I've figured it out. Part of it, anyway.

I've always had a fascination with letters, fonts, and print. Basically back to Andy Warhol and Austin Kleon. As we all know, my sister has a huge influence on my life and my work, so I partially believe it stems from that as well. When I was a kid, my sister took a silk-screening class at SVA over the summer and she silk-screened all the time. I realized that with a lot of what I do, I'm always concerned about how words are laid out and how they look. Even the previous lamp I made- it's all centered around letters and words.

Today I was kind of at loss for any idea or reason, so I decided to experiment. I painted something, took another blank sheet of paper, pressed it on top, and peeled it apart so the paint from the first sheet of paper transfered onto the other. This is what I got out of it. It came out pretty interesting, I suppose.

Anyway, taking this newly acknowledged information about my interest in typography, I'm thinking about creating a mural outside the STAC room. My idea is simple- create a mural on the importance of being selfish. One of the most important things an artist needs to do is be selfish with their work. It's all about "me, myself, and I." Here's a photo of what it looks like currently:

It's blank as of right now and it's already white + primed so I have a good base to work with.

Now, let's discuss my side salad. It moved away from just charcoal and possibly just into sketches. I'll go back into charcoal, obviously, but I need to first simplify my lines. That's what I'm really focusing on right now. Improving my anatomy and with that knowledge apply it to quick, simple sketches. 

For this, I wasn't so worried about proportion as much as I was worried about making sure the fabric "flowed" and looked natural. I'm working on it! I'm going to do more of these kinds of quick sketches and start doing it with live subjects; the people around me.