Orientation Day 1

Before I say anything else: TOY STORY 3 OPENS TOMORROW IN THEATERS. AAAHHH!!!!
Moving on.
First day of orientation for transfers! We walked around the city; today was Gallery day, where the galleries in the area open their doors to the public for free. This one that makes giant monsters for parades and shows is owned by a RISD alum. It's called Big Nazo (i think).







This is the view from my room on Congdon st.



Big room!! We got lucky; we have a corner room with three big windows where we get a breeze, too.
It's only 9:20 but I'm so tired already. Lots of walking and shaking hands and trying to remember names. Tomorrow we officially start stuffs. Like lectures, info, blahblah. Providence is so tiny but so cute and clean. I don't know the streets well yet but I think I will be able to know it soon. Nice, comfortable places to eat, too. I hope we won't be so swamped with work starting next week that we don't have time to explore...they told us that work is important, but it's a mistake to only focus on work.
Agreed! Although I won't take it to heart as much as these two girls who were already bragging about having downed a bottle of wine. LOL.

Adventure time.

Hello! It's been 2 weeks. News! Starting from Thursday, I shall be using my blog to let you guys know what I'm doing at RISD's summer session for transfers. I cannot say how excited I am, especially after looking at the materials list! I wonder what I'll need a handsaw for. and glue gun! Fun stuff. It is also the first time I can do art things without worrying about other projects, papers, readings, blahblah, so it's time for go go go!!
I have a feeling that I'm going to get pwned there......but I'm just as excited to learn from the geniuses and see what others do. If I suck, that's okay. I'll learn, which is the point. I also have learned a lot from my freshman year....and I don't think I am as incompetent as before.
Apparently it's no less vigorous than the regular freshman foundation experience (harsh), but I'm ready. I don't care about losing sleep. This is going to be an insane 6 weeks.
I'm also excited about the 4 day orientation. I need to find people to watch Toy Story 3 with, which comes out in 3 days. YES! great time to be alive right now.
I painted a small painting of a Yogorino small vanilla froyo with pistacchio syrup. It's one of my dad's "few joys in life," and since I won't be home for father's day, I thought he'd like that. HAHA. Sad, ain't it? But to each his own......I suppose......
So my new adventure begins in a few short days. I'll be sure to update, and I'll try to take pictures. Here I go!

Thunderstorm

some fun with Photoshop.

i need to practice a lot. and sketch a lot. i love being able to go to artist's blogs. so amazing.

some things i tried today in photoshop. i want to try working on scanned images next. sketching on photoshop is hard haha.

Recently I started practicing faces. Hard..but I feel like I kind of got the hang of it after a while. Lots more practicing to do. I hope I get to do a lot of figure drawing during the summer program. I heard that it's no less rigorous than the regular freshman experience, but I'm so excited. I'd much rather get 3 hours of sleep over trying to figure out a drawing or something than trying to finish history papers or math homework.

Very. excited.

Meanwhile, I have two days left at Boston College. Forever. I'm so grateful for the experience, but I can't say that it was a pleasure. The experience made me grow up fast. I think for myself now, and if my parents don't get me, that's okay. They're still my parents.

Anyways, I will be practicing a lot in my sketchbook soon, so I hope to scan and upload some things for feedback. Cheers!

It's been a while. I'm currently avoiding studying for my math final tomorrow. So recently I found out that I've been accepted to transfer to RISD! Seriously, dream come true. Crazy excited. The pieces below are a little bit of what I had to do in my application. Guh. They're just quickly taken shots, so the drawings will look distorted.