It's the... Eye of the Tiger~!

It's the dead of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival~!

The advice I give for next years AP2-D students is to put some effort into what they're doing. Don't take advantage of the opportunity that you're given, and work longer on projects than you think you should. Go into detail, try something new- enjoy what you're doing. Rock it out, dudes and dudetts~!

I learned that although I'm good at art (mostly still life), I'm not good at piecing it all together into an official piece I can submit to somewhere or sell. I need to work on backgrounds this summer, and figure out how to combine my simple charcoal/graphite/ pen drawings into a better and greater professional piece. I can draw anything in front of me- but if I go by memory, it dies before it begins. Color is a huge factor.

The thing I confirmed this year, about myself, is that I HATE PAINTING.

DIE, PAINT.

DIE
DIE
DIE.

HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

:P
My favorite piece I've made this year... was probably the creepy piece I did of my favorite alp character, Zach. Alps are creatures that sneak into your house at night and give you nightmares. They're really cool little creatures. x3

I have to say that there were two events that I enjoyed most this year, and that was the trip into Portland at the beginning of the year, and Scholastic Art Awards. Because Scholastic sounds so fancy, it made me reeeally paranoid about submitting anything. I literally had no idea what kind of pieces to put in, what was considered good, etc. After going to the Portfolio Day and seeing what kind art work was there... I realized that you could submit a stick figure drawing and still get a gold key. The feedback I received from the college folks were a great help, and especially got my brain doing twists and turns in new and awesome ways.

The one thing I strongly disliked this year was the Jesse Reno workshop. But that was just a personal thing... the attempting at a style I'd never tried before with a medium that I absolutely hated and people I don't know, PLUS some weird ass music that made it feel like I was on a spaceship, caused several head explosions and GRA^&8L$%FH#$%KAFGH$fA;LKG%ness.

“Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.”



BTW, Mrs. McBride: I found the blue watercolor piece... I found it in a pile about a week after the AP Art show. :(