Present Joys

• Drew portraits with Boryana and talked about basic frame.
• Didn’t have any normal classes on tuesday or wednesday!
• Got sophomore-reviewed by Matthew Mohr (who was great) and Steve Gabor (who wasn’t as great). Passed.
• Wore my traffic-cone orange trousers and bonded with Mr. Aschenbrand, who I am growing to love.
• Studied art history with Dana and Dorian in the Crane Café on wednesday. Prepared less than usual.
• Took a perfunctory “liberal arts progress assessment”, which was a bureaucratic waste of time.
• Enjoyed delightful sunny weather on wednesday and painfully rainy weather on thursday.
• Watched clips from the 1961 A Raisin in the Sun film from YouTube instead of doing any actual classwork, causing me to question why I even showed up.
• Took my second art history test, which was extremely fun.
• Learned a fun fact about Mr. Burleigh, who grows cooler with every successive week.
• Turned in my American lit midterm, which is seven pages long and full of things my teacher probably won’t agree with.

• Had a crit in figure drawing! Turned in my first homework piece, which is not terribly good and which I will probably end up re-making.
• Skipped friendship lunch to see one of CCAD’s liberal arts teachers talk very seriously about Harpo Marx. It was more interesting than I’d expected.
• Had presentation day in team class! My team didn’t go first for the first time all year, but it was a great time nonetheless. Literally everyone did a great job.
• During our presentation: performed an elaborate skit in which John played a character called Joff. We made M-Tabs laugh until she cried.
• Took a group photo after our presentations, which is destined to become one of my most prized e-possessions.
• Had a history of fashion midterm! Roughly one-half of the test was accidentally not included in our printed materials, so the teacher had to write all the questions on the chalkboard. I think I did well on it but I really have no clue.
• After the midterm: did a mini-presentation on 1890s fashion. I covered men’s hats.
• Drew a cartoony t-shirt design wherein a family flays a person using knives. It was supposed to be a “scary Halloween design for teens”, so I’d say I did a pretty dang good job.
• Besides the t-shirt design, my wednesday was pretty boring. The upside: I didn’t bicker with anybody all day.
• Did not say anything critical about people’s unflattering Warby Parker frames.
• Had lots and lots of conversations about sophomore review during which no consensuses were ever reached.
• Was late to Burleigh’s knit-n-crit because I was in line for hot water at the Crane Café. But it was okay because half the class was also down there buying goitered-looking muffins.
• Got to go into Mr. Burleigh’s office and get all my old work from last semester. I had to sign a make a list of everything I took so he can get it back.
• Went home and assembled all the things I’m going to take to sophomore review. (spoiler: it is like 50 things.)

Marcia Tabler’s team class: I can’t believe how much we all love each other. After we finished presenting our finals, we were all hyped up and decided to take a group photo. The results were spectacular. This is a fantastic keepsake.

colleenclarkart:

2011

This is the development of my Wii game concept, Cleo: Hound Sleuth!

My dear friend Colleen just started a new tumblr for her artwork, which everybody should immediately go follow! Her creativity and skill are so great that sometimes it makes me want to cry.

• Tried drawing with my oil-based pencil and got reprimanded for it being too dull. Then Boryana sharpened it with a knife and it got really sharp.
• Packed king cake in my lunchbag all week, which was completely fantastic.
• Had a rough time meeting with my team because I felt so sick and kept wanting to fall asleep and die. John held things together very admirably.
• Gladly accepted more DayQuil from Theresa, who makes a shockingly gracious drug dealer.
• Took a history of fashion quiz. I have no clue how well I did! Time will tell.
• Skipped wednesday’s friendship lunch because I felt so sick.
• Got chocolate from Bob.
• Raided the illustration department’s prop closet and took some great pictures of my friends.
• Began feeling better on thursday and made up for lost time by talking with lots of my friends and doing a lot of stuff. Also: eating more king cake.
• Fought with Amanda a lot, partially because I was sick and also partially because we’re both jerks. Hopefully things will be better next week.
• Entered the home stretch for my current team project. I am preparing for a long, painful weekend of finishing this thing.