Howdy there real world

So school is done. Forever. Graduation was last saturday and I still don't think it's hit me quite yet. Still, I suppose it's time for me to put on my grownup pants and start making it on my own. And after graduating with a major in illustration, what's my first job? I've been glassblowing about six hours a day all week, and were working for about another month. I'm on a team of four people all making different sized glasses. I havn't been able to count exactly how many we are making a day, but if I had to guess I'd say its around 100 or so. It's definitely fun though, its hot and a lot of work, but fun. And every friday we get time to make whatever we want, so hopefully I'll be able to make a couple more fun pieces before I leave CCAD forever.

I'm still doodling here and there though, and I think I want to do some more colored pencil still life work like my peppers on tinfoil piece. Its been awhile since I've done anything like that and I think it's well overdue to try again. Anywho, this is a little golden lab puppy who found his way into a big delicious bag of food.

More glass stuff

Here are some things I did in glass blowing this year. The roses are some of my favorite things to make, because they take such little time to make once you practice a bunch, and they come out real nice. I did some reduction on the  green one so its actually green, gold, and white. That one was the hardest to make but definitely the coolest looking I think. 

Also I updated my website the other day with a bunch more of my glass blowing and ceramics stuff, as well as some Illustration work. Check it out here yo.

More Ceramics

Some nice pictures a friend of mine took for me of a couple of my better ceramics pieces I did this semester. I still have a couple more things waiting to get out of the kiln so there's still a wee bit of good possibilities for updates soon. And today is my last class...     Forever! wow, four years done, but it still feels like freshman year for some reason. 

Silly Glass

So this is one of my favorite glass pieces I made this semester. I did it by first blowing just the top and bottom pieces of the glass, then making a long piece for the center. Then I took the long piece and cut it at various angles then glued it all back together. It took awhile but I think it was worth it.

Kitty Ceramics

So this is by far my favorite piece I have ever made in ceramics, I bet you can guess why.

Almost done

I cant believe it's been over a month since I've posted. But don't worry, I'm still alive, and even more exciting, I'll be graduating in just a few short weeks. I have been busy doing some fun things in my ceramics class lately, and glass blowing too, but due to lack of camera those fun things will have to wait to get posted. Until then it's more sketches for you, this is how the life of a butterfly goes.. from happy caterpillar, to sleepy cocoon, to high flyin' risk taker.

Wee Lil Landscapes

So these are just a few of the plethora of wee landscapes I have been cranking out in my painting class. They are all either 2 1/2" by 3" or 3" square, the small size has let me be able to try all sorts of variations. I just got back from a rock climbing trip in kentucky and alabama, which was an amazing time, but it also set off a whole new bunch of ideas for these things. Just as I was getting bored of making them I am ready to start again. Also I just started on two of their large counterparts, much larger, the one is about 2 feet by 6 feet and the other is pretty close to that. They are all going to be on sale at the spring art sale here at CCAD, which is steadily approaching I believe, a month away maybe? So if you enjoy them you can nab one there.

Micah's EP Cover

So I finished up that cover for my friends EP. It's decently silly so I like it, you should be able to find it on I-tunes in a few days or weeks or so. Check his music out here.

Sketches

I feel like I havn't posted in a while, so heres some kids blowin' bubbles, eatin ice cream, starin at stuff.. doin whatever it is that kids do.

Ceramics?

This semester I'm only actually taking one real illustration class, so what am I wasting the rest of my time with? Well this is a big part of it, ceramics class way too fun. Today I did my first raku firing, which makes the top blueish looking bottle. The photo doesn't do justice to how metallic it actually looks though, it actually looks like blue metal which blows my mind. Unfortunately its decently toxic so I cant use it on the plates and bowls I've been making lately, but there's plenty of time left I suppose for more silly vases and such. These are just a few of the ones I have managed to lug back home so far, I have at least 25 or 30 ceramic pieces done.  So I'll keep updating my ceramic work as the semester rolls along, because it's quickly becoming one of my more favorite classes. weee

CD Art

I did a quick design for a friends CD which is coming out on I-tunes soon. Im decently pumped for how the final could look with some fancy graphic line work versus the big splatter. His name is Micah an he is an amazing singer so you should totally check his stuff out here. Be sure to check out the song Thinking if you do, it's real good.. and Wasted, those are my two favorites. Check it out now cause he's gonna be famous someday so you can say you heard him first.

Wee little dinosaur

So I've been hankerin to draw some dinosaurs for the past few days, and I finally stopped glassblowing long enough to get this little triceratops down. It wants to be friends with the prehistoric lady bug.

T-Shirt Design

A t-shirt design for my local rock climbing gym, Vertical Adventures. I did two other designs for them but this one is the most silly so it's my favorite. It's for their youth climbing team, but it might get used for just a t-shirt they'll sell too. I sure hope they go with this one though cause who wouldn't want a shirt that has butterflies, sharks, mountain goats, tigers, n geckos all in one.

Happy Valentines Day

Grab your Evee's, Merrills, n Pikachus this valentines and let them know their loved too.

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Kids are silly.

Children's book WIP

So there's no sketch a day again. So I feel like I pretty much failed at that, but this time it's cause I've been working on my children's book pages so at least I have a decent excuse. anywho I finished up a couple of the previous pages and now I've been working on this one. Im pretty excited about how the environment is forming so far. I have had this style of landscape as an idea for a while now but this is the first time I've actually used it. As I keep on working on my book I am enjoying it more and more, so hopefully I will have the motivation to crank this thing out. Well, time to glass blow some sweet cups. have a safe night.

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He's sleepy. And no this isn't the continuation from the bunny, I'm waiting with that to build some anticipation.

Sketch a day #3

So if your counting days, even the least clever of people can tell this wasn't quite an every day thing so far. I got caught up in ceramics, and glass blowing and got bored with the silly characters i was doing. So I went back to my roots, cute things make me much happier. And I already have my sketch idea for tomorrow, it's going to be a continuation of this thing. You'll see...

Sketch a day #2

The fun police frown upon the overzealous eating of ice cream.

First official sketch a day

Do aliens exist? who knows, but if they do I sure hope they look like this and enjoy shiny bright things.