Beginning of the year!

Hellooooo!
One project down, many more to go. My first assignment in Advertising Illustration was to create an album cover for a band fictionally titled "The Restless." Much of their lyrics were about travel and journeys, so I immediately thought of streets and roads, but didn't want to be quite so literal. Instead, I created implied streets by arranging homes from various lifestyles and locations into an imaginary grid. Each house was painted in gouache separately, and then arranged in photoshop. It was a lot of work, but I am very pleased with the result!


"The Restless" Gouache, 2010

Nothing to show for Intermediate Lithography just yet, which is pretty frustrating considering how much time I've already put into that class. Our first assignment is to essentially do everything we learned in our Intro to Litho class... in one project. AH! So, I have to print a stone, a ball-grain plate, and a photo-litho plate. Think back to that "how-to" post I had last spring. It's a whole lot of work!

My Introduction to Psychology class is amazingly fun and exciting. I always enjoy going there, and I feel like I'm really getting a lot out of it-- how to understand myself better, as well as others. Perfect choice for a general education elective.

That's all for now!
adios
caitlin

Back to School!

Hello for a brief moment! Just a quick note that I am starting school again a week from today (the journey there begins Wednesday) so there will be much art to show again pretty soon!
I'll be taking Advertising Illustration, thanks to my visit at GSD&M which made me realize expanding my horizons even further isn't such a bad thing. Also, I'll be in my second-to-last printmaking class-- Intermediate Lithography. I'm a little nervous about it because I feel like I haven't quite found my niche yet with litho. I'm considering doing some of my hand-lettering instead of trying to bring printmaking and illustration together, like I did before. And to top it all off-- Introduction to Psychology, for a credit and some fun! I've always had an interest in how people interpret things and function differently.
Anywho, here's a throwback to my early days as a printmaker, just for kicks. This is from my Freshman year of high school-- it won awards if you can believe it!



(This used to have a name, but I don't remember anymore. It was something very profoundly emo) Relief Print, Collage, Colored Pencil, 2004.

That's all for now!
adios
caitlin