Captain Celery

Since I've kind of blown off every project Luke has tried to assign me, he tacked me to work with Austin on his comic/coloring book.

 

I'm fully aware that I've been slacking lately, and I take full responsibility of it. There's just something about the end of the school year that makes my motivation go straight out the window. I want a fresh breath of air and I want to get out of this boring environment already! It's sapping away all my life energy! 

Anyway, I'm the art director on Austin's project, Captain Celery. I'm still not sure on the plot of this whole story since Austin is all over the place, but that's quite alright. I came up with a working sketch for the front cover: 

And a working sketch for the back cover:

I do know that there's something that goes in between foods that are healthy and foods that are crap. 

I'm glad that I'm cruising with this project since I really haven't had much on my plate yet this quarter. Sigh. I need to step it up.

Lobby Greeter at MoMA!

I am excited to say that I am now officially a volunteer at the Museum of Modern Art! Insert fan fare.

Yesterday was volunteer orientation and I was surprised to notice that I was the youngest person in the room by at least 10 years or so! In the mix included worldly seeming college professors and working artists looking to commit some of their time to a great museum. Is it weird to say that it felt kind of cool being the only quote on quote, kid, in the room? Something about it is sort of validating, I suppose.

Anyway, we just went over the basic things- customer service, dress codes, mission statements, etc.

Yadda yadda yadda.

And holy crap- the benefits of being a volunteer at MoMA is wonderful! I'm as happy as a clam.

The position that I'm taking is the Lobby Greeter. I am thrilled to begin volunteering and contributing to such a wonderfully rich and historical monument in NYC. I am also very interested in the kinds of networks that I will form as a result of working at the MoMA. Hopefully all of this will come into fruition of some sort, be it personal fulfillment or work opportunities.

I am also going to applying to MoMA PS1's summer Warm Up concert festival as a volunteer! Warm Up takes place every year outdoors and is well, a concert festival. As if that wasn't clear enough. It's open every Saturday throughout the summer and it should be great fun.

Speaking of opportunities, I finally heard back from the art program I applied to earlier this year- Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation. I received an e-mail and I was wait listed for admission! My feathers were ruffled for make a couple of minutes but then I shrugged it off. Whether or not I get it, I'll have a blast doing other things with my time (like volunteering at the MoMA). Of course I hope that I get in, but my world is not going to fall apart if I don't.

I guess this is my blog post about making a film.

I have my qualms about writing films on my own because it's a pretty revealing medium and frankly, I'm afraid and nervous. And I don't particularly like writing films-- I'm much more interested in shooting them. But anyway, I dodged that bullet in order to do what I have to do, which is to produce a film- that's why I teamed up with Sarah Robinson.

We're in the middle of putting together a plot for a film centered around a person who turns into a werewolf during a full moon and needs adult supervision.

I had originally wanted to do a more serious script but I don't believe that I'm ready to tackle it quite yet. It's a bit too complex for my limited knowledge of creating films and I think my reluctance to take the time to flush out a script is also preventing me from leaping forward. I know we always emphasize bold optimism, but I'm a bit scared to be quite honest. I am a very open person but there are some thought processes that I keep rather hidden from the naked eye and I'm hesitant to bring that out into film format. It feels more comfortable to bring out that hidden knowledge in the form of paintings for me, but then again, maybe I'm just making excuses to not create a solo film.