Graduate Student - Tumblr Posts
From today I am an architect engineer. I passed the final exam and presented my diploma project with the grade A!
And now I don't know what I would do.. yeah, I know, the master's degree is waiting for me, but the recruitment process starts in the winter. I have to prepare my portfolio but I have time... In other way I see that I don't have that much time haha and I'm still stressed about this.
I know, it's stupid. But this whole marathon of learning push me to do things all the time. Now it's my time to read all those books which I didn't read before. But I feel guilty when I don't do anything productive..
question for graduate and upper students: if you've attended a summer school, what did you take with you?
I'm going to a summer school for graduate students but i'm not exactly sure what/how to prepare and/or pack? I'll just be staying at home and commuting so this isn't about toiletries, clothes etc.
Just finished my grad show (only a year late) having everything laid out looks so good!
I’m very proud of all the progress I was able to make over three years while at HCA. Way back in 2017 I was totally different in my illustrations and attitude, hopefully I keep improving in the future as much.
I had the largest spread in in the illustration room which I find pretty funny. I’d blame all my big ass prints. I wasn’t able to hang my banner over my work but it looks good enough ;)
Transcript of my show’s blurb under the cut if you want to read it.
Firbetmakes
Bethany Bronwyn Curtis
“Madeleines and Latte’s Sweet Adventure” - Children's Non-Fiction Book Proposal
For this project I created a proposal for a children's non-fiction book centering around sweet foods from around the world. Each chapter would focus around a different country's food with illustrations of traditional holidays and cuisine.
To complete this project I created one sample chapter for the proposed book around Germany’s cuisine. These illustrations set up the general flow and presentation I would imagine for the rest of the book. I also designed two characters to explore the world and give context and immersion into the scenes.
I wanted to create a non-fiction book which I would be interested in as a child. For this book I looked at how to present this information in an interesting and immersive way so that the reader would be better able to engage in foreign cultures.
Throughout the process of designing aspects of the book I determined to break from stereotypes and conventions which I found to be unnecessarily restricting. A couple of examples were overly gender coding characters and presenting intrestets in sweets as a negative thing.
While stereotypes and conventions can be very useful when constructing a story (especially for younger audiences) I feel that leaning too far into these stifles some artists' abilities and can negatively affect a child's view of the world. Allowing more variety in the presentation of characters or viewpoints of the world would only benefit a child’s development even in media which does not focus around these breaks from convention.
With this book I would hope to create stronger bonds with other cultures through food and genuine interest in each other's cultures. This first book is focused on sweet food however if I were given the opportunity to make more I would look at savoury meals, celebratory meals, or drinks.
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My life right now. Barely surviving until the end of the semester
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“Do not make me choose between strength and softness. I will be both and better for it.”