersession is officially over.
I'm kind of bummed, because I just loved Intro to Illustration so much. But I know I'll take a class with Shanth again~someday. His class has truly changed my life and the way I take on assignments. Speaking of assignments, my final illustration was to do an N.C. Wyeth master copy in acrylics. At first I dreaded acrylics and painting opaquely, but Shanth says I'm a painter who does well with opaque colors. So I'm taking his advice and trying to do more opaque painting.

Here's the N.C. Wyeth copy; Rip Van Winkle. I'm still not the biggest fan of it, but others seemed to enjoy it. However we all agreed that the sausage hands needsssssta go.



And then I got bored with my free time this week, and started painting screens from Fantasia 2000 (the Firebird Suite) in my sketchbook.

Painting in a basic sketchbook is quite awkward but nice. The paper is REALLY thin and flimsy. But because of that the acrylics stay wet longer, which helps with blending+transitioning colors.
~*the materials lend itself to the process*~hmm...yes quite. . .quite.

Anyway I'm excited for Spring semester, and tackling assignments from an ~*illustrator's*~ point of view. I thoroughly enjoy getting into the ~*muck*~ of freshmen foundations and their sleepless nights. I'm also supah excited for ARTBOOKS and FILMS~! I'm pretty much in love with Hans Bacher, Miyazaki, Range Murata, Charles Bargue, and Power of Myth.

*pushes glasses up to nose and begins to speak in a nasal voice*
I'm tired, but this blog post needs more effort and lovin'!
I'll go to sleep but update about art, teachers, delicious polish foods, risdma, terrible dance parties, terrible music (lil mama plz), etc.