tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54120470447382193482024-03-13T09:01:30.646-07:00swill merchantSWILL MERCHANTLaura Jackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231919319877540356noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412047044738219348.post-5476357641505347382012-03-18T20:15:00.000-07:002012-03-18T20:15:45.990-07:00Walking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With my headphones on I can ignore the world</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Laura Jackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231919319877540356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412047044738219348.post-18272476651527143962012-02-28T19:12:00.000-08:002012-02-28T19:12:25.084-08:00This week has been hectic. It's midterm time so in my non artsy fartsy classes I've had a lot of papers due. I'm currently painting glassware for a beautiful wedding that's at the end of March so I've been busy trying to finish that! Also, I'm working on a "celebrity portrait" piece for my class with Rick Allendorf. My subject is Louis CK, which has given me an excuse to watch a bunch of his stand-up and show. The final is due tomorrow so this will probably be a long night, but I don't mind all-nighters too much when I'm excited about the project. <div><br />
</div><div>Images later.</div>Laura Jackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231919319877540356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412047044738219348.post-61520592940178518492012-02-16T03:36:00.000-08:002012-02-16T03:36:18.030-08:00Phantom Tollbooth Book JacketFor my word and image class last semester we had to design a book jacket that we thought was outdated. While I do love the illustrations done for <i>The Phantom Tollbooth </i>by Jules Feiffer it hadn't been re-illustrated since the 60's. They did a new cover in the 70's when the movie came out, but it was one of those cheesy covers with the actors on it, a marketing ploy to promote the film.<br />
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Still, Norton Juster's story of Milo and Tock's travels through the Kingdom of Wisdom was always a childhood favorite. I must accredit children's books for much of my creativity today. Writers like Norton Juster, Roald Dahl and E.B. White taught me to embrace the weird, to love imagination even though it often isolated me as the "strange kid" and to never accept boredom.<br />
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I hope I did the book justice...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original illustrated cover done in 1961 by Jules Feiffer</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_265056969"></span><span id="goog_265056970"></span>Laura Jackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231919319877540356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412047044738219348.post-85176912270414348122012-02-15T10:41:00.000-08:002012-02-15T10:41:02.792-08:00Yours TrulyDraw in bed. Get high score on pokemon pinball. GOOD DAY.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">humble abode</td></tr>
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</div><div>Acrylic and charcoal on wood I ripped off my heater; now I burn myself every time I roll over in the night. Happy Valentines day.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>I associate the word carnivore with a tyrannosaurus rex, a prowling saber tooth tiger or a vicious cave-lurking monster that tears flesh from human bones strip by strip. The idea of delicate and spindly carnivorous plants counters my mental image of what a carnivore is. I incorporated different types of plants that derive nutrients from animals like pitcher plants, the sundew and venus fly traps in this piece. In my mind though, carnivore does more than describe the feeding nature of some organisms; it describes a way of being. Ever met one of those people who would sell out their own grandmother to get ahead? Being carnivorous is the destruction or consumption without consciousness. Metaphorically, I couldn't think of any symbol besides the human heart that fit carnivore better..</div><div><br />
</div><div>..or maybe I just wanted to draw leafy, bark organs.....<br />
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I'm a leaning toward basing the final on color study #2. The painting will probably be less graphic, I'm looking forward to it. Adding color in photoshop sure is fun though.<br />
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</tbody></table></div><div>I'm tired now.. 8 a.m. studio class. WOOOOOOOO ART!</div>Laura Jackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231919319877540356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412047044738219348.post-81979996819089555952012-01-24T18:04:00.000-08:002012-01-24T18:04:17.709-08:00Oh yeah... Also this is my new blog.Welcome.<br />
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I'll be posting my art/illustrations, sketch book creations, inspirations and whatever strange ideas pop into my little head.<br />
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One day I hope someone will care enough about my work to read these posts.Laura Jackmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231919319877540356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412047044738219348.post-40650270236776601672012-01-24T17:59:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:59:03.001-08:00January in BostonToday I went running in shorts, sat on the grass at the park and drew in my sketchbook and got a spongebob pop out of an ice cream truck.<div><br />
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</div><div>Winter in New England still confuses me.</div><div><div><div><br />
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