Monday, February 11, 2013
Spring Semester Beginning
This was the first assignment from Ani112a (intro to illustration) class with Cameron Chun. This class will generally be focusing on understanding light to create believable and interesting illustrations. I'm super excited about this class- we're going to create human figure sculptures and do the pen/ink illustration project!!! Right now, we're working on academic drawing and rendering by copying cast drawings. It's a bit tedious, especially using graphite but then I think about the ambitious art students in the 18th century French academy having to copy these drawings in the same fashion 200+ times before finally getting approved to paint... and I stop complaining.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Why I want Kathy Altieri as a mentor?
I feel really proud of this essay I sent and feel like sharing it on this blog. I had a hard time expressing the feelings I had and it wasn't until John Clapp advised me to do a free-write that I finally said how I feel. This essentially was a reversal in writing form, and I learned a lot! :)
In a short essay please describe why you want to work with this specific mentor (500 words or less)?
Kathy Altieri represents who I want to be. Her professionalism and honesty is a quality I hope to have. Her online interview, made me want to start every project and go above and beyond to finish them. It was also because the way she spoke; so easy and articulate about having passion in the industry. There were so many times in school I wanted to throw down the pencil and give up because of my self-doubt and insecurity. I felt I was struggling with things that came natural to my classmates. Hearing her perspective made me feel not so alone with my struggles. That it was okay to feel the way I felt, and she has them too. She gave me hope and encouragement to keep moving. I want to make something of myself in the industry. I want to tell stories that mean something to me. And her words made me feel it is all possible. Just because I'm starting “late” in my pursuit, doesn't mean I can't be a great artist. I know that I want a career that will mean something to me. Mean something in a way that I feel confident and excited about the direction I'm going. I want to wake up in the future and think how lucky I am to be so proud of the work I'm doing and the people I'm with. I don't mean to sound naïve because I understand that every project has tough times. I want Kathy as a mentor because her words of advice play in my head during tough times. When she told me at CTN that “the way you feel about your work now will be the way you feel forever”, it made me ask myself: Why am I going through these tough times? It's because I love drawing, painting and expression, and I 'm never bored or tired of learning about it. When I see an interesting painting I don't think “I can't do that”... I wonder: “How did they do that? How can I do that”. Yet, when I try that new method, I run into those same tough times... and by “continuing to just show up”, I know I will get there. And I when I “get there” there's going to be another challenge waiting. And that's why I love it. So why do I want Kathy Altieri to be my mentor? Because I already see her as one.
In a short essay please describe why you want to work with this specific mentor (500 words or less)?
Kathy Altieri represents who I want to be. Her professionalism and honesty is a quality I hope to have. Her online interview, made me want to start every project and go above and beyond to finish them. It was also because the way she spoke; so easy and articulate about having passion in the industry. There were so many times in school I wanted to throw down the pencil and give up because of my self-doubt and insecurity. I felt I was struggling with things that came natural to my classmates. Hearing her perspective made me feel not so alone with my struggles. That it was okay to feel the way I felt, and she has them too. She gave me hope and encouragement to keep moving. I want to make something of myself in the industry. I want to tell stories that mean something to me. And her words made me feel it is all possible. Just because I'm starting “late” in my pursuit, doesn't mean I can't be a great artist. I know that I want a career that will mean something to me. Mean something in a way that I feel confident and excited about the direction I'm going. I want to wake up in the future and think how lucky I am to be so proud of the work I'm doing and the people I'm with. I don't mean to sound naïve because I understand that every project has tough times. I want Kathy as a mentor because her words of advice play in my head during tough times. When she told me at CTN that “the way you feel about your work now will be the way you feel forever”, it made me ask myself: Why am I going through these tough times? It's because I love drawing, painting and expression, and I 'm never bored or tired of learning about it. When I see an interesting painting I don't think “I can't do that”... I wonder: “How did they do that? How can I do that”. Yet, when I try that new method, I run into those same tough times... and by “continuing to just show up”, I know I will get there. And I when I “get there” there's going to be another challenge waiting. And that's why I love it. So why do I want Kathy Altieri to be my mentor? Because I already see her as one.
My Portfolio :)
Today I finished my portfolio!!! WOHOO! I'm sending it to a mentor-ship program called Motivarti, more specifically to Kathy Altieri. Through doing this, I relearned why I enjoy using InDesign, it's a program where I can just listen to music and play with design. Thanks Kevin, Sparks, and everyone for helping me out! GOAL: posting my work more often- it kind of takes the nerves out of submitting it to programs like Motivarti since it's already out in the world.
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