The basics.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
It’s been so long.
October 14 09
I just finished writing my first academic paper after 6 years of doing…not…that. Hopefully it doesn’t suck too bad?
Heritage
October 7 09
In my Form and Communication class we were instructed to keep a detailed sketchbook. The goal is to develop in us a deep sense of process and to always keep our brains moving and to stay creative in our sketchbooks. This wasn’t really new for me, I’ve been doing this since grade school; but what [...]
The Importance of Drawing
October 7 09
Before I could start at RISD for real they wanted me to take a condensed version of their foundation studies year. All freshmen coming into RISD take an entire year of 2D design, Drawing and 3D design before declaring their major.
At first I was skeptical. I’ve taken so many drawing classes, so many design classes, [...]
Light and Shadow
October 4 09
Lately I’ve been experimenting with photography as a means to generate graphics. Instead of looking to capture a subject or an event, I’ve been searching for puzzle pieces, little bits of possible future images. This process has been extremely satisfying and has allowed me to look at photography and the world around me in a [...]
First Roll
October 4 09
The other day I developed two rolls of negatives. It was incredibly surreal to realize it had been 10 years since I’d been in a dark room. I’m pretty happy with the results, we weren’t charged with doing anything specific on this assignment, just to properly expose two rolls and to develop them.
Back to the Blog
October 3 09
My other blog turned into a bit of a mess. It didn’t really have any focus and was just kind of meandering through the internet with no purpose and no real excitement around it. The internet must have sensed this, because someone hacked it and when I went to update the security on it I [...]