ADD-New Experiment

Alright, so obviously the Daily Sketch thing didn't work out for me. I'm a little frustrated with myself for letting it slide, but I wasn't happy trying to find something to draw each day and I want to want to do this blog.

So.

New Ideas.

I'm actually going to try two things because one will be daily for sure and the other will be more of a process.

One) Daily photo of planes.

Living twenty minutes away from one of the largest airports in the country has its advantages. Planes are constantly flying over my house. I didn't realize how much I missed these planes (especially the sound) until yesterday and I missed them so much that I wanted to express that somehow. Since it's summer, and I'm home, I figured now was the time to start up the blog again and what better to do daily than catch one of the 50-100-200 whatever number of planes that flies overhead.
Typically, about half of them are close enough to see which airline they are. Sadly today I was either too late to catch one coming in, or I saw the ones leaving and they had already made some distance.
So, not the best photo, but I tweaked it a bit to make it a little more interesting and I'm still excited about this project.

They are pretty loud thankfully, so whenever I heard one I ran out to the front yard, then half the time realized it was already behind me so I had to then run through the house and out the back door...quite a process. I only took about 4 different planes today and I got one that was closer but this was more interesting with the trees framing it.

Two) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea book covers

The past few months I've been thinking about what art project(s) I would tackle this summer. Finally being able to do my own thing, I decided that I was going to make book covers and band posters. After my History of Visual Communications class where I learned all the different art styles, I narrowed down my project to picking one classic novel and making 8-10 different book covers for it based on the different art styles. Art Nouveau, Victorian, Minimalism, Futurism, Bauhaus, Art Deco, etc.
I just finished reading the book today and already have a few ideas. I've got post-it notes sticking out every few pages and I've started sketching. I'll post pictures of the sketches tomorrow when I have more.

I think I'm making the right choice by changing it up and I'm really excited to see where this all goes.

Wish me luck!