Life of a Random

Some of you might remember a while ago when I asked for your help on one of my design projects-- book covers. Then I went and created a group for it on Goodreads. Well, this is the official intro post to the group and future plans for the group. :) The group is called Random Design . It's labeled as a student creative arts group. And you can find it if you look for the black flamingo with a pink umbrella. Learn to love it ;) I started it when I started a book cover project this semester in college. I was really freaked out and I needed the extra feedback and support which all of you involved gave. (You're awesome.) But it kind of expanded because some of the members asked if they could put their art out for the group to critique too. And then I went missing due to finals and moving out and being a forgetful bum. Right now, there are 12 members but I'd love it if it expanded. As an art major, I've wanted to combine my love of books and art even more, befor...

Hey guys, so here's the thing: I know I've been an awful blogger lately. Aka no posts whatsoever for a very long time. I'm SUPER busy as it's finals time for me, and before that I was trying to cope with having three studio classes at the same time. I've finished my final project for Drawing 1-- a still life that was a representative portrait of my sister. :) The only thing left for me to do is present it. I'm so excited. Feel the excitement burning through my veins. I took my last Music Appreciation exam today and I'm so nervous about it because I've been stressed and caught something that really felt like the flu (and I still am sick actually) so I didn't get a lot of time to study for it. Of course, I still have a presentation for this class, which includes playing the piano. I regretted my decision like five minutes after I made it but I thought it would be a good life experience. -_- And my two design classes. For one of t...

This post is about two days late buuut I have great excuses reasons. I promise ;) I've had school, extra events to attend for my honors program, blah blah blah. It's been great. *sarcasm* Today, though, I want to tell you about an idea I had and also what my current project is in my design class. I've just started a book cover project in that class! While it's really exciting, it's also kind of terrifying since this is what I want to do when I graduate and I would really like not sucking at it. (Also, apparently the professor raises standards quite a bit the higher the class level goes.) After a little brainstorming, I thought of a few book covers from a popular YA series that I'd love to remake (because that's what we're doing, remaking covers)-- the Mortal Instruments series. I love TMI to death, but that doesn't mean I like the covers. At all. So begins my creative process to turn in sketches at the next class. Mostly, I've researched. ...

I'm still trying to find a way (and a day) to make my songs illustrated by GIFs a regular meme on the blog. I would like it to be on a certain day each week, but for this week I'm just putting it on whenever. Like, right now. I did this last week on a Tuesday and had loads of fun using a catchy but not-well-known song. This week I'm going to try to choose a song that's more...popular, I guess. If I used all of the first letters, it would be TUTB buuut if I take out 'the' then it spells TUB. How awesome, right? I now proclaim this day to be TUBday! (ahem. sorry, I get carried away sometimes) I should totally schedule this for Tuesdays. Tuesdays...TUBdays...no? Royals by Lorde "But every song's like gold teeth" "Grey goose" "Trippin' in the bathroom." "Blood stains" "Ball gowns" "Trashin' the hotel room," "...