skeletonzoo

Okay so I'm not really feeling DA right now. I haven't for awhile. Maybe because I'm terrible at social networking but also lots of things about DA's culture really bug me, like the really weird value system placed on the "goodness" or "popularity" or artwork that rewards people who do very derivative work and immerse themselves within fandoms and makes for some very messed up people going to my art school. Anyways. If you'd like to see my artwork, please visit my portfolio site: Skeletonzoo.com Or my artwork-a-day blog that will start more in earnest during the school year: Ephemera  & Bone Yep yep. Might use DA later. Will occasiona

Ummm I suppose I should say more about how frosh year at SVA is going... Visual Computing: I find learning the guts of art programs really tedious and not that fun, but I suppose it is a necessary evil if I ever want a job. Drawing: I really like the instructor and the models/objects we've been drawing so far; I'm trying to break bad habits in the way I see/draw (esp. underestimating negative space/spacial relations of objects in general) and he's has said so helpful things to me so far during model drawing, but I do find our group crits waaaay too positive (more other students fault, maybe it will get better?). Painting: Another good inst

So I'm all moved into my 8x10 single dorm at the School of Visual Arts in NYC (well except for some purely cosmetic things because, damnit, I'm making my dorm pretty) and I survived orientation week. It was kind of very silly. My schedule for first semester is: Tuesdays: Visual Computing Wednesdays: Drawing I Thursdays: Painting I & Drawing on Location Fridays: World Art I So far I've only been to Visual Computing...six hours of the pen tool in illustrator eww I'm reserving on passing too much judgement on SVA, my classes, my classmates, New York City, all of it until I've had more experience here. I'm just going with it so far. But I