Final Countdown

So, officially, as of Tuesday at 3 am, I have finished all my work! Sweet success!

The last week of work was pretty much spent on my animation final. Granted, it's far from perfect (I'm an illustration major for a reason) but I tried my best! Derp derp derp.




So for about the next week or so I'll probably bum around, recharging my batteries from the many hours spent in studio...but eventually something will feel horribly wrong, and it won't be until I start being masochistic about art that things will retreat to being normal.

I'm excited, though. I'm starting my first internship (!!!) in two weeks, then helping the RISD transfers get acclimated (My door tags might involve pirates, ninjas, and vikings...), and all in all just getting better at illustration, and, more specifically, color! Also, a few friends and I are planning on going comic-book crazy in preparation for our comics class fall semester (insert excitement and girlish squeals here), so basically, it's gonna be a busy summer. But I wouldn't want it any other way.

New Things!

Gotta say -- really exciting (and kinda surreal) week.

It really dawned on me that this week marks the start of May, which honestly kind of flew in from left field and smacked me on the back of the head. This is not meant it a bad way, as May is a lovely month, but that means the end of sophomore year is fast approaching!

NO! I DON'T WANT IT TO END! I'M NOT READY!

The nice thing, though, is that my professor's are being pretty open about our finals --essentially, I can do whatever the hell I want. Which in my mind translates to: 'Emily, you gotta get your shit together, because you are hella clueless about color, backgrounds, and environments, and that's kind of a problem."

So I sat down, whipped out my pencil (.03...it's so thin and beautiful. *sniff*), and tried my hand at environment design:



Granted, it's not the best thing ever...but it's a start! Unfortunately it's not really holding on it's own because the lines are monotonous and messy and there's no depth, but at the same time I'm kinda proud of myself because I didn't go all OCD on it like I normally would. I didn't stress about perfection or appropriate perspective; I started in one corner and just drew across the page hoping it would be socially acceptable.

Also: reference = great. Thank you, jungle/rock photgraphy. Thank you, Nabataeans, for constructing to city of Petra and giving me architecture reference!

The ultimate plan is to give this somethin' somethin' a dash of color! I'm aware that I can't survive on pencil doodles in my sketchbook forever, so I have to take a risk and do my best! Of course, it's always nice to have a trusty "undo" button at your side...thanks, Photoshop!

Hopefully this next week will bring more good things!