stupid GD monkey

Agghh another weekend went by without me doing practically any work for school!! I just finished this "monkey assignment" for Cheryl and Stan... I guess. We had to make a painting of a monkey doing something a human would do, I chose to make a gorilla cameo so I can keep on with the framed theme. It didn't come out just as I wanted, but I just don't have the time. It didn't come out as well as the last assignment they gave us...

10cc - Rubber Bullets

I finished this song lyric assignment for Eric White and Steve Ellis. Now, I only have a bunch of things I still haven't started for them! I'm a little dissapointed in that class. I thought for sure I would get a lot of portfolio pieces out of it. This is cute I guess, but I think it looks really "student made." I'm sure I'll bring it to the review, but I doubt I'll include it in the final portfolio.

LYRICS HERE

new sketchbook!

temp promo

Last night Ronit and I split a 6-pack and worked on my promos or whatever. I like the handmade look better, plus there's no need to get 500 printed out if I have no one to give any of them to. I'm sure my teachers will tell me this is a bad idea. I had a lot of fun making them all unique, and it really only took me a few beers to do them all. 

Get a closer look, kiddo.

blue bouquet sketch

This story is about a man who is attacked by another man with a machete in the night. The assailant tells the man about how he's taking only blue eyeballs. His girlfriend wants a bunch of them as a bouquet, on a whim. 

dream assignment

Eric White and Steve Ellis assignment. I was supposed to mix three different styles but fuck it. 

It's based on a nightmare I had of being bullied and drugged and used up late at night in the lower east side. I accepted a ride from a sketchy cabbie who flew me straight home to my parents house on LI.

Louisiana swamp tour

Have you ever been on an airboat ???

trailer park revisited

For Sal's class, he simply wanted us to paint an environment. 

Dean's list

Senior pictures today. Sooo much anxiety. But did I make the Deans list? Yes. Are you proud of me? I am. And you can tell I mean it. By the way I framed it.

portfolio pieces?

This top piece is the "childhood trauma" assignment for Steve and Eric. The story is from my first week of third grade, I was the new kid in school. A clique of girls pretended to be my friend so they could get me close enough to squirt ketsup at me. I liked the yellow for mustard better against the pink.

This bottom one is for the short story "The I is Never Alone." A 15 yr old boy is thrown into the sea when the ship he was on was sunk. He spent the rest of his days on an empty island with only a box of mirrors that washed ashore and the birds to keep him company.

khadi book

I finally scanned the drawings I did in my khadi book from over the break. Not that it mattered.

Anyway I'm pretty excited about the work I'm doing this semester already. Paintings are being done in a day or two in some cases. I'm also pretty excited about 'Society' socials. And Mardi Gras...

I made this blogspot a little while ago, but I never used it because I made a real(er) website (mkaempf.tk) But since Bloggers cannot be deleted (i hate e-commitments), and all the cool kids are doing it, I've decided to add this site to my e-resume to my ever growing e-career this new year.
Over the break I did alot of collaging and worked in my illustrated diary. Mostly I threw away half my belongings at my parents house, they're starting to use my room for storage. It felt good throwing things from my childhood away.
I got a 3.6 this semester. I can't wait for classes to start, its the beginning of the end.