New Boundaries...

I've discovered my love for design once again. Have you ever noticed that you go in and out of phases in your life without even realizing that you just went through a phase? Makes sense, right? Anywho, I just rediscovered my love for design.... for art... and for anything beautiful really. I forgot how refreshing it was to go out and just photograph the world around you. Finding patterns, shapes, and aligning your lens with the proportions of the world. Little did I know that this was a remedy for the soul. My passion for reading has also resurfaced. "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -C.S. Lewis. There is a certain pleasure in reading I could never find anywhere else. Nothing can take me out of this world better than a book, and when one wants to escape, reading presents itself proudly. This is excellent timing for books to come into my eager perspective again because of school starting up soon. I am anxious about entering a new design program that I'm not at all used to, but I believe that my anxiety will settle once I get in learning mode once again. Lately I've discovered that there are things about myself that I cannot change. For instance, I'll always be a brunette, my eyes will continually stay blue, and most importantly I'm an independent being. I will forever want to take care of myself, and sometimes this is the worst possible mindset... Especially when you are expected to join lives with your one and only love of your life. There is a whole new ball game to be played when you fall in love, it's something I've not come across yet. I guess there is always room for something new... Yours truly...

So there's this guy...

I almost never talk about myself, and when I do it's typically through a loophole or some alternate meaning within a poem or something, but I think I'm going to try something new.. And what better way to start talking about yourself than to talk about someone else?! So there really is this guy... He makes my world pop. That's a strange phrase, and makes no sense unless you are a girl like me. Because he and I, we're made for each other and no one else. We click, pop, snap and work together. No matter the verb, it's what we do! (pun intended) I love him oh so much. This is not a typical thing I say in any public way. I'm planning on changing that. Mostly because I have this sparkly thing hanging out on my finger that's basically telling the world anyway. Oh golly gee, guys. He cares for me, and would do nothing to hurt me. I hope that every little princess has the opportunity to experience love like this in their life time. Everyone should have someone to live for. It really is a beautiful thing, and it will distract you from yourself. That's one thing I've noticed since loving the man of my dreams. I haven't kept my own dreams intact because of this beautiful distraction. And that... That is a frustrating thing. You never want to lose yourself, you'll have nothing left if you do, and when you have nothing left then you leave the love of your life with nothing left to love. That is your primary act of service in a relationship. Soooo... Be yourself. My self consists of reading, eating, loving the gospel, and loving people enough to kiss their face. I also have a tenancy to act like a little kid. This has nothing to do with wearing a diaper and throwing fits in the middle of Kmart, and everything to do with the way I love to live life a little more interestingly than others. I find no point in being bored, and find more point in dancing in the rain or scrunching up your neighbor's pants in the middle of sacrament just to make him have to put it down again. I hope I always have a zest for life like little children do, even when I'm ninety. Well, that's enough for today...

A World of Photography

Gothic Library

Here is my first complete room, matted and displayed for the end of my first semester of my Drawing and Presentation class. This living room's setting is in the Gothic Era, with Gothic styled furniture and contains aspects that would be present in the Gothic cathedrals, like the drapery and stylized clerestory look above the bookshelves. My references used were mostly from the inside of said cathedrals during the Gothic age, and my goal was to create the feel of a Gothic atmosphere in the room as well.

Being Constructive...

A construction drawing is what us Interior Designers learn to make sure we know how to see something in 360 degrees. So if I see a picture of a chair or sofa I would like to place in a room but it isn't in the right perspective, or I can't see the whole of a piece of furniture, I can transfer that image to the perspective I wish it to be by using the skills I've learned while doing construction drawings. This is my favorite construction drawing I have done so far! I'm not a violent person, but I REALLY loved drawing this gun.

Line Design

This project was a bit of a challenge, I was instructed to not use outlines to draw this rose laying on piano keys, but instead to use line weight and direction to recreate the image. I placed this photo in Photoshop and laid a red layer over the photo to bring out the feeling of the rose.

Got Curves?

Using line and shape on a designated format I chose to create a design by hand, breaking up the space and making it visually appealing. Here, I especially made sure that I had a focal point to draw the eye in.