Days 40 and 41

Day 40

Yesterday was another day of errands and printing. We had several errands so we had to run around town first. We went and bought more ink, and then went to Target and Staples in search of some containers that they could use to transport their books and prints that they are going to sell at FaerieWorlds. It was interesting to see them pick out the containers that they could use, even if Donny thought it was a waste of my time. After we had the containers, we went to a store called Smart and Final; basically like a BJ's with bulk products for restaurants. There we purchased bags to give to customers at FaerieWorlds as well as groceries.

With all our errands done, we went back to their apartment to finish up my printing and to begin packing their prints. When I was done printing my images, we went to FedEx Office to get my buisness cards printed along with the newsletter sign-up sheets. Donny also wanted to ask about papers for Tuesday, because Joseph was working on an exclusive image only to be sold at FaerieWorlds. Unfortunately, the woman who Donny dealt with was not very polite, and she left very upset. My cards got printed fine, but we ran out of time so we couldn't cut them. When we got back to their place, I cut some by hand to place in the back of my prints (just in case I sell any). I also helped rearrange their 13x19 portfolio, although I'm not sure when that happened exactly; it all sort of blends together.

Day 41

Today's objectives for me were to cut my buisness cards and do laundry, both of which have been successfully completed. The cards look really nice. I'm quite proud of them.And Donny got the exclusive image printed alright. She first tried to get it done at Staples, but their print quality was not so great, so she reluctantly went back to FedEx Office.

Now all that's left to do is to pack for FaerieWorlds! I also need to package my masks to mail them home. I decided to try mailing them because the gold one had a tiny crack from the flight out here and I'd really rather not risk it getting more damaged. I just hope it doesn't get hurt in the mail. I'll have to insure it.

But I'm very excited for FaerieWorlds. As Donny pointed out, it's really the big finish of my internship. I get to show my work to the crowd I may eventually sell to. Getting to see their reactions will be quite different from the reactions of my classmates who generally don't get fantasy; although to their credit, they usually like my work anyway. But it will be very beneficial to see how the fantasy crowd reacts. I kinda wish I had my work from last semester to show too. In some ways I feel like the little body of work that I did over the internship is rather scattered and not as polished as last semester's work. I guess I'm just concerned that it's not a good representation of my work...although I think it still has that edge that most of my pieces do, so hopefully it'll work out. I'm a worrywart, I know.

Well, tomorrow we are supposed to go to a museum or something; maybe get sushi. Something fun that gets us out of the house and enjoying LA before we leave. Even though I haven't done very much site-seeing and I only went to the ocean once I still have enjoyed my time in LA. I'm not much of a tourist. And I'm even less of one when I'm by myself. In order to fully enjoy the tourist-y parts of LA, I'll have to come back with friends or family. But until then, I'm content with my stay in Los Angeles. It's neat to be able to watch Angel, hear a street name and be able to say, "hey, I've been there." I'm definetly pleased with my travels thus far, and I expect my short trip to Oregon to be the same.

PS: 6 days left!

Day 39

So today I actually went to work. But first, Donny and Joseph took me with them to Big Lou's (a comic book/figurine rarities store) and then Best Buy. After feeling so under the weather all week, Joseph really wanted to get out of the house, which I totally understood.

After the brief outing, we arrived back at their apartment and began working on various things that needed to get done before we leave for FaerieWorlds. First, Donny had me design a banner to top the Newsletter sign-up sheet that they will have at their booth at FaerieWorlds. That was simple enough and I was soon on to another task. After that, I wrote up the newsletter about FaerieWorlds and the store being up. For this, I had to practice HTML coding. It was kinda fun, if a little stressful.

After that, Donny continued working on printing the 4x6 prints and I made my own Newsletter sign-up. Then I got to work on printing my own images. It was really cool to see them printed; it's amazing how different and usually better they look on paper rather than on the screen. I only had enough paper to make 2 copies of each, but Donny and Joseph encouraged me to try to sell them anyway. We'll see if I sell any.

I was 4 images away from being done when the printer ran out of light magenta ink. So we are going to get more ink tomorrow along with go to FedEx Office and get my buisness cards and the newsletter sheets printed, and a few other errands.

Days 29-34

Days 29-33

So this past weekend was spent entirely doing my art; I also did a lot of reading and fininshed the second season of Angel. It was a lonely couple of days, but I got a lot of work done. I now have 8 close-to-being-done images. I showed what I had to Erin and Alicia and was surprised by some of the reactions. I'll post two of my most finished ones. For the others, you'll have to wait.

So that was pretty much all I did for the last 4 days. I'm excited about the images, although I'm still a skeptical about some of them. I'm definetly excited about showing them at FaerieWorlds.

Day 34

Today I actually did some other work. Donny picked me up and we went on some errands. First we went to Borders in Culver City. There, we pulled down a whole bunch of magazines that we thought looked like something that Joseph's work might be able to get into. Then we sat down and flipped through them to figure out if the magazine could take his work and where/why. Next, we located the contact information on the editors or art directors and wrote down notes so we could file them away later.

After the trip to Borders, we treked over to a photo supply place to buy ink and paper so we could print images for their booth at FaerieWorlds. The bill came up to $300. Supplies are definetly expensive. I bought myself some paper too (20 sheets cost me $50.00).

Lastly, we went in search for a button maker at Target. We unfortunately did not find one. Donny was very sad about this, but she'll just have to find one online or something. Once we were back at the apartment, Donny had me type up the list of magazine info. Then she sent me a zip file of all the new images that needed to be added to their webstore. I worked on that for a little while, but then Joseph and Donny told me about how to use Photoshop to design a webpage. It was informative. But it takes a lot of pre-thinking and knowing exactly what you want the site to look like when you click on the various links and such. One of my goals tonight is to work on that. *sigh* That and I need to finish up the images so that I can print them in the next week. Busy busy.