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After traveling from Portland, OR that day, I didn't know what to expect going to my first DA meet, but I knew I was excited to meet fellow artists and art advocates! I also love visiting Seattle when I get the chance! I think the sun was also excited about the meet, considering it came out too right after a snowstorm the day before in Seattle. As more and more people poured in to the Pratt Fine Arts Center (which I will be donating to and encourage others to do the same, as it is a non profit organization!) I realized at age 25 I was definitely one of the older deviants there, even though I did see a pretty wide range of ages. Most of the deviants there were teenagers, and I felt like I was at a high school reunion at MSA (this is a good thing! ha!) Sure, I was one of the few 25 year olds there, but I didn't mind it at all; in fact, I felt that in a way I had a little bit to offer to others just from my experiences from college and in the real world as a freelancer, which made the day very fulfilling for me. It was nice to see everyone getting along and sharing their work with each other without the pressure of competition or comparison. My favorite part was just getting to see other people's sketchbooks, and getting to know them through the drawings on the pages. I was surprised that so many people were willing to let me see their sketchbooks, because for many artists a sketchbook is an extension of themselves--a physical manifestation of expression and a unique form of communication--which can make some artists shy or reluctant about sharing them. But I think people there knew that at the event, they would be surrounded by like minded people and other deviants, helping to relieve their inhibitions. Like I said, artists communicate through a visual language that surpasses verbal barriers, so I felt like everyone was communicating the same way by drawing in their sketchbooks, and no one was timid because everyone understood each other on that level. It's kind of like when everyone talks to each other in the same language even though they have their own unique stories to express. That's what made the event so exciting to me!
Overall, it was encouraging to see so many people at the meet expressing their interest in the arts, especially young people. I was also impressed with the level of acceptance everyone showed towards each other. I think everyone fed off of the positive energy there and after working every day at my 9-5 job I left the meeting feeling refreshed, much like drinking a cold glass of water after being in the desert for a long time. It felt good! I hope others were able to feel the same way! If anyone walked away with a negative experience or disappointment, then they probably weren't there for the right reasons or with the right attitude in the first place.
Making connections is really the most important part of being an artist, and I hope DA can make more of these kinds of meetings happen more often (and maybe in Portland OR one day lol). I love the fact that the meeting breathed some real life into the virtual relationships between deviants and brought the site into "reality" lol. It was great to make some DA friends, some of the DA admins and the Pratt representatives.
Overall, it was encouraging to see so many people at the meet expressing their interest in the arts, especially young people. I was also impressed with the level of acceptance everyone showed towards each other. I think everyone fed off of the positive energy there and after working every day at my 9-5 job I left the meeting feeling refreshed, much like drinking a cold glass of water after being in the desert for a long time. It felt good! I hope others were able to feel the same way! If anyone walked away with a negative experience or disappointment, then they probably weren't there for the right reasons or with the right attitude in the first place.
Making connections is really the most important part of being an artist, and I hope DA can make more of these kinds of meetings happen more often (and maybe in Portland OR one day lol). I love the fact that the meeting breathed some real life into the virtual relationships between deviants and brought the site into "reality" lol. It was great to make some DA friends, some of the DA admins and the Pratt representatives.
The Sellout Artist
The "Sellout Artist"
By Lauren Leslie
We would all naturally associate traditional artwork such paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc with the word art; but is graphic design just as much art as its traditional predecessors? One day, I heard a former acquaintance shamefully say that he felt like he was “selling out” (as an artist) by becoming a graphic designer. In another instance I was watching a TV show about a family in which a artistically inclined husband refused to do commercial work as a graphic designer for the same fear of “selling out” and instead worked as a dishwasher with a miserable attitude about his j
Square 1 Not a bad place to be
So in my previous entry I mentioned how I am getting let go at the job where I am a production artist, but at least I have my retail job that I can fall back on so that I'm not completely unemployed. I'm well aware that I'm in a state of transition and growth in so many ways, but they are good ways. Let's just put it as, I've been finding answers through seeking and knowing the truth and disassembling illusions, and it sorta has the affect on yourself like how your muscles are sore after you worked about a day or two before.
So now that I'm back to square one almost with this being my last week as a production artist, I'm going to be (have b
Living on the edge
I'll catch you up. So a month ago I started working as a production designer at the events company in downtown Portland Before that I had been laid off from the events company for three months because of an expired contract. Let me take you back to the end of my first 90 term of the events company:
<italics>As a my last week at the events company was coming to an foreseen end, I had some thinking to do about how life would be after working 60 hours a week at a full time and part time job. The questions I asked myself were "How much did I really want to work at the retail job for?" --Sure I could work 40 hours a week at a job that I was
New Job!
First I feel like I need to tell you the back story. At age 25 I have since graduated with a bachelors in Graphic Design and moved to Portland OR to pursue my career. I've been working at a clothing store for over a year after graduating college three years ago, and I was getting a little discouraged that I would never be able to get out of the rut I was in, but I still tried to stay hopeful. One week I remember feeling really depressed and I had a dream that I interpreted the next day. What I found was that I wasn't taking time for myself to focus on my life; instead I was allowing myself to be distracted. What I needed to do was cut the unn
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Whoa, you drove a long way to get to deviantMEET. It was great meeting you as well!