J. Magi

Wanna hear a long and stupid rant? No? Too bad.

Soooo basically I'm taking AP Art rn

Basically it's like, the advanced college level (ish) art class you can take after you've taken most of the other art classes (Drawing, Painting, etc.). 

For AP Art you have to make a portfolio over the course of the school year consisting of 15 pieces. Which is a bit much, and a bit overwhelming, but I can be pretty prolific when it comes to art, so I'm not extremely worried about it.

the part I am worried about is the fact that we have to choose a theme to base our entire portfolio on.

and I'm indecisive as heck. 

we're 4 weeks into the school year and I have no idea what I'm doing. 

Okay maybe not no idea, I have explored a few ideas, and written out some thoughts but . . . well . . .

-Idea No. 1: "Dreams." 

I really like this idea for the few days it lasted, I did quite a few thumbnails, I even told my teacher about this one. But after the initial inspo died down I just felt kinda "meh" about it. Not only that but I realized I didn't have enough ideas to cover 15 pieces. I do still kinda like this idea, it was meant to cover all definitions of dreams, like actual dreams, aspirations, daydreams, etc. It just wasn't broad enough. Plus a friend of mine is doing something similar, and I want to do my own thing sooooo

-Idea No. 2 "Harmony,"

This idea was perfect. In the sense that it checked all the boxes I needed it too. "Harmony" would be a much broader theme idea than "dreams", and I even have a list of 15 prompts for all of my pieces. As of last class, this is what I was going with. The idea was to explore the diff. definitions of harmony. And it was basically cheating hehe . . .

Because "harmony" often applies to elements of an art, as well as just visually pleasing things, I could basically paint anything that looks pretty cool, slap on how the piece is harmonious, and move on. Perfect right?

no.

It's boring.

In that, most of what I would paint would be still lifes and landscapes with nice composition or contrast or whatever. So while this theme could work, and I could make myself do it and everything would be fine, I just find myself not wanting to. It doesn't inspire me, I'm not excited about it or passionate about it.

sooo what do I do??

My teacher gave me three pieces of advice when coming up with a theme, and they've helped a little I guess:

-Base your theme around what you already draw all the time, to make things easier.

-Choose a broad theme that you can fit 15 pieces into, something you won't run out of ideas for.

-No anime

uuuuuuuugh why can't I just pick something bro ;-;

I was gonna rant some more but this is already really long and I'm tired.

Also guess where I am while writing this?

AP art.

I'm procrastinating. 

It's changed already, but for a brief moment I know the sweet taste of glorious fame

*Ahsoka spoilers maybe, I tired to keep it vague*

Me watching that one scene in Ahsoka episode 4, knowing full well that the rest of my family will complain about it (having not scene rebels) and dying a little bit inside.

My dad the next day: I hate her so much-

Guys! Guess what!

I was talking to a friend of mine and the conversation ended up leading to me describing how Kandra work. And so she looked up mistborn and she said she's gonna try and read it!! I'm really excited about it!

 

MY FINE ARTS TEACHER WANTS TO SEE THE ART I DID OVER THE SUMMER

BUT I MOSTLY DREW THE NONHUMAN TOTK ZELDA CHARACTERS

WHICH OUT OF CONTEXT LOOK LIKE ANIME FURRIES

ANIME FURRIES YA'LL

"TEACHER, SIR I'M NOT NEARLY AS CLASSY AS YOU THINK I AM BRO,"

HELP ME WHAT DO I DO

Dried cherries are much more tastier than I calculated they would be

10/10 breakfast yum

Sooo . . . this week is supposed to be Rush Week (week when all the school clubs have like a table you can visit and sign up for their club during lunch). I'm vice prez of the art club which means I've gotta help out at my clubs table and I made a whole bunch of origami butterflies to give out to people as a fun little thing.

The only problem being I have no idea which day this week Rush Week actually starts? In the past I remember it just being Thur-Fri but I have reason to believe it might not be? So I might just be carrying around a shopping bag full of 88 origami butterflies all day for no reason but y'know. 

also now I've typed week too many times and it looks weird.

I finished RoW today

 

my brain has completely and utterly imploded

 

 

my content count is 444 rn which is kinda cool

also fun fact, there's an edm version of Book of Mormen Stories out there and it slaps

its happened again

I've had an idea for another cosmere animatic that I have neither the time, skills, or energy to create.

why am I cursed like this

3 days in and I'm already procrastinating school work

 

 

 

on the other hand it definitely could be done later . . .

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

400 posts!!!!!! 

whooo!

yeh thats all

akldsjflajsd why is changing your school schedule so needlessly stressful?? why am I so stressed out about this? 

I was looking at the classes available left to choose from, to fill in one last slot on my schedule. Basically: there was one boring option, and a higher level class that would be harder, but more interesting. I chose the interesting one.

and now I'm immediately regretting it! yaaaaaaaaay! I think I underestimated how much work its gonna be and now I'm (as stated above) stressed out about it. 

I genuinely don't think I can ask to change things again, because the forum said we could only make one change per semester. yaaaaaaaaaaaay

maybe hopefully i can chat with my counselor about it but who knows at this point

anyway, I hope ya'll are having a good day!

kajf;alskdjf;las 2 weeks till school starts

I'm in denial about how stressed I am, but that's fine. Fake it till you make it right?

kay so I haven't read tress of emerald sea yet

but consider:

 

Petition to stop using the very over-used "we've got company" line in fiction, and replace it with the much cooler "something wicked this way comes."

Hey everyone, Stormform is starting a new DnD RP thread!

I don't know If I can be involved yet but I'm sure it'll be fun!

You never know true tragedy until you loose all 25 extremely important and irreplaceable tabs in one go

Shoe #2 is done!

Its definitely kind of messy here and there, but I'm really happy with how it came out

(Also I may have worn these shoes out a few times before finishing it, so the black and the white rubber isn't as pristine in these pictures lol)

Shoe #1 is complete my friends

Shoe #2 is not so complete . . .  but I don't think I can do much more painting today lol

The progress so far:

 

Me: wow I have so many things I should be doing right now because its the end of the school year

Also me: make this random thing

*coughs*

I finished Warbreaker!

and all of a sudden, Oathbringer makes much more sense lol

Is there a reason why everyone's pfp's are green all of a sudden? Or maybe I'm just going insane?

Happy Birthday!!! Have a great day!!

So I was at a family gathering last night, and my sisters fiance asked if anyone had any complicated/interesting fantasy book recommendations. 

Me: *casually grabs a mistborn book I had with me*  "Y'know . . ."

my entire family, in unison: "NOT AGAIN"

anyway, I got him to borrow the first trilogy from me, hopefully he actually reads it ^^