Tick Tock…

I just wanted to write a quick update about the end of my 2nd year in college, woo! Things went by very fast the last few weeks and since I procrastinate so much I was kinda worried a bit that I wouldn’t get everything done that I needed to, but somehow I finished it all. Now I’m just hoping that I did well on all my final exams *crosses fingers*.

The Sophomore Show evaluations were supposed to be ready at the beginning of last week, but they weren’t so I couldn’t get mine until Friday after I moved out. Moving kind of sucked because I didn’t get a chance to pack or move anything before Friday like I had wanted to since I was busy getting last minute things done for my classes. So, when my parents came to help me move, we had to pack up my whole room in about 3 hours. Looking at all the stuff I had to pack as it now sits in boxes on my floor at home, I really don’t know why I have so much stuff. For example: I can barely shut my closet door now, but yet I never have anything to wear, lol. Some major cleaning/purging is in order I think.

Anyways, the evaluations were pretty good (I “passed” haha) and I basically agree with everything the professors had to say. The major criticisms were that many pieces appeared kind of flat or static despite my ability to render things, I should try to be more expressive/less obvious in my subject matter, and that I need to “push” things further and develop my personal voice more. I’ve known most of the weaknesses they pointed out, which is why I’ve been really frustrated with my work lately. However, for me, it’s been more of just things I’ve felt and have been struggling with rather than coherent thoughts I could write down in a little evaluation, so seeing feedback like that has been helpful. It’s given me some outside points of views about my art rather that just family and friends. I hope that I can take what they’ve said and use it to make some positive changes to my work so that I stop feeling so stuck with my ideas.

The picture I posted above is an update to my last entry where I wrote about winning a prize at a local festival. I guess I won first place for the college student division, so I got a nifty blue ribbon and 75 bucks.

Until next time,
xoxo