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I'm currently working on a large 3x3 foot canvas for a lovely lady I met at Paint for Peace. Here's the thumbnail of the jellyfish painting I'm working on. The main jelly near the bottom might be a little smaller on the painting. The colours will be similar to the one I previously did for PfP. Let me know what you think!

And a comic for class:

Imagine

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Illustration done for my Art/Illustration history class, the project was to do an illustration or poster on the movements of social change during the 1960's. One of the best projects so far, since we were given a lot of freedom to choose the medium, style, and subject matter. I have other ideas for this project which I might still do on my own time, for the sake of it.

Tomorrow's the last day of class before the break. My sigh of relief is caught in my chest, waiting to escape. And then 3 weeks to paint on my own personal projects! Yes!

Home stretch.

Art Deco assignment with gouache, 5x7 (ish)



Illustration Portrait- Gouache 6x7


Miss Angie (I miss that girl).


Here's just a few of the assigments that have been taking over my life the last few weeks. The term is almost over and I can't wait for a moment to catch my breath. It still surprises me how fast the last couple months have gone by. The craziest thing is that I've already noticed improvements in some of my technical drawing skills. I'm already look and seeing things differently. The world is no long just an interpreted reality; but a series of shape, line, tone, and wolume (lots of wolume)...and colour! I have truely fallen in love with colour. Blue and orange are my new favourite colour combinations. Deluxe!! ....alright I'll stop with the kiffisms.

And here's the painting I did for Paint for Peace. There was about 40 artists painting live, then the pieces were sold in a silent auction. All the proceeds went to the building a women's shelter and orphanage in Nigeria. It was so amazing to be surrounded by so many talented artists just painting away! I know it sounds lame, but you could actually feel the creativity energy buzzing in the room. It was a little strange to have people stopping and watching you paint, but after awhile I settled into it and didn't even notice. I'd definitely do it again next time.



Jellyfish! Acrylic on canvas.


Here's another one to show the more of the real colour of the painting...the lighting in the ballroom was horrendous! I couldn't get any good shots, so I just didn't bother taking any other pictures....which is annoying because there was a lot of really talented artists there. Next time I will bring extra money so that I can bid on some of the pieces.

The garbage needs to stop. Humanity needs to wake the fuck up.

http://www.chrisjordan.com/

Please look through the Message of Gyre photos. And understand that something needs to change.

Beware the sock thieves

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I have internet again at home. I can tell that this is a good thing because I've been up for a couple hours and all I've succeeded in accomplishing is getting dressed and putting the clean dishes away. I haven't even made coffee or eaten yet. The net has been thrown around me and pulled me in and I don't think I can escape from its clutches.

And frankly, I don't think I want to.

These last few months sans internet has really made me see what I've been missing out on. Well, and the program I'm in has already shown me the enormous possibilities. There is so much more beyond my email account and facebook. I've spent about 2 min on fb, just long enough to find the links of classmates blogs/websites and have been perusing their work. And from there I found more artist/designer/illustrator blogs....and slowly the whole morning has drifted into me becoming a serious blog creeper.

I'd love to update you now on some of my work, buuuuut I've been keeping all my finished projects at school for fear of losing them and the instructor suddenly needing to see them. But here's my Optical Illusion, if you hadn't seen it on Flickr already.

There's such a lack of art on here, my art blog. Man. I suck.

It's not because I'm not doing art though. Even when I'm not working on a school project (which is often, I work on projects while I'm at work), I'm doodling some random idea that I hope to do at a later date...you know, whenever I have time.

Anyways. This lack of meat in this meatless blog is because I still don't have internet.
So try not to hate me? Just have a little patience. My landlord said something about internet being connected on Tuesday. And then I'll flood this shit to pieces. To pieces. Uhm yeah.

I AM A STUDENT AGAIN!

This is going to be short, because I'm in the library and am unsure if class is in 10 min or an hour and 10 min. So really each moment counts. Or I walk there, and walk back. Meh.

Anyways. All that we've done so far is whet my appetite and drive my impatience up to get going. Yesterday we opened up our 'colour kits' which ended up being a big box of pens, pencils, charcoals, prismas, pastels, paints, paints and more paints. Oh, and handed out a class curriculum. Today started with my first "Photography for Designers" class, which began with opening up and setting up our new Nikon D60 cameras and lens kit (I apologize for not recalling which lens we received). So now I've just become more excited and ready to actually start doing some actual art!

I guess it will have to wait though..as this afternoon brings Introduction to Marketing. As dull as it sounds, I respect that it's what I probably need most since it's what I know the least. Anyways, off I go!