art and life

15.5.10

family reunion

This obviously isn't what most of you are thinking out there. This is about seeing my family for the first time in almost nine months, which is without doubt the longest I have gone without being with them. I am not trying to be all sappy with this post, I am just saying that there isn't much better than family. These are a few pictures of everyone during our travels over the past couple weeks.

7.5.10

new journey, new confidence

So the time has come where I have gotten to see my parents for the first time in the span of eight months... To a good amound of people out there that might not seem like such a long time but to me, it's been far too long. Funny part is when they are here with me I can really see what small parts of me have changed. I can also see that they haven't changed in the slightest. It's a little funny but I am positive that it will be that way when I see most of my friends.

On my journey to Frankfurt to meet everyone at the airport and head to Munich I realized that neither me or my parent really exchanged any information on how we were going to meet up. No flight numbers, no departue city, no cellphone numbers. Ridiculous... But after missing our train we were finally reunited and began our little adventure. The trip that my family and I are on is through Munich, Prague, and Berlin, topping it off with the best stop ever! Hildeshiem... It has been beyond great so far, the alps in the south of germany are splendid and Prague is an absolute breathtaker! More exploring and discovering is yet to come for us on this journey. Hope my family is up to it. Still have the fun of Berlin to come!

I will have pictures up in about a week with an update on the progress of the semester (for those who are at all interested). Till then!

28.4.10

more faces

A post for my desperately needed update on all those face sketches I have been working on. Enjoy!

project update

Here is some of the recent projects I have been working on. Of course, I have my "Faces" sketches that I just posted but now I also have some of those faces moving from the sketchbook to full sized screen prints! Lots of color and some random elements thrown into the pot. I also have my "Personality Toast" project that I am working on for another screen printing class with the concept of what people put on their toast reflecting their personality and identity (a more light - hearted and humorous project).

18.4.10

inspiring

Just a minute ago I decided to hop onto my deviantART page and check out my inbox. I stumbled on a message of a young artist who sent a link of a work they finished that was inspired by something I had created... I don't think I could be more happy as an artist or designer to see that I had this effect on someone and had the individual feel so good about the whole thing that they had to show me what is caused. This is something I love to do as an creative, inspire people around me (whether they show it or not) to do something creative themselves or just to simply affect their thinking.

Random entry, but something that I had to get out there. I will ever be afraid to tell someone that their work has inspired something great to happen because in the end everyone loves to hear that the work they have done is making something happen in the world and feeling it first hand is beyond words.

11.4.10

inescapable

Here I am. Sitting at my computer trying to figure out what has to get done today to prepare for the upcoming week. Of course my mind starts to wonder...

Wondering off into the distance of home and the faces I long to see, the places I want to go once again, and all the relaxation and blissfulness of my life as I remember it. How I have changed... The problem is I don't know in what way I have changed while being over here. How can an individual judge the difference between the old and new of themselves? This individual is part of a gradual development and unless there is some intentional goal there is no telling what will happen. I am one of these individuals and when people ask me how I have changed I can't really tell them, I feel that I have but in what way, I am not certain. The only people who can really be the judge of such a thing are the people at home who I left behind for my 11 month absence. Only those people who have that memory of my 11 month younger self will see the difference.

I believe that I am just as interested as everyone asking me, how I have changed? This will be my favorite question for everyone once I am home for a month or so. I hope there are a few people out there who will be able to fill me in...

11.3.10

printing winter semester

Here are all the prints I turned out from last semester. A series of ten different prints with the theme of HI-Land, a local agricultural organization for Hildesheim. For all who haven't read some of the previous posts about this project, the HI is the abbreviation of Hildesheim so I thought it would a funny thing to put as the main subject within all of my prints. Give me some comments on what you think! I really would like some constructional critisism on all of this. I must start developing my illustration and design on some of what the public says. Enjoy!

I believe these are in the order that I printed them in as well.
It really shows in the improvement of technique from one to the next.