2011

Happy New Year everyone!!

Not to scare you all, our Senior Show will be in 5 Months!!!

I hope you all have been having a wonderful break, and getting good headway on your projects! I can't wait to see all the progress!

Process

Hey guys - I thought I'd switch it up a bit and show you my process in painting.
I realized today, not for the first time, how amazing it is that when I start a painting, there is nothing on the canvas. When we paint, we're making up a story. I gradually tell my story by building up layer after layer, like I'm telling a lie, never believing the ending until I see it. Sometimes, I don't believe the ending. I haven't made it believable enough. Other times, like this sequence of pictures, I begin to have more and more faith in the story I'm telling as I see it come to life.

This is why I think that showing my process to you is important. The end result, and whether or not I find it believable, is wholly dependent on the process.

Obviously, this painting isn't finished. I'm still telling the story =]

Don't Delete This??

I've realized that this whole Don't Delete Yourself thing is going to be really hard for people to do.  Its hard for me sometimes!!  I mean look at this mess!  This is at the Kistner Family Christmas and my Uncle Mike is a big fat creeper with the camera!  Lord only knows what I was even doing in this picture.

I have been reading all the comments and you all have no idea how much I appriciate them!  I needed you guys soo bad!!  I posted a note on Facebook explaining Don't Delete Yourself and asking people to send me pictures of themselves along with a note.  I just typed in random letters and clicked on random names so please find it on my page and tag yourself (if thats possible) and send me a picture!  I really hope that I can get some serious feedback and have some awesomely aweful pictures so show you guys soon! :)

Work sample

Hey all. I apologize for the poor picture quality (camera phone pic!); my good camera is out of commission for the time being, but this picture gets the job done, so all is well =]

This is nowhere near finished (still need shading, filling in tattoos, etc.), but I wanted to give you guys a sample of what I'm doing. I spoke in one of my previous posts about playing around with how "zoomed in/out" a shot is, and this is obviously an example of a detail shot.

This is Jared's tongue bifurcation (bi=two, furca=fork), what is commonly called a tongue split or forked tongue.

Deanna, have you seen this?

This site has a bunch of toys on it, this one is a moving pattern one that makes your vision get all slow molten lava. Doesn't really tell you anything, except that your eyes can be tricked, but it is fun.

NEAVE Strobe

Wave/Particle duality - One Multi Model approach

So this is something I've mentioned a few times but haven't found a better way to explain. This is the experiment that ended the debate on whether electrons and other subatomic particles are waves or particles- the answer being, it depends on what kind of measurement you are taking. This idea is really helpful in understanding the reason for using a "multi-model approach" as we need both models of subatomic particles to understand what's "really" happening, and we also realized that it was our own biases which were making the phenomena occur or seem strange. Once we stop confusing language (map) for the actual event (territory), the seemingly contradictory nature of using both models to describe the subatomic world fades away. The question ceases to be, "is light particles or is light waves?" and becomes: "What does looking at light as waves help us discover about the nature of things?" and "What does looking at light as particles help us discover about the nature of things?"

Sorry for the corny animation, but this the best summary of the experiment that I could find. it is an oversimplification for sure, but it gets the point across.

Words for thought.

In regard to body modification..

"We live in a world where everything is disposable. This is permanent."

I know that some mods aren't physically permanent, but they all have a way of permanently altering who we are. Words for thought =]