Weekend

Well, its been a week. I was going to say its been a long week. But it really hasn't. The weeks fly by here. Really, time moves faster here than I've ever known it to. Its probably because of the enormous amount of stuff I do every week. It never stops. This weekend will go by even faster: I've got a drawing project to finish, a drafting project to start and finish, and mid-terms on Wednesday (which means a lot of catching up). Already I have two works for color and design, three for drawing, four 24"x18" sheets for drafting and a bunch more smaller sheets/work sheets. I've put in over 30 hours of crew (and we're finally getting started with crew every day), and I've made an apron! 

So now I know why D&P has such a good job placement rate. Want to interview me for a job? Here, looks at all this STUFF I've done *hands over ginormous stack of STUFF*.

Here's my second Color and Design project. We are able to fix things about it over the weekend before turning it in now that its been through critique in class, so I'm going to make a few adjustments that were pointed out. And yes, I know. It looks like a Native American Space Ship. But really. Its non-objective.

 

Color and Design Project #2: Geometric, Symmetrical, Visual Dialog (multiple focal points), strong vertical thrust, handling of balance among three values, solid figure-ground relationship.
Bad lighting. It looks better in not-a-photo.

My Gourdious Drawing

I feel like I'm doing ok in drawing, surprisingly. Note: the pictures are quite effective at making the drawing look much greater than it actually is.

Some more stuff...

My first project for 'Color and Design'.  A horizontal composition with one focal point using organic shapes and integrating varied rhythm. I think it turned out pretty good.

Working on my first drawing in the visual arts studio. Drawing is hard...

Its done I guess...

Working on drafting lettering late at night. The bottom line represents my tiredness.

Plate #2 almost done! 5 hours!

Drafting with Gumby!

This week our campus has been playing 'Humans Vs. Zombies' I'm not playing, but its fun to watch people run around with foam swords and fight off "zombies". 

From the UNCSA All-School Every Friday Email, which usually has a long list of information that doesn't change week by week.

This is not at joke.

GOATSCAPING

In the coming weeks there will be a herd of hungry new “kids” on campus. Facilities Management has contracted with Piedmont Goatscapers , Inc  to help remove unwanted vegetation along the Main St entrance drive. The process will involve 27 goats and 3 herders removing invasive and exotic plants less than 2” in diameter.

Using goats to eradicate unwanted vegetation eliminates the need of broadcast applications of pesticides, eliminates the possibility of chemicals entering storm water systems and is relatively low impact on our natural landscapes.

We hope that you share our excitement as we watch the goats eat their way to a cleaner and more attractive UNCSA. If you have any questions or comments please contact Jamie Moore at 770-3325.

Submitted by Jamie Moore, Manager of Landscaping, Facilities Management

I'm excited.

Pictures

My side of the room on moving day. It looks about the same now. 

 The florescent light in the ceiling was miserable. The Christmas Lights are awesome.

 Books...

 The old music hall: Crawford

 Drafting...

 Mistakes take forever to fix

 Done!

 Movie being shown on the outside of the student center. The screen is about 15 feet tall. As part of the Cirque du Solei technology conference, they showed Cirque videos each night with a rock-concert sized sound system and really really bright projections.

This was taken in one of the five workshops I went to on Projection which were taught by an alum of the school who now works for Cirque. There are two 10K (tech talk for "really bright") digital projectors on the table. They cost about 15,000 each. Christmas present anyone?