Weasel Van Buren's Blog Archive

     Hello! I was finally able to finish a non-school project and I wanted to share it with y'all! It's nothing too crazy, but I still like it.      So, for context, I have a couple of Walkmans (Walkmen?). Before, I would just use the strap that it came with and wrap it around my belt loop when using them out in public. It worked fine enough, but it was very jank and the Walkman would constantly flop around. Eventually, I came up with the idea of adding a carrying strap directly onto my jeans for a more secure fit. I've only done one so far, but I plan on doing it to all of my pants eventually. Fun fact: this strap mechanism was made out of the strap of a worn out bra I kept "just in case I found a use for it". See dad, my scrap pile is NOT useless!       I also streamed on Twitch for the first time this past weekend. It was a short stream, but it was really fun! I definitely plan to do that more in the future.      Well, ...

     You know, this blog has really helped me get over my fear of sharing my ideas. For a long time, I never wanted to tell or show anyone anything, I wouldn't even journal regularly because I felt that almost nothing I did was interesting enough to write down. Committing myself to this weekly blog has made me ok with sharing things, even if it's not the most interesting thing in the world. Is it usually well written? No, but hey...that's why I'm a visual artist, not an author or journalist.      Anyway, here is a drawing I did for a drapery study in my class. Something I've always found interesting ishat when I use the techniques taught in class, he drawing doesn't look as good as when i just kinda go at it and figure it out. Maybe it's because I'm trying to hard to follow the technique that I get in my head about it? Who knows?       Well, I have to get back to my assignments. Bye for now!

     I wanted to share one of my assignments from this past week with y'all! I'm actually quite proud of this one, you can see a larger version of it in my gallery.      This was actually not the original draft of this piece. When I first submitted it, my professor said "You understood the assignment correctly, but I think you may have missed the note that this was intended to be a three-hour pose. I’d like to see you spend more time developing the drawing so it feels more complete. Please resubmit it once you’ve had a chance to work on it further." Honestly, it wasn't unfair critique, but the vague nature of the comments didn't really help. I developed the shadows a bit more, which brought us to this final product. If she doesn't like it this time, well... I give up. Hopefully, this is enough.      Well, that's all I have this week. Bye for now!

     Sorry for the later than usual post, I was locking in on my assignments lol. Anyway, I saw Third Eye Blind yesterday, it was really fun! I was able to get to get to the barricade (which is probably because the median age of 3EB's fanbase is high enough that they want to spare their knees and not stand in the pit), so I got some nice pictures.      Funnily enough, I actually knew the drummer of the opening act, Soft Echo. He was the old supervisor at my job. I ended up snagging one of his drumsticks.   Schoolwise, we started our self driven collection this past week. I'm super excited to show y'all the final product! I feel a lot more inspired this time than I did with the previous assignment. Well, that's about all I've got to report. Bye for now!