let it be over...

FFFfffffff... I have a 3D animatic due tomorrow. Along with a resume. And I need to do an assignment in After Effects. Oh, hello art history test and programming assignment next week. Nice to know you're both there, too.

It's the ever lovely Beginning of the End of the Semester.

Also, I for real need a haircut.

*for as much as I complain about my workload, just know, I pretty much love almost everything I'm doing. So it's ok that I kill myself doing it.

I wish...

...I could blog more. Too bad school is just killing me right now. One of my roommates has a birthday this weekend. She's turning 21. And I might not be able to go to the party. At my own house. Because I'll be working straight through this weekend if my asinine professor doesn't extend the deadline for this project...

The only reason that I tolerate this much stress is because sometimes, on occasion, in a really special moment, I remember I usually I love what I'm doing.

Look, I don't even have time to find a fun photo... :(

my life is crazy

And getting sick just makes it crazier. Who get's shingles when they are 20? This one does. Yeah.

Fun fact: in the 2 years I've been at college, I have had 2 freak, out-of-left-field medical occurrences. I would say this is not coincidence: college is bad for your health.

Hope everyone is doing better than me. But I guess that's not really saying much. Hope everyone is having a good week and looking forward to the long weekend.

still getting to know my computer

I’m trying a post using Windows Live Writer. Just getting seeing what it’s like. Maybe it’ll get me to blog a little more.

But really, who am I kidding?

Spring Break was good and relaxing. Just what this busy college girl needed. I finished reading Water for Elephants and am halfway (trudging, although moving more quickly now) through 1984. Can you believe I escaped high school without reading it? I know. Public education system fail.

And here’s a finished project!

Yeah. Kind of impossible to see what’s there. I have to photograph it for my portfolio, so when that happens, you guys will be the second to know. The first will be the unfortunate person helping me photograph it.

 Ok. Bedtime.

learning stuff!

I learned how to do lighting in the 3D modeling program I'm learning. Blender is still evil, but these scenes turned out pretty good, I think. Just wanted to share.

 Midday

 Overcast (it kind of looks more like it's raining, but whatever)

My favorite: Sunset

Next assignment: box-modeling a human. Making a human out of boxes. Great. It's a good thing I'm in life drawing.

Yeah, you should never really count on me to post regularly. It's really not going to happen. Sorry.

I've been busy. Really, really busy. School tends to be like that.

Here's some stuff I've been doing.

A P.O.S sculpture project:

A P.I.T.A. paper diorama:

Life drawing:

And working with an evil (yet free) 3D modeling program:

I'm using my computer a lot more in visualization than I did in engineering. Here's a shot of what my desktop looks like:

Hopefully I'll think of some cuter stuff to put on here soon. Sorry it's just a crappy dump of stuff I've been doing.

uh oh

Friday is creeping up on me. It's making me nervous. Oh God, what if I don't make it? Rush, rush, rushing. Oh goodness, this is always happening to me. Actually, I keep letting it happen to me. Why, oh why, do I do that?!? Uuuugggggghhhh. Rush, rush, rush. Hurry up and write that essay and get that portfolio together and maybe add some new pieces and keep up with homework and don't forget to eat. Everything has to be done by Friday!!!

This is my life right now.

P.S. I am constantly amazed at how no matter how much I'm freaking out or stressing, drawing can always bring me back down. Always.

ummmm...

Yeah. Life sucks right now. Timewise. Meaning I don't have a ton of free time. To post and stuff. School and all that is kind of a big deal. So. Sorry...? But as soon as I get through Wednesday, I'll be a happy(ier) camper.

For now, please enjoy a piece of work I'm submitting in my portfolio for my Viz major application:
My one and only life drawing piece in my entire drawing career and of my dear friend Sara-Jane.

I really do wish I was a more prolific artist. That would make finding pieces for my portfolio (due in roughly two weeks) so much easier. I will try harder.

nearing the end/beginning

This is me after my calculus final. I'm so tired. So much studying. My chemistry final was ok, but my calculus final was absolutely ridiculous! So difficult! Everyone walked out of that test feeling like they just got beat on the head. We all just looked at each other and laughed that "I did what I could, but that was just stupid" laugh. You know what I'm talking about.

But summer is so close! So close!!! Aaaah, I can't wait to kick my feet up and read a book that isn't about engineering for a good while. I've got a ton of crafty, artsy projects to do that I'm so excited about. And working! I need to replenish my savings account. It's looking pretty skinny after this semester. It's all that hair dye that I've been buying. I think I'm gonna stop doing that now, too expensive for my measly college budget.

But my BIG story: Yesterday, my parents came to visit and move some of my stuff home (so my mother and I didn't have to all on Wednesday). We went out to lunch with my brother. My parents were asking me what I was planning on doing this summer. My brother has been looking for an internship, as he is about to graduate, and I said I was going to get a job, but I probably wasn't going to be a lifeguard. My mom had wanted me to be a lifeguard because it pays really well. But that really what the discussion was about. No, no, no. My parents then said "Well, we think this would be a good summer to take that TRIP TO EUROPE we've always talked about." Double take... WHAT?! "Yeah it seems like a good time to yada yada blah blah..." I nearly fell out of my chair! I've been waiting for this trip since I was 12! First it was when Melissa turns 16 we'll go, when Melissa graduates we'll go, but then my cousin was getting married in Mexico, so...

You might have some idea how excited I am, you might not. I went to Paris Spring Break of 2009 (actually the reason I began blogging!) and I absolutely fell in love with Europe. Just the thought of going back over there is giving me butterflies right now. It's still not set in stone, but when my parents mention something to us children, it's more likely to happen.

Two weeks in Europe. I might die.

Yet another reason to save money and lose a little weight: souvenirs and pictures!

stress

Registering for classes is way too stressful...

And it really sucks when the one that you want fills up and no more spots open.

Why, oh why, Physiology for Bioengineers, why won't you put in more seats?!?

artful wish list

Well, it's 2 AM and I feel I am taking a well deserved break from homework.

I really want some of these pens.

It's called a brush pen (aptly named I think) and it's mainly used in line art and manga/anime. They make wonderful, dynamic, weighted lines as you can see. I love lines because you can use just lines and a piece will make sense. Weighted lines are even cooler because they give heaviness and a place for a drawing to sit on... I'm losing you, aren't I?

This, although a little difficult to see in this picture, is a waterbrush. It's used in watercoloring and is perfect for travel because all you need is paper, a watercolor palette and this waterbrush! No jar for water! No spills! What a relief! It's perfect for sketching and quickly filling in areas with color.
Here's an example of how it works.

Even after the color has been laid down, you can go back and add more water on to it simply be squeezing the brush and dilute the color. Isn't that fantastic?

Can you see why I want these?


Will someone please send me some money?



P.S. I've got a calculus test on Thursday night and a physics test on Friday. Wish me luck.... heh.