I have a special surprise for today’s Friday 5. I was horribly busy and sleepless this week, but I did my homework early for tomorrow, so I felt like something epic needed to be done for today. So, after a long forum with my friends, we’ve compiled a list of our the five catchiest songs…
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4025.2:Artist statement article, Part 2
This is just an addition to my last post and does not need to exist. I didn’t want to write it yesterday because I thought I had already rambled on for a disgusting amount of time. So, why did I bring out artists statements in the first place? I mean, yes, I’m a quasi-artist-student-mutant thing,…
4025: To artist state, or not to artist state
“Most artist statements, 99 out of 100, are not useful, and they’re often ludicrous,” -Philadelphia Inquirer art critic Edward Sozanski For my second post I thought I would find a cute little article about “How to Write an Artist Statement” when I stumbled upon this article from the Huffington Post: “Are artist statements really necessary?”…
5: Things that economists really agree on
In my economic policy class, my professor gave us a list of things that economists, across all political spectrums, actually agree on. Here are the 5 that he considered the most interesting ones and the percent of economists who agree on it. 01|Fiscal policy (e.g. tax cut and/or government expenditure increase) has a significant impact on a less…
4025: Behanced vs. a professional website
For freelancers, he [Glen Sansberry] says, social media is a chance to get your work out there, and there are a number of websites like Behance that are growing very quickly in popularity…Behance allows designers to upload their portfolios where visitors, including recruiters, come to search (and potentially hire) talents. This past July, the site…
Hardest button to button
Me at 4:25 am this morning after finally finishing my button packaging. Oh the life of graphic design. I assure you, I worked really hard on this project from when it was assigned until I finished it last night despite the last minute-ness. I toyed with all sorts of ideas, arranged buttons, made mock-ups, and…
Marcel the Shell (with shoes on)
Why do I like this so much? I don’t know, but my amazing friend Ben Wenzl posted it on my wall and I think everyone needs to watch this. Maybe I like it because everyone thinks I’m too small. So, besides watching this video, I’ve also been trying to get my portfolio on the Behance…
5: Classes I would love to take
Are you tired of me talking about school yet? 01| A grammar class. I’ve been dying to since I’ve been in high school, but it’s never been offered! The first and last formal training I’ve had in grammar was in third grade and I feel like Mrs. Brown didn’t go very deep. Unless you count…
5: Things this week
What I’m excited for this semester: 01| Classes. The surprise is that my required government class sounds endlessly interesting because we will mainly be learning about economic policy. Is it weird that I’m excited for this class? I’m ready to be informed! And of course, I love all my other classes too because I’m a…
How to cover your books
My third grade teach made all of us bring brown paper grocery bags to class and she taught us how to cover our textbooks. I thought all my fellow nerds might like to know how to do it. Although I still like the paper-bag look, I folded my new Whitelines sketchbook with a map from…