I’ve been pretty busy lately with work, and side projects.
Every year Starkville, MS holds a citywide tailgate where businesses try to out-do one another in who has the most Mississippi State spirit. My former employer, Campus Book Mart, enters every year and they’ve even won the contest many times. (Of course, it helps that they’re a college bookstore with a collegiate merchandise section where they sell nothing BUT Mississippi State stuff.) I’ve done art for them for the tailgate many times, but this is the first time I did something when I wasn’t an employee any more. It was fun just to do something off of the computer, and to get some more practice/experience with painting—admittedly not my strongest skill—and of course to get out into the sun and eat some good food. A photo of me with the painting is below.
I unfortunately didn’t get to finish it, as I had to work on it on my own time, so the football field and stadium seats are lacking in finesse. But Bully (MSU’s mascot) turned out pretty well. A girl that works there did the part with the rules of when to ring the cowbell (a sort of Mississippi State tradition that’s under threat of being ended); I think it was done on Canson paper or something and applied to the canvas. (Which is why it doesn’t fit with the curves of the parchment I painted.) But I left off the wording so that it could be used again if they wanted. Overall, even unfinished and with a wayyyy too bright sky/football field, it was a fun experience.
I’ve got to get back to work on my current side project… Hopefully I’ll have more to post soon, probably more web-related stuff. And hopefully, MAYBE, I’ll work on the design for this blog over the coming holidays…
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