Life update.

School is going, classes are relaxed, life is good. A bit of what i've been up to lately.

My room mate enjoying my (partnered) bubble wrap installation on campus.

Cool bugs our drawing teacher brought in last week.

LACMA cliche.

cityscape made of building toys and scraps.

LACMA with the fronds. :)

Arroyo Seco Failed Trail Hunt

About a month ago now, I had my bike stolen - boohoo. Above is my new bud. He just needed his tires replaced. x) 

Following the acquisition of this new bud - I decided i'd go off and try a bike trail in the area. Pumped and ready to take on the California sun, I went on my way, eager to discover this 4 star trail. However I got a little lost. The park is very narrow and long so if you ride for just a couple seconds strait you've pretty much crossed its entirety, though if you go in the "long" direction you run into playgrounds and tennis courts. I was very confused, so I stopped and documented where I was just for the purpose of referencing these photos when I got home to the internet, and sure enough - the trail was IN that mini LA River thing you see below. 

INSIDE? 

^ Creepy Girl Scout imagery

It also turns out I was on my way to the inside at some point, but the road looked intimidating and as I have not actually done much visiting of SoCal on my own - I didn't feel now was the time to start. At least I know where to go for next time! (Perhaps tomorrow after work if it isn't too hot.)

Above: view!

Uphill, yay!

More view! :D

I took a photo halfway up and down of  another monstrous hill! Sadly I wasn't heading down...

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Making Longbows

Troll (4)

I've never done a finished drawing of a guy like this before, I focus too hard on making things "pretty."

 I really like his imperfections :)

Viridis

Another version of the green house tank built from found material. Viridis = Latin for the color green. First ever photobash in my life, it made me realize how much I need to practice painting.

Because the writing on the piece isn't visible (it's originally a 4 foot by 4 foot board), here:

 Story Descritpion:
In the year 2022, all natural habitats, creatures, and plantl ife have gone extinct. In an attempt to better their ways of life and to retrieve what they have lost, scientists of the time create a machine that will allow them to travel into a parallel universe, in which the earth has never been inhabited or touched by human life - in order to collect wildlife samples and bring them back to their own world.

Happy New Year!

Foam Sculpting

Finished Conair blow dryer model! Took many hours of sanding, and practically living at my school's model shop, but worth it in the end. Now I have a fake toy gun to shoot at my enemies.