The Diggs

I'm sorry it took me so long to put this up; it's been a few months. 

I still love my new apartment and my roommates are still pretty enjoyable (I don't think I'm still in the honeymoon phase yet? but they're cool)

The only downside is that the walk to school, I have to pass a fish processing plant, and on hot days, you can definitely smell all of it haha

Nighttime

this post is going to be extra dumb and fluffy, but I have so many good pictures

It's kind of weird that I don't see much sunlight anymore. By the time I get out of class, it's always dark, but I like it. When it rains, everything reflects off of the roads

and the overcast usually makes the horizon glow orange

and the fog is so thick, you usually can't see past your hand - the perks of living right next to a river. I'm always frustrated I can't capture it via photos.

bonus picture of my friend and I at 2 am

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Feelings

POMM4

This was the last People On My Mind of the summer

(me i guess, some boy i used to know, someone who used to be my best friend, someone who seems out of place, and someone who's really special)

Black and White

Sleepy Lemurs

I acknowledge that digital backgrounds are one of my major weaknesses.
For my Biology class, we have to study an animal that fits our current unit, draw orthographics of its skeleton, and do an illustration of said animal.

We can use any medium we want, but my Bio teacher warns us not to do digital because we haven't finished out first photoshop class yet, and if our photoshop teacher were to see them, they 'wouldn't get a passing grade'.

I got a pretty low grade on this, but that's partly because a series of unfortunate events made me turn it in late (my computer at school blue screened as I was submitting it and by the time it booted back up again, I was five minutes late).

I took it to my photoshop teacher after though, kind of disappointed. I asked how I could become a better environment artist and had a good long talk; I haven't had the chance to use what he taught me yet, but I'm excited anyway.

(and for the record, my photoshop teacher said, "if I were your Bio teacher, I would get this a professional grade" so... cool.)

Rotisseries

Okay, and an assignment I didn't care for.

Advanced figure drawing again - the same week as our sequential drawings, we had to draw a figure drawing model in a rotisserie. Wasn't my favorite. Wasn't my week. 

Sequential Drawings

More advanced figure drawing homework! 

We had to pick two actions and do sequential drawings for them. I chose a diver and a girl doing a handstand. 

Got a 90%

Cafe Drawings

The first week of the semester, my advanced figure drawing teacher sent us out to do 50 cafe drawings in a week. It was super fun!

It helped me get back into the habit of carrying my sketchbook everywhere and seeing opportunities of drawing people/things. My friends and I took some time everyday to just sit in the school cafe or to go to the mall to draw people.

I feel like this assignment really pushed me, but I don't know what I got on it. My figure drawing teacher is new and doesn't know all of the policies yet (which includes giving us our grades after so many days of turning it in). Regardless, here are some of the 'best of's

Master Copy

This was our first assignment in my Photoshop class. We had to recreate a traditional piece of artwork digitally, trying to match textures and mediums. 

My professor told me it looked very professional and gave me a 96%

(original on left, mine on right)

Hey, it's me

Oh boy, I haven't written in so long that I've kind of been lost. I don't really remember the semester?? My school is such a time vacuum. Even though it feels like summer was just a few weeks ago, it also feels like I've been stuck in semester three for as long as I can remember.

Anyway, this year is focused on digital art and 3D modelling. It's hard. At last, 3D modelling is hard. Digital art is fine, and I love it and I feel totally 100% in my element.

My photoshop class has been going just fine, and here is one of my prouder accomplishments so far:

It's me! yee

Took me about 6 hours of sitting on my living room floor to paint, got 93%.