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At my school we are having a professional practivce event again. Its like when a football player puts everything they have into the game when the scouts are coming. Its the same ting for us we just take and put years worth of portfolio stuff into our stuff o.o........ so i'm gonna light a fire under my butt and get things done.... i need to.

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I really can't wait until i transfer. With everyday that goes buy i feel more and more confidenmt in my choice to go into this field. io can't really explain shere this passion come from but i love it and wouldn't trade it for the world.

As for some of the greatest compliments i get in the world, i think that the best one i can ever recieve is for someont to tell me that i look like an animator. one of my class mates told me while we were on our field trip that she thinks my work is very child like and that it seems like i should work for Disney. I love her. That is exactly what i am going for and i'm glad that it shows in my work and the way that i live my life. That must mean that i am doing something good.

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So lately I've been looking back over my portfolio and I like what I see. I see progression. By no means is it perfect or do I consider myself worthy enough to tak commisiions yet but when I do you'll know. My task for myself this year is to keep pushing art as hard as I can and practicing more which means more uploads and more chances for critiques (that I would really love to get *hint hint*).

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I know I've been saying I'm going to update my gallery a lot but i promise i am!!

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SCAD is merely okay to me now. It's fine if I don't get accepted anywhere else, if they accept me. I mean there are just too many different problems with it. First off there is the ridiculous amount that you pay for the tuition 41,000 plus and it goes up every year. how do they expect someone like me to make that much money? Lets really be serious about this one for a moment. Then there is the fact that the school is spread out between the CITY of Savannah. It's not a foreign idea to me because I live around school like that, Washington D.C. area, so I'm use to seeing school like that but i had just expected the campus feel at SCAD. Lets not forget to mention that my building and "possible" dorm room are going to be about a mile away from most of the other buildings for SCAD. I say possible rooms because apparently there is a waiting list that is as long as the Nile river. So not only am I in no mans land I am more than likely going to have to find an apartment to pay for along with the sky high tuition. Great. Then lets also not forget to mention that Savannah is a historic city. Isn't that wonderful. that means that all of the buldings look like something out off the 1800's. So they have that....old" feel to them. ewww. Then apparently the school is located in one of the most crime ridden areas of Savannah. Oh and by the way alll of the buildings except maybe three are all restored buildings. What that means is that they went around and bought old abandoned buildings and renovated them like old churches, jails and stuff like that. I know renovating the inside can work wonders but they aren't allowed to change anything on the outside of the buildings so they can still look historic. Me personally I like modern things so that too just made me shake my head at the school. *cries*

One the plus side though SCAD has really up to date technology and many guest speakers if that helps.

I am just so out done with them but if push comes to shove....you know i on't even think that i would go if i could........... man. I must have really learned some stuff by going there.

...hmm. A word of advice to everyone make sure you do a campus tour before you decide to attend a college.

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The point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pics who wouldn’t be better?

The Rules:

1.) Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.

2.) No time limit so have fun

3.) The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. For all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photo shop to create the pic.

3a.) Pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that:
A.)You are in the challenge.
B.)What you have completed.

5.) Make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic.
6.) In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.

THE LIST/LA LISTA:

1. Introduction/ Introducción
2. Love/ Amor
3. Light/ Luz
4. Dark/ Oscuridad
5. Seeking Solace/ Buscando consuelo
6. Break Away/ Escaparse
7. Heaven/ Cielo (Paraíso)
8. Innocence/ Inocencia
9. Drive/ Conducir
10. Breathe Again/ Volver a respirar
11. Memory/ Recuerdo o Memoria
12. Insanity/ Locura
13. Misfortune/ Desgracia
14. Smile/ Sonrisa
15. Silence/ Silencio
16. Questioning/ Interrogatorio
17. Blood/ Sangre
18. Rainbow/ Arco Iris
19. Gray/ Gris
20. Fortitude/ Fortaleza
21. Vacation/ Vacaciones
22. Mother Nature/ Madre Naturaleza
23. Cat/ Gato
24. No Time/ Sin tiempo
25. Trouble Lurking/ No se Algo como buscando problemas o algo así
26. Tears/ Lágrimas
27. Foreign/ Extranjero
28. Sorrow/ Pena
29. Happiness/ Alegría
30. Under the Rain/ Bajo la lluvia
31. Flowers/ Flores
32. Night/ Noche
33. Expectations/ Expectativas
34. Stars/ Estrellas
35. Hold My Hand/ Coge mi mano
36. Precious Treasure/ Tesoro precioso (muy gollumítico )
37. Eyes/ Ojos
38. Abandoned/ Abandonado
39. Dreams/ Sueños
40. Rated/ Calificado?
41. Teamwork/ Trabajo de equipo
42. Standing Still/ Permanecer inmóvil
43. Dying/ Muriendo
44. Two Roads/ Dos carreteras
45. Illusion/ Ilusión
46. Family/ Familia
47. Creation/ Creación
48. Childhood/ Niñez
49. Stripes/ Rayas
50. Breaking the Rules/ Rompiendo las normas
51. Sport/ Deporte
52. Deep in Thought/ Muy hondo en el pensamiento
53. Keeping a Secret/ Guardando un secreto
54. Tower/ Torre
55. Waiting/ Esperando
56. Danger Ahead/ Peligro inminente o se avecina un peligro
57. Sacrifice/ Sacrificio
58. Kick in the Head/ Coño, patada en la cabeza? k jebi....
59. No Way Out/ Sin salida
60. Rejection/ Rechazo
61. Fairy Tale/ Cuento de hadas
62. Magic/ Magia
63. Do Not Disturb/ No molestar
64. Multitasking/ Multitareas
65. Horror/ Mmm... fantasia! Nooo, horror
66. Traps/ Trampa
67. Playing the Melody/ Tocando la melodía
68. Hero/ Héroe
69. Annoyance/ Enojo
70. 67%/ ... 55%
71. Obsession/ Obsesión
72. Mischief Managed/ Travesura hecha
73. I Can't/ No puedo
74. Are You Challenging Me?/ Me estas retando? (aunke debería ser "Ar iú tolkin Chu mí?")
75. Mirror/ Espejo
76. Broken Pieces/ Trozos rotos
77. Test/ Test
78. Drink/ Bebida
79. Starvation/ Inanición
80. Words/ Palabras
81. Pen and Paper/ Boli y papel
82. Can You Hear Me?/ Puedes oírme?
83. Heal/ Curar
84. Out Cold/ Frío fuera (?)
85. Spiral/ Espiral
86. Seeing Red/ Viendo rojo87. Food/ Comida
88. Pain/ Dolor
89. Through the Fire/ A través del fuego
90. Triangle/ Triángulo
91. Drowning/ Ahogándose
92. All That I Have/ Todo lo que tengo
93. Give Up/ Rendirse
94. Last Hope/ Última esperanza
95. Advertisement/ Anuncio
96. In the Storm/ En la tormenta
97. Safety First/ La seguridad primero
98. Puzzle/ puzzle
99. Solitude/ Soledad
100. Relaxation/ Relajación




This sounds like fun and I have always wanted to try it so wish me luck!

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This, so far, is going to be my work out schedule:

Morning time.
* walk to work instead of riding metro (12 blocks)
* walk up 7 flights of strairs to get to and from my office

Lunch time.
* STOP GOING TO UNION STATION!!! This is where i spend most of my money and gained at least 8 pounds. Instead i'm walking about 6 blocks to subway. Go Jared!

At Home.
* try doing more DDR I'm going to try and play that as often as i can
* this weekend i'm ging to suncoast to buy some work out videos i have to find something i'm going to enjoy because if i don't then i know i'm not going to do it. For example, we have richard simmons work out tape...enough said...a palua abdul work out tape...again enough said...and Tae-bo that onek i can work with its just so intense that i have to work up to that
go walking with my mother and father more around the track


I'm really going to try this for a while and see how things go andk hopefully when I report back I'll have good news!

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The good news is that since I am working as a student I’m not going to get much work to do. So I have my sketchbook with me now actually. I just finished a small sketch of what I am going to do for my sister’s Christmas gift if she wants it. I’m trying to find the right image to use. Her favorite singers are Janet Jackson and Beyonce. She doesn’t know but I am going to make two portraits for her to put downstairs in her entertainment room. hopefully they will look okay. I want to make them poster size......sitting here made me think about working on two for my other sister Melinda of both Prince and Michael Jackson but think she would prefer her family portrait with all of them. That might be better for her.

I’m not sure what medium to use. I was thinking about watercolor (to bring out the colors in the room), charcoal (for dramatic effect), or acrylic (so it will look more professional like a real painting....it would be....lol...wow I’m smart....) Any suggestions?

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I am actually at work right now. I'm at my happy little desk typing away right now.

I hope everyone is having fun this summer!

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Now I'm sitting here wondering what's next in my life. I'm actually considereing to chage my major to studio art. Yes its weird to think about me doing that. (for those of you that don't know I am going to doublew major in Animation and Visual Effects because it is just so beautiful when done right! *dreams*) You would think that the degree in Graphic Design would help me out the most right? ha. thats a lie ...at least at mont gomery ( no offense i still love you guys I'm just changing my major XP)

I looked at the list of classex that I'm supposed to take at Montgomery for Graphic Design and compared that to the list of cflasses that I am supposed to be taking at Savannah and I realized that I would only be taking 12 transferable classes out of the 22 classes that I would be taking. That is so not cool. I got a little dissappointed when I saw that and began to wonder about the Studio Art Major. When I looked that up I saw that I would have about 14 to 16 classes that could transfer over to Savannah out of those other 22 clasees that i will have taken. You do the Math. I may not have done well in math but that sure looks like the better deal if you ask me. Then not to mention that the GD classes are supposedly harder from what I've heard. and they are stuck in only two rooms out of the whole building because they need the computer lab. ha. losers lol but no I L O V E he people that are in those classes I just don't think thats right for me.

Anyway I hope everyone has vun this summer I'll be back soon.

~Love~

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It's really hard to have a positive attitude towards the information i got back. When i first got back the sheet i realized that it was not going to be a good thing. i just had that feeling and didn't look at it right away and guess what i was right. it was as bad as i feared it was. i thought i would have done better because i have been working really hard to figure out what to do and am trying to figure out how to make myself better. To get back such a horrible reply from the members is heartbreaking. I am actually holding back tears of shame right now. It sucks to be trying really hard to grasp something and then get smacked in the face because you aren't doing it quick enough or you don't meet up to someone else or for any other reason.

Yes i know that you can't compare yourself to other people and that you should take your negative experiences and learn from them but some times it really is hard for me to understand or deal with those things. It hurts to know that your progress is not enough for other people when you think you are doing better.

The grades we get in school must not reflect how well we will do in life outside of school. I knew that before but this is just yet another reminder of how much room for improvement i have.

I have to go now but i'll be back ^_^

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I am really pissed off right now. I Can't believe this. All of these beautiful, wonderful, awe inspiring movies are coming out and I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM!!! dang it. I'm like wait a few years man. dang. Can i work on something? I mean really? Look at all of these movies that have come out and are still waiting to come out. Lets take a look at Transformers. WHAT THE HECK?!?!? the CG modeling won it was just really good and it pissed me off. Why the HECK am I not working on something like that. Then as if to add insult there is another movie that was released TODAY! Iron man. Why Lord? Why? Shy does it look so beautiful? Why are they making movies look that good? Why Lord? The only thing that I can say about these movies is that they are surely inspirational. It's when things like this piss me off [they] motivate me. Movies like Iron Man help drive my passion. They give me a goal. I want to be like the people that work on them. I want to be one of those awe inspiring people. i want to motivate and entertain it's what I have a passion for. My heart is in it. everything I have done in my ife [this far] is to push myself furthers to my goal. To the career that i would love. I may not get paid enough for it, because i hear the pay isn't the highest , but i believe that if there is something that you want to do that will make you happy do it. If your career choices seems like something you can't achieve thy it anyway. It will make you a better and happier person. Yes it will involve hours of work to achieve but it is worth it. Go after your dreams.


Lisa Thompson
May 2, 2008



My little rant.

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I think that there is no set definintion for art. Art can be almost anything, it just matters how you present it.

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Be Back Soon!

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I really and honestly want to go to this college but why does it have to cost me so much? SCAD should be ashamed of those prices. What am I supposed do get that kind of money? Scholarships are few and far between. yes i got one but that went towards the place i'm at now for this year and it was only 1,150 dollars! (thank you George and Ruth Tretter no offense to you guys *wants to give them a hug*) How and the heck am i supposed to come up with that for ONE count them ONE year?!?!? I plan on going there for possibly FOUR years!!!! I want a double major in Animation and Visual Effects and if possible minor in storyboarding, drawing, and maybe take classes in Sound design, web design and some sports. How in the WORLD am i supposed to get money for all of that?? Athletic Scholarships? I think not. Unless i can get one for being on the tennis, volleyball, or fencing teams i am not going to get one at all pouts. Portfolio scholarships? lol. I am not even hardly near the best artist around. Thats why i am going to COLLEGE so i can get BETTER!!!!. I am not some genius with paint, pen or Charcoal so thats out. Then the academic scholarships hahahahahahaha my GPA last quarter was a 2.6 you need a GPA of a 3.0 to really get anything (thank you vossler for that one grade that killed my GPA.)

I don't understand why things have to cost as much as they do. I want to go to Savannah. I really do. That is my dream school. They have everything I could possibly ever want to have in a college and yet i may not be able to go. I really wish people would give the middle class a break. I don't quallify for FAFSA because my parents make too much and I am not super rich or anything remotely close to that. How am i supposed to afford a college that costs that much? Yes there are loans but they are only traps. The interest can kill you and i need loans for 120,000 dollars come on now. How do you expect me to do that? And Maybe even get a car? Come on now. Lets get real.

I really want a miracle. I really need it. I wanted to be an art director for Disney orDreamWorks or Blue Sky but that dream seems to be dying (a dream deffered), or possibly operate my own production company, but no I can't. Why? because i have no money. Oh and lets not start on some of the other discrimination i will have against me. I am a woman trying to play "a man's game" and to add to that i am an intelligent, black, catholic woman at that. I already have a good portion of people against me I don't need money drama adding to my many other problems.

How am I supposed to deal with this? What if i can't overcome these obstacles. What am i supposed to do with my life. how can i survive this. I know I am not the only person that is going to have to deal with these kinds of issues, i understand that, but am i supposed to get by.

I am trying to get to where i want to be but it just seems so far away. I am at a community college for now trying to save money and get a good education so for the next year I will be okay but my life after that is unknown. Where will I go, what will I do?

I love art. I love so many of the different divisions of it. I want to make some myself and leave my mark on the world. I want to help others like myself achieve their dreams but how can I do all these things if I can't even help myself?

I pray for help everyday, sometimes for myself and sometimes for other people. Yes I am better off than many people but at the same time there are many better off than me.

Is it so wrong to want to live? To explore the world that God made and enjoy your life the way you were meant to?

Some days it's hard to look at myself in the mirror. I can't bear to look into my own eyes. I can't bear to look at a person that is so full of hope to the point where I believe in lies for comfort. myself esteem was so low at one point that I wanted to commit sucide. I felt so confused about my life, it was like I couldn't function the way i wanted to. I felt confused about my relationships, i hated my appereances, and i didn't know who i was. I couldn't tell anyone who I was beause i didn't know myself. My Friends were leaving me for God only knows why, my faimly memberes bullied me, and i just couldn't find myself for trying to please other people.

Now I know what makes me happy. I know my joys now. I am a better person than I used to be. Its just hard to know that my joys are so hard to obtain. There are so many things that i want to do in my life, so many places I want to see, so many people I want to meet. It's too many goals that I have for my life than I can write about. Sometimes I can't believe that this is the life i was meant to live. It was actually one of the reasons that i wanted to die. I a... ]]> ~Today-4-u http://Today-4-u.deviantart.com/journal/17532281/ http://Today-4-u.deviantart.com/journal/17532281/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:31:31 PDT
So, starting now, I'm going to work on things for myself. I don't see the point in being an artist if you are not enjoying what you are doing soooooooo expect to see a few random things get posted on here later.

One thing that I can tell you that will be up here is going to be my happy character Nikita. I thought I had lost her a few years ago but it looks like i just really badly misplaced her thats all. Her original name was Sahara. She was going to be a character in this guys story but he started acting really anal about things and acted like a jerk towards me for some reason so I stopped talking to him. Now Nikita is mine!

I can't wait to work on her. lol She may not come out like everyone elses stuff but dang it she's mine. I don't really have enoguh knowledge about Maya and stuff like that so i can't do any that stuff yet, but thats alright. There was life and art before Maya and Photoshop. gosh

I find it hard to believe that I'm in "art school" and I'm not doing any of the things that I really want to do. The colege I'm at now is more focused on the studio art side of things, thats not to say that I hate it or dislike studio art or anything. its just that I'm not trying to go into that feild and I feel like I'm not really learning what I could be learning. may just gotten bored with everything and slightly frustrated....yeah.... i think thats what it is...idk..don't mind me. Tis one of my mini rants.

In other news, I am going to do something that I haven't done in a while and that is sleep! Good Night Guys! I'll be back later.

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e form the stunning effects and comedic elements it was exeltnly modified to the big screen format. I loved it. Thank you Dr. Suess and Blue Sky Studios.

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i'll more than likely be back here so keep a watch out for me

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anywho I am starting again. this is a new beginning for me.

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