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...this is how i spend my time.

morning joe and deli meat

i just went to get my cup of coffee from the office kitchen. someone left a pack of either chip chop ham or turkey deli meat in the fridge where the creamer usually is. so, naturally, this is what i said to myself:

movies

also this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuS-I67WZ_M

things teachers told me that i probably should have questioned more

i choo choo choose you

happy anna howard shaw day everyone

drawings from this weekend

a portion of a conversation between 2 rocks

timelines

this is how i spent my morning. 

i took some old work files, 

cut out the important info,

and layered up all the different proofs sent to the clients. 

i am not sure why i'm liking this layering so much right now...

i liked how simple this one looked at this stage.

the image below what it looks like in it's entirety. 

i had to appreciate the colors at this point. the individual proof colors were hideous. so much so that when opening the files i said to myself, "jesus nicole, what were you thinking? no wonder they were rejected" but when stacked together, they look pretty nice.

the image below is the full piece

things that inspire me

i've been doing a lot of surfin' le internette (i'm pretty sure that's how the french say it) and these are some things i have been finding that are blowing me away.

this is by wayne white. there is a documentary coming out soon called beauty is embarrassing. i cannot wait. 

this next series of images i cannot get over. they're beautiful. it's by an artist named lisa nilsson. it's made from a process called quilling...which is just rolled paper. unbelievable. 

 this i found this morning. it is so simple and beautiful. it's by mark garry, and made with thread, pins, beads and carved basswood.

notes from class

i am showing a coworker some tips and tricks in 3d studio max because i had a to take a few classes of it in college. so, i brought in my notes..because obviously there are some things i've forgotten. and i think you'll figure out why after looking at them...

i guess to preface these images, i can tell you this notebook was for a couple classes actually. the one class was learning just how to model in the program, and the other class focused only on lighting and texturing the models. it was very confusing. my friend and i were not supposed to take the 2 classes at the same time, but that's the way it worked out. oh college insanity: i do not miss you. i do miss, however, the studio bond-ing-ness.

also. i imagined i was being taught this stuff by a stud named max. who had to constantly let you know that he was 3 dimensional.

the highlighed part says: "i'm so tired. i wonder if my head is dropping."

this is one of my favorites. it was so quick, but i can imagine the little jazzy guy dancing around.

this must have been a bad day. probably wasn't in the mood for any of it. so this guy is farting out my notes.

i think that may have been kurt vonnegut. keep it simple stupid  is something i imagine he would have said.

the notes start out so well-intentioned. but by the end of the semester, they turn into pictograms.