update #4 (new 3D project)

I haven't drawn in so long, and I mean actually DRAWING. Sketching and doodling don' t count. So many ideas, yet so little time. I found some time, though, and I'm actually drawing right now. My grandma's birthday is coming up this weekend and my parents wanted me to draw her something nice. I liked the idea because now I HAVE to make time and draw. I like how the picture is turning out. It kind of looks too much like godmachine's illustration for the Architects because of the subject matter, so I tried to make it as unique as possible. I'll post it when I'm done.

I'm working on another project for my 3D design class. This time around we're working with multiples. Here's a little critter I made for the project:



This little guy is a little bigger than an inch, so he's pretty tiny. I made a silicone mother mold for him today in class, but I have no idea how the mold with turn out as I'm waiting for the silicone to set. Hopefully nothing goes wrong with the mold :/

a couple articles I found interesting/amusing:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/snakes.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4927224/Pink-dolphin-appears-in-US-lake.html

update #3 (Quiksilver Contest)

I decided to enter a contest for Quiksilver, hosted by DBH. I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but the final product was like nothing I had in mind. I'm kind of surprised at the lack of votes/loves it has received. Maybe the design was too simple?

http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/47053

I've been stressing over my sculpture since the beginning of friday. I haven't done anything else but work on it. Im almost done, but it's going to take another half-day to finish it. luckily, I have a full day tomorrow. I'm upset that it does't disassemble as easily as I planned. I should have known that the pieces wouldn't allow eachother to slide away. I managed to fix it alittle bit, but disassembling is still a chore. lame. On the bright side, I doubt I'd have to take it apart that often.

now to sleep.

update #2 (DBH)

I've decided to take the leap and upload my design to Design by Humans (DBH), a vast community of designers that submit tee designs in hopes of winning various contests and getting their designs printed. I don't know why I all the sudden had to upload my shirt in such a frantic matter. Maybe it was because Jimiyo, the designer that curated my shirt design at Teefury, was joining DBH's ranks and he was to pick a design to instantly get printed and the artist of the design gets $1000... but who knows.



Keep track of how many votes I'm getting here; at the moment I have 60 votes: http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/46479?page=1


At first, I was really concerned about submitting my design/art. I feel that It is one of my stronger art pieces, one that I can maybe sell prints of if I ever get big enough. But then I thought it over... If I were to sell it to any other shirt company, I wouldn't get that much out of it. Also, if I ever get big enough, I would probably most likely have better pieces of art by then. In other words, I can't just sit around and obsess over one of my art pieces forever. I just have to produce a better piece and try to outdo my last piece.

Speaking about shirt designs, I'm probably gonna slow down on designing shirts for now (as if I'm not already going slow enough). I feel the need to sit down and just create art for hanging on your wall and not shirts. I still have ideas for shirts though, and I feel that the ideas can work both on a wall and on a shirt, so maybe I'll kill two birds with one stone.

update on my sculpture project: It was a pain, but I'm almost done with my third and final sculpture for my project. Well... not quite almost, but I'm about 1/3 done??? A lot of measuring and a couple mistakes here and there, but the rest should be cake now that I've got a working frame.

also, I have a ton of sketches I never uploaded. I'll try to post them once I find enough time to get them all nicely scanned :3

update #1 (where's the art???)

I've noticed that I've barely done any art since the spring semester started. Besides sketches and little doodles, the only art pieces I've created were for school projects. My classes have been doing a good job at keeping me busy and occupied. At least I'm focused in my studies though.

It has been awhile since my last shirt design. I have a bunch of sketches and ideas for new designs, but never find adequate time to get them done. Heck, I even have half finished designs/art pieces laying around that are yet to be finished.

I was able to get my class assignments done the day before, so I had a semi-free day to do some art. I also finished a cardboard sculpture for my 3D design class. It's pretty cool and I learned a lot from making it. It's a three-part sculpture project, so I'll post pictures of it once I finish the last sculpture for the project.

The color schemes I choose when watercoloring are too bright. I'm gonna change that (for the better, of course).

and I might be getting another design printed at Teefury.com. I'll keep y'all posted.

hello

hey everybody!

Just to let everyone know, this blog won't be 100% dedicated to art; Every once in awhile I'll post about something interesting I've found, such as this article I read a couple days ago: http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/04/07/prefab-fridays-prefab-for-hermit-crabs/

and here's a school project I completed a week ago:



The assignment was to pick an intrinsically small object and create a scaled up model of the object with wire. After the wire sculpture was made, we had to use paper mache to create an illusion of a solid form denigrating into nothing. I chose a hex nut as my object. It was a very painstaking process getting the shape right. the wire sculpture itself, without the paper mache, was very accurate and actually looked like a hex nut. however, when I added more wire to make a base for the paper mache, the shape was lost and most of the straight edges got rounded off. I'm really proud of the interior threading of the hex nut. That area took me the longest to construct and to paper mache, and I think the time that went into it really shows.


I've been working on another tee design for some random design contest. Here's a teaser :p