ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!
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secondlinaI HAVE AN APPARTMENT!
Dance with me! Dance the dance of life! Wooh!
So things are really going impossibly well. I've got a good job that i'll start soon, a fantastic appartment, good friends, a nice boyfriend, a supportive family, art exhibits and oh, did I mention the fact that i'm done studying? That i'm not going back to school this september for the first time in YEARS? Yes, let's celebrate that too.
The appartment is pretty awesome; it's a decent size for one person, and it's next to a big park, so plenty of green tree action for me (and a great view!). Downpoints of it: it's has carpet. I kinda hate carpetting with a passion. But the rest of it is pretty good, so I can put up with the carpet (besides, I don't smoke and don't have animals, so it wont take in smells). Second downpoint: no ceiling lights. Damn you, old houses. Gotta buy me some lamps. Third downpoint : landlord seems pretty okay, but a little quirky. Like a cheesy old man. But apparently, you never see him.
Good points: It's in an old house. It makes it very pretty. The staircase to access the appartment is wicked. I have my own entrance, the kitchen is rather big, there's plenty of windows to let the light in and it's on a second floor. The other tenants are a Ottawa U student and a middle-aged couple. I'm close to all possible bus routes I may want to use, about 20 to 30 minutes away from my job, 5 minutes aways from the centertown of ottawa and hull and right next to the municipal librairy. The lady currently living at the appartment was a geek (dragons everywhere, a sword on the wall, fantasy books and movies) so i'm thinking I'm most likely love it there. I need to make a list of the stuff I don't have so I may purchase! Woo!
I'm really excited. I start my work on september 22nd and move in on october first. So i'll have one week of extreme bus-rides (two and a half hours from my parent's home to my job. Eep.) but I might just crash at a friend's house.
Second fantastic point of order?
IT'S EXHIBIT TIME BABEH!
Come one, come all to La petite mort gallery in Ottawa (306 Cumberland street, right next to the byward market) where my art and the art of some fantastic friends of mine will be hanging from august 30th to september 4th. Opening's on august 30th at 7pm till 10pm. It's a group exhibit of...well, grad show Alumnis really. We graduated together and now we are forming an art group. Ain't it great? They are super talented artists, so come see. The title is: NEVER HAVE I EVER; THINGS I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO BUT NEVER DID.
Have a taste!
So you've been wondering all this time, "why Isa, why don't you draw comics anymore?" my time was mostly eaten up by finding a job, a house and finishing these paintings and some contracts. Soon, the brilliant return of comics. In any case, for these paintings, I wanted to explore the theme (Never have I ever done something) by exploring the feelings that lead us to do something or not do something such as fear, hesitation, imagination, madness, repression, fantasy. I was also playing with the concept of choice. These images came out from that reflexion:
Honestly, i'm having more and more fun with watercolors....
Isa, over and out!
Dance with me! Dance the dance of life! Wooh!
So things are really going impossibly well. I've got a good job that i'll start soon, a fantastic appartment, good friends, a nice boyfriend, a supportive family, art exhibits and oh, did I mention the fact that i'm done studying? That i'm not going back to school this september for the first time in YEARS? Yes, let's celebrate that too.
The appartment is pretty awesome; it's a decent size for one person, and it's next to a big park, so plenty of green tree action for me (and a great view!). Downpoints of it: it's has carpet. I kinda hate carpetting with a passion. But the rest of it is pretty good, so I can put up with the carpet (besides, I don't smoke and don't have animals, so it wont take in smells). Second downpoint: no ceiling lights. Damn you, old houses. Gotta buy me some lamps. Third downpoint : landlord seems pretty okay, but a little quirky. Like a cheesy old man. But apparently, you never see him.
Good points: It's in an old house. It makes it very pretty. The staircase to access the appartment is wicked. I have my own entrance, the kitchen is rather big, there's plenty of windows to let the light in and it's on a second floor. The other tenants are a Ottawa U student and a middle-aged couple. I'm close to all possible bus routes I may want to use, about 20 to 30 minutes away from my job, 5 minutes aways from the centertown of ottawa and hull and right next to the municipal librairy. The lady currently living at the appartment was a geek (dragons everywhere, a sword on the wall, fantasy books and movies) so i'm thinking I'm most likely love it there. I need to make a list of the stuff I don't have so I may purchase! Woo!
I'm really excited. I start my work on september 22nd and move in on october first. So i'll have one week of extreme bus-rides (two and a half hours from my parent's home to my job. Eep.) but I might just crash at a friend's house.
Second fantastic point of order?
IT'S EXHIBIT TIME BABEH!
Come one, come all to La petite mort gallery in Ottawa (306 Cumberland street, right next to the byward market) where my art and the art of some fantastic friends of mine will be hanging from august 30th to september 4th. Opening's on august 30th at 7pm till 10pm. It's a group exhibit of...well, grad show Alumnis really. We graduated together and now we are forming an art group. Ain't it great? They are super talented artists, so come see. The title is: NEVER HAVE I EVER; THINGS I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO BUT NEVER DID.
Have a taste!
So you've been wondering all this time, "why Isa, why don't you draw comics anymore?" my time was mostly eaten up by finding a job, a house and finishing these paintings and some contracts. Soon, the brilliant return of comics. In any case, for these paintings, I wanted to explore the theme (Never have I ever done something) by exploring the feelings that lead us to do something or not do something such as fear, hesitation, imagination, madness, repression, fantasy. I was also playing with the concept of choice. These images came out from that reflexion:
Isa, over and out!
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Date: 2008-08-25 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-25 01:31 am (UTC)Ooh, I think the one of the lady standing at the bus stop is my favourite.
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Date: 2008-08-25 01:32 am (UTC)Congratulations on the apartment! =)
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Date: 2008-08-25 08:01 am (UTC)Congrats on every good thing that's presently happening to you. You deserve it tenfolds over.
I can't wait to see your new appartment.
I'll see you at La petite mort on the 30th.
Bye
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Date: 2008-08-25 10:44 am (UTC)And also, the picture with the girl at the bus stop is awesome ;)
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Date: 2008-08-25 07:40 pm (UTC)I'd check out your gallery if I could, but all of it looks great.
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Date: 2008-08-25 10:16 pm (UTC)Congrats on the apartment! The commute may try to kill you (trust me, it will try!), but just remember that it's only temporary until you get the apartment.
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Date: 2008-08-26 12:48 am (UTC)Congrats on both accomplishments!!
And I've always thought your art had a surreal quality to it. Very eye-catching.
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Date: 2008-08-26 03:05 am (UTC)Re: Yayness
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Date: 2008-08-26 03:08 am (UTC)Yeah, i'm thinking i'll crash at the house of multiple friends to avoid the evil commute.
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