{"id":235,"date":"2011-04-22T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T03:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickspicscorner.com\/blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2012-07-02T02:30:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T07:30:09","slug":"end-of-semester-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/end-of-semester-crunch\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Semester Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am happy to report that I am finished with my English course.\u00a0 After the midterm we had 4 classes then moved straight into our final paper.\u00a0 The professor set it up to where we had to give a presentation on our papers, but only a couple people would be presenting per night and you didn’t have to come to class until you were scheduled to present.\u00a0 I gave mine just this past Wednesday and he gave me my final grade today (I got an A!).\u00a0 The best part, once the presentation is complete, that’s it for your semester.\u00a0 This definitely takes a load off my mind as we move into the final stretch.\u00a0 I have one more art project, an audio tour (and accompanying paper), and two finals left to go in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

I finally finished my retail package.\u00a0 I completed the design and print run about\u00a0seven hours before it was due.\u00a0\u00a0It\u00a0took\u00a0three attempts to get the printer settings correct (kinda hard with generic\u00a0paper and no profiles)\u00a0and it ended up being a matte finish, but that’s ok.\u00a0 I cut the\u00a0design and folded it\u00a0and then realized that I screwed up on the placement of\u00a0two words on the bottom.\u00a0\u00a0As it was nearly 3 am when I realized this, I ran another print in the hopes I would get a chance to cut and fold during the class, but no such luck befell me.\u00a0 It’s ok, I hope she doesn’t ding me too hard for that little design flaw.\u00a0\u00a0I chose to make a wine box and made a fictitious little company called “In Vino Veritas.” The artistic theme for the design was to be\u00a0something to do with self-improvement.\u00a0 I chose “Believing in Yourself” and put little inspirational quotes over photos of things that we as human beings have accomplished.\u00a0 The first was the discovery of DNA, the second was Mount Everest, the third was Neil Armstrong with the US Flag on the surface of the moon, and the fourth was a picture of the Earth as seen from the moon.\u00a0 On the bottom I put “In\u00a0Wine Lies Truth” (it was here I messed up the placement of the words “In” and “Lies” – they were\u00a0partially covered by the fold flaps).\u00a0 On the top flaps I placed a solid color and little scattered graphics of wine bottles.\u00a0 Here is the template graphic for the project:<\/p>\n

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Some of you out there may recognize the\u00a0366th Fighter Wing motto, but I digress.\u00a0\u00a0The professor has the completed project at this time.\u00a0 When I get it back I will take some photos to show what it looks like in\u00a0its final form.\u00a0 I wish I would have had time to take it to Kinko’s to have it printed on glossy cardstock\u00a0as the matte finish doesn’t allow the colors to pop at all.\u00a0 But hey, at least I got it done.<\/p>\n

Now my wife is wanting me to design some boxes for the giveaways for her parents’ Golden Anniversary next year.\u00a0 Is it unethical to charge this to my in-laws?<\/p>\n

Now I’m on to my next project, which is to create a postage stamp.\u00a0 It can be from any country, real or imaginary, and has to have at least one\u00a0example of each of the following:\u00a0a currency\u00a0notation and price, a scanned texture, and an edge like you see on real postage stamps but this one has to be created using Photoshop’s vector pen tool.\u00a0\u00a0I have a few ideas and will hopefully begin executing them shortly.<\/p>\n

Sweetness came to\u00a0me today in the form of a piece of plastic.\u00a0 I have been wondering about pinhole photography for a while, but never really felt like buying a body cap and drilling a tiny\u00a0hole into it to give it a shot.\u00a0 The other thing that turned me off about that idea, too, was the fact that the hole would allow dust into my sensor while the mirror\u00a0was up.\u00a0 Well, I have to worry no more…\u00a0 I found out\u00a0Lensbaby makes a pinhole optic for their\u00a0Composer lens.\u00a0 And it\u00a0is only $35 at Camera Co-Op.\u00a0 Happy Birthday to me!!!\u00a0\u00a0Tomorrow I will be taking it outside while the sun is high so I can see what my mind can create.\u00a0 I am soooo looking forward to this.<\/p>\n

At this point I have one more picture I can share with you from my gallery.\u00a0 Feel free to comment at will.<\/p>\n

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Well, my friends, I need to pop in that Celtic Frost CD and get back to work.\u00a0 You all have a safe and happy Easter Weekend and I will see you all again soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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