Sunday, October 20, 2013

Charlie and the Candy Factory.

        Well this has been an interesting project. my partner told us about how many jobs she has had, which was 23!, and her most hated job was Little Caesars. She loves music and concerts as well.  My partner Leigh, told a great story about her and her Charlie Sheen incident and her word was "candid" so, I did what any person would logically do... I made a portrait of Charlie Sheen out of candy. I went with this idea because that story is what stuck with me the most. With everyone that went, as they were speaking about themselves I was making a project in my head for everyone, just in case I was partnered up with them. 

       I first was going to do a drawing of her and Charlie or as her and I talked she mentioned she never got a picture with him so I also thought to photoshop her into a picture with him but this ideas was much more fun to do. And I am trying to do many projects for this class away form the computer to not limit myself.

About to begin!
 
All the candy I bought to use!

 
 
The sketch.

 
Finished project.

 
Hipster filters.
 
I hope everyone enjoys my project!

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Class-eth Takeaway-eth

        Hello, fellow bloggers. In class we went around the room and gave a description of ourselves and introduced ourselves. I thought I was fully prepared with a one sentence description of myself and then after the first person went I realized I was WAY un-prepared and quickly rethought my entire speech, taking notes on my phone. It was my turn and I was quite nervous to go. I said what I had to say and sat down and then remembered much more I forgot to say but, oh that's normally how my life goes.
        Listening to everyone reminded me that we are all here for different reasons and that we all have a back story and all have something special in us.  I think that since everyone I think everyone has that side of them only they see when they are by themselves, we can all be very creative and quirky. I know that for me, when I am driving, my car becomes a opera house and I don't care who is watching. I have been at stop lights and the cars next to me ask what station I am listening to so they can know what I'm singing. Or how I'm sure we all do that weird inside voice that sometimes slips out while we are at the store grocery shopping. But all of that weird stuff is what makes us think creatively and I know that during these times we can come up with great ideas.
        So thank you to everyone for sharing some of your personal stories and for us to learn more about each other. I'm sure for some it was a scary task but it may help with taking something off your chest whether you know it or not.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Look at me....

Knowing who you are is a big part of life. I think we all know who we are at that moment in time but in reality don't know who we are in a grand scheme of things. The big picture is something we paint over time and stroke by stroke, pull together a masterpiece of ourselves.

        When I was a senior in high school, I tried to force myself to be "normal." I had a girlfriend and thought that with much effort I would be able to hide what I had felt since I could remember. Very soon after I began to date this girl three major things in my life happened, the first being my grandpa dying of cancer while my sister had cancer, and my parents divorce. I had so much thrown at me that I didn't know how to deal with it. I got very angry and kept all of my feelings locked away inside and never let anything out. On the outside a person would think that I had no problems and i was full of life but in reality I had so much going on.  After my sister beat cancer and my parents divorce settled, I knew what I had to do. The entire time all of this was going on I was thinking about my life. I realized how short life was and how you have to live it the way you want. I knew that trying to hide the fact I was gay was not going to be a easy and right task. I broke up with my girlfriend and still told no one why. It would be another two months before I finally told my best friend Tracy. A little over three years passed and I finally came out to everyone. It was the greatest feeling ever. I now had nothing to hide and could be myself.

        I look at pictures from my senior year and see someone entirely different. I think the same way and now let my feelings and emotions out instead of bottling them up inside. I am still very early in the finding out who I am stage in life and I'm sure it will be many many years until I really know. But I am happier now than I have ever been and can only hope the climb continues.