illusionary deep space

class: art12 - 2D concepts

assignment: design an abstract CD cover

medium: acrylic paint

time: two long nights

i really need to learn how to work faster -_- especially with paints. paint quality/craftsmanship are not as good as i would have liked, but i do like the illusionary space in the designs.

class: art14 - color

assignment: monochromatic free study

time: don't remember

i worked on this before i purchased a blending agent, so blending could use more work. i do like the red emphasis, though.

class: art12 - 2D concepts

assignment: incorporate elements of illusionary space to move a letter throughout the paper

time: 2 hours?

of all the things i learned from the art classes i've taken so far, i think finally learning about deep space has been the most beneficial/influential for me.

medium: cheap watercolors
time: no idea, but i did this like six years ago... lol. i was attempting a painting, but...-_-



medium: acrylic paints on bristol
time: don't remember

quality of paints, i've learned, is just so important. also very crucial is knowledge of how illusionary deep space works. i wouldn't go as far to say that this is a masterpiece, but i think it certainly owns my work from 6 years ago...

time

phot40 - beginning photography
assignment #2









the meaning of time varies for every being

self-portraits, upcoming week

I'm having an amazing week :) The best things are unexpected.

Tuesday is a furlough day, so I'll probably use that day photoshooting for my self-portrait. I already took some ridiculous ones...haha. Well, we have to take 100+ pictures and choose the best three, so i think I want to use three concepts.

I was going to go with something like this, but after some more thought, I want something thought-provoking and serious. Not something this simple/fun... I guess I want something surreal? Or emotionally charged? I'll think of something. Besides, they aren't even really in focus... too bad :P

Tuesday - furlough day! Study/photoshoot/clothes-altering day.

Wednesday - Have homework for 2D Concepts done? Shootles... what's the homework..? I have to go and check. Oh, and have concepts for my self portrait.

Thursday - Meteorology midterm! Must study. Turn in onion sketch, and sketch something else. I love drawing class! It's so chill.

Friday - SJSU badmin club! More challenges, especially in mixed. I don't know if there are any more girls doubles besides us and another pair.

Saturday - Santa Teresa tourney! I'm really looking forward to this.

Sunday - Finish 2D concepts assignment #2, and do the assigned reading. Oh, and have self-portraits ready for printing! My printing slot is 12:30-1 on Monday.

So far that's all I have planned.

soft-focus onion

class: art24 - beginning drawing

subject: a random onion from the kitchen.. lol
medium: charcoal
time: 2 hours...and another hour to fix shading/lighting -_-

I really need to learn how to finish art things faster. I'm just so slow. People can whip things out in an hour or two, and I need at least 2-3. It's kind of sad... I'll work on getting faster. Using a chamois really helped.

grades outlook

Today I went up to my huge locker (it can fit my badminton bag, two bows I'm working on, two huge drawing paper pads, a jacket, a scarf, an umbrella, my lunch, and so much more LOL) on the 2nd floor. As I put away my books, I suddenly hear my art history prof's voice. Turns out his office is right across the hall from my locker. Anyway, I decide to linger outside the office and give him an impromptu visit to ask about my grades. After a girl comes out, I go in and talk to him. So in order to get an A in the class, I have to get at least 90% on both the 5-pg paper and the final exam... gaaaaaaaaah. Luckily I went to all the classes so he'll boost my grade if I get a B+. heheh. Dangit, I foresee a lot of studying.

Speaking of grades... I got my first A+ in Color!

shameless bragging

it was an assignment where we had to use optical mixing, like really small dots of color


It was fun...but wasted a lot of paint.

I need a guy to fix my computer. Spyware+malware+virii all over the place.

summer 2009

Okay, so I'll most likely be going to SJCC this summer - 98% chance. I looked up the schedule of classes - which is almost pathetically weak compared to Mission College's and De Anza's and SJSU's - but

1) SJSU tuition is much too expensive for the summer ($1000-$2000, I forgot, but it falls in that range)

2) SJCC only requires one bus and about 15 minutes of walking, whereas Mission College = lightrail, transfer to another lightrail, transfer to bus. De Anza = like close to an hour on the bus! heck no.

So, I whipped this up.

I know, I know...these classes are probably going to be super boring. These are all required GE's (I made sure that these articulated with SJSU GE requirements). Might as well get rid of three categories of GE's in one summer, no? I wanted to take Intermed/Advanced badminton at Mission College... but there's no way I'm going to spend an hour on public transit just for badmin class -_- And then I tried to compromise by sticking in Track and Field at SJCC, but that doesn't fit into my schedule (and who wants to run around the track in the blazing summer heat???). So... my summer schedule. I'm going to try to tack on a summer job too, but I have high doubts about that.

Thanh will probably go to Mission College for the summer... but of course there will be plenty of time to meet up at Quickly and have a date! Oh, and maybe throw in some fun activities!

1. Finish up summer classes.
2. Go cherry picking! yay!
3. Bike across Golden Gate Bridge
4. Go to the beach of course! And play some beach volleyball. funfun
5. I was thinking about hiking up Mission Peak. Or something. sounds like fun?


I'll think about more later.

Today I went to Michael's since I had to buy some modeling clay for my project (our clay wouldn't have worked, diane). I was admiring the brushes when I turned around and saw a huge ArtBin. I opened it up and OMG!!!! LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was $28 bucks or something, which in my opinion was a bit pricey for an art toolbox kit thing. But I had a 40% off coupon...

^ So I purchased it!!!!!

^ My stuff put inside it. I LOVE ORGANIZERS OMG. As soon as I got home I yanked the ArtBin open and showed my mom. She loved the triple tiers. As soon as my dad got home I proudly showed it to him as well. -_- He laughed at me.

^ My brushes. The two bottom ones were purchased today. That fan brush is sooo pretty. and yes, I know the handles are dirty -_- i'm too lazy to scrape off the dried paint.

and Samuel... THIS IS FOR YOU

^FOREHEAD GALORE! and no bangs, per your "request" :P

^ Broken fence. beyond is the neighbor's orange tree.

Badminton frosh/soph tourny tomorrow at indy!

website woes

hmm, I think I need more classes in web design. lol. I had a website all done up with tables and everything, but I can't customize it to fit Blogger's CSS restrictions. The html is all jumbo to me and I can only recognize like 20% of the text. sigh. So then I just scrapped the whole thing and cropped out the banner. Oh well. Until I get better in HTML and CSS, I'll just stick with changing the banner. lol. How sad!


This is kind of what I had in mind:






photo credits to photo.net. sorry, I can't remember the photographer...heehee

the layout still needs some tweaking, but I'll get to that later