Have you seen this?

You need to see this.

I need to see it again, just to make sure I get it.

I just watched this Richard Linklater film, which somehow I missed, because it’s from 2001. I’m already prepared to buy copies of it for friends. It’s like $3 on amazon. Order it. NOW.

Oh my god. I love this monkey. Her name is Conchita. Read more here. She thinks her mama is that teddy bear!

Awwwwwww.

I realize I’ve been ignoring the blog. It’s been a hard couple of weeks. Car trouble, pet illnesses, started a new job, submitted pieces for the senior art show, my portfolio was due … and now next week is finals, so … I’ve been more than booked.

More soon.

I was fooking around in class today and this is what I made. I traced it from a 3D model of Pandora I found on the web. I don’t know what I’ll use it for but I like it.

I’m not sure what I learned from this project, or if it really required any skill whatsoever once I got the hang of it (thanks Kandi!) .. but here it is. I desaturated the original version of Van Gogh’s Bedroom at Arles, and re-colored it by sampling color from the original with the eyedropper tool and painting the color back in. I think perhaps this would come in handy if someone gave me a black and white photo and wanted it colored. In that case I would need to know how to mix my own hues, which would make the task more challenging.

What I did learn: Van Gogh must’ve had an infinite supply of yellow ochre.

It’s hard to update when it’s so nice outside, and classes are canceled today due to a power outage.

I have been struggling to find interesting ways to display my print work in my portfolio. Rather than having a portfolio full of printed separate pieces, I am designing a book to showcase my work.

The approach I had been taking, however, was making everything look flat and boring.

I found a this tutorial over the weekend and I’m glad I did .. now some of the pages are starting to come to life.

So I’m trying to think of new creative ways to display print work: newsletters or posters can be tacked to bulletin boards, pictures could be framed, web designs can be shown on high resolution laptop and computer screens. I also created a 3D folder icon in Photoshop to place works inside, and use them to introduce chapters.

In what kinds of creative ways do you display your print design work?