...wow.
Classical @ 10:09 pm CST
feeling: amazed.
so, umm...
guys, i'm so speechless. i really don't know what to say on the honors i've just recieved.
the art conference went, well...spectacular.
twelve high schools, 120 enteries in all. they were judged by a college professor who teaches illustration and ceramics.
there was so much bloody talent in the show. just...wow. it blew my mind. i can't recall even one piece i didn't like. everything was so great. some of my favorites was this linoleum print of puffins and a caricature-type portrait that was heavily reminiscent of tim burton's work.
but, in the end, rooftop allegory came out in the top ten. the top ten?!
i wasn't even too happy with this piece. there's a lot of things i would change about it, especially in that background. but since i had put too much work into it, i entered it anyway... and i'm pretty happy i did, man.
emily, alexa, and heather entered the show, too. all of which won awards. our school also got an insane amount of awards compared to the rest of the schools... everyone else had about two or three while we had seven.
it's just so crazy and i'm still practically hyperventilating over it.
i made sure to thank that judge about a billion times. i'm...so amazed. he gave comments on all the award-winning pieces and what really made me go "ughabuh?!" was that he said he wanted to see more of my work. that's a good sign, i'd say.
but i also got to talk to him with my friends and we got his contacts. which is good.
i plan on using those to my advantage, man. i am going to get in contact with him and allow him to know me, because not only will that give me someone important to have write a recommendation for college, but it will also allow me to learn more about what he does. he was an illustrator, and that's what i'm planning on right now for college.
it probably means i'll have to go on a couple of visits around the college he works at, which i have very little interest in as it is, but to gain the wisdom of someone successful in the field i want to enter? abso-fucking-lutely worth it.
[/shining glory] i'm just...so blown away that this went somewhere. i was honored enough just being selected to be in the conference, representing our school...
but a huge award like this? i never saw it coming. never.
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