Seattle Again

My best friend's birthday was a few weeks ago and her favorite band just so happened to be in Seattle that weekend. We got a small group of people from school and spent the evening in Capital Hill.

It was my first time experiencing Capital Hill, and I'm a fan. I wouldn't mind living there if I had to.

The concert was really fun though. It was a lot different than I expected? I didn't look into what other bands would be playing, so MeWithOutYou really stuck out. There was a lot of pop punk bands and one really good grungy punk band. I made sure my friend got a spot right up front, so we got to experience being spat on and getting bearded men sweat on us during guitar solos. 

There was a lot of moshing and the crowd was very nice. After the show, I managed to get a set list for my friend and we waiting outside the venue for a few hours for the band to come out. There was a little fish fry next door where we got fries while we waited (very very good for being such a hole-in-the-wall). We caught the lead singer as he was trying to sneak out for a while; he was polite enough to sign our things and get pictures with us even though he wasn't really in his meet-n-greet face yet.

Anyway, I hope she had a good birthday. We met some cool people and saw some cool things, so I feel it was pretty worth it.

Puppets

I'm taking acting for animation this semester which is REALLY DIFFERENT. It took me a few weeks to feel comfortable, and even then, I still have my moments in that class where I just, "why am I here??"

It's basically an improv class that's supposed to help us become stronger animators, but it's rough.

well there you have it

I got asked to be on my first game team because of this dumb drawing.

I've been asked to be on game teams before, but I've always put down the offers. Freshmen aren't really supposed to seek out game teams because our schedules and classes don't mix, but those who pull it off are usually ahead come their sophomore year.

I've only met with the team once, but they're doing a survival horror game, and that's pretty rad! They don't need much from me as an artist, which is a huge plus, but I still get a team t-shirt (wink-wonk, free t-shirts)

Best part of the semester so far, though, even if it's been rough

Figure Drawing Assignments

My figure drawing class is hard and I'm really tired. Happy Midterms. 

The Pizza Man

The class really liked my second still film, but my teacher stressed that I looked too much like my friend to be in the same project as her. Okay?? That's a first.

Cups

bio-o-o-oh

There's a huge focus on human bio this semester. I'm in a Bio class and a Figure Drawing class that pretty much co-teach the same things.

We have a new teacher for Bio and he's pretty cool. Everyone was really skeptical at first, but he knows his stuff.

I have a lot of notes I could scan, but for now, here's the first assignment I had to turn in for Bio a few weeks ago

Art Dump 2/9/2014

I got caught up with school and haven't really done any personal art for the past two weeks. There's a lot of work in progresses to get to, but this is all I have to show for now

Snow in Seattle

It snowed for the first time since I've been out in Washington. We got a good two inches over night.

 It snowed over winter break, but no one was around to experience it; my facebook feed is going crazy with snow pictures. 

It's very wet here and the snow is incredibly dense; I can see how traffic gets so dangerous.

January was very warm too; it felt like spring, and even the trees were starting to bud and there was little to no overcast. It tricked everyone. People have been blaming global warming for the snow, but I think they forget it's still winter? 

It's been a long week besides that. Lots of talk about the Seahawks winning. Lots of riots. 

The Salesman

My film class is super intense this semester! Last semester we just learned about the history of film making so we watched a lot of movies and wrote a lot of papers. This semester, it's all projects. Each week, we have to write scripts, draw storyboards, or shoot a film.

This week, I had to do a still film so my friends came over and helped out

It's all very out of my comfort zone, but my friends were very helpful! I'm very grateful.

It went very smoothly too; the worst part about shooting was one of my friends discovering his apartment had flooded with 2-3 inches of water while we were working. 

Happy Friday, right?