another nametag! like last time, this was a decorative piece made for the front of my sketchbook. for this one, i used sticker paper, sharpies, and a white gel pel for highlights. i used different shades of blue, orange, and pink to add a color variance. i didn't learn much from this experience since i've already made nametags before but this was really fun! it helped me improve on my bubble letter skills which i have used since in other personal projects. my favorite part about this project is the little star at the end of my name. it filled up some empty space and looks really nice! i'm trying to improve on drawing stars and i think that really helped me put a foot in the right direction. i've really been into space themes lately, so i've been putting that into a lot of my artwork. while it's not my own "original" idea, it's something that's becoming almost signature in my artwork.

alright... so for these blind contours, i'm really conflicted. i love my sketches. i ended up coloring them with alcohol markers and even added some gel pen highlights. i used sharpie for the outlines which wsa a huge mistake since it bled into the markers, but i'll expand on that further. for the big drawing i used sharpie and chalk pastel and i DESPISE it. not only do i HATE chalk pastels, i hate the whole drawing. i struggle with doing large pieces, but this one was just a disaster. i could improve on just about everything for this piece, starting with my awful coloring skills and ending with everything else. i'm most proud of my sketches since they're small and were a lot easier to make. i added in a ton of highlights, which is kinda a "thing" in all of my work, and i think that really brung everything together. both of these drawings are decorative, but the final, big piece will be decorating nothing but my trash bin.

as the title says, i drew this horrid thing upside down. thats why everyting looks weird and theres a nether portal with tables coming out of it. i used pen and watercolor for this and thats it. i'm not super proud of this but i am happy i got it done since i really didn't wanna do this project. i didn't do anything new or exciting, nor did i learn anything from this assignment, but i do wish i could imrpove on it. i wish i could improve everythig. nothing in specific, just everything. because it really doesn't look that good.

oh my god get these out of my SIGHT. i think these are worse than the blind contour. i used pencil and sharpies for these and i think both the pencil and sharpie i used want to escape from my pencil pouch after being used for such a horrid creation. i hate everything about these. im proud of none of it. i would say that i could improve all of it but im not sure if i even can since i tried this thing TWICE and still couldn't get the hang of it. i tried adding different patterns and such but i lost all of the ideas i had (which wasn't many) so just drew lines. long story short these SUCK and i HATE THEM!!!!!!

oh man... this again. just like last time, it went pretty awfully for me. dinnerware is definitely not a thing i'm good at, and with all of the struggles i had with the glaze, it was miserable. the glaze on one of my plates kept peeling off and for the other plates, it was never thick enough. the clear glaze was always really uneven going onto the underglaze so it took even longer for this project to be finished. the process of making these wasn't that fun either. i struggled a lot with the cups and the plates never seemed to turn out right. i wish i could've used a different plate mold or something because having to shave down my plates a lot caused them to be lumpy and uneven. honestly, there's not anything i liked about the process or end result of this project either. feel free to take some points off for me saying this, but this project was a nightmare for me. cups dried too fast, the glaze went on very uneven, glaze peeled, etc etc etc. lots and lots of struggles and very little fun. it didn't help that my partner cooked before the date he said he would. anyways... this was a functional and decorative piece and luckily there's friends who were willing to take and use my plates and cups.

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