Goal 12: Christmas Presents and the Winter Wonderland Ball

In an earlier post I displayed some graphic design I had done for a friend, for a fundraising Winter Wonderland Ball she was organizing. As time went on, I was called for more and more input, and in the end it worked to complete a goal of mine.

The tickets and programs came out pretty well. They weren't professionally printed (or cut) so some of the fliers got printed crooked, and some of the tickets were cut crooked. But the girls saved a lot of money doing it that way, so it's not really my place to say anything.

[When I find them, I will upload pictures of the program and Tickets]

Goal 12: Sell a Piece of Art

After talking about the ball, and many of the deets, Anna asked if I knew anyone who could make a donation to the silent auction. Unless the bal-goers are interested in some lumber or political bumper stickers, I'm not too well connected in that area. BUT, I could always make something myself. I offered to make a painting similar to the one I had just given her for Christmas.

This is what I did for Christmas this year as far as my friends go. They were all made on variously sized, flat canvasses, and the quotes were typed on a Remington Rand, full manual typewriter. The quotes were specifically matched to the receiver of the gift.

But for the church auction, I knew I should make something a little more than a flat canvas with my face on it. I wanted it relevant, and worthwhile. I spent some time thinking, and eventually created two pieces on 20" x 16" canvas, one of Mother Theresa and the other of John Paul II. I had never made stencils this large before, but it turned out to be quite easy. I made them in my backyard the night before the event.

On Saturday, January 29, the Winter Wonderland Ball commenced.

The last I checked, my two paintings made $127.00 for Immaculate Conception Parish. Everyone I talked to decided that this was confirmation that I had become an 'artist.' I also received lots of interest from people who lost the bidding war, so perhaps I will start making things more often.

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Weekly Creation - July 10th

So this week I started 'Hot Yoga,' which meant I didn't get home a single night before 8:30pm. However, I did get notice back from a lady who was referred to me by a previous customer. She wanted me to put together some ideas for her website, and this was my favorite one.

Weekly Creation - July 10th

Week Ending 7/10

This week was a commissioned work by a great friend of mine, Chris Santiago. He's going to school for media arts in film, and he asked me to help him put together a few things for his most recent film, "The Pull Out Method." It's about a porn film star who's getting pushed out of the business by a wave of Latino porn actors. My favorite piece that I made for him this week was a mock-movie poster for a porno called "Balls In Your Court." It's a movie that's supposed to take place in the mid-80's, and this is what I did for him.

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Summer Starter

The USA is a new and old place now. It's an old place with new perspectives.

The summer is going to be much more than disappointing, that is to say that it will be excellent. I'm only going to outline my top four plans now since I'm moderately unmotivated to write right now. I'll present it in list form.

1. Work and the Future

I'm working at SNL this summer. It's a good job, and I'm having a lot of fun with it so far. It's super normal hours make it possible for me to have a life outside of work too. I won't be posting much on work though since I'm fairly certain I'm not supposed to. For the future, I'll be preparing for the GRE and checking out grad schools.

2. Weekly creations

I'll be creating things every week. Whether it be graphically designed, crafted, or begotten, I'll have something posted up here by Sunday morning every week to display. I'm not saying it'll be good stuff, but hopefully it'll be neat. Here are the first two weeks':

Week Ending 6/28: Pink Frogger

Made for a photoshop contest.

Week ending 7/3: Pencil Holder

I wasn't given a pencil holder at work, so I had to make one out of my tape dispenser box.

3. (Re)Designs

I'm planning on redesigning my website, ScholarDesign.com, and making some changes to this blog. I'll also be doing some designs for various clients, including myself, if that counts. Finally, I want to print and bring some of my digital work into the realm of Newtonian physics.

4. Exploring New Mexico

After exploring the United States and Europe, I figured I should take a little time to look deeper into what The Land of Enchantment has to offer. This is an interesting task because I've already seen much of New Mexico through the Boy Scouts, yet I can hardly place any of my camping trips on a map.

That's that. Hopefully you'll look forward to it (all one of you).