Introspection Time!

I want to write a bio, as if I was making a craigslist ad about myself. Here we go.

I am...
an eclectic pop. Perpetually shy when it comes to kicking down new doors, but courageous when with someone I respect and trust. I love educated conversations and debates interrupted by the ringing of a cupcake timer or squirrel doing a strange walk in the distance. The people I like the most don't try around me, so I know what I'm seeing right away (and I'm pretty accepting, so what I see is usually not a problem). I'm good at talking and listening, but I do the first when I don't know what else to do. In other words, if you want me to listen, TELL me to listen. I walk with a confident gait, except when my eyes glance down for reassurance that my feet won't fail me. My heart is big, and my mind is open.

Specifics...

drawing (or doodling...) would be closest to my passion. I love computer graphics, although I only am familiar with rudimentary photoshop, illustrator, and inDesign.

I love to bake, crochet, cook, walk, sing, and anything else that has a positive swing to it.

I get lost in my own head. alot.

If you don't expect anything of me, you'll see who I am. If you expect this or that, you'll see that. For some reason that's always how it works. (e.g. to those who see me as smart, I'm smart, same with disorganized or clumsy or sweet, etc.)

End of the Summer

I am so sad. I promised I would update you with crazy adventure stories of graphic design and more, but I failed. Luckily, I am here for my end-of-summer update, and I DID remember to put up a new header, as promised.

I downloaded the Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium trial version as to learn some of the programs, and on my last 4 days of ownership, I am glad to say that I utilized the programs as best as I could. Here are some examples of things I created!

Illustrator

I was lucky enough for one of my friends to show me this ridiculous photo of him in Switzerland. The only thing that could have made it better, in my opinion, was to turn it into a bad comic at 2 o'clock in the morning! Voila!

Photoshop

And what could possibly be better than a screenshot of a project I worked on?!? Well, here is a poster I made for the story "The Little Matchbox Girl," which is a personal favorite tale. If you want to know what it's about, I suggest checking out the Disney version, although that is not from where I draw my inspiration.

InDesign

Sadly, I have nothing to show from inDesign, but I have been working with it to create a new section of a literary magazine for my school. This actually entails much more research than anything else, but I feel it is worth it.

In Conclusion

All of the things I posted here are experimental stuff... NOT my best work. I've created cutesy cartoons on Illustrator that probably look much nicer than the one shown, and I've made posters in photoshop that don't include making my own flames, so they've come out clearer. No judging! Also, I'd like to point out that although the design package from adobe costs somewhere around $2K, if you are a student and interested in design (like me!), you should check out their student discounts that bring it down to about $500. I think it applies for any education level, as long as you're in school. And this is absolutely brilliant because it brings the price of all of the design programs down below the price of any individual program's usual cost. Check it out! It's worth it!

(<-- me being creepy with my favorite pen ever :D)

Wouldn't it be cool if there were something like sub-blogs?

Almost like a webpage, I guess. It's just that I don't always want to post everything on a blog, so I wish I could be like "if you want to see all the pictures, click here!" Then it might be easier, you know? All the important stuff on one page, all the extraneous stuff on another. Also, if I wanted to log a trip or something, I could have a spin-off blog in case you wanted to know about that.

Aside from that, I got faber-castell pens! If you didn't know, if I ever had to have a child with an innanimate object, I would easily choose faber-castell. I always had trouble with ballpoint pens because there was those awkward skips that would ruin any drawing flow I had. Actually, I found a pen that fixed that... an old pink uni-ball pen I found worked about as well as the faber-castell pens. I soon found out that my favorite ball-point was made when uni-ball was made by faber-castell. They're still good under stanford, still the best ball-points I can find, but nothing compares to my faber-castells. Maybe my mind will change some day.

If any of you can show me a better pen than faber-castell, I will... I will... I will do something. Issue a challenge and maybe I shall complete it if you can find me a pen I like more. You won't be able to. I'm pretty damn sure. The only pen I have that comes close is my pentel pocket brush.

New header.

It's off center. That kind of bothers me...

Webcomic: Blip

If you have read all of your usual list of webcomics and are looking for more? Check out Blip! I love the comic thus far (I'm not quite done catching up). It has an original plot line with a wonderful style of art. I don't know why, but I have a predilection towards the colors and textures and style used in the comic. If you like it, comment or email me with a rating!