New York

So a couple weeks ago I went up to Chuang Yen Monastery for Buddhist Camp. I thought, "Cool, camp and I'll learn a little bit a bout Buddhism too! Sounds great!" So My mom, dad, brother, boyfriend and I all headed up to Carmel New York.

The monastery was beautiful and simply done, with lots of natural wood on some gorgeous land. I didn't take too many photos, but here are a few.

Prizes for the kids!

No idea what they are doing, but it looks like they are having fun!

Tye-dyed T-shirts for the first time in a long time! I love it!

Camp Counselor looking pretty in pink! (I forgot her name or never knew it... lol)

Crystal chillin outside the dining hall

It was so much fun and I learned a lot about Buddhism and made lots of friends. It led me to wonder whether the people there were nicer and kindlier than most, or whether it was business as usual! But seriously, everyone was great!

Then in a sudden change, I went to NYC for an illustration conference. I shot two rolls of film but loaded the second (more exciting) one wrong, so nothing was ever shot. =( Oh well, that'll teach me to be more careful next time!

At Wo Hop's, a place from Arielle's childhood memories =)

The living room in Brooklyn, around sunset

Ramona!

Unfortunately all the fun and awesome photos I took in Chinatown never made it to film. =( I was very sad about that, but what can you do?

Now I'm home and working on a few projects, tryin to keep myself busy!

-Jackie

1st roll of film ever!

I started taking some photos just for fun with my boyfriend's 35mm that he just bought. Good thing for me he wasn't using it as often as he liked ;) Turns out that my dad never threw his away either, but I think I'm going to keep using Tam's for now since it has the suggestions for what shutter speed to use. Then once I get a grasp I'll switch to my dad's, which I suspect is even nicer than Tam's.

I really don't know if I'm awful or not, and I have no experience with editing photos in photoshop, but here goes:

Pretty standard fare as far as beginner photography goes! 'Here is my boyfriend... And here's my cat..."

Up Next: macro flowers! Just kidding :P

Career Fair!

So in preparation for the Career Fair I wanted to upload some images to showcase some portfolio pieces

This is a print that I made last Spring Intro to Printmaking in Lacoste- one the coolest classes I've taken at SCAD...

And these are two pieces that I made for Travel Portfolio, a class of field trips across the countryside of Southern France. Let me introduce you to Arielle, Chris and Caitie...

Projects that require you to draw dinosaurs are the best! I also discovered the some form or magnolia tree has been in existence since the Jurassic period...

Last quarter I illustrated one of my favorite books, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros...

And these are some fresh pieces, exploring some Art Nouveau and darker elements...

That's all for now! I'll update much more consistently in the future-

Upcoming... poster for HAIR the musical!

-Jackie

Electronic

First experiment in digital painting. We had to make ourself another character/person. I gave myself a guitar and long hair. Since I do not play the guitar or have long hair. The only camera I had on hand was the photobooth camera and I didn't realize that it would give a mirror image and not a normal image. Which is why I look like a left-handed guitarist in this.

more cover

This was just a funny cover I found of these dude butchering selena and having a  good time doing it! It looks like fun!

Art Updates!

So here's the pieceI'm working on for the Urban Legends Show:

Still needs a lot of work, but it's gonna get turned in tomorrow somehow!

random

My band is doing a cover of say it aint so, and I found this video which I thought contained my friend Chase for a second, which made it really funny. Otherwise it's jus some kid who is learning guitar and has a decent voice and people are hating on him hardcore for some reason.

Feel-good vid of Metric and Broken Social Scene playing Gimme Sympathy together

bookmark of an awesome Say it Aint So cover

I can't find the damn cover of this one chick that I want to, though! Driving me nuts!

school school school

Been super-busy since I got back to school!

Well I hope that's enough to keep this blog alive.

Okay, just kidding! Here's what I'm currently working on for advertising:

Summer Recap

These were a few of my favorite things...

The Little Prince, by Antoine Saint Exupery

I can't believe that I had never read this little treasure before! There are so many lines that contain so much truth. On top of it all, it's written so simply that some refer to it as a children's book. Favorite parts include the bit about how his rose is special, and just about everything to do with the fox.

"One only understands what ones tames."

His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman

A re-reading, for sure. I first read this trilogy in the ninth grade and found it to be pretty good. But sometimes you're just in a certain point in your life where a book or a song or a movie resonates with you more strongly than at a another point in time. This summer was one of those times, much like Vicky Christina Barcelona struck me so strongly last last winter because of certain events in my life. These books have this darker brooding quality about them that's just enchanting to me. I may do this book for Book in the winter.

An Education

When I first watched this movie I was impressed by how well-made it was, and nothing more. However unlike  most movies that are simply well-made and enjoyable, this one stays with me over time. Carey Mulligan is so expressive and convincing in it, like a young Audrey Hepburn almost. (I think this was a concious choice the filmakers made too, what with the clothes and the updo and style of makeup) It's simply an elegant coming-of-age movie about a high school girl learning about the world.

Wine

I got to try a bunch of different wines this summer, as well as a couple beers. I was drinking the best wine for the cheapest I could get it, so lots of $10-$12 wines, but still lots of fun! My favorite discovery is BT, which right now is going cheap at $10.99, but a co-worker predicts that it will be much more in a year's time since the same thing has happened to other new good, cheap wines.

Satellite Mind by Metric is my song of the moment. Just discovered it, in fact from Josh and Aaron. Good taste, guys! The rest of the album is just okay, except for Gimme Sympathy.
She said She Said and Think For Yourself by The Beatles as well. 

I'm debating what book I should choose for book. The list of contenders are:

-House on Mango Street

-The Westing Game

-View from Saturday

-Bridge to Terebithia

-The Horse and His Boy

-the Dawn Treader

New Blog, New 'Tude

So I decided to hop on the trend and get a blog to keep up with all of ya'lls! Also I wanted to just go out there and be more aware of what's going on artistically and just LOOK. There's too much out there for me to forget so I might as well have a page where I post randomies and gigglers!


Here's one to start! A cat riding a turtle! It cracks me up because our Kitten tries to sit on the rabbit's head all the time. I think T-Rex wants to play with the rabbit like he would a cat, but the rabbit is so terrified he runs away. I don't think T-Rex wants to eat him, he just chases him around, tries to sit where the rabbit sits, and tries to live in the rabbit's cage and drink the rabbit's water!


Another cat-related post, reposted from Robin: Cute boys and cats! Also from Robin, Sleep Talkin' Man!

In art news, here's a mockup of a jeux jar that I'm making as a friend's birthday present. I've burnt down a Yankee candle and peeled off the original wrapping, so now you have an air-tight jar. Not sure if I like the bottom wrap-around because there's not that much contrast in value between the orange and the blue and yellow, but I'll figure it out. May it keep her treasures safe! The design is entirely made up of words from song lyrics by the Beatles and MGMT.


"It's getting hard to be someone, But it all works out"


Oops forgot this post from Byron about books that involve time travel! Can't wait to check them all out and read them! Also from Byron: endless amusement and stupidity.