WANT WANT WANT WANT

Would love to have Vivienne Westwood wallpaper in my living room!!!!

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Drawing Concept & Practice: Female Life Drawing

Biggest Stealth Mission of My Life

So I got a hamster today. Reasons why this wasn't as easy as it sounds

1. Never had a live pet before. Used fish, yes (used...I know. Weird). My first living, breathing, animal I can hold and cuddle with.
   
   
2. My parents do not approve. So I decided not to tell them I was getting one. Super stealth needed on my part. Laura's too, because she helped. Anyway, so we went to Petsmart and I chose the most adorable little tan hamster (with a white stripe across its back). Got a starter kit, blah blah blah blah. GOT HOME AND MY MOM WAS THERE AHHH AHHH PANIC AT THE DISCO! Laura hid the cage under her arm in a plastic bag (I had the hamster in a box in my bag). My mom asked what it was, and Laura said "It's a present for my cousin" and we ran upstairs to set it up. THE CAGE WAS MAKING SO MUCH NOISE I was so scared my mom would just walk in. But if she did, we had plenty of excuses ready. After the hamster got settled in the cage (haven't settled on a name yet, too many contenders) we realized that when she ran on her wheel it made the most suspicious sound ever and my mom was SURE to notice it in my room and would check it out when I wasn't home. Then Laura told me I HAD to tell my mom today. Laura stayed up in my room while Amy and I went to talk to my mom in the kitchen. I had a speech prepared that Laura told me, except I didn't bank on there being tears coming out of my eyes. I really don't even know why I was crying really. WOW I AM JUST A BABBLING BROOK HERE! Point is that I've got a hamster, a happy sister (see how happy here), an upset mother, and a clueless father.

Drawing Concept & Practice - Self Portrait

I like the second one better.

girls just wanna dance

new wallpaper :)

sooo...has anyone noticed my latest obsession?

When I read a book with a slipcover, I like to take it off for four (4) reasons.

1) Its less of a STRUGGLE. You know, making sure the slipcover is always aligned with the book and not slipping off as the name suggests it would do.

2) KEEPS THE SLIPCOVER CLEAN. Durr. Instead of being crumpled and muddied coming in and out of my bag etc., it sits pretty on my bookshelf until I am done the book.

3) It adds a bit of mystery to the cover. So when you are reading on the bus etc., people will wonder what it is I am reading, and is it so fascinating that I must read it on a moving vehicle?

4) I love the plainness. It makes the book look quite old-fashioned and put-together. Like Im reading Jane Eyre or something, when really all I am reading is The Year of Secret Assignments (one of my favorite books).


I just realized, a slipcover is called a jacket, too. In case you are confused.

Dream

I had a dream the other day involving time travel and familial doubt. I'm pretty sure it was symbolic for something.

Anyway, my cousin Maegan and I found this...instruction sheet of sorts, with a spell for time travel. We tried it out in my backyard and it took us to like, the 9th century or something really far back like that. We came back to our time and told our families. They actually believed us (someone said something about meeting Alther again. Alther is a ghost wizard in a book I read. Actually, I'm pretty sure it was Maegan's mom who said that), so we made them come to my backyard. I was getting ready to do the spell when my mom said that she wanted to read it. I said "okay, here you go, read it well". So she read it and nothing happened and then every one started arguing about how we told lies and Maegan and I were just ... staring because we knew we were telling the truth! I took the instruction sheet and read EVERYTHING on it, including the advertisements at the bottom (I know, ads?). There was a sort of earthquake and Maegan and I looked at each other while every one else was still arguing. We through a space in my backyard door and ended up on the driveway. Everything looked the same, except for the cars. They were all the old fashioned cars from like, the thirties. And then, lo and behold, this guy from my elementary school was there with his friend, and we were all tripping out, because it was just weird. And we grabbed our bikes and pedaled around my neighbourhood THE END.

Thanks, Maetangela, for believing in me

wallpaper

This is my desktop background. Ain't it lovely?

It was this is before, but then I photoshopped it. I would still like the lower one better, if it weren't such a frou frou pink.

I can't believe I'm going to say this...

But I approve of what Miley Cyrus is wearing in this picture.

She obviously didn't choose it herself though (cause if she did, the tank top would be lower, the skirt would be shorter, and she would not have even THOUGHT about leg warmers on heels).

JUST STOP.

I do not approve.

I don't think this is the right look for Taylor Swift, AT ALL.

I could be biased, since I am in a love-hate relationship with her...

Cocoperez.com says that "she rocks it! Just like a mini GaGa! She should definitely do more shoots like this!"

Ya...no.

all i have to say is...

Rihanna needs to stop trying to Gaga-ize herself.

want more

Moustache necklaces!!!! :{O

Designer: Demitasse Jewelery

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want.

Designer: Rosalind Keep

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Visual Forces Final Project - Shoe

YES YES YES I made this shoe all on my own. I am happy with how it turned out :D

November 24th 2009

I've been putting off blogging/writing for some time because once again, my "g" and "h" keys refused to work, but now they are back on track and so here I am.

I got four molars out on the 19th. My jaw needs alignment, so I'm getting braces. It wasn't painful during the procedure but I wanted to die afterwards. I've been taking eight extra strength Tylenol's per day every since. My whole family calls me druggie because I get so excited whenever the 4-hour timer on my phone goes off. SPEAK OF THE DEVIL IT JUST WENT OFF. HOLD ON. I'm only taking one per 4-hours this time because it feels better. I've been having soup, pudding, jello, yogurt, milkshakes, mashed potatoes, and mushy rice for almost a week now. I just want an nice big Angus burger. Oh, and apparently, laughing gas isn't supposed to make you laugh but I got really high off of it and couldn't stop giggling. Dentists thought I was crazy. I am crazy.

I did a nude life drawing yesterday. It was a cute male, which made it all the hell more awkward. Apparently he sensed my nervousness because he winked at me a couple of times which made me want to punch him. He was nice enough to not give me a lot of frontal...views....though. Also he was the first model I've had who shaved...everywhere. Pictures up next week. NOT OF HIM. Of my drawings. When class was over my Prof came up to see my drawings and she said "so did you like drawing him?" and I saw him looking at me over her shoulder grinning like an idiot. I glared at him and then turned to my Prof and said "I guess". He then started chuckling as he put his robe on. Jerk.

When my mom came to pick me up from the mall that night, I stuffed my bag and portfolio in the front seat with me instead of putting it in the back like usual. Mom and I were chatting conversationally when suddenly I hear a loud ROAR and a hand clamps my head from the back. Of course, I expel and guttural shriek which causes my mom to brake hard and my dad to laugh hysterically from the backseat. I yelled at him and started laughing, but my heart was still beating hard until I got home.

This is the last week of assignments for this semester. OH WOWZA. It went by so fast. Next Tuesday is my last day of class, and December 11th is my last exam. THEN CHRISTMAS BREAK YAAAAYYYYY :D

Drawing Concept & Practice - Heads

Amy, my sister.

Doesn't look like my dad AT ALL!!!

Life Drawing 2: Male

MAEGAN, THIS IS A NUDE MAN. SO DON'T OPEN IT AND SCREAM AT ME LIKE WHEN YOU OPENED MY FEMALE DRAWINGS. Thanks.

My first male nude drawing. His name is Jeffrey, and he is an old Chinese man. Wrinkles.

I'm glad I got this side of him on the last one. Or else I'd be staring at his package for 10 minutes.

Visual Forces - 7 Itten Compositions

check it out check it out check it out part IX

Have I ever told you how much I love Lady Gaga? I think I have. But anyway...

I freaking love her.

Her high-end fashion and her eccentric dance moves made me super-enjoy the video, and I respect it for being different and a reflection of who she is. Taking place in a white bathhouse, "Bad Romance" showcases Gaga's quirky dancing and knack for eye-popping visuals. Gaga used A LOT of Alexander's McQueen's pieces from Paris Fashion Week, including my favorite, theMcQueenadillos!!!

HEAD TO TOE ARMADILLO!!! AGHHHH!!!

Pan's Labyrinth-esque, no?

I insist you watch the "Bad Romance" video here!

Some of the scenes here go way over my head in abstractness and metaphor, but hey, what other celebrity has the guts to go all out without fear like she does?

Teen Vogue - December Issue

Pay attention Miley. This is how you show the world you are growing up. Not dancing in short short short short shorts on an ice cream truck with a pole.

I especially love the second and last pictures.

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Visual Forces - Phrase Project

"Color then...is mere make-up. But while it may be superficial, that is not quite the same as it being trivial, for cosmetic color is also always less than honest."

Batchelor, David. Chromophobia. Page 52. New York: Reaktion Books, 2000. Print.

First picture: After crits

Second: Before crits

November 9th 2009

Yesterday. Things that happened.

Today. Things that need to be done.

1. I saw and was interviewed by stand up comedian Trevor Boris from Much Music. He was interviewing other people from my school and asking questions like "How does it feel to go to a school that looks like an alien spaceship?"
   
   
2. First nude MALE model. Not some cute young guy, either. Old Chinese man. SCARRED FOR LIFE. I will post my drawings next week when I get them back. Last week I had a female model (see here), which truly wasn't awkward at all.
   
   
3. Waiting for the subway to go back home at around 10pm. There was this guy who was moving down the platform asking people for spare change. When he got to me I quite honestly said "I'm an artist. I have no spare change."
   
   
4. I came home to see a drawing I did on the kitchen wall, replacing my 10 year old sister's paintings. Sorry, Amy.
   
   
5. I have two projects to get done for Thursday and I feel like I'm cheating on one. I'm not painting it, I'm collaging it.
   
   
6. I gotta go watch videos of male gangsters now. Must get in character for friend's film.

Tone

Life Drawing 1: Female

Progress!!

Drawing Concept & Practice - Hands