The White Box

A new semester a new project.  We had to make an environment that was completely white in a 9x9x9 box.  Then we had to put an object in it.  My project was inspired by Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.  I don't really feel like writing much about it so I'm just going to post pictures.

This is a picture I took and added a filter too.  I really like the feel of it though!

MC Escher Project

So we had to make our own Escher drawing.  MC Escher was known for taking images and fitting them into each other like a puzzle.  Here is his gallery if you are interested in seeing his work! (I highly recommend checking it out, they are really cool!)

http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/gallery.htm

So I was inspired by this picture of a skull that I found online, and that is where I started from:

http://my.opera.com/slimboy/albums/showpic.dml?album=227397&picture=3405726

From the skull, I made a really quick sketch on graph paper (it ended up being the final shape/figure that I used).

Next I took some tracing paper and played around with different configurations.

 

I transfered the image to watercolor paper, inked it, and then painted the skulls and flowers.

It's crooked I know...

For extra credit we were asked to scan it into photoshop and invert the colors, it actually came out pretty cool!

The project was a challenge, but totally worth it!

Head Piece Inspired by Bonsai Tree

From the Bonsai tree that I drew in the previous post, here is what I designed inspired by it.  I don't exactly know why, but I had this feeling that I really wanted to create a headpiece.  I then listed off keywords that I felt described the Bonsai tree; reaching, pulling, scratch, rough, painful, etc.  After getting the words out, I couldn't get the image of a hand grabbing a girl by the head and yanking back, causing her head to pop off!  The idea of a torture device or someone being tortured seemed appropriate.  The head piece is inspired by these ideas and I was proposing to making it out of aluminum with a luster of copper to give it that old rusted look.  I don't know if these materials would be the right ones to use, but then again, I am only a freshman again and I've never done this before so I shouldn't beat myself up for it if I am wrong!

Front view: Pencil on Paper

Back View: Water Color on Paper

I am also just starting out with water colors and so far I've really loved using them!  I'm super excited to start learning more and doing more with them!

Bonzai Tree - Graphite on Paper

I drew this for my Basic Design project.  It is a Bonzai Tree from the Phipps Conservatory.  Now that I am no longer in architecture, I feel like I am even more passionate about my work than I ever was before.  I have improved a lot from those figure drawings too.  This was the source of my inspiration for the next part of the project, which I will post when I am finished.



On a side note, now that I think I might be happy, I'm going to try and post more regularly with my work and with my inspiration!  I hope you enjoy!  Please leave any comments/recommendations/critiques!  Anything really!  I would love to hear what people have to say and it would really help me learn and grow!

3D Printing

This is the first thing I have ever 3D printed.  It was for my Introduction To Digital Media class.  We had to design a tile.  I was inspired by taking a piece of paper at opposite ends and twisting wrists in opposite directions.

MY FIRST BLOUSE

Life is difficult.  It doesn't always go as planned but sometimes that's for the better!  It's bitter sweet and it makes me question everything all the time but sometimes I have these moments where I just can't get over myself, I feel like something is right.

So I took my first sewing class this summer and here is the first blouse I've ever made.

Inspiration for life

This is the Spartan Race and though this blog is for artwork, my life inspires my creativity and this inspires me.  There are times when I feel like I will go no where, but I will show everyone how great I am.  I am afraid of failure, but without failure, there will never be success.  This video inspires me to be great because I am great.

I said earlier that I love quotes... this one may be my favorite:

"Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour, or a day, or even a year...

but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.

If I quit, however, it will last forever." -Lance Armstrong

City At Night

The quality might not be amazing because the picture was taken with my phone but late at night when the lights shine like fairies in a dark room, I can't help but fall in love with the city I know so well.

'Born to Die' by Lana Del Rey

I was watching music videos on youtube last week and I found this song.  I was immediately obsessed with it.  I grew up with music (my mother studied ethnomusicology and she played piano and various traditional Chinese instruments and she sang, I started singing with my mother when I was around 4 and began playing piano at the age of 5, I have been playing trumpet since fourth grade and have been in a few bands, jazz bands, and an orchestra.  I also attended an intense music camp for three years.) and it has been an important part of who I am.  This song is beautiful and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.


'Born to Die'


Feet don't fail me now
Take me to the finish line
All my heart, it breaks every step that I take
But I'm hoping that the gates,
They'll tell me that you're mine

Walking through the city streets
Is it by mistake or design?
I feel so alone on a Friday night
Can you make it feel like home, if I tell you you're mine
It's like I told you honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause you and I, we were born to die

Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers, honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words,
This is the last time
Cause you and I
We were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause You and I
We were born to die
We were born to die




For the music video:  'Born to Die' by Lana Del Rey

My first time using a tablet

Please do not ask, I am very proud of my first drawing on a tablet.

'Arms' by Christina Perri

This song describes how I feel right now, but it has also inspired me and that is why I am posting up the lyrics on this blog rather than my random one.  I will post the link to youtube after the lyrics!

I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart
But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
You put your arms around me and I'm home

How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around?
I can't decide if I'll let you save my life or if I'll drown

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

The world is coming down on me and I can't find a reason to be loved
I never wanna leave you but I can't make you bleed if I'm alone

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go...

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved 'til you put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

You put your arms around me and I'm home




'Arms' by Christina Perri Link

The Boy and Windex

This is a chine colle that I made at a print making work shop.  This was a lot of fun to make. Print making takes a lot of time but it can be worth it in the end.  For this picture I took two random objects that were around and I placed them on a wooden table.  What I like most about it is the simplicity of it is still just as intriguing as the details.  And the colors all work well together despite their contrast.  The ink that did not completely come off also added a really nice back drop effect.

(This next part has nothing to do with the picture above)

Also, I am going to try an post more pictures is if I can.  I also trying to find the time to go to a studio and do some more nude drawings.  Nude drawings have to be my favorite.  Even though I always feel awkward when I start, I love drawing the organic lines of the body.  It is really relaxing and if you have the time, I recommend finding a studio near you that does have models modeling and sit in and draw.

The Gymnast

I know it is some what hard to see, my phone does not have the greatest camera on it.  This was a quick little doodle I made of a gymnast.  I did not want it to be too literal, I just wanted the general idea of a girl doing a split into a handstand.  I also wanted to add the effect that there were flat objects such as paper and ribbons that were being twisted at places where the body can bend (stomach, elbows, knees, etc.).  I do not know if you can tell from this picture, but at each turning point it is shaded in a little darker.

A Quote For the Soul 1

I love quotes, so every once in a while I am going to post a quote. Some quotes may be random but most will be about art and architecture.

"White is the most wonderful color because within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow. The whiteness of white is never just white; it is almost always transformed by light and that which is changing; the sky, the clouds, the sun and the moon."

- Richard Meier, architect

In the Nude

Thursday, July 7, was my first time drawing a nude model. At first it was really awkward but then it comes to the point where the model is just something you are drawing rather than a naked person standing in front of you.

This picture was my one of my first. I like it only because of the legs especially the left thigh. (I only had five minutes to draw this so it is nowhere near complete)

This is one of my later pictures. This one is very aesthetically pleasing, well I think it is at least.

Here I was trying to use a different technique to display the joints.

This represents the inside, the volume of the person. As it progresses I start to darken around the outline.

This is one of my final pictures (It is also a different model). The head and feet did not fit into the scanner but it is fine because I was not focussing on the head and feet.

For those who know me well they know I have a fascination with the human body. I think the subtle curves and dents that our bodies have are beautiful. In many of my later pictures I emphasize on the curvatures of the body. I hope one day to be able to have a male model. I am always trying to draw the male anatomy but it is a lot more complicated than the female (especially for a female of my age).

This is the Blackpearl Trend Home in Rotterdam. I scrolled upon it randomly and found the design extremely interesting. What really catches my eye and probably everyone else's is the windows.

The interior is just as stunning as the exterior. This blog has pictures of both interior and exterior. I highly recommend to check it out! Click Here!

I was planning on uploading some more of my work, but I had some problems with the scanner so I should have them tomorrow!

Hello and Welcome to the Wall of Art

Hey guys! Some of you may know me from my original blog(s) and others from school. Online, I call myself flyingmuffins and unlike my other blogs this one is something I have always wanted to do. I will be posting pictures of art work done by myself and random pictures that I like. With each, I'll try to give an explanation. I have always wanted to do a blog where, rather than talking about my constantly repetitive life, I can just post pictures or link songs that I like for others to see as well.

*raises the mug of milk next to me* To a successful new blog filled with interests!

One may ask, "why are you doing this?" To answer this a minor detour must be made; I want to become an architect when I am older. I love architecture and I want to excel. I have looked at many colleges and seen the different portfolios required to get in and I realized that I needed to improve my portfolio. I am now in a Pre-College program at Pratt Institute to work on a portfolio. There is a portfolio development class that I take and in that class, my professor told us we had to make a blog as described before. I am really excited about this especially since I have wanted to do this for the longest time.

I promise, this will be the longest post I make here. Let us start off with a picture shall we?

I took this photo a few years ago in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. It is a digital photograph but I had this picture printed in a larger scale. I have always loved flowers and this picture really shows who I am. I really love how there are these cute flowers with a blue backdrop, I only wish I could remember what created the backdrop.

You could also revolve the photograph so the leaf is on the bottom of the picture as I have it on my presentation bored.