Huzzah

I have not forgotten to post, I just wanted to put a bit more work into the drawing that I am working on. It's still not finished but I had to move on to something else so that I wouldn't get frustrated with it. 

What do you think? Still working on it, but I like it so far. 

I have drawrings

Wow... so I couldn't post anything earlier because this site wasn't working. Anywho I have some pieces to post, so I will do that now.

Okay, so there you have it. There will be more later.

Before I fall asleep.

This is really just a post to take up todays slot. I am building a reference folder so I have a bunch of pics to choose from when I do get around to drawing. I had to finish some final school work before I could get drawing and today has just been kinda weird. For some reason the place I pull images from is painfully slow and I ate a big dinner so I am kinda sleepy. Hopefully I have a bunch of art to show off tomorrow. Eh...

Mea charta perfectus

I don't know if the Latin is right but I finished my final paper tonight. I got an extension on the paper because the initial one for the class was... shite. This one is far and away a better paper and I am pretty happy with the result. Now that I have gotten the self gratification out of the way I will discuss where I want to take this blog.

The title of the blog should be a dead giveaway of what the blog will entail. It may not be much at the moment since I don't have anything new to show here but that should be changing in the very near future. I will be forcing myself to draw at least an hour a day for the rest of the foreseeable future which should be good for me. Next semester here in the windy city will have me taking part in three different studio classes and two of them will require me to use traditional materials. That means, for 14 hours every week I will be drawing/painting. If I can't draw at least one hour everyday, how can I possibly think that I want to be an artist?

Art means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. The standard definition of art is something that is deliberately created by man to achieve something outside of nature. For me, art is beauty. That is the simple idea at least. When I think of art I think of the old masters from the renaissance and the impressionists who were tired of showing the world as it is and decided to show what the world could look like through the lens of imagination. I can only hope and strive to make my art move people the way that these geniuses did hundreds of years ago.

Of course art is subjective and there are modern artists who have made me question my idea of art. I used to think that modern art was just a mess of ideas that meant next to nothing. After spending some time in the Art Institute I have come to see that art is many things and really does defy simple understanding. After learning this and finishing my first semester here at art school I want to experiment with art in a very different way.

Not being afraid of failure was definitely the hardest lesson to learn here during my first semester. The one coming in at a close second being that procrastination just isn't going to work. Now that I am fully aware of these things I think I can take my first steps toward making art that I am proud of. Here's hoping at least.

Michael

Amazon gift cards are awesome. Unless your someone like me

My wonderful mother got my brother and I Amazon gift cards as one of our gifts this Christmas. Normally, I love gift cards. They take all the hassle out of shopping for that PERFECT gift for the people in your life and they can't complain about getting the wrong thing. That sounds horrible, but that is why they are so popular.

I actually enjoy finding gifts that I think my family and friends will like. However, I'm a class A procrastinator. I don't do it on purpose, I don't think anyone does really, but I am really good at it.

Back to the topic at hand. Gift cards are normally pretty great, especially amazon gift cards. You can find anything at amazon, and that is where the problem lies. As a rule, I hate shopping. When I am buying things for other people it can be a lot of fun. When it's for me... well, I drive myself crazy. There a lot of things that I would like to get and I am only limited by the amount on the card.

What I ended up doing was buying 4 movies that I had seen about a million times. They are blu-ray so at least there is an upgrade and you can't really argue with good movies. The funny thing is, I did this while I was trying to type up this post. I guess it just finally made sense.

It only took me over a week.

Horay for throw away posts!

Michael

So, I started a blog

I guess this is just a place to put my real thoughts out there. I have a Facebook page, a deviantART account, a Myspace page (not that anyone actually cares about Myspace anymore) and perhaps one day a diaspora page.

Look up diaspora, it seems interesting.

So, it's the new year now. 2010 has come and gone. 2011 has just started and I did not go out and have fun on New Years eve. To be honest that really isn't my style. I would like to go out and have fun with a bunch of people, but that really isn't going to happen anytime soon. I'm not anti-social, I think, I'm just not that good at being social. To much posturing and false advertising for my taste. Of course, I have the tendency of being too honest and maybe that makes people uncomfortable. I don't know, I'm often to afraid to ask.

I just realized that Facebook and Myspace count as words in the Chrome word check. Not deviantART though, I guess it's not mainstream enough.

I guess my New Years resolution for 2011 is to try and stick with this blog. Oh, and stop procrastinating. I wrote it hear in my blog for all the world to see so I guess I should keep my word. Wouldn't want the whole world to think that I'm a liar.

The title for my blog may be a little misleading at first seeing as how I don't have much art to speak of at the moment. I will definitely get more of my creations up here whether they be good or bad, because that is what art is all about right? Create and release for the masses. At least, that is what I think it's about.

What is this blog about, really? Well, I will be sharing my thoughts and opinions about things that I find interesting. Whether it be movies, art, TV shows, books, people, events, and any other thing that happens to pique my curiosity. Feel free to comment, share, argue, and any other thing that people who read blogs do. This is all new to me and I will try to make this worth your time. Because wasting time is something I'm good at but I don't feel should be spread.

Time for sleep.