Experiment - Day 2

Transferred to 16 x 20 canvas and changed orientation. Still debating acrylic v. oil...


I think her expression somehow became more... kind? Yeah, I'll run with that.

Something Old, Something New

I have a terrible habit of leaving artwork at not quite "finished." So in an attempt to fix this, I'm going to be trying out a new thing to bring together my drawing and painting styles. The sketch is a rough concept I'm using for this experiment.

Next few days will be pushing it as much as possible with progress posted daily.

Adulthood

Sometimes you just need to draw something silly. (And if you know where that hat is from, you earn +5 nerd points)

Recently I've been doing "grown-up" things like working, worrying, and general stuffiness. I tolerate it for a majority of the day, then go home to be silly.

Put on my mismatched pajamas, read my weekly adventure comics, and watch my favorite band take off their pants on stage. On a good day, I'll go out with friends to drink, then play on the park swings after hours. On a great day, the bats come out just after dark.

Or if it's a raining, we stay inside and play a video game. Usually it's one that involves hitting monsters for gold and experience. Yelling at the TV is not required, but it seems natural after kicking a giant in the shins.

And if I must go solo, there's tons of fun to be had around town. Zoos, aquariums, museums, galleries, parks, forests, caves... I want to see them all.

So maybe I'm not really a "grown up" by some people's standards. But those people can stuff it, because there are adventures to be had and I refuse to miss any of them.

Priorities

I made a choice shortly before graduating that I wanted to get into the pastry and dessert business. It seemed like a weird jump from art history, but I was too bored with essays to stay in academia and too passive to compete in the art world. So I decided to compromise by starting with cake decorating.

Cake is a lovely thing, especially when you consider it's usually reserved for special occasions, shared with friends and family. And since every host wants to impress and entertain, presentation becomes paramount so there is absolutely no half-assing when it comes to decorating cake. You can't "almost finish" a wedding cake. Artistic pride wouldn't allow it. More than once I've looked up from pressing lace fondant or gumpaste flowers and noticed dawn creeping up.

It felt like studio classes all over again, and honestly it wasn't a bad feeling.

My usual traditional artsy habits have to be put to the side when this happens, but it can't be helped. I'd really like to reach a professional level one day while still maintaining my drawing and painting.

Here's hoping my pencils and pastries balance out.

Spotlight - Destino

Disney + Dali = ???

Now if only they'd do more like this.

Pins and Needles

Something unusual from me: a sculpture, done almost exactly a year ago as the last project of 3D Design. The assignment was to build an object (preferably clothing, if I remember right) from smaller objects.

I am secretly amused of terrible puns, so I decided to walk on pins and needles.

There are over 200 needles woven into the wire-mesh sole. The safety pins were superglued into form, one-by-one, with reluctant patience.

Originally, I was going to build a sister piece to it out of eggshells, but I had a hard time remembering not to throw them away.

Please Stand By

Productivity levels: Erratic