totally not the last day, I don't know what you're talking about.

                       This last month has been one of the most amazing exeriences ever. I'm crossing my fingers that pre-college at Parsons will soon be college at Parsons. If I wasn't madly in love with the school before, I am now. I feel like I've become a better artist and have learned a lot of new skills, gotten better at old ones, and learned a lot of things about art and artists. Thank you so much to my fantastic teachers, Frank and Paul, for all they've done for me.
                      Friday was not all peaches and cream though. I got in early, around eight to go finish printing. I had put my magazine in the drop box so I could open it on another computer. When I opened it in the lab, though, it told me I didn't have five links embedded, which is not possible because I had printed the day before. I tried everything I could to make the magazine come out the way I needed it too but it wouldn't work. I now have 18 copies of unworthy magazines. The rest of the morning and afternoon was really great though. I loved seeing everybody's posters and work hung up the way it was. It looked almost like an actual gallery to me. I'm really going to miss this program but hey, sleep.

Last Thursday

                           Even after a late night Wednesday, I still came in early to get a head start on my work. However, it did't really help. I thought I was all ready to print but it turns out I didn't have a bunch of links embedded, which became even more of a problem because some of the pictures had been nowhere to be found. Eventually I fixed my cover and it was ready to be printed. When it came out of the printer ,I realized that it was too orange- Jana looked like she had been hanging out with Snooki. So I tried editing it, which involved more links, but eventually it came out looking nice. Get my magazine ready was a struggle though. I went onto my online drop box where I had all my pictures save and somehow they all gt deleted. So I had to use pictures I already had. I cropped them though so you couldn't tell that they were. I accidentally only printed one magazine but I figured I can go back early Friday and finish the rest. Besides, the printers we being overflowed with work so there would have been a possibility that it would't have even come out right then and there.

VOILA! 

halfway there except not really

                            Again, I spent the entire day sitting in front of the computer. However, instead of six hours, it was eleven. Can I put that on my college app? Will that get me into Parsons? I'm somewhere in between "my magazine is coming together" and "what is on my computer screen?". I definitely got the hang of AdobeID and Photoshop today but I spent a lot of time making sure everything was perfect (nothing is perfect yet, I only left because I didn't want to be riding the train at 11:30 at night). I'm making myself go in early tomorrow to get as much done as possible. I'm trying really hard to make this look nice because I want to use it in my portfolio. I think I'll look at some magazine and see how things are set up in there and try to incorporate it in mine.

7/23

                         I did miss drawing and painting but I liked working on the computers. I'm learning a really cool and useful skill and making something pretty awesome. I started my magazine lay out and got almost half way there. I'm still a little confused about how to work some of the things but throughout the day I gt the hang of it. My cover page looks nice in my opinion but I'm having trouble making the inside look nice. I want to make it as close to perfect as it can be though because I definitely want to include it in my portfolio for college.

What my entire day consisted of.

July 22nd

                             Today was our last day of drawing and painting and I'm extremely upset about this because A) I really like the class, B) it means that summer program is almost over, and C) I may or may not be coming back ever again (cross your fingers and your toes that I will be). Today, we drew from the model one last time. It was also a little deja vu to the first time we used gouache; rather than using just black and white, we filled in the foreground and the background using colors that are similar in tone and have the same value.
                            In the afternoon, we learned how to use Adobe In Design aka Adobe ID aka Adobe, I'm Done with you. I just want my Photoshop, I can make a decent magazine on there! I probably should learn though, I'm sure once I get the hang of it it'll make more sense.

Friday (again)

                                  About four or five of the dresses that were already finished and had been shot were placed in the back of the room and we painted them for six hours straight. I used my gouache in a more watercolor sort of way and I am pretty happy with how it turned out. However, I'm thinking of sketching it again and painted it using acrylic paint because I think the fabrics would look really nice with a shiny paint as well as if it could be blended a little bit more.  

I'm gong to sketch this same picture again and then paint it using acrylic, or maybe even oil.

Thursday

                       I made another axiometric drawing, fun stuff, but most importantly, WE FINISHED THE DRESS! AND HAD OUR PHOTO SHOOT! Finishing the dress didn't go as smoothly as we had planned but it still came out great. Fastening the bustier was a challenge so we ended up taping her into it. I did her hair (why aren't I backstage at Chanel?) and Sami did her makeup. Taking photos in the lobby was a great experience. It was just, stand there and let me take some pictures. We were using tools and having to fix the dress and having an actual photo shoot. We decided that we had spent so much time on the dress that we had to go out to Union Square, no matter how hot it was. People kept telling us how cool it looked, asking what it was made out of, congratulating us and wishing us good luck in the future. One woman even asked for a picture of us! It's weird that everything we've been working on for the past three weeks is done. I had so much fun working with Sami and Jana building the dress, one of the greatest experiences ever.

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