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For those of you that don't know, I'm a third of the way done with my second year at SCAD. This past quarter I officially declared myself a Fibers major and could not be happier. Thus far, I love the program and the faculty. Fibers is so intriguing, and I've learn so many new skills from weaving to felting to repeat pattern techniques. I'm eager to take more classes within the department. Although I'm a Fibers major, I have not totally given up on Graphic Design. I plan to use my free electives to take Graphic Design classes, at least Typography and Web Design.

This account is a poor record of all the art I've done recently, and I will attempt to remedy this. I've got a whole year's worth of art to draw from and will be posting my favorite things up on here. Bear with me, though, as this will take some time.

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My first year at SCAD has been going great thus far. Right now I'm in a quandary over my major. I just might forsake good ole Graphic Design for Fibers. Most of you probably don't know what Fibers is, but it is a very broad major that covers most anything that has to do with fabric and pattern. If I major in it, I'll go into the textile design category and design the patterns and such on fabric. Yea, it's pretty awesome.

This thing desperately needs an update. So, when I get a bit of elusive time, look for some new stuff from this past Winter Quarter and the current Spring Quarter.

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Here's what I've learned:
- how to effectively use an exacto knife/utility knife, especially to cut out circles
- craftsmanship may cost you major points
- charcoal is my new favorite medium
- economy is the one design element that's really hard to describe
- it doesn't matter how much time you put into something, it's the quality that counts
- random photo shoots are great stress relievers
- "everything will be okay"
- anything considered weird or unusual can be attributed to the fact that I'm in art school

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Now I shall continue to procrastinate instead of studying for exams...

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My colleges portfolios have all been mailed off as well as my applications & the FAFSA. All that's left in financial aid. It's a big relief.

A bunch of us have started a sewing project. We're going to make regency era dresses to wear to Prom. So, I've been working on fitting the pattern and trying to find the perfect fabric. Yea for artistic endeavors!

Sr. Adelaide has us doing an oil self-portrait. I'm probably going to be the first to start, but that's okay since I'm usually the last to finish.

Oh, and my 18th birthday is in a week!!!!

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So, I have a question for all of you. What do you, my loyal friends and watchers, consider my strongest work?

EDIT: Finally, all my portfolios have been sent! Thank you guys for all your input. However, now I've to pick ONE photo to print and frame for this contest at school. Any ideas?

]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/10038552/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/10038552/ Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:50:30 PDT Anyway, I'm seriously lagging on the whole art thing. Nothing new really since SCAD. I still need to do something for all those portfolios. *sigh* college admissions.

Senior year has been swell. Tonight is our first Italian class. It has taken us almost four years, but we're finally taking it. ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/9334204/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/9334204/ Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:39:54 PDT
It was great. awesome. amazing. pick your synonym. To sum it up in the words of Angela, "Best week EVER!" First of all, Savannah is a beautiful city, and I know everyone says that, but it truly is. There are so many old building, beautiful squares, and cute little shops, in fact my mom kept comparing it to New Orleans and Austin. In my opinion it is historic like New Orleans, but clean and interesting like Austin. Second, I met so many great people!!! My roommate and everyone else in our group made the week hilarious. (I miss you guys!) Not only that, but everyone there was so creative and interesting. Third, the atmosphere there was so creative and enriching. The school and instructors were really passionate and dedicated to art. Anyway, it was great. Sorry for the redundancy.

(there's a slightly more detailed account on my LJ, by the way) ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8966612/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8966612/ Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:17:02 PDT
It's been confirmed. We're moving to Las Vegas, or actually a suburb of Las Vegas. We even put a down payment on the house we're building yesterday. But don't worry, although my dad's starting this summer, we aren't going until next summer. That way Jonathan and I can finish school. I suppose I shouldn't be that upset about all this, considering I'm going away to college anyway. You guys just better come visit me. Flights to Las Vegas are cheap.

In addition, I'm leaving for Seattle on Wednesday? I think? I'm not exactly certain. So I think we're there for less than a week. I'm not certain about that either. But I'll be home for about a week. After that it's the SCAD thing, which I'm getting nervous about. I haven't heard from them since we sent our payment. Then it's Buffalo for at least two weeks because it's looking like we're taking that 3rd week and going to Las Vegas. I'll be back home at the end of July, at which time I'm probably going to get my wisdom teeth out. So, yea I feel very overwelmed.

In between house hunting, my mom's been doing hair like crazy, so I've been stuck in the house all day. Which you would think would lead to productivity. I have a few pictures I took in this nifty vintage store in Austin that I want to post. And of course that infamous pastel drawing. I'll post them eventually. ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8554750/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8554750/ Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:26:42 PDT
On Thursday, I dished out $250 on a brand new mp3 player!! It is a Samsung YP-Z5, or, as I have affectionately named him, "Zeke." It's a tiny 4GB player, rival to the ipod nano, and plays both music and pictures. He hasn't left my side since Thursday. I even took him to the Shakespeare thing Friday at LSU.

Which was really cool by the way. The guy had a British accent and was a great speaker. It was interesting to hear more about the Globe. I was worried the lecture would overlap with the tour I took in London, but it did not a bit. He talked about the modern aspects of the Globe, what it was like to direct plays there, and what he learned from directing there. Very interesting.

Yesterday, I got a packet in the mail from SCAD. I'M OFFICALLY ADMITTED INTO THE SCAD SUMMER SEMINAR!! I'm very, very excited. Once I pay and sent in a huge packet full of paperwork and housing stuff, I'll find out if I got into the workshops I signed up for. I really hope I do...

About an hour ago I finished my pastel landscape for art class! A proud moment indeed. Come Monday I get to show Sr. Adelaide, and probably have to tweak it to death.

I hope everyone's having a lovely holiday! ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8473083/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8473083/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:31:41 PDT ).

I ended up taking 57 pictures and 3 videos, some will be posted to scraps just for fun. Other than that I'll be sending out a massive email to everyone with a bunch of pictures (not all) attached. Despite the sunburn I got on my back and face, it was worth it.

P.S. I you guys! ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8169099/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/8169099/ Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:52:49 PST
My birthday was Monday (for all of you that didn't know), and now I'm 17!!!! yay! So now I have an abundance of baked goods, and money. Money which soon shall be turned into an MP3 player. In addition, my ice cream social birthday is going to be Friday, and it shall be a fun!

With the turning in of my essay today, I've finished all my projects!! All these lovely litte junior year projects are over! *sigh* Now I have time to relax...

Today is also the Ides of March! So happy aniversary to Cassandra. ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7636335/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7636335/ Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:25:41 PST ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7429404/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7429404/ Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:21:48 PST
Well, I certainly got some nifty presents for Chistmas. One being my very own... digital camera!!! Along with that I recieved some software that's sort of like a Microsoft version of Photoshop. This means that there should (hopefully) be some new stuff on after I get back home.

I have written, and am about to post, the chapter I wrote for the Robot vs. Mafia war. Note: this is Chapter 4 and all other chapters can be found here ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7295198/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7295198/ Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:14:24 PST
On a happier note, I got my PSAT scores back today, and I did very well. Hopefully 97 percentile is enough to get me (and Elizabeth) into the Semifinalist thing. Oh, and Melissa is a genius.

As to art... I found this nifty Photoshop knockoff on my laptop, and have been editing a few pictures. They're pretty much ready to post, but I have a few composition in my head I would like to try and I would like to post them all at once. So (as I make another empty promise) maybe sometime over the holidays I'll post stuff. Though, I probably need to write that chapter for the war first. ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7008501/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/7008501/ Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:27:57 PST ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6784035/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6784035/ Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:45:37 PDT
Oh, and Serenity was sooooo awesome!!!!! Everyone should go see it! ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6619038/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6619038/ Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:29:28 PDT
3 DAYS UNTIL SERENITY PREMIERES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited. I've even made two t-shirts, which I'll be posting pictures of eventually. For all of you that don't know, Serenity is a movie based of the tv show Firefly by Joss Whedon. (therefore it is awesome!!!) It's kind of a space western. (Don't laugh it's really shiney!) Anyway, everyone should go see it so it will be a sucess! ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6363903/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6363903/ Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:53:09 PDT ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6043462/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/6043462/ Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:49:45 PDT
After almost 2 months, I have posted some of my photos from Europe. I've just been so busy and in Buffalo I had a sporadic internet connection. There are more, but I figure some is better than none. ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5800038/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5800038/ Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:35:17 PDT
Well, I'm leaving in a few hours to go to New York for 3 weeks. Lucky me. I get to sit in a car for 22 hours. However, I have yet to put up my pictures from the trip. Oh well. I'll just have to figure out a way to do it once I'm there. Bye Everyone... ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5698198/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5698198/ Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:16:33 PDT ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5598354/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5598354/ Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:34:27 PDT
Well tommorrow I leave for Paris and London. I'll be gone for 10 days, but when I get back I expect to have tons of gorgeous pictures to post. Bye... ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5314313/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5314313/ Mon, 09 May 2005 18:43:50 PDT ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5138350/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5138350/ Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:27:40 PDT ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5085374/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/5085374/ Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:30:28 PDT
Well the St. Joseph's art show is this Sunday along with the technology extravaganza and the choir concert. I have 3 pieces in the art show: a pen and ink on watercolor, my colored pencil drawing and a cut paper thing. Eveyone should come and support the arts!! ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4980833/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4980833/ Sat, 02 Apr 2005 15:34:51 PST ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4839756/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4839756/ Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:00:43 PST
Well it seems there's been an epidemic. It started out rather slow. Tess got here deviantart account way back when. I got mine back in december. And know over the past few days I know three people who have spontaneously decided to get one.

My promises have turned up empty once again. No art yet. Though we are going back to watercolor in art class and I'm uber exicited! ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4776201/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4776201/ Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:48:55 PST
Well I know so far I have been filled with empty promises, but I have a list of things I'm going to post on here. So in the next few days there be some photographs along with some traditional artwork. ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4497081/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4497081/ Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:48:51 PST
Ahh well... I've done pretty much nothing since my last entry. Maybe took a few pictures but my computer was being stupid and wouldn't let me upload them, so I gave up and forgot all about them. But in the next few days I'll post some. Maybe I'll acctually do some real painting... ]]> ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4120572/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4120572/ Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:30:45 PST ~sweet-mystics http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4080774/ http://sweet-mystics.deviantart.com/journal/4080774/ Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:05:27 PST
I just joined because I figured I needed a place to put my art.... ]]> ~sweet-mystics