Jeanne-Claude dies at 74

"Jeanne-Claude, who collaborated with her husband, Christo, on dozens of environmental arts projects, notably the wrapping of the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin and the installation of 7,503 vinyl gates with saffron-colored nylon panels in Central Park, died Wednesday in Manhattan, where she lived. She was 74." - nytimes

installation art is awesome.

Animation

so one of my favorite animator/directors is hayao miyazaki. when i was little my mom would buy all of his movies in japan and we would watch them. unlike the infamous art form of ANIME, miyazakis work is very authentic and has developed his own style of animation that is distinguishable. not only does he create beautiful films, the plot of his stories are so strong, emotional and really represent and shine a positive light on japanese culture.

some of my favorites:

- trailer for grave of the fireflies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbEyjUsWKZA
(i always cry watching the movie or even the trailer. the story is about a big brother and little sister trying to survive during the end of WWII. it takes place in the city where im from. roger ebert considers it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. animation historian ernest rister compares the film to steven spielberg's schindler's list and says, "it is the most profoundly human animated film I've ever seen."
- trailer for spirited away:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaBn9Emmlw
- trailer for princess mononoke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCiD8KLXPEk

excited to get into flash next week!

Website Finished!

http://mypage.iu.edu/~mcmadrig/project4/

check it out! after finishing this project i think i want to make another website to display my artwork. i really want to start moving into photography, so that i can incorporate my drawings with photo images. now that i have CS4 available to me at IU i feel like i  have an entire new medium to explore. i also recently deleted my facebook so this would be a nice way to show people what im up to in terms of art work. right now im working on putting a digital portfolio together for my interior design class. here are some of my sketches from that class...

for the past 2 weeks ive been wondering what i really want to major in, i love all my classes so thats making it especially difficult. i just want to go to school forever and major in everything! haha...

have a good weekend!!

Interior Design Project

i just finished my project for my beginning interior design class.we had to make 4 different models that show point, plane, volume and a composite of all.

ta da!