Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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An interesting class, combining the two sections of graphic design students, but two teachers to accomodate. We discussed Suitcase Fusion 3 mostly. Discussing its limitations and applications. Joe, the hyphen boy, apparently infamous to be very passionate about hyphens in design. Hyphens of all fonts, the kinds with the little swirl at each end. Braille…
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Today, the soft spoken Jill monologued about her childhood history with the most colorful teacher and how she wants to continue to strive to be as involved in teaching as she was. Though Jill didn’t dawn any historical costumes, she did bring in metal letters. They were passed around the classroom and while we examined…
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I could hardly call the first day of class, the first day of class. Marc, the chairman of the graphic design program waltzed in with his usual swagger and told the class that he had invented a Mr. Hoppy and he’s going to be teaching photoshop next week. Meanwhile, he said, we work on this…
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Happy New Year. I made this painting this morning after having some breakfast and taking a walk. These are flowers sitting on my dining room table.
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Today, color was involved. Pete and I went at some paper with watercolor crayons and woodless color pencils and ink. We played the game where each of us took turns drawing lines and coloring in shapes until we had something. Watching the pigment from the crayons melt with water was fascinating, that same enchantment when…
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Pete B. and I had a little drawing session today. We missed Claire’s drawing exercises, both agreeing that those exercises yielded some deep satisfaction that all the posters we made didn’t. We started by trying out some newfangled pen nibs, the kind that are designed to control the flow of ink. We made these drawings…
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I had a hollow feeling today. The urge to create now that I have time freed up after school projects commencing and time beginning to stretch out into the blur of the next two weeks. I don’t want to let myself become passive and sleepy while I wait for the next quarter’s assignments to motivate…
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Over the weekend, Dan and I made this mix for a Christmas Gift. Today I designed the cover art. This mix is very pleasant, relaxing violin and piano melodies. I wanted to present a modern twist on a classic Debussy sound. I was going to supplant it with lots of Amelie soundtrack songs, but I…
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