Ely Chapman had their book give away this weekend, so I woke up early on my Saturday to stand in line so I could get my pick of sci fi/fantasy books! I managed to fill a big cardboard box (and I had a rough time carrying it back to campus) so I think I have a good start for books to fill my shelves. There are even some hardcover books, and ones that I won't mind destroying to make the base of my floating shelves (*cough*Eragon*cough*).
I had a meeting with Beth last week to talk about my portraits. She seemed to think that I was on the right track, and gave me some wooden panels to gesso so I can get started, as well as an easel that I set up in my room so it's easier for me to work. And since I'm planning on working in my room, I've decided to go with acrylic paint so I'm not inhaling awful oil paint and medium fumes. My gesso will be dry by the weekend, so I hope to start HP Lovecraft and have something decent to show for my critique.
Also, I've download some t-shirt templates and I'm playing around with ideas...I've got one or two with a wrap around of my kraken, and then for the others I'm playing around with fantasy cliches. When I was in a fantasy lit class in high school, we discussed cliches a lot because it's nearly impossible to find fantasy without them: some are necessary, some are horrible, some are fine if the author can put a new twist on them. But cliches are something any fantasy reader recognizes (for example, "The Chosen One") and gets a kick out of making fun of them.
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