as of earlier this week, i started up a Flickr account. (look for me-everquesting_knight or sara carr, whichever should lead you to me)

and along with the Flickr account, i also have to start on my main digital photography portfolio. *drum roll*
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..............."the ultimate package design-FASHION"

as some of you know, about a year ago, i did an extensive research paper on package design and how the different colors of the packaging affects sale rates. that study got me interested in how to make packages and how to design them. for this year, my new love is fashion. one day when i was driving home i looked at a billboard and it reminded me of how the clothes we put on are like a billboard to the world about ourselves. and moreso, a package design that we use to sell ourselves to the people around us. just as there are different types of packages, there are different fashions and different times where certain fashions are more called for than others. also, sometimes we have to design the package around the product. (the body) and sometimes the product doesn't have any packaging but has a seal or stamp which makes it ready for sale. (nudes, piercings and tatoos.)

so that's my idea for my portfolio / artist statement. what i really would love to do (and this gets back to flickr) is make a book and not only include the photos but also do informal interviews with the models that i use. (1) how do you want people to see you. (2) what makes your fashion sense yours. (3) what kind of product are you trying to sell. (4) is that how people really get you.
one of the supporters of flickr makes books for really freakin cheap.
check out [link]

soo that's pretty much it for now. anyone have any fashion pointers for myself????

this year is my last at the wonderful university of rio grande. needless to say, the farm isn't the same without bob evans here alive and kicking.

some things are for the better though. like lets see here-i have a great new group of friends. and this is my senior year after all

the artwork, well, it'll be coming soon. i promise!!!!


just need to photograph and the like and have the time to post everything!!

but yeah, there will be more....just wait!

well, i ended up getting my internship...not at VS...but at OU (Ohio University) in their summer sessions/lifelong learning departments doing both web and print media. (and the best part...ITS A PAYING POSITION!!)

i'm thinking that's about all the interesting news...

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in other parts (of DA i guess) i am going to try to post more artwork durring the summer. most of the artwork that i'll be putting up is from last semester at Rio. (classes include; printmaking, photography, and graphic design)

hope to see you all soon!

-Sara

exciting stuff has been happening in my art classes...

in photography, my instructor actually trusts me enough to let me take home a large format camera....and well, i thought i was going to break it when i got my hands on it...and i think i might have!!! i went into the dark room today to develop my film and well.....there was nothing on the film....so hopefully my second go at it will end up happy and not crappy.

in printmaking, making a bunch of prints....bunches...

in movies about art, we watch movies about art....2 weeks ago, we watched "how to draw a bunny" and for those of you out there who haven't seen it, i highly recommend it...its about ray johnson....and for that class, with that movie, we decided to pay homage to ray by sending out moticos to our classmates....and several of you on here will be reciving one once i finish all of them i have planned out!

in graphic design, i'm currently looking for an internship over the summer...right now i have my fingers crossed for working in the graphics lab at Victoria's Secrets.....but right now, i'm open for virtually anything...perferably in the print media though...i absolutly hate doing web design, even though i know how to do it.

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now that i have my 8 week courses out, all i am left with are these art classes....i know i haven't posted anything new in a long time, but don't fret, new stuff is on the way!!! (i just need time to post everything!!!)

back in the day, :christiana: had a contest with a theme of recurring themes....the entries could be anything...including poems...

:newmoonmaiden: decided to do just that with this very touching poem:

My thoughts are trapped in another room
Shrieks and moans like no other
Lamenting the impending doom
Take a peek if you'd bother

A contortioned gymnastic platoon
Dancing to the organ grinder
Following the tragic moon
Thinking none could be kinder

Shriveled hands, 4 in a can
For sale at your nearest
The maker, a charismatic man
Whose workers are all useless

And in the midst of it all
Stands my favorite phantom
Who, like the perfect doll
Has eyes I cannot fathom

Beside him is an open door
Where everything but him goes
Its name was "Forget" before
And still is, as everyone knows


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beautiful and touching....and if you liked what you've read so far... I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO VISIT :newmoonmaiden:'s gallery....ya'll will definatly not go wrong with reading some more of this goodness!!!

also, again, i would like to thank :christiana: for even hosting the contest..it definatly opened everyone's eyes and minds and allowed everyone involved to be quite free and yet, still challenged us all to do our best work!....and also, congrats to all envolved too!!