Finally!!!

I am finally done! I called the VRC on Thursday and they told me they would be closed Fri-Sun... Ugh!!! Well. That gave me more time to polish up my painting. I'm going to drop off the file Monday morning. They told me they would have the print ready later in the day. I hope so!! *-*

RIP

Mmm! I really liked this movie haha! It was very entertaining and I really had no idea people like Girl Talk existed. I really find copyrights to be annoying when it comes to these types of art styles. I remember reading in the packet that its common for people to appropriate over most things in life, including habits and relationships. Appropriation also happened throughout history, such as the Romans adapting the Ancient Greek customs and religions (I think that was one of the examples). So why hasn't it been an issue until now? Unless someone out right takes something mine and calls it their own (plagiarism of course) I don't see what the issue is. I would actually find it flattering for someone to take something I've done and produce something amazing from it! I guess because people have "something" to lose, mainly money. But do they really own their intellectual property or just those large corporations/record companies? Well we discussed this in class of course. Behhh! How would we change the copyright law though? Like we discussed too, everything has developed case by case, so it really depends on how stingy or laid back the "victim" is. Why does everything have to be black and white? :O

Some ideas for this semester:

Hmm alright so for this semester I would like to focus on digital illustration. I think I want fo focus on figures such as humans and or animals. I want to do this so I can develop my digital painting skills and also further improve my skills in figure drawing. I would probably draw them from references but also alter them or combine references. I drew/painted two assignments last semester in my Painting II class. I printed my first one in small scale and attached them to mini canvases.

My final assignment was a self portrait which I printed life size. Because my previous project focused on animal people I sort of went in that direction for my self portrait. I am thinking about having that as my theme this semester, probably with interaction between figures. So probably three different situations. I also want to paint a background or location for them, as oppose to just the patterns like I did with these paintings. So my theme... will be anthropomorphic animals interacting with each other, done in a digital painting medium. I am still not sure whether I will paint them in full color, or as washes. I did a lot of ink washes last semester and I liked the effect and the process but I am not sure how well that will translate with a tablet. I am sure if I tweak the settings I can achieve a watercolor or ink wash effect. I am also interested in 19th century fashion and vestments so I think I will incorporate that into my images. I was thinking of either printing them out in large scale or combine them with other media like I did with these. I want to pursue a career in digital illustration and or graphic design. So~~ This is why I want to focus on this medium!