week eight day four

Wow its been almost a month since my last blog. School has been pretty crazy. I have lots of content to post. I decided to take the day off and reset my brain. I went to sleep early last night and got to sleep in this morning. It really helped to stay away from school for a little while without having to worry about homework.

Yesterday my Design 2 midterm project was due today. I think I did ok on it. I didn't get to take any pics of it yet. The teacher took it to grade. My project was based on 18 design concepts consisting of compositions made of lines and dots. Then I chose a theme of architecture with a emphasis on furniture design specifically mid century modern design.

During our presentations the fire alarm went off. I think someone didn't turn in their project on time and decided to try and avoid turning it in late.


Outside the cafeteria waiting for the alarm to turn off. Don't know if something happened or if it was a false alarm.

In preparation for our next Design 2 project we did some origami. We made a goldfish and some kind of flower but my flower didn't turn out to great unlike my goldfish.



In my materials class my first project turned out decent. We took plaster and made a box mold. From that we let the material dictate the design which was difficult for me to not let my design brain take over. Instead of describing the piece I will just show you.


Laser cutting the base of my sculpture.

Our next project is casting an object in bronze and making molds. After bringing in some objects that fit the size requirements, I will be casting lil homies. I practiced making molds out of rtv silicon. I made 2 casts at home so far. I am building an army of lil homies.



Oh I forgot to mention that before I made the molds and cast the lil homies in class we made molds with aginate and then cast with plaster to get used to the process. I made a cast of my left thumb.



We took a trip to Andevan Bronzeworks to get familiar with the brozne casting process. While there I happen to see a Tim Biskup figure made of clay that would be getting cast. I was tempted to steal it as he is one of my favorite illustrators but I was a good boy and left it alone.


Somehow Sr. Biskup found this image and asked me to remove it so that is why the picture is missing. Have to respect his wishes.


Here is a pic of the fire pit at Andevan. You know the fire is fucking hot when its green. Never seen that before.

I took a lil trip up to the Griffin Observatory. Its a pretty great view of LA. I can't wait to go back with my camera. Here is a iphone pic until then.




Here are two pics from some of my classes. The first is from Draw & Aim. I was very disappointed to know I am getting a C+ in the figure drawing section of the class. Hopefully I can do better in the perspective section of the class.


Brush pen sketches.


Cut photo for image manipulation.

fantastic voyage

Today started out shitty. It was raining again and my plans of going to check out some art shows went into the shitter. After class I went to staples to pick up some supplies then headed home. Jesse had to post up flyers for Art Center's upcoming open house. I joined him on his journey across Los Angeles. Somehow the sun came out of nowhere and there wasn't the slightest clue that it had been raining hours before our trek.



Our first stop was Plaza de la Raza which was pretty uneventful. Then we headed to Self-Help Graphics, more boringness.


Lunch truck painted on the side of the building.

Then after hitting up a couple places downtown we headed to the hood. The first stop was Watts Towers. This is where it got interesting. It wasn't anything new to me but Jesse was definitely out of his element. After he dropped of some flyers I made Jesse stand in front of the famous Watts Towers. Anyone who has seen a gangster or cholo flick would recognize this landmark in the ghetto. The area was pretty desolate. There were two kids kicking a basketball back and forth across this empty plaza in front of the towers that couldn't have been older than 7 years old. The little girl was holding the ball when Jesse told her to kick it. The response he got back was not what he was expecting. She yelled to him, "Fuck you white boy." I wasn't quite sure that I had heard her correctly. Shortly there after the little boy said, "It times you go white boy," as we were walking to the car.


Jesse in front of the Watts Towers with the little girl in the foreground.


Projects in Watts.

After that funny encounter we cruised through Compton to our final destination of The Coliseum.



After this pit stop we were finally on our way home.

whatever this kid is on I need some.

what do you use glue for?

Next Saturday I plan on spending the day going to some art galleries in Los Angeles. One of the exhibits is Estevan Orial. Check his link, he captures some great shots. I was checking out the last laugh la blog when I came across this video. Its pretty funny.