Dang howdy, I'm done with my fifth semester of college. And if things go as I have planned, then I've got three more to go. In summary, I'm over halfway and it terrifies me.
My last final was technically picking up stuff from Graphic Design, but the last one I actually had to do stuff for was Grammar yesterday, in the form of a test. I'm a bit wary, considering how I didn't think it was all that hard, but that probably means I bombed it.
What marked the finale was the one-on-one with my Illustration professor. I asked if I could just do it while I was there for Graphic Design, since it's the same teacher, and she was like "uhhh sure if you want". It went a lot smoother than I thought it would, and it really boils down to me being hard on myself. According to her, Intermediate Illustration (which is this whole year) is about struggling, being frustrated, and figuring things out. My hangup comes from being surrounded by massively talented people who can just poop out greatness, and she understands that and also how terribly frustrated I am because of that.
I've got some stuff working for me, she says, like color and relationships and the like. But there's stuff to be improved upon, which, I mean, is obvious. (Though I'd like to argue against composition - it's not exactly a weak point of mine, so whatever.)
Part of my struggle was experimenting and not quite succeeding in my experiments, rather than everyone else who worked in mostly the same stuff (paint). I'm want to try out a bunch of different things to see what works and what doesn't. I'm also turning into a mixed media person, because I know what tools give what effects, and at this point it's me trying to put them together cohesively.
tl;dr I'm not as bad as I think I am
I'm thinking of streaming tonight, sometime after 7pm 8pm CST. I'll be working on coloring this. I'm thinking of doing a Skype and stream, so if you wanna come...uh, be ready for that...? It'll be at the art corner of doom, as per usual.
