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I forgot to mention that I went to an Andrew Wyeth museum with a friend and her family earlier in the summer. I got inspired by W. C. Wyeth's storybook art that was shown there, and when I got home, I tried doing a couple realistic-based art pieces.

Water study. Oekaki one layer only used black and the eraser-but varying transparencies

This one's more of a parody, however I tried using the muted color palette of Andrew Wyeth

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Watching a POV show "Kings of Pastry". Some of the dishes look more like modern art sculptures than things to eat! (If I ever ordered one of those, I'd just keep it in my house to look at....)

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Posting a small writing doodle about this morning:

This morning, I woke up to a dark grey room. The room had a quiet energy to it, the only real sounds being the gentle whirring of the fan and the "shaaa" of the rain pounding on the pavement. Through the blinds the sky was a light grey covered with a layer of dark clouds, quickly, silently, sliding across the window pane. I got up and shut off the fan, then returned to my covers listening to the sound of the rain steadily increase in tempo...

Later on, I woke up again and dressed, the room still bathed in a cool color scheme. As I slipped on the last of my clothing, my socks, I was met with a surprising feeling of /warm/ white cotton. It was a calm morning.

edit: quick doodle to go with it before I head in

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Things I've been doing this summer:

I went to the Met. very early in the school break. My friend and I enjoyed taking photos of the Clouds exhibit on the rooftop (it is very photogenic, haha). We couldn't actually go up on the exhibit because we'd have to wait two hours and...we were hungry.

I also looked up how to draw feet, and the proper proportions of people. On a slow day, I spent a few hours reading tutorials and such, and now I know the proper size of a head!

  (some foot studies)

I also tried my hand with a bit of photomanipulation when my cousin asked if there was a way to have her hair down in a picture:

before:                                                                   after:

I mainly used the clone tool and healing brush (I had no idea what they did before doing this photo...'m still a little confused)

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I've been thinking about things, and....

I'd like to have a really cartoony style, my own "regular" style, and a really realistic art style...

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Wow... Summer!
Lately I've been relaxing...I had a great time at Ashley's STAC pool party and after that I went to two science camps...(I had fun designing our "company" logo/flag for one of them:

)

Hm....besides that, I've been doing a lot of practicing with poses (there's a good site posemaniacs.com that even has a timed drawing option!) I've also been practicing shading, but I'm still confused about how to shade right...I know that you have to do things according to the light source, but sometimes its hard imagining how light hits clothing when a model isn't available...

I also have been looking quite a lot more into fashion. Before, I thought it was more of a "girly girl" interest, but now I find myself thinking "I like that outfit" and drawing out favorite assembles in my sketchbook. Just for kicks, last week, I even tried to design a suit

I've also been drawing anime, and I really like these designs for these characters (the characters aren't mine but their human designs are), so I've been drawing them a lot:

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I've been seeing the world in a different way, and I want to try to put into words how this feels.

Last year, I've had a few days that I've been calling "HD Days"; days where I felt like I could see everything in sharp detail. For example, if I looked at a tree, I felt like I could see every vein in the leaves, and every crack in the bark of the trunk. It felt amazing, having the ability to see everything clearly (I have bad eyesight, so I love looking at clear images like high-quality photos.)

At first I thought that it was just the cold air making things clearer, but this year, I'm not exactly sure when this started, I've been having "HD Days" more and more. Then, one day, I was looking up at the sky on the way home from school, and then it hit me that clouds are made of the same water we drink. I then began to wonder why do clouds form that way, and then I was mystified the whole way back.

A few days later, I was looking at the sky, and it looked more like a painting to me. Everything around me was "HD" and close, kind-of like a set on a play, but the sky seemed so far away. Thinking about it, it felt similar to when you're playing a video game and you notice your surroundings more clearly than the sky.

Then I realized that if I looked straight up, there was still sky. For some reason, I turned in a circle and became in awe of the fact that everywhere you look is sky. A few minutes later, I realized that you're, technically, standing in the sky because the air around you is made up of the same things as the clouds and space above you.

So every time I've been outside (mostly when I've walked home from school) I see my surroundings more clearly than I have before. Maybe this clarity has been there all this time and I just hadn't paid much attention, or maybe it's the fact that I've gotten a new prescription after two or three years of wearing the same pair of glasses.

Miscellaneous point I haven't addressed yet:
When we saw "The Impostors", I got excited when I saw Tony Shaloub's name on the cast list. I love the show Monk, and I haven't seen the actor in many other roles, besides as Mr. Monk.

However, when seeing the "Regina scene" it was a little... embarrassing to see him act that way, but it was also very funny to see him completely let go and get into the role. I suppose this is what being a good actor is...!