Wow time passes very very fast, it's been 5 days since my last post...and I officially finished the pizza, last piece was for lunch yesterday.
This week has a lot of stuff to be update, mostly related to school work. To whom who concern where I'm going to - it's the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, it was average quality for my major (Advertising) for until Roland Young and Ellen Shakespeare becoming the Director of the Department a year ago.
Art & Science LA
Ok started with an assignment to observe the crystal and talk about its geology, I decided to went to the Exploratorium near San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge to use their microscope (of course the employee was the one controlling the machine). Here are some picture of pure salt let evaporate naturally under the microscope.
Can you guess what is the yellow creature?
Planner Class
Next is a very fun as well stressing out assignment with making a moving puppet. I never in my life done it before, craftsmanship for sewing is very weak compare to my classmates. Anyway the result was not so bad after 10+ hours of suffering fighting with the material.
{,beside I decided not to follow any instruction online but looked at a real puppet and figuring everything out. Good thing is very fun to make your brain works hard; bad thing is don't do it last minute cause it make you freak out very easy when thing fall apart in the middle - like 4am}
And this is the creation, she is a God, not sure for what yet - but she doesn't have a face to show any emotion yet as well discrimination. She is blessing you!
Print Making - Etching.
Now moving on to Print Making class, I'm doing Etching - thought it would be faster then working craving on Linoleum block - Relief, but like any of high quality work...you need to keep work and work on it. And to an extend, Etching requires a better technique and remember the steps, otherwise you messed up and screwed up your zinc plate. As well being exploding to Nitric Acid with 7:1 and 12:1 make you really have to be awake with every move you make.
Line Proof,
Generally I need more practice and time for this, very very fun to create with hands - so fun and satisfy with you know the work is yours not anyone else.
Recommend anyone to try to get your hands dirty in dirt, paint and anything that take you away from: iPod, iPhone (better not texting with the acid tray next to you), iPad, Mac, PC, Photoshop... not that I have anything against it, I live on its support.
Typography Design.
Aggg the last thing is the design class, concentrating on typography and it is challenging too. I have not much to say about this, let's wait for the instructor to give his critic first; I'm excited yet worry...
Assignment is to design Music CD cover, I chose to do one on a Vietnamese composer, I love his stuff a lot; sadly I knew about him after he had passed away...I was too young for his kind of music, it was 2001.
Trinh Cong Son.
I give an update on what the instructor say for this work, I know I need to fix it - not sure where?!
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