Before I saw anything else, a very Happy Mardi Gras to all! Last chance to live it up, people! Let's use it to its fullest! Had my official last soda before Lent. I was giving it up anyway, but I was giving myself a weekly treat, like on Friday night, to congratulate myself and not quite cold turkey. But now, I'm cracking down! It is going to be good for my health and waistline! :D
So . . . art work? *strokes chin* Perhaps, perhaps. I can't believe Midterm is quickly approaching! :/ Usually, that's a good thing, filling me with delight, setting me on the edge of my seat waiting for it to arrive. Not the case this time. SO much work to dooooooo. I mean, this semester has been my best yet in college. I genuinely love my classes, professors, etc. I even enjoy the homework, to be perfectly honest. But lately, and I blame early spring fever for this, I'm slowly realizing so much work is sneaking up on me. Break arriving means deadlines. Lots of them. But hey, I can handle this. I've handled disasters and catastrophes before and they have worked out. Always. :)
SO, art! Yes, that is where I was beginning. Not much that I can really blog right now. Lots of work IN the works, but not really done/fixed. But I have some Smoky posters. Take the most beloved, effective slogan ever and make it your own. Ha. Ha. Ha. So much work to be done on this. I love it, if I could just make it work! I didn't realize we could do our own slogan in addition to Smoky's, so you know, ignore the blatant lack of concept. This shall be rightened. XD
I have some finished Intaglio prints to show you too, but photos of them are not available, seeing as they are in the print lab (turned in) and I cannot take photos of them yet. They should be loaded here in a day or two, though. I love Intaglio. I just wish I was better at printmaking. I can render the image, I can prepare the block/plate, but I just can't print worth a damn. You would think running a piece of paper and an inked block/plate through a press would be no big deal, but despite my best efforts, I make a mess. Nothing is pristine and perfect because it is somehow out of my control, which is annoying because I LIKE things to be within my control. I'm A.R. like that, I suppose. lol But yes, to come, originals and alterations of Scipio, the Thief Lord, Intaglio print. :) Stayed tuned!
Now, I feel I should add other things to this blog apart from school work. It only seems right to blog something personal about myself. That personal something used to be drawing, but not so much now, seeing as I do it quite a bit in my assignments. Now, it's knitting. That is my personal creative out lit. It feels amazing wearing what you create! To know that you can make better scarfs and hats than the ones you see at the store! It's just incredible, an enormous high! I recently ordered a deluxe set of circular knitting needles (which should take care of my current knitting needs for life) but I'm having a tiff with the mail right now. I want them so badly . . . I must go to the post office and righten this horrible wrong. ;)
On that tangent, I have some images of my mother's scarf she asked me to make and the project I have in store, thanks to my beloved Kat (and Emma, my other favorite Black Sheep). Not that I'll really have time to work on it, but just knowing that without the needles, I *can't* is just maddening.
Also, Pinterest is awesome. I don't advocate giving in to peer pressure, but it is the coolest thing. :D
Goodnight, all! Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be! <3
Cheers!
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| Smoky Poster 1/3. Do you love my Star Trek flame? XD |
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| Smoky Poster 2/3. Gotta find a way to better incorporate those animals with the flame. |
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| Smoky Poster 3/3. Need more logos and a concept catch phrase. Yeeeah! |
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| My mother's scarf I promised her long ago that is finished at long last! The button is hard to see; it glinted in the camera flash. It's actually a cluster of faux diamonds in a flower-esque arrangement. Elegant . . . :D |
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| Me, modeling the scarf. Taking a picture, lookin' in the mirror. |
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| OH! Forgot to mention this! LOOK! It's my jazz poster! Legitimately, yo! EEE! |
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| The Turn-A-Square pattern Kat suggested for me from ravelry! Can't wait! Also, Emma made me that knitting pattern folder for Christmas! I carry it everywhere with my yarn. |
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| The yarn that will be said hat. Kat helped me align the rainbow yarn that I bought in downtown St. Charles at Knit and Caboodle so that I can knit two identical strands into the brim of that hat. She is my official pattern alternator person. XD Also, that sexy skein is a gift from Emma, the remains of her first cardigan! It is gorgeous, and the two yarns really compliment each other, better in person than on the photograph. |
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