Final Project Video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h668ALfjUw

Uhhhh, have fun watching? XD
I hope to see a lot of videos over the weekend of your work, everyone!

Last day!

O: Jimmy talked to us about the classes and things we'd be taking in the major. XD I'm going to be taking a few themes to get them out of the way and another class with Jimmy. I hear he's a lot tougher.......? Well, I'll see!

We were let out early!

November 29th

We watched a movie called Beautiful Losers on the 29th.

 For the most part, I enjoyed the movie. At the intro, I was rather amused by the animations and graphics. It amazes me so! I really want to know how they do that, and I suppose I'll learn sooner or later. Sometimes it depresses me that I don't know how people do certain stuff, but I try to think it'll be possible to learn later on in my life. * U* Right now I'm interested in learning text graphics, but I'll.. have to get macromedia flash... somehow.

The Creative Suite, too. e 3e Expensive stuff, these things~

Beautiful Losers was about a group of people that came together to party in a place full of art. They became friends. And for some reason, I think it went something like. Hey, that's bad. Or something. They did this, mostly for rebellion, mostly for themselves.. until, it seems, before they realized they they were doing galleries and selling pieces and doing it for a profession. I think they liked that they were getting attention-- that their pieces were getting appreciated in some way.

How it started, or just by sheer coincidence, they were spotted and publicly recognized as talented individuals. Suddenly, they could get paid for what they loved and did. I think that's kind of the idea.

November 24

Somehow, I thought I did this. Yet, no, guess not.
I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but I realize it may just be slightly impossible with it being within a week + apples. XD

My creative process............ but hm. My creative process. 8C
Should I just record what I do best and add whatever additions needed?

Wednesday was spent discussing our 'advertising design project ideas'. I thought everyone's was pretty good~ though Jimmy said some were impossible. Shot down. Kinda harsh, since some of my ideas were like that too. The Orientation one, to be specific. As a transfer student, that was one of the things that struck me most was that the orientation didn't really talk about our majors. In my old college, when we did orientations, we did it in groups of 12-13 or more, and the counselor would sit down with each of us and talk about it. I think that's one of the downfalls of CSLA. But, I'm here now, so no time to complain~

* U* Afterwards, we graded Jimmy anonymously and just left~

November 22

We discussed high and low culture today, and as usual-- we were left to try and figure it out on our own, and then see if we were right or wrong ourselves outside of class. The class, almost as a whole (or, besides Andrea, you guys didn't speak up), kind of didn't get it. High and low culture are both popular, but in different senses, obviously.

 

High Culture!

Low Culture!

Something like that. Haha.

Afterwards, we split into teams of twos and threes and dropped in two-three items. We made stories out of them, and Jimmy thought they were all pretty horrible. XD I thought all the stories were kinda meh, too. Even mine, although I thought it was sufficient when it came to the items. If I knew what was expected, I would have gone with an intro, body, climax and not anti-climatic end. 8C

Toothbrush, crayon, wallet, sunglasses...

Apple - Part IDK

Mr. Apple~

Medium: Paint Tool SAI

Reading #9 - Production

The last stage of the Design Process. We've come a long way from the start in so little time!

Production.

You can't change your mind at the last minute now because things are already in the process of rolling. You have to stand firm to your decision and know the ins and outs of it so you can answer any questions you must about it when your client questions you. Or your teacher. Jimmy always asks us why we do certain things, or why we answer it this way. I suppose it's all part of the process to get a design out. Concept design.

Production takes everything from the beginning-- all the way back to inspiration to budgets and constraints to make a final product. It's also important for you to keep track of your project, so you have something to fall back on if you must start back a few paces back. Like saving on photoshop. XD

November 17th

We had a film day on the 17th. We watched a documentary called "What are dreams?"
Honestly, I didn't really want to watch it. XD In fact, I wanted to watch the Maya or Origami more. I've had psychology classes and already had an idea of what the documentary was going to be about already. At the same time, I suppose I have a fascination over ancient cultures, too. The Origami wouldn't have been really bad, since I've actually heard of it.


I thought it was really funny that Chomsiri screamed at the bug part. I'm sorry, Chomsiri! XD


Jimmy wants us to dream for 5 nights. But honestly, I don't think I even REMEMBER what I dreamed, so I hope there's something for me to dream about tonight. I already have an idea of what I'm going to do, but HOW I'm going to get it done within a few weeks with other classes bogging me down is beyond me. XD;

November 15th

On Monday, we played a game that was pretty fun. We laughed a lot, mostly because we kept messing up and it was so silly. Basically, there's two items called 'what' and 'who', and only one person really knows what they are. That person gives the items to the people on either side of him or her, and tells them which one they are.

It's a game that makes people keep asking and asking and asking and answering. It's REALLY easy to mess up. XD I messed it up several times, and we ended up not really winning except for one side due to my mess up.

Next, Jimmy told us a story. And we were supposed to draw what was behind a door with our name on it. It was pretty fun to just doodle, really, though I have no idea what really would be behind my door.

#8 Communication

Communication is the key to success.

Undoubtedly, it's the one that's told to you repeatedly in school and by professionals. You can't do anything really if you don't communicate. You won't get your ideas across, even if you're a genius. If no one understands, no one's going to want to be 'for' it. Or, at worse, they'll just think up their own understanding of your work.

This chapter brings back a lot of what we discussed in class, along with various other events. Ishmael Obregon, for instance, spoke about language. The language of visual communication. In class, we also spoke about visual communication. We even had to tell lies!

In communication, we also have to understand the "audience" of who we're presenting it to. If you communicate an idea only adults would understand, then you leave out the children. That's great if it's ended for adults, but if you're supposed to go with children... it's horrible! This goes with many other questions... who is it for? Why is it needed? What are the benefits? Why is this interesting?

One thing that comes to mind right now is..

Dexter's Morning Routine

It tells you a story with no words, seriously, (if you don't pay attention to the credits).

November 10th

Haha, I need to do my apples. O AO

Anyway, on the 10th.. we did Binary! Odd, isn't it, in a design class. But we do figure things out! Jimmy noticed the date was 11/10/10, 1s and 0s! He then wrote out some numbers and told us to figure it out.

0 - 0
1 - 1
2 - 10
3 - 11
4 - 100
5 - 101
6 - 110
7 - 111
8 - ???

I noticed that the ends of the numbers was always 0, 1, 0, 1.... And it continued. The difficulty was figuring out 8! There are several patterns it could go, and the thing is-- we didn't have enough information to say that ONE of those patterns was the correct one. When Jimmy came back into the room to ask what we thought was the correct answer, the class was split between "certain" and "not quite" and one "it's totally wrong".

I went with certain, because it was logical to me. I could use my logic-- "following the pattern of 0 to 3, we add a 1 to the beginning of the each set (4-7, 8-11, etc) following the one before". I could draw a table for it, but eh. XD

Afterwards, without telling us the answer, we went through with the rest of the 10 images, 1 headline. They did majorly better than ours. I was especially interested in the apple one, because it was very... story-like.

November 8th - Creative Briefs and 10 images

On the 8th, we turned in our creative briefs.

I wasn't really prepared to actually think it would be considered a professional brief since it seemed assigned more as homework and kind of casually. I looked up what a creative brief had to be about on wikipedia and struggled with coming up with material for it. My brief was all in one single chunky paragraph. Even I would have been a little turned off in reading it, haha. I wrote it all in that format because writing it without breaking it into categories is easier for me to come up with ideas.

Next time I do something like that, I'll definitely do better! <:

After showing us our briefs, Jimmy showed us real creative briefs from real firms. It was interesting to see the differences and the slight humor people put up when doing it. I admire the professional design of each one.

Since we didn't present our 10 images, we went around in a circle to present. I was feeling a mixture of dread and anticipation for mine. Because I thought mine was kinda unique, but as Jimmy commented on each one, I started rethinking it. And when it was my turn, it was pretty bad, haha. XD I'd have redone it if I could~

Ishmael Obregon -- Gauge Speaker

Ishmael Obregon wasn't what anyone expected, I think. He spoke about his company, Oiishi Creative, and showed us a brief video of the work his company did. He also showed us the video "WORDS". At the beginning, he asked us if any of us were bilingual. I can speak English fluently and pretty basic Cantonese (enough to get by). My mandarin is like.. dead, and any other classes I took are pretty much the same. If you don't use it, you're definitely going to lose it.

But, that's not the reason why his presentation was unexpected. At some parts, it was intriguing-- his work and the video. It just seemed entirely ... lacking. It was short and he focused on motivating us, but like classmates have said-- it seemed like luck. Jimmy said that it was interesting, and he filled it with ideas that he put off rather casually.

But what I found about his presentation... was yes, I was expecting something else. Not a really a lecture, but something that captivated me and urged me to write this. The presentation kind of left me at .... "What, it's over?" because there was no highlight. The thing is, the only thing I felt he left me to think over was the video "WORDS", which I don't believe is his to begin with.

He talks a lot about how his company came to be-- that it's easy to name it after yourself, but he named it Oiishi for Delicious in Japanese. Interesting! The thing I don't hear much about was himself, which was something I wanted to ask but... maybe it's that he wants us to focus on his company. That's great, except we're all students here. As much as we'd like to hear about his company, I think, to connect ourselves in a human standpoint, we'd like to hear how his success as an individual came to be.

After all, it was Ishmael Obregon, the founder of Oiishi Creative, speaking to us, not the Origin of Oishii Creative and how it came to be.

November 3rd

We went over people's sins project today.

I particularly enjoyed/found myself amused by the one who did Sloth. It was so true and honestly I wanted to see more. I myself had chosen lust, but I was disappointed with myself compared to others. I had taken "don't make it obvious" as "go abstract". Lips, heat, fire, intertwining vines, leather, fishnet.. I'm not sure those would have gone over well.

Jimmy then went over what was going to be our Senior Project. That'll be .. interesting and spurs me to try and think of a portfolio.


Next, we watched the Powers of Ten. Compared to everything else of the day, it's kinda like.. huh? There was no climax, and you're just waiting for someone to brief you in. And so.. Jimmy wants us to do a creative brief for it for HW.

November 1st -- Class

We went over methodology in class.

Although we can roughly guess what it means in our heads, Jimmy had us break it down. Many of us had trouble putting it into words the explained what it was well. Method is a way of doing something, was my guess-- kind of. It's -ology is generally the study of something. Metholody is the study, or knowledge of routine, procedures and the like.

Afterwards, we watched a video by Saul Bass, Why Man Creates. It was intriguing!

It may be old, but each take was creative. It entertained me and honestly made me want to see more. Although Jimmy wanted it to sit in our minds, questions and answers bubbled up. We create because we need a better way of doing something, an easier way. We create because we want to triumph over another creation.. We create simply to create.... so many reasons.

Jimmy wants us to find 10 images that portray one of the 7 sins.

Reading 97-116 - Exploration/Refinement

This is the stage of testing our ideas, putting them into development and see if they'll actually work or not-- not just thinking out like in conceptualization. This is to make things clearer and explore possibilities not thought of before. Like sanding out the rough phases of a piece of an idea, or wood. Exploration is also familiarizing yourself with different types of medias so you aren't stuck to the same one all the time.

I rather dislike doing the same thing over again, though I can use the same media-- I don't like drawing the same position or the same pose or the same colors. It makes me feel uncreative so I try to draw in different poses and not copy others. I dislike using references, but I know that sometimes you need them to be creative and not just wing it into existence and find out it doesn't work the way you want it to.

The homework we were doing-- these sketches.. they were difficult. I found myself drifting into other ideas as I began-- maybe this way is better? I suppose I haven't brainstormed enough, but I have played enough games to do it. Q UQ There's a lot of things I want to correct in it-- it's really a rough-rough sketch, and seems more half-assed than I mean it to. If I could finalize it more before class, I'll try.

Reading 71-96 - Conceptualization

Conceptualization. Concept Developement.

Doesn't it seem like this class was made for doing this part of the whole business? This is the step we must figure out how exactly we proceed with all our limitations, whether they be budget or material. We can use sketches to design or whatever media we need to BRAINSTORM. O UO In the Gestalt Perception, it says all we need to say. We need realistic concepts, not impossible ones. Other people, particularly clients, need to understand your ideas. They also have to be understood by you enough to be changeable-- while the goal still stays the same.

Sometimes inspiration doesn't spark either. So even if it's not fueled by some mystical desire to complete it-- people still have jobs to do, as Elizabeth Gilbert has said. I can't begin to tell you brainstorming will help,  it doesn't matter whether it's on paper or in your mind.

Conceptualization is the part where you tinker with your idea until it works, too. So it doesn't fail you in the long run when it's let out in the world.

Reading 39-79 Identification

As we move on from Inspiration, we have identification.

Sure you can be inspired into making something, but the first thing after is to figure out WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'. The feeling of inspiration can be this thing that wants you to do something, but not telling you what. I've certainly felt it over and over again. When we figure out what you want to do, there's also how you're going to do it and what restrictions you have to work under.

Budget, time, medium.... Q UQ

Budget isn't usually my issue, I tend to work with what I have (which isn't much, if you think about it think of it?) I still live with my parents, so.............. Well, I do know that some people can be stopped by this. Big budget productions just aren't the same as the small-budget ones. ....I need to buy white paint, now. Time. Ouch. I crash into this a lot. There's just never enough time to do what I want to do. Currently, my life is super hectic. How does one tolerate this amount of art classes and then expect to do everything in a super-terrific manner and then have time for relaxation?

Reading 17-38 -- Inspiration

This reading assignment is about Inspiration.

It very much reminds me of the TED video, with Elizabeth Gorden on Genius. Though inspiration isn't an act of genius, at least, not just so, I think there really is something that draws and pushes you into writing-- drawing-- making something. It's the beginning, as Aspelund says. It's would be easy to drown in it, as it's fresh and new, (just as easy as it would be to lose it).

Everything starts from inspiration. Something has to spark you into making something, right? And there are different views on inspiration-- otherworldly possession or maybe something that just appears in your mind that pushes you beyond your limits which is amazing. Everyday things can spark it-- I mean, seeing a spoon, and then maybe... maybe you want to make a sculpture out of spoons? O uO

While I've never actually done that, I've felt inspiration literally nipping at my heels. Sometimes I'm lying in bed and suddenly, I want to draw something amazing. Sad thing is, it usually pops up in the wee hours of the morning or at night when I'm not allowed to access my trusted computer. Q nQ

Game Ideas

It is really difficult to think of "original ideas".
And then drawing them to convey. Q uQ

October 27th - Game Day

O UO I was looking forward to this~

Yet, I was late to class because of the bus. Again. E AE I'm terrified of driving, but it irritates me to no end that buses are so unreliable. Seriously, I've had a bus that didn't show up at all and they're usually either late or too early. I've seen buses break down, too-- or the bus driver misses the stop entirely. E AE /rough experiences

I brought in a game called Rumis where you build blocks on a platform with several opponents. The person who the most squares showing from a bird's eye view wins. O UO Everyone else brought these... pathway related board games. I got to play Life and Monopoly. Totally lost, but was kinda winning in Monopoly. I think we were BSing some of the rules, haha.

Our HW is to make 10 sketches. 9 x 12, of totally original games. O UO

October 25th

I think we were all kinda of brain dead today. O UO

But, we all voted (ALL OF US) for watching videos. Jimmy talked about how artists were creative people and if we said we didn't know how to do it and didn't do it-- we'd all be at square one. True. O UO I was still hoping for some instruction when doing that protector thing, even though when I figured it out-- it was easy. Haha.

We watched TED videos. One was from John Maeda on Simplicity. It was kind of interesting and amazing how he kinda like my nerdy younger brother-- haha. I'm kidding-- though he does look like him. Maeda talked about his career, and how simplicity and complexity followed him around. Simplicity is an important factor in our artistic lives, and so is complexity. We have to know when to use which.

Other than that, I was interested in his works. From an aesthetic side, I really liked his visual calender. But, the hilarious ones was about the cheeto paint program and field of golden fries.

The next TED video was Scott McCloud. He was interesting too, and it was great that he visualized everything. I'm a visual learner and hands-on learner myself. Haha. His topic was Comics, I think. But, he also talked about his own life, and made it a comic too. His father was supportive of him, and his chosen career-- which I think is pretty rare considering there's so many people who'd give you odd looks if you go into the art alley. O nO

e Ae

My brother took Clue and Pictionary to his dorm in San Diego.

So I'll be going to my cousin's house sometime during the week to procure her Candy Land, Uno, Rumis, and Scattergories. Are those board games? >A>

The Design Process: Cover-XVII & p1-16

For some reason, the weekend always go by really fast for me. By the time Sunday rolls out, I realize I have a ton of things to do-- homework being only part of it. Yes, this amazingly late, but you know-- I ordered this book from Amazon, and then whoever shipped it virtually told me "so sorry, we forgot to take it off amazon and you'll be refunded". So, now that I have this book. E AE

This will cover the introductory and then p1-16.

The Design Process, by Karl Aspelund (his last name is a killer for me to spell).

As all introductions go, I still haven't been quite 'hooked' yet. I feel sparks of interest when Aspelund writes about the 'process of design', but it's not new and quite... inspirational as when Jimmy let us watch Elizabeth Gilbert. This process is something, as artists, we all should already be fairly familiar with. Inspiration. What are we without it? In fact, if you have no inspiration, why are you doing art? Then again, I'd find that all careers would have something like this as well. Can you make a new medicine without being inspired off something else?

Identification & Conceptualization. Restrictions and testing your boundaries. Forming ideas for project and trying to visualize it. OUO

Exploration/Refinement. Explore how to do your project further.

Definition/Modeling. Finalizing and making sure this is the way to go, no changing your minds after!

Communication. Again, this is something we should be hearing over and over by our instructors. If you can't communicate, you're doomed. This is why there's a speech class requirement in college. I myself find it hard to stand in front of a group of people, but when I'm up there-- it's usually the pre-jitters that kill you the most. And stuttering, haha-- and the mindblanks. But, it depends on how ready you are before then. I've been nervous before-- hell, I couldn't even remember "thanks so much for taking your time to meet me" in a classroom faux-job interview. You can tell how that went-- I find myself judging other people better than being judged. E UE

Production. You have to make your project now-- complications may occur, but this is where you fix it before putting it out for public eyes.

Class Session - October 20th

Today, Jimmy had us get up and say three things about ourselves-- one being a lie. I had a terrible time thinking up a lie, because honestly-- I wasn't sure I could pull it off a lie. I mean, it's hard to match up one lie to your truths if you pick mundane ones or not.


1. I have a secret base!

2. I have two dogs

3. I once threw a football and fractured someone's finger.


I was going to lie my ass off on the second one, but I stuttered after two-- and just went with a truth and pulled up another lie. I do have a secret base! It's on a dead plum tree. It has these big sturdy branches... that I've nearly fallen off of several times. I do also have two dogs-- one's this white fluffy thing that barks its head off a lot and another is this older girl that's getting on in years.


I have never fractured someone's finger, thankfully. I did throw a football and my friend did hurt her finger, but never too badly. Haha. XD

Next, we showed off our pictures that we gave headliners to.
I PANICKED. Haha. Everyone had these... portraits of people (with the exception of the pencil one) while I had a picture I'd taken of my class at the beach. My only good point was probably my headlines-- creative.... but didn't match. Q nQ

HW for Monday: 10 pictures to match 1 headline.
HW for Wednesday: Boardgame

October 11th & 13th

Jimmy was sick on the 11th, but told us to bring three unrelated pictures on the 13th.


I brought in these newspaper clippings that were... TINY. I didn't realize we had to bring 9x12. I mean, that's pretty big.. I don't think my printer even gets that size and I don't subscribe to any magazines... Q AQ So, yeah, I was pretty bummed when Jimmy told I'd have gotten fired if I were at a real job. Who'd want to be told that?

Afterward, we got to listen to a really inspirational video by the author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. She's very eloquent, as one of my friends said. She uses her words well, and definitely a lot of adjectives. Odious, really? I was very uplifted when I heard it.

Class Session - October 6th

Woo. Nearly late on the day. > w<

In class, on Wednesday, we watched a long video by Sir Ken Robinson. I thought he was pretty cool and funny with his English accent, and his plays on the European and American differences. > w< He talked about how many people's talents are buried by their environment, or how their talent fosters in another. A lot of what he said struck home because my parents were never exactly enthusiastic about my going into art. My friends all thought I should, and it seemed like the only thing I was good at-- considering I'm not very good at math or science either, haha. XD

Anyway, after the video, we had to discuss it with the group. Jimmy didn't want to be the one to always bring up the talking, so he left us to ourselves.

Afterwards, we dropped off our mindmaps and picked which one we liked most. E uE
If I knew that would happen, I would have done something a lot more creative! But, I really like Chomsiri's cockroach dating profile. LOL. It was cute. I liked the killer carrot, too. There are just some people's work that just amazes you. <3

Absent - October 4rd

Being sick isn't that fun on the first few days of class, especially when it's dinner coming back to get you. But then feeling better enough that your parents kick you back in time for your next class? D:

Hopefully, I didn't miss too much. But, I'm lucky that Jimmy has us make blogs so I get a good idea of what's happening in class! Mindmaps, huh? I did a quick one that I'll color. I drew over my pencil lines with a sharpie. God, I hate the smell, and I typoed and drew too thick arrows. :C

Just a little big! I scanned it! :D

Class Session - Sept 29th

Wednesday came along, only one more day to go til Friday.

We went into the classroom to find ourselves told to rearrange our seating arrangements to our birthdays! Mine is September 13th, and I ended up on the other side of the room. There was more Air Conditioner there, so I wasn't about to complain! Jimmy said the arrangement was to change our perspective, and he'll be doing something new each day. I wonder what next class session brings? I know I can look at old students' blog, if he still has them, and see if they've commented on it. Who knows if it'll be the same though?

Afterwards, we discussed what visual literacy is. No one was really answering so he was almost literally breathing down our necks, hahah. I'm not shy, exactly, not unless I have to go up and stand in front of the class to do something, but I'm not a vocal person either. My indoor voice isn't exactly very loud to boot. But visual literacy-- my answer "how we take in something we see". It's not exact, but I liked the way Daniel said it, 'interpreting', I think.

I'm not inclined to disagree! XD

He started to show us different images that we were supposed to describe. Facts first and then interpreting. It was difficult not to say 'her', even those it looked obvious from the facial structure and clothes. We're trained to be a certain way, to assume that it's a she before it's a person. It reminds me of another teacher who asked us which person would be the better witness after reading several of their observations, and failed us because none of them would be able to see clearly at 9 PM in the dark.

But, who knows-- maybe it really is a drag queen parade! We certainly have no captions to read.

We were then given pieces of paper to draw four comic strips of how we got to college. To be honest, my decisions aren't awe inspiring or .... significant. I was told to choose, so I chose CSULA. It's a close distance, and I can go there by bus. >:S

The Apple - Part 1

The Apple

Photo taken from a digital camera. 

I was about to kick it because it wouldn't turn on.

But, it was only the batteries-- working good with a fresh pair!

Look, my mouse looks like a predator. >8D

Class Session - Sept 27th

Alright, alright, I will start. Q uQ Mind all the odd ball text faces.

Certainly not my first day of classes, but CSULA is still pretty new to me. I just transferred in from PCC, and had to navigate via ORIENTATION MAP. Irritating thing is that I need to get to school via bus. Two buses, actually. If I'm late, I missed the bus. One comes at my street every thirty minutes and then I have to catch the Silver Line. I still haven't gotten my TAP card. Don't they know poor unemployed students need those as soon as possible?

Other than that, before I get into Tuesday...

I still don't have my Design Process book. It's a required reading for the class, and it's certainly not in the CSULA bookstore anymore. 8T I wonder if I can find it online? I hope so. Anyone want to scan all the assigned reading pages until I get it? Pfff-- what to do.

Anyway, time to carry on. Tuesday, Tuesday....
September 27th, 2010.

Our professor is Jimmy Moss. For some reason, I thought it said James Moss on the enrollment thing. But, nope, it's Jimmy. After a sudden change in classrooms (I didn't like the other one anyway-- stools < rollychairs), we all got these name cards to fill out. On the front, we wrote our names, and on the back, we wrote what he expected to learn and do.

Concept Development Class.

... develop out art? Learn how to do it better?

You don't really have an exact idea when you head into a class titled that. All the other art classes' titles are pretty straight forward, but this one is like.. to the point, yet obscure enough to keep you guessing.

But, after he read and answered all the questions, he tried to get us to explain what concept was. I have no idea-- I swear everyone just sat there, trying to think up a smart answer. So whatever, I started the with "I think it's an idea." I'm not sure how, but we got into the topic of Red Bull. It's an energy drink-- that I never drank. I've always thought it was like, an alcoholic drink. 8Db Its commercials always made me go "......I don't get it. Did that bird just go to Heaven when it drank that?" I'm not religious, but that's what I thought.

Next order of business was ... the apple. I thought he was feeding us.

And, turns out, no. He wasn't. We were told to stare at it, lick it (that I didn't dare do--- and I don't think anyone else did either), and smell it. Well, easy enough. Smells like apple! I was partnered up with Daniel (Right? I'm terrible with names-- absolutely terrible), and we basically listed out all our thoughts. Pretty similar-- not much you can say about apples without getting into the shape and color positioning. After 3 minutes of that, Jimmy comes back in and tells us to switch with someone else.

And then I get an interesting apple. It has a odd little stem coming out of it. Wilted bud at the end. Jimmy even said, "keep that on!" That would have been really fun to draw--- you know, if it stayed on during the ride in the backpack. 8D

Yeah. It fell off. Life is unfair. D8<

Concept Development Blog!

Creation, go!