fire

fire
Originally uploaded by lindsay podd illustration

here is the last element in the series. i hate this one for some reason!

water

water
Originally uploaded by lindsay podd illustration

here is my 3rd illustration of the elements. this is my favorite so far and it is an illustration of *water*. one more left and that is going to be fire.

Dear Illustration Community...

To be a successful artist, it does not matter how many gallery shows you have, how much money you make, who your fans are. What matters is dignity, modesty, and being able to form a community with fellow artist and build strong bonds with your peers. I witnessed today something that blew my mind. I from now on will never endorse livejournal.com to ever grace my presence with ever again. These are the reasons...

1. Artist communites are for networking and building friends...today my art was completely trashed for no reason by ignorant and shallow people. I am all for criticism if it is constructive, but to say *you suck*, *you should have never posted such garbage here*, *you can't draw*, *your work makes me forget how to speak english* is over the top. I don't even know these people. I didn't even provoke them to say such garbage.

2. I don't think my art is perfect. In fact every piece I do is a work in progress and to say that would be false and arrogant. To say I can't draw really interests me because if I can't draw then what exactly am I posting? What exactly am I doing wrong? I don't expect everyone to love my art...in fact I expect people to hate it too. Its anyones opinion.

3. I could say that I don't care what people say, but of course the sheer rudeness and anger upsets me to an extent. It upsets me that people can be so hurtful over the internet and treat you as if you aren't an actual human being. To randomly lash out at my art is immature and destructive to yourself and the community you reside in.

4. Good luck networking with other artists in the future. I will be sure to give all of you people that have such a random chip on your shoulder a good recommendation for a magazine or client.

I just had to rant about that and warn other artists that believe in their work to not post anything on livejournal. It will just ruin your day. I am lucky to know many amazing people who are extremely talented and helpful to those around them within their field...I hope that these negative energies find other ways to make themselves feel better than to lash out at peoples artwork so randomly.

Earth

earth
Originally uploaded by lindsay podd illustration

Here is my illustration of the earth element. There are two more elements to be added to this series and its fire and water.

Wind

wind
Originally uploaded by lindsay podd illustration

Here is a brand spanking new illustration of "wind". This is the first in a series of the 3 other elements which are earth, fire, and water.

Spring Break!

Spring Break is almost here! However, it really won't be much of a break because I have some major assignments lined up and due when I return to the daily grind.

Things I would like to accomplish over the break (non-school related):
1. Get my new *city* bike that Greg gave me repaired so I can use it around Brooklyn to make errands quicker and get some exercise.
2. Sell my Xbox360 on craigslist or ebay plus Guitar Hero 3 and Bioshock (any one interested let me know!) for some some well needed cash.
3. Relax for 3 days
4. Celebrate St. Patrick*s Day
5. Cook

Things to accomplish that are school related (BOOO!):
1. Start my Anti-Celebrity Worship campaign for class on Monday
2. Work on my next project for portfolio which is to illustrate Earth,Wind,Fire, and Water as seperate images. (so excited about this project!)
3. Get a Job? Or Jobs? HELP!

Anticipation....

I am so excited about everything I have recently ordered from dick blick and I hope it comes in the mail soon:

1. 3 wood panels (to start for a series of 10) in multiple sizes

2. lasceaux designer acrylics in many many beautiful shades of purples and crimsons

3. some mixing containers to keep my custom blends all organized

If you don't know about lasceaux paints....they have the most insane hues on earth and the colors are to die for.

This series is going to be about personal events going on in my life right now these past two months...not painted in a literal sense but represented in symbols and images and colors...I won't go deeply into what exact events these paintings will represent...I want to convey my hopes, my fears, memories, and predictions...I am just hoping that I will feel humbled by painting completely by emotion which is something I haven't tried to do with my work yet.

I Want to Paint....Again

After a whole entire year of staring at my small a** computer screen, I believe I am completely ready to paint again.

After class tomorrow I am going to Dick Blick and getting Lascaux pigments and some birchwood so I am inspired to paint. I am just going to crack out 10 paintings these next couple weeks of whatever strikes my fancy. After I am finished I am going to try and submit the series to Giant Robot or any other indie galleries around town and see what happens. It would be great to have a real gallery opening of only my stuff.

I am thinking vaudeville girls with tattoos from the twenties, random animals, taxidermy and other curiosities.

I also have my celebrity posters to work on which are only going to be 4 pantone colors each so they can be cheaper to reproduced than my 20 pantone color thesis ones.

I just want to completely dive into my own little world and forget about eveything else for a while and just ride out whats going on. I am hoping that this storm will come to an end with a lot of inspiration and success. I will absolutely have more time to myself to just completely be submerged into my art which I really believe is what I need right now in order to launch my career as an artist and illustrator.