Punched Ticket

      I had a chance to reflect on my professional artistic goals, and despite being so inspired and excited by the artists mentioned in previous blog (and Charlie Wetzel, cuz their art  r o c k s), I must change the direction of my project quite drastically.      First, let's go over my goals: I want to be an independent content creator, preferrably combining music and 2D art in the form of animation. Artists such as...  Dedouze! Creating from France, he is known primarily for his amazing Blender animations. However, he is an absolutely amazing artist, too! Worthitkids! He is another super-amazing artist that creates beautiful aural and visual experiences through Blender.  Epoch Sonder! She is a self-taught artist who does most of these animations with an Ipad!  One of the most amazing things about these artists is that all of them have their own super unique approaches and styles, and I believe that's due to the fact that they have full creative freedom over their content. C

For my ART340 Project Proposal, I've decided to combine the following elements in a single piece of art: Musical Instruments Pandemic-induced Waste Organics  I wanted to spark conversation on a few important topics that are extremely relevant at the present moment: the challenges and changes COVID has brought to the Music Performance Industry, the environmental impact of the pandemic, and the fact that healing and recovery is possible.  ~the complex worldscape of rainworld~ Image caption: a tiny slugcat stands on the edge of a complex, long-abandoned machine. Tall red grass is stemming from below the machine. It's late afternoon and clear weather, but the sky is dark grey. ~"alive" nicotine-contaminated water of Thjis Biersteker~ Image caption: multiple transparent tubes are tied into a knot, with a smoked cigarette at its center. Water, darkened with nicotine, is flowing through the tubes at various speeds.    Heavily inspired by artists such as Tania Candiani (for h

 There is a lot I could attempt to say about how my identity shapes up my artistic works, but there are doubts regarding how much I actually know, to be honest. I'm only sure of the following: as the oldest of 5 siblings from a first-gen immigrant low-income family that has roots in at least 3 different countries, all oddly distanced from each other, my art implicitly deals with the difficulty of accepting the responsiblities one has to take up when living a transient, inconsistent lifestyle.  an older work of mine- a rose flower with pink-and-yellow-colored petals, surrounded by colorful, soft, organic shapes   Explicitly, though, my art often zooms into topics that provoke difficult-to-describe feelings. Being a highly introverted (and, for some time, outcasted) person ever since childhood, objects and subjects that provoke emotions for people around me are often not reaching my heart to nearly the same extent. One of my favorite childhood activities was to crawl underneath the s