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Experience Design.
I had the privilege of participating in a two-day face-melting design + technology workshop with Brett Renfer a while back. At this workshop we learned how to use projectors to prototype different...
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Fun with Printing
A while back I had the chance to visit a letterpress printing studio, called Ackley Publishing, in Ackley, Iowa. Ackley Publishing is home to a (literally) mom and pop printing shop and a warehouse...
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Collaborative art wall mural … in my living room.
Howdy. So a few weeks ago, I decided to turn the blank canvas that has been hanging on my walls of my apartment into a work of art. I had jokingly been saying for ages that when my former roommate...
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New glasses. New hair.
This is probably the 50th post I have written titles “new hair”, but when I make a change, I make a big one. People probably think I’m insane because I change my hair so often. The truth of the matter...
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chimes choices: the big fat makeup post.
Ever since I made the decision recently to do my own makeup for my wedding, I’ve been wearing makeup a lot more often. I wanted to get practice so I have a better chance of nailing it the on my...
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Currently: November
I really enjoy answering surveys and looking back on my answers as a way to see where I was at different points in my life. It’s been a couple of months since I did one of the Currently surveys that...
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Sweet Tunes Thursday: Artists You Should Know Mixtape Series
It’s been a while since I wrote a music post … I was in need of things to make for a larger project that involves lots of little things, and I’ve missed* doing my radio show this semester, so I...
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Mini Paintings
I’ve been busy working on a project that includes mini watercolor painting greeting cards. I’ve been making these greeting cards as thank yous for a while now, but decided to step up my production in...
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What I’ve Been Painting Lately
In addition to the multitude of watercolor paintings I’ve been making, I’ve been painting with acrylics. Over the summer I bought a TON of acrylic paint (mostly for the wall mural). I’ve been trying...
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I once existed and I looked like this.
I don’t share a lot of classwork here because I feel like my personal life and my work are two separate things. This is not true; my work is part of my personal life too. This project is the perfect...
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Art Inspired and The Home Stretch.
On a whim I entered this video I made over the weekend into a juried art exhibition today (along with a now-thrice-rejected painting — joke’s on them because the painting is in the video!). My video...
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Tokens of Kindness + The Final Countdown
So I realized today that I never bothered to share the project I kept hinting about working on last December. Oops. As it turns out, this project is becoming a much bigger part of my work than just a...
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FArt.
FArt. Fan art. I don’t often make fan art. Mostly because there are just way too many copyright issues involved. I’m taking a class right now in which we were assigned some readings and had to...
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Sneak Peek of my LA Trip
Last week I went on a field study to LA with two super cool faculty members and the most responsible group of undergrad students I’ve ever witnessed. I’ve been on field trips / work trips / etc. with...
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Secret Spring Break: LA Field Study — 2.21.2016
I have been really horrible at keeping up with my blog since grad school got real last year. I really miss writing for fun. I’ve had to a do a lot of writing NOT for fun in the last couple of years....
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Secret Spring Break: LA Field Study — 2.22.2016
Monday was when our trip switched (quickly) into high gear. It started off with me sending a text that said “Hey, I’m not gonna make it,” to Alex, who organized our 6 AM Graphic Design Urban Running...
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Secret Spring Break: LA Field Study — 2.23.2016
Tuesday was BY FAR my favorite day of this trip. We started off the day by making art, went to a museum that hit every one of my feels buttons, and finished the day with a beachside sunset at Venice...
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Secret Spring Break: LA Field Study — 2.24.2016
Wednesday morning started out bright and early with our second 6 AM Graphic Design Urban Running Subcommittee (6AMGDUSRS) meeting. Again, I sent Alex a message telling him I wasn’t going to make it …...
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Secret Spring Break: LA Field Study — 2.25.2016
I think I’ve started every single one of these recap posts with “This day was my FAVORITE day of the LA trip.” Honestly, I can’t decide. We did so many things during the week that it’s hard to pick...
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Secret Spring Break Sketchbook
I mentioned previously that I’ve been art-ing through all the inspiration from Secret Spring Break. I’m trying to write (yeah, um, start AND finish) my thesis this week (due 3/22), so I’m sadly not...
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