tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262461767586244802011-11-27T16:31:42.107-08:00Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-72046377292417760042009-08-28T18:47:00.001-07:002009-08-28T19:28:28.212-07:00

I found pix to my 3D kiosk from DSGD 105 this past spring. We had to create a 3D model structure that would be displayed outside an event like a convention. These photos were sort of rushed. I was trying to take pictures of them before I had to leave for class and turn it in. It took so many prints and tries to get it looking and sitting right.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-91342370282163813052009-06-27T16:00:00.000-07:002009-06-27T16:05:53.863-07:00

We had to take some photos and pick one to enlarge for a 16"x 20" final product. I looked through some of the photos I took for other photo assignments but didn't use and found these photos of flowers I completely forgot about. The photo I turned in was the single yellow orchid in color. I kept going back and forth between color and black & white and decided to go with color. Here's the other

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Third assignment was a self-portrait assignment. Half of the ones I turned in are a bit embarrassing to post so here are a few that I did turn in and a few that I liked that I didn't turn in.

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Here are photos from my second assignment for beginning photography. We had to photograph familiar and exotic things. While at the clam chowder cook-off in Santa Cruz, I took these photos at the Boardwalk and then at the Pigeon Point lighthouse on the way home.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-13936233773697377422009-06-08T04:22:00.001-07:002009-06-08T04:33:13.232-07:00

I just got back from the Philippines and as I was cleaning out my email, I realized I hadn't cleaned my hotmail account in a while. So I sign in and find I have all these newsletters and things I subscribed to a while back that I don't use anymore. So now I'm going through and either unsubscribing or redirecting it to my gmail account. Anywho, in the process, I found an email from Blogger

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-91710312492198039832009-03-16T05:08:00.000-07:002009-03-16T05:14:35.046-07:00

Since school started, I haven't been able to do much beading but I was able to make this bracelet. It's really bad. I'm getting addicted to beads and have all this stuff now but don't have time at the moment to make anything so it just sits there. I try to make time for it though. Since spring break is next week, I'm hoping to make a necklace to go with this or maybe some earrings.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-22456540419080516492009-02-27T10:02:00.000-08:002009-06-27T15:41:54.231-07:00

I'm taking beginning photography this semester. I must say it's a lot of fun, though I'm disappointed it's all digital now. I have to wait until intermediate photography to work with film. Otherwise it's a great class. I got myself a Nikon D60 and find myself taking pictures like crazy. These photos are from my first assignment. We basically just had to take pictures of anything and everything

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-82383303024089981072009-02-27T09:53:00.000-08:002009-06-27T15:42:43.953-07:00

Here's my first project for my ART 13: 3D art class. The assignment was to pick a volumetric object, scale it up and translate it into plywood. The morning before heading to class I almost forgot to bring an object, so I looked around my room for something and found my Mighty Mugg Iron Man. I didn't want to open it or use it because it was a Comic-Con Exclusive. However, my sister and I bought

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-3207415509331518232009-02-08T02:05:00.000-08:002009-02-08T04:16:33.695-08:00

So over winter break, for some reason, I felt really awake at night. I was so used to staying up late to finish projects over the fall semester that after Christmas and New Years, there was nothing to do at night. One day I was shopping in SF and a guy told me about how the turquoise bracelet I was wearing repels negative energy. I liked the idea of stones having properties like that so I started

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-23447844436008033712008-12-26T23:09:00.000-08:002008-12-26T23:11:16.830-08:00

In the process of changing layouts, I lost the links to people's pages, so if I'm missing yours [or you'd like to be on there], let me know.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-11189032870962603202008-12-26T00:42:00.000-08:002009-06-27T15:52:10.801-07:00

Tis been a while once again since I've updated, but I think I shall more often. The focus of this blog used to be for Animation/Illustration and though I switched majors, I think I'll keep it. From here on out, I'll be updating it with not just drawings and paintings and whatnot, but also crafty things I've done or food I've baked. I'd love to post some of the things I've done in graphic design

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-20123858218591157562008-06-14T02:56:00.000-07:002008-12-26T23:15:44.716-08:00

I never posted how my tidepool turned out, mostly because it's not finished. However, I decided to put it up anyway in case people were wondering. It's a blurry shot, but you get the gist of it. I do intend on finishing it. I'm happier with how this came out in comparison to last spring, but there are lots of things about it that bother me. It got frustrating because I knew there were so many

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-13156144168765010252008-06-12T07:36:00.000-07:002008-12-26T23:14:28.001-08:00

Finally something new right? I worked on this here and there but I finally got it done in the past three days. I haven't used Maya in a while so I thought I would refresh my memory by modeling something simple. It's a toy monkey that I bought from the Philippines. I hang it from my rear view mirror in my car. If you pull him, he actually starts playing his little drum.

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Here are some figure drawings from this semester. I'm going to try to upload some figures after every SHM I go to and Sheldon's on Fridays. From right to left, a 20 minute pose, 10 minute pose, 5 minute pose and the big figure on the far right is a 20 minute as well. Feedback is always appreciated.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-67986277368654761192008-04-18T11:28:00.000-07:002008-12-26T23:19:34.617-08:00

Here's something I did a long time ago. I was talking with Amy and Paulo about when we used to have class together and this project came up so I thought I would post it. It was a value study for our ART 12: 2D Concept class. We had to pick someone and take pictures of them in pieces. Then we would develop or print the photos and piece them together. Once we did that we projected the pieced

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-44294589250298590962008-04-08T16:13:00.000-07:002008-12-26T23:13:40.798-08:00

Long time since last update. Here's some stuff I've been up to in ART 113B aka Tidepool. The eggs are out of the way now. Thank god. I hated painting these eggs... minus my Hello Kitty egg. :D Since I've taken the class before, I thought I would show my eggs from last spring to this spring......and then here's the comp I've been working on. The environment I chose was a eucalyptus forest out in

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-41568495029553706342008-02-12T22:25:00.001-08:002008-12-26T23:23:43.461-08:00

Haven't been here in a while and thought it was time to put something up. lol. Here are some tree studies I did recently for homework. I enjoyed doing these. It got really meditative at one point which was nice.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-16626962608354748672007-11-02T23:44:00.000-07:002008-12-26T23:25:59.827-08:00

Forgot to post this. I did this for my DSGD 83 [Intro to Applications] class. Being the ambitious idiot I am, I decided to do the pineapple as opposed to the bell pepper that most people did. Took so friggin long. Tedious pentool work in Adobe Illustrator, but I'm happy with how it turned out. And since I worked so hard and long on it, I'm making you guys look at it. :p

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So I've decided to work on my "tidepool" since I have to finish it by the end of May 2008. I chose to do a rainforest for my environment. I wanted to keep my toucans and capybaras, but Bunny had me axe them. At least I got to keep my caiman and anaconda. Here's a crappy copy of a copy of a scan of the drawing which was done on tracing paper. I really hated how the graphite smeared all over the

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-73090596957107667352007-10-28T18:10:00.001-07:002007-10-28T18:11:43.413-07:00

I went to a comedy club last night with my sister and some friends. We saw Rex Navarrete and Ali Wong. Here are some sketches I did of Ali. That girl's funny.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-46054444980145871012007-10-28T17:52:00.000-07:002008-12-26T23:21:44.383-08:00

Here are a few drawings from last couple figure drawing sessions. Got myself a crapload of Verithin pencils during the University Art sale because they're nice and soft against the paper. Has this nice feel to it. Almost like the carbothello's minus the chalky feeling.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-28704563242974125822007-09-16T19:09:00.000-07:002007-09-16T19:14:40.836-07:00

So it's been a while since I've posted anything on here. That last week of summer break I've been going to Leo Ryan Park almost everyday, sketching and painting. I still need to finish my tidepool. Anyway, school has started back up again. SHM figure drawing is 3 days a week now which is awesome. I'll post some recent figure drawings soon...

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-19684145519604062042007-08-01T08:37:00.000-07:002007-11-02T23:30:20.494-07:00

This beauty was done last year at Sheldon's Art Academy with Amy and Liz. and here's some work I did this past summer in Maya. It was crazy trying to get these things done, but I'm glad I was able to dedicate all my time to one class.[*I'm currently uploading them elsewhere]

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085755438745003473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126246176758624480.post-16899903112628922007-08-01T07:56:00.000-07:002007-08-01T08:02:19.087-07:00

So Sean has tempted me... I was thinking of joining deviantART but i'm too chicken. lol. Perhaps a bit later when I'm much better. Anyway, I'm back here again! When I started blogging I started at Blogger, then LiveJournal, then Xanga, then Diaryland and now Blogger once again. OH it's all coming full circle!

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