New and improved, with 50% more Flems.
New journal layout! I liked the blue, but I've had that for almost two years now, and it seemed time for a change. (Also, I'm on a total Northern Renaissance kick, but that's a rambling entry for another time.)
So I didn't get into the Regional show, although The Imps (photos below) made it surprisingly far. Still, I don't feel too upset- there were over 600 entries, with only about 160 accepted. Eh, I was already in one show this year, I'm happy enough.
Tina and I have been talking a lot more about trying to study abroad this fall- in Italy, no less. It's fairly obvious from the setup of the program that SVA pretty much discourages Illustration students from even attempting to go- you're not allowed to apply until you're a junior, but oh, junior year is thesis year, and senior year is portfolio prep. We're both in good academic standing though, and I'm already well over the number of credits required to graduate (and only three required classes short of doing so,) so it may be possible with a little pleading and a lot of sucking up to The Woodruff.
On the job front, I started teaching drawing classes for an arts foundation again just last week- two beginner/intermediate classes, one advanced class, and one independent study with a girl who just graduated and starts at an art school this fall. The kids are, as expected, completely and utterly adorable, but I think it's going to take some time to get over how strange it sounds to be called "Miss Stephanie." I refuse to acknowledge that I am now some sort of "adult." Pfft, whatever.
I was going to wait until I had professional photos taken of my thesis to post it, but that won't be for another month or so, and I've been promising to get these up for a while. (Read: Lots of photos behind cut.)
Yes, my thesis was based on Discworld. The theme this year was "Location as Character"- that is, depictions of places (from pre-existing narratives) where the location is as integral a part of the story as the characters. Discworld, to me, fit this pretty perfectly, but I had to convince our department chairperson to let me do it, since not one person in our class and maybe two in the entire department even knew what Discworld was. I'm fairly happy with the final product though, and had good feedback- even from Woodruff, which was completely unexpected.
Anyway, enough talk- onto the pictures!
detail
The iconographer's studio- Otto's imps take a break and have a roll-up.
Granny Weatherwax's cottage. I know she doesn't have a real crystal ball, but I was advised to put more "witchy" things into the painting to reinforce the location.
detail
Leonard's studio. This one was completely washed out by the camera- otherwise, I think it's the best I've painted an interior/atmosphere to date.
A study section in the UU Library. The hat still bugs me, but I like the skull and curtain.
All of these are oil on 12x16 gessoed masonite. The original sketches submitted in my proposal had the character included, but that was something else I was advised to change. Eh.
I have many more photos to post, possibly tomorrow. Right now, though, I need sleep.
So I didn't get into the Regional show, although The Imps (photos below) made it surprisingly far. Still, I don't feel too upset- there were over 600 entries, with only about 160 accepted. Eh, I was already in one show this year, I'm happy enough.
Tina and I have been talking a lot more about trying to study abroad this fall- in Italy, no less. It's fairly obvious from the setup of the program that SVA pretty much discourages Illustration students from even attempting to go- you're not allowed to apply until you're a junior, but oh, junior year is thesis year, and senior year is portfolio prep. We're both in good academic standing though, and I'm already well over the number of credits required to graduate (and only three required classes short of doing so,) so it may be possible with a little pleading and a lot of sucking up to The Woodruff.
On the job front, I started teaching drawing classes for an arts foundation again just last week- two beginner/intermediate classes, one advanced class, and one independent study with a girl who just graduated and starts at an art school this fall. The kids are, as expected, completely and utterly adorable, but I think it's going to take some time to get over how strange it sounds to be called "Miss Stephanie." I refuse to acknowledge that I am now some sort of "adult." Pfft, whatever.
I was going to wait until I had professional photos taken of my thesis to post it, but that won't be for another month or so, and I've been promising to get these up for a while. (Read: Lots of photos behind cut.)
Yes, my thesis was based on Discworld. The theme this year was "Location as Character"- that is, depictions of places (from pre-existing narratives) where the location is as integral a part of the story as the characters. Discworld, to me, fit this pretty perfectly, but I had to convince our department chairperson to let me do it, since not one person in our class and maybe two in the entire department even knew what Discworld was. I'm fairly happy with the final product though, and had good feedback- even from Woodruff, which was completely unexpected.
Anyway, enough talk- onto the pictures!
detail
The iconographer's studio- Otto's imps take a break and have a roll-up.
Granny Weatherwax's cottage. I know she doesn't have a real crystal ball, but I was advised to put more "witchy" things into the painting to reinforce the location.
detail
Leonard's studio. This one was completely washed out by the camera- otherwise, I think it's the best I've painted an interior/atmosphere to date.
A study section in the UU Library. The hat still bugs me, but I like the skull and curtain.
All of these are oil on 12x16 gessoed masonite. The original sketches submitted in my proposal had the character included, but that was something else I was advised to change. Eh.
I have many more photos to post, possibly tomorrow. Right now, though, I need sleep.