Invitation Update

Had a critique the other day and decided to go with what people are saying and decided to fix things up a little bit. I made the plate an invitation instead of having it be just a decoration. I also fixed up the map, having it be a real orange inside of just cutting the map out like a circle and coloring it orange :) hehe. Right now, this has more texture to it, which I like. However, I think it sorta sticks out a bit while everything is cartoony and fun, this seems a little bit too "real" for me. I will probably play with some effects with the orange before I call it quits. Any suggestions would be awesome.

Center Stage Talent Show Event

I went to show support to some friends at this event, where I also saw talented I didn't know we had in this city. There was a Capoeria groups that did a mix of Afro-Brazillan martial arts and music and another group of Packour (like doing acrobatics) performers. They were amazing! Then there were a few singers, a poet, rapper, and a lovely group of dancers ages 65-81. I was so impressed by at the talented people. This event was to support St. Ann Center's Adopt-A Life Program which helps people of all ages in many different ways. I thought it was a great idea to put on this show that brought people from different walks of life. Every age group was present and the audience was very diverse. I had a great time.

For video of the performer's auditions go to https://www.stanncenter.org/centerstage

Card update

My progress so far is going well. I plan to keep going with the picnic theme, however I changed what my party is for. I am now doing a club picnic celebrating our 1st year anniversary. I am going to put  the menu and theme together and make them front to back. My invitation and guest lists are going to be either separate or put together like these as well. I am going to cut these into a watermelon shape, which will cause some trial and error in the adjustment in the placement of the font. 

Theme Invitation

My theme will be a class picnic theme. I want to keep the feel of an old fashion picnic.. such as a red and white checkered colors throughout the invitation and menu. My menu items are going to be picnic food.. maybe the invitations themselves will be food. I want to be crafty with this project, so I will try to apply textures to this invitation. I will next try to think about the envelope. I want to use marching ants in my design that maybe pop out when you open your card with them maybe holding fruit or food of some sort. I haven't fully decided on that yet. I know I want my menu and map cards to take the form of fruit so I can have them on the plate.

Still thinking of some idea for this, hopefully I can have a lot of fun with this project.

Digital Photo Slideshow Ideas

Where do I start?

I think I want to drive around the city and see what grabs my attention. I did contemplate finding and taking photos of different art forms around the city because everyday I something that inspires me and represents the city I was born in. there's statues, sculptures, graffiti, architecture, murals, etc all around that I think doesn't get a recognize in the way that is should and as much. I have also thought about obtaining images of diverse or blended families because am apart of one and I have other family and friends that are made of different ethnic backgrounds  and/or family structure.

So I'll keep brainstorming and see what I come up with for this project.

Dinner Party Invitation Concept

I'm usually good at figuring out what I want to do when a project is assigned, but for this invitation I couldn't think of anything at first. Eventually I decided I wanted to have a Vanilla/Chocolate Cocktail Party. It's different and I think a interesting concept to work with for the invitation. I want two different groups to attend this party and come together over foods and drinks related to vanilla and chocolate. I'm still working out certain details like what types of each flavor there is and how can I use that information in this process. I was told to think about: how and where these flavors came about, which do I choose to work with, do I combine the two (white chocolate)...
So I have more work to do and things to think about to I can get a concrete idea for this invite.


I see a group of people who represent vanilla (don't know what type/kind yet) and they come to this party and see those who represent chocolate. The two groups come together over things that are a combination of the two flavors/groups and get to know more about one another. Almost like a vanilla versus chocolate theme, but this party brings them together and make a harmonies gathering for the two.

Let's see where I go from here....

"A Culture of Evil" -Art Exhibition

Myself and a friend attended the opening reception for "A Culture of Evil" -Art Exhibition at school, that was done by our instructor Sarah Nitschke(who was there as well) and another artist. It was only us and then another classmate mate showed up. We took a quick look around first and then asked Sarah about the work and meaning behind the exhibit. She went into great detail and really gave a info to think about relate to the theme of evil in media, society, the rest of world,etc. Even though I thought I had a good perception of what "evil" is, looking at what was on display really opened my eyes to the reality that it is bigger and deeper than I assumed. The media is immerse with the whole concept of evil, society is filled with slurs that are usually used for malicious reasons, and in the world, not only in war, but countries feeling with leaders the killed their innocent in the most inhumane manner. This exhibit was really thought provoking and I learned a lot from it. It help that Sarah was there, hearing her views and getting to know her more as an artist. I did read her artist's statement and got into a discussion with her about my thoughts, which were similar to hers. I'm planning to go back again and look more into a book that was related to the slurs people say in society. I'm interested in seeing the meaning behind some of them and making sure I'm not saying those kinds of words/phrases to anyone I meet on a daily basis.