Breadth

Well, I think that this trimester I have been pleasantly surprised with what I've done. I have a good start to a balanced portfolio. I'm only missing some paintings... problem is that the college that I wants requires 10 observation DRAWINGS! Not just pencil, but it hampers the process on my breadth. But I'm going to focus on what the college wants because I feel that it's more important. I am excited to see everyone kind of starting to do their own thing, and it's cool because their own unique styles are showing through their pieces. Good Work All!

Monsterrat

This is something I did at Monsterrat's open house Kyle and I went to.

My 8 AP Art Pieces

These are what I have done, minus my Mechanical Objects Alive Piece

Sorry

Just posting this to say sorry I haven't posted any pieces yet, Im an idiot and can't figure out how to get them on to my blog. But I will figure it out eventually!

A Fantasy Artist

One of the items on my list of 100 things was fantasy. I love the genre of fantasy and am so enthralled by warriors, monsters, dragons, and epic tales. An artist named Samwise Didier is the art director at Blizzard entertainment and oversees and draws for Blizzard's games and comics. His drawings and sketches and other pieces are so iconic of his own style and I think they represent the creatures he draws so perfectly and have really characterized the games that Blizzard makes.

My Favorite Pieces

My favorite piece that I have done myself, is my colored pencil piece that I did at the end of last year with the wizard in his study. And I chose Norman Rockwell's piece of himself painting himself using a mirror. I like my piece because of the thought process I had while making the piece. I had an entire story about the wizard and his life as well as his connections to all of the artifacts in his study. I like this Rockwell piece because it feels really goofy to me, and I like seeing that in art pieces, it allows for the artist's personality to show through. The only thing that I seems similar between these two pieces is that they both show the artist's personality through their piece. However mine is very fictional, and Rockwell's is very non-fictional. In fact I LOVE making things that are not real, and Rockwell is famous for portraying everyday events in America. I suppose that these pieces connect to my love of personal expression, while remaining an individuality. Which includes being goofy and putting what you love into your art pieces.

Artist Person!

I found a cool artist named Otto Dix, a German artist, born in 1891 and died in 1969. Otto was a painter and printmaker. His pieces had a lot to do with war and it's brutality. I noticed his name because of his drawing of a soldier's skeleton slumped up against a hill, as if it's still on guard. I also like his piece "Stormtroops Advancing Under Gas", it's kind of morbid, yet kind of funny do to the way he drew them. I liked the way he portrayed his current events through his art. And he was born in a kick- @$$ month!

Stormtroops Advancing Under Gas

Story Time!!!

Well, when I was little, Kyle and I had a notebook FULL of little cartoon characters. I had a Yo-Yo Bot, a giant iguana called Igroking, an evil rat guy called Ralph, it was ridiculous. It's funny because I have never stopped doing that, just coming up with ridiculous characters and giving them a personality and story. Even if back then I didn't know I could make a career out of art, I guess I was heading to where I'm going without even knowing it.

My second story is from when I was in 5th grade when there was a design your own license plate contest. I made a cool design that said "Unique", it had an alien giving the "live long and prosper" signal. At the time I didn't even know what Star Trek was but anyways, it looked really cool. I sent it in, but I didn't win, the one that one had a chickadee, ooo wow real original! Anyways, my teacher said I was going to win but I had forgotten to put my name on the back, which was one of the requirements. The point is that I sometimes forget about the important details, even if that detail is my name.

But seriously

I love comics, video-games, and cartoons and would love to get a career making art for any of these kinds of medias. I really want to see my drawings come to life! 

See Mrs. Chan, I added an exclamation for emphasis! There I go again! WOW! I need to stop.