Head-Shrinking

My coworker recently purchased a small package of modeling clay, of which one-quarter was shared with me. When I get bored, I reach for this. Though I'm no sculptor, I think it's a good try! And I just discovered that using a blunt tip of a pencil makes a decent modeling tool. Now I must wash my hands for they are green!

*EDIT*
Worked on it some more. The head is situated on this weird rotating thing; I think it's the back piece of a nametag holder or something...so the head rotates. I am a genius!

From My Little Bloggy

My Heart Almost Dropped

I really need to set up my scanner (but I really don't have a desk at home) because the PDF machine just don't cut it. I had to convert this into a jpeg through Microsoft Publisher, which is just sick and sad. I can't even download PrimoPDF or any of those conversion programs because I don't have administrative rights on my own stupid work computer.

Awful = Awffice +/- Cawfee

office coffee

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SO TRUE. I hate getting stuck talking to people in the copy room. Office coffee is SO terrible, and fake laughing at people's boring anecdotes is even worse.

Anyway, I happened upon this on FFFFound. It's called "New Math" by Craig Damrauer (http://www.morenewmath.com/all/). Some of the stuff is funny and some of the stuff I don't completely get because I'm pretty slow these days.

Everything feels slow, actually. My workcomputer is so slow, I've had silent fits of rage and needed to walk away. And it seems as though the days go by quickly but the hours I spend in the office drag on & on. I wish in between the hours I spend here, I could engage in some things I actually enjoy. I'd like to finish my book (currently reading In Other Rooms Other Wonders), or start some new drawings, or finish some other ones I've started, or flesh out ideas & illustrations for a longer length comic. It's sad- I pretty much give up when I get home; either immersing myself in cooking or cleaning or cuddling, somehow actively avoiding things that require imagination and creative effort.

Boredom is a horrible state to be in. It never happens to me unless I'm at work. It makes me wonder why we can't drink at work to make it more enjoyable, or at least have an excuse for falling asleep at our desks.

Meditation

I've been working on this for the past 2 or so weeks:

I haven't gotten around to the larger feathers yet; I get very caught up in blending colors.
More detail:

I need to figure out what to do in the background. I was thinking plum and gold, or some warm blended colors.
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Other stuff:

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I'm off.

More.

Marker & pen on bristol.


I did this one first; don't like it as much. Color pencil, pen, marker & china marker.

Bristol (paper, not Palin)

It's been a while and I have finally found something to say. Work has been keeping me super-stressed and so has school. I feel like I am at the laziest part of my life, where I am not feeling committed to anything I do, yet doing things because I have to and chugging along nonetheless. The only thing which brings me some kind of peace is going home at the end of the day. Waking up in the morning is a whole different story, I can't shake this feeling of wanting to hide under my covers until all feeling of obligation from every guilt-ridden bone in my body is completely gone. Meaning, I never want to come into work and put it off in the morning until I am at least an hour late, but at least I suck it up and show up!

ANYWAY I am at work, not doing what I should be doing (because I don't know how) and avoiding other little trivial things by talking at my blog.

I haven't been making anything really; I am working on the border (in my typical doodle-y style)on a huge piece that I have started working on with Juanly in our spare time. If I had a camera or bothered to ever set up my scanner then I would share this. Instead, I will share this tip: The other day I went to Utrecht and found these wonderful things!

They are 2.5x3.5", perfect for hiding under my notepad and doodling. Another unique feature is that you can swap your mini-artworks with other artists through an online forum (more info here): http://www.strathmoreartist.com/atc.php --You can either do it in person locally, or online. They have every kind of paper, including little baby-canvases!

If I had even more time at work (or more accurately, if I were more creative), I would start brainstorming a narrative to develop a series of cards. A wallet-sized workspace is definitely less daunting than your average 8x10" and up sized papers.

My personal favorite has always been bristol paper, which is versatile, and handles pen/ink, marker, and colored pencil particularly well without bleeding or warping the paper when you want to layer these mediums.

I think that's all I was aiming to say. I will post some stuff in a few weeks!

HumDrum. DrumLost.

I just spilled coffee all over myself-- all I needed to do was sip it not like a savage, but I couldn't handle this simple function & got it all over my face, in my hair and down my shirt. I accidentally fell asleep at 7 until 9pm. I'm supposed to hand in work tomorrow (Saturday...!?).

Uh, the plan is to stay up until 7am or until I can finish all this stupid thesis shit. I don't mean that it's for seriously stupid, I'm just sooo dragging myself at this point & subsisting solely on caffeine. I feel gross and unhealthy.

Books I will read upon my gradulations/summer reading list:

Passing It On by Yuri Kochiyama (Japanese-American freedom fighter)
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Darker Nations by Vijay Prashad
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
No Logo by Naomi Klein (any writing/documentary by her is awesome)
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence

I want to go on a trip & take pictures of people. I want to buy a Mamiya or another awesome medium format camera, and be a photographer on the DL. But where to print? So expensive, naa. I want to make art again so badly. I need it.

Also getting a tattoo but need someone to design it for me; I can't seem to get the right outline of the little elephants I want.

Back to workus.