Tablet Tiem!!!1!!one!!

So I tried out my old Wacom tablet yesterday, just to see one more time if I could get it to run right. Sadly, I think my computer's just too new for the software that runs it. Besides, the plastic cover has come off and  dust and crumbs are scumming up under there. Also, it's waayyy too small.


I used a medium Wacom Intuos 4 at the AIB Arts First event and was BLOWN AWAY by how smoothly it worked. It was huge compared to my tablet, tracked really nicely, and was so easy to use. I want it so badly! Sadly, the thing costs somewhere around $345. I guess I'll be saving my money for a while. I just have this feeling I'd have so much fun working digitally if I had a tablet that actually worked. :P


Anyway, wrapping up work for school and pushing on through to summer. I just finished all my driving lessons so I'll have my license soon, hopefully. Also, THURSDAY IS MY BIRTHDAY! I can't believe I'll be 17! Yikes! Next year I'm a legal adult. I still feel 8 years old...


Annnnnnndd I got an 'A' on my 5 page Helvetica paper. Read it and weep, Ms. Tass. That'll teach YOU to doubt me. xD

Illustration Workshop @ AIB

This above image is a mock CD cover I made for Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band, in which my uncle Sam plays keyboard. My inspiration sprung from having seen Josh's concert just a few days previous (That's pretty much what he was wearing for the show), and also his song 'Lantern'. 

I created this piece in an illustration workshop at the Art Institute of Boston (which looks right out at Fenway Park. Looovee my little city!) Arts First event. We were told to create a CD or book cover using thumbnail pencil sketches and Photoshop. If I can find my thumbnail, I'll post it. Anyways, I loved the event. I went with my friend Emily and we made a new friend named Molly. I also got to know to talk another student from my school who I'd never really talked with before which was pretty interesting. I loved my teacher for the workshop too. She was really great.

I used the lasso tool to create geometric shapes which I filled with the paint bucket (a technique I learned here) for most of the image. Sometimes I used the elipse tool and for his mouth, eyebrows, and other detailing I used the paintbrush tool. I decided to blur certain stars in the background to make them appear to recede to give the image more depth. People often comment that my cartoon-y drawings lack depth because I favor a heavy outline. To create the lantern, I found royalty-free stock photography online which I referenced and built with shapes made by the lasso tool. I really liked making the crows. They're so silly!

My cartoon Josh doesn't really look very much like him, but that's alright.

Also, the drummer for the Royal City Band, Liam, who is also a puppeteer, handmade puppets and filmed the music video for Josh's song 'The Curse'. It's absolutely amazing as a music video and an art piece. I love the song too. Check it out!

Gosh I'm sooo busy lately! Hardly any time to draw at all! Finals are coming up, and I'm finishing off my last days of Tortur- *ahem* Junior year. So much to do!

Starry Night, etc.

I was in school in one of the PC labs and I finished a project I was doing for class early. I opened Paint and decided to re-create Van Gogh's Starry Night. I think it came out pretty well! I'm so happy about it. There's stuff missing because I was doing this from memory, but oh well. For Paint, I'm pretty happy.

School's almost over! Woo Hoo!