Midterms… Oh boy!

I apologize for the long delay since the last time I posted. But on the plus side, I have a good deal to say. It has been a very busy past couple weeks.

In my Great Works class, we had our midterm exam on Monday. It actually was not nearly as bad as I had been expecting. We had 18 great works to memorize and a comparative and thematic essay to write. It’s always a big load off when you finish a big test like that.

In 3-D Design we held our critique for our assemblage project on Tuesday. I took an ordinary, boring desk chair and created facial features to stick to it, giving it a weird, wacky personality. We also received our next assignment on Thursday, which involves clay sculptures. We have to create a morph between two objects in at least 3 stages. I chose to do a fish morphing into a bird. There is something about the idea of scales changing to feathers that I really like.

In Graphic Design, we have started a self-portrait project. We draw a portrait of ourselves, then using tracing paper, we substitute characters of type for the lines and shadows of our face. Then we end up with a portrait of ourselves completely out of type. It’s a lot of fun. In the computer component of the class, we have started using Photoshop, which I am so excited about. It is the best program ever! We have our midterm portfolio due tomorrow as well.

Animation is, as always, tons of fun but tons of work at the same time. We just finished a pixelation project, which is essentially stop motion animation. I tried to tell a story in mine centering around the quote, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” Our next project is almost the reverse of that one. Instead of taking a series of shots and putting them together into one fluid motion, we are taking a video of us doing an action, then breaking it down into individual frames. We hen print out those pictures, and basically go nuts coloring, altering, or manipulating them however we want. It should be a lot of fun.

In my house, we’re getting ready for Halloween. Our plan is to go trick or treating for canned goods to support the Cupboard of Kindness, the food pantry we work with. We thought a unified costume theme was a good idea, so we decided on going as a box of crayons. I’m not sure how I feel about the whole situation, but I am also not sure I have a choice in the matter.

In the Dems, we’re trying to get people up to New Hampshire to campaign for several candidates. I contacted several campaign offices and have arranged weekend to do it, and now we just need the car power to get there. We’re also trying to kick off our anti-apathy movie series, just to get people aware of the issues.

Sadly, I haven’t been to a Community service meeting in a while. Things have been so busy I have had to really prioritize, but I will hopefully be able to go and get more involved this coming week.

Well, that’s all I can think of for now. Until next time!