Just trying some new stuff with Illustrator & Photoshop etc.
Dunno what to think of it. I don't really have anything to make right now, as I passed my exams a few weeks ago. For those interested, it went really well, I went from a C in the 1st semester to an A. School will be more oriented towards things that interest me as of October.
A little something something about this schoolyear and this summer,
This year a lot of changes took place, around me, inside me and beyond all that. I discovered/realized that drawing isn't my greatest passion. Drawing is fun and all, plus it's damn useful when you want to show what's going on in your mind and stuff. It's a great way to express oneself, as is music, film, photography and other such media. I realised that I like using those different media, but not especially for the sake of the medium. I'm interested in what it's used for and also realized that I'm not that interested in telling stories anymore. Or maybe I am (I'm not closing any doors here, just thinking about my future or whatever), but I'm not interested in telling stories through figurative images right now. I discovered El Lissitzky this year, he blew my mind away. Harmen Liemburg came to my school and totally changed my vision of certain things, concerning illustration.
Those two artists didn't change me on their own, I was in some state where I embraced such changes, as I was getting tired of what I used to do. I have the feeling I have turned the page to something new and it feels great. The things I made before did not dissapear, they're still there, but behind this page.
My work changed greatly this year, but it's just another side of who I am, I won't limit myself to some style or way of doing, as I'm a little more complex than that, without wanting to sound emo and shit.
In the future my work might totally be different again, I just don't know, we'll see what it'll become. I also sort of discovered clothing design (I'll show that some time later on) and music making etc. this year. A lot of different things, they're all a part of me, even though they're all quite new to me too. I (re)discovered pop music, Rihanna, Lady GaGa etc. and I like the way the pop-tentacles absorb everything and anything, I'd like to have such tentacles (though I don't want to make shitty things like some pop-things, eh!).
ok I'm sort of losing where I was while writing. I'm basically saying that I've changed a lot, seemingly losing a lot of things in the process. The past is a part of you though, so I haven't lost anything actually.
The only thing I have really lost in the process, is Chloé, I guess. All this change has been really awesome for me, I have the feeling I'm like a snake, changeing my skin every once in a while, feeling like a new person, which is pretty awesome. I hope Chloé's doing fine right now, I'm not so happy about the fact that she had to suffer from my changes.
Anywizzy,
I'm working in the Dordogne right now, at a camping site, as an entertainer for the kids and in the afternoon, for the adults. I'm starting for real tomorrow, I'm kind of scared doing all this entertaining stuff. I have to learn to dance to Shakira's Waka Waka song ffs!! It'll probably be fun though. I'll be going canoeing (sp?) every wednesday, organizing tabletennis & pétanque tournaments and stuff during the rest of the week.
It'll be quite awesome I guess, but the reason I'm feeling a little sad for being here is the fact that a few days before I left Strasbourg, some really awesome things happened to me. And I won't have the chance to make these awesome things happen over here. But I already said too much about that.
I hope you guys reading this (is there anybody there?) are able to understand this post. It's quite messy and all, I have a lot to learn about writing and stuff. I hope to do so over the summer, since I'll try to write more often here (ha), as I don't have all my usual programs on this computer here. I'll continue experimenting with Illustrator and Photoshop, I'll take some picatures perhaps. We'll see.
If anybody reads this, can you tell me what you're doing this summer? Having fun? I sure hope so, you deserve some fun for reading all this here, haha. Anyway please tell me what you're doing and stuff in the comments box! feel free to share thoughts.
