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Apr 27 2013
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ART

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity

I’ve been dreaming a lot lately. About a lot of things. I usually am able to trace back the origin of dreams to some distant connection in my waking life, but lately they seem unrelated. They’re the kind of dreams that come back clearer as the day goes on and you begin to realize all of the horrible nuances and implications embedded in them.  Those kind of dreams. Not too sure how to fix it.

I’ve been missing life drawing lately. I need to get back at it. I have some ideas I’ve been keeping in my sketchbook that I want to finally bring to life. Here’s a close up of one of my figure studies from a few months ago. Love the body, but I’m not crazy about the hair and face. I’ll get ‘em next time!

Courtney Larsen- crouched figure study

Courtney Larsen- crouched figure study

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Mar 05 2013
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Momentum opening reception

The show was AMAZING. I had so many people show up to support me, it was so incredible. It was so cool to see how people interacted with my work and to hear some of the feedback. Makes me want to do another show soon!

Here’s my layout. I had quite a bit of wall space as it turns out!

Momentum opening reception

Momentum opening reception

And here’s a shot of the rest of the artists in the show:

group shot

 

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Mar 05 2013
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Momentum- My senior exhibition

Can’t even believe that my senior exhibition is this week. For the last 5 years it’s been this far off concept I knew I would someday have, but it never felt real. I spent the weekend finishing some drawings, framing all my pieces, and hanging them in the gallery. I feel so official! Almost all of my work is new from this year, so I don’t even have photos of most of my show! But I’ll update my tumblr when I do : )

Also, I updated my blog! I was tired of the old layout, so I spruced it up a bit.  Feels much cleaner. And I need a little more clean in my life. My entire house looks like a gallery blew up right now.

This isn’t in my show, but I made it for work. We decided not to go with the geometric look, but I still like it with all the shapes layered on top.

Courtney Larsen, 2012, ink and photoshop

Courtney Larsen, 2012, ink and photoshop

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Jan 25 2013
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ART, Fashion

I’ve joined the world of tumblr

Finally! I’ve updated my portfolio, so go take a peek! I still have all of my life drawing sketches to add, but that is a pretty large undertaking. Here’s the link to my tumblr: http://courtney-larsen1.tumblr.com/

A lot has been happening lately! Last week I modeled in the Hearts.com spring photo shoot, which was Amazing.  And totally a last minute thing.  The one blonde model we had booked just didn’t show up, and since I am also blonde, they asked me to fill in. I had a blast! Definitely fun getting hair and makeup done :) Here’s a sneak peek, one of my favorite looks from the shoot:

Hearts Spring 2013 photoshoot

Hearts Spring 2013 photoshoot

All of the clothes from the shoot were either clothes from the other girls in the office or thrifted from Goodwill.  Which just goes to prove that you can look super stylish and trendy shopping second hand.

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Nov 20 2012
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Photoshop fun

I’ve been trying to get a little better a photoshop lately, which is turning out to be slow process. There are so many buttons! So many possibilities! I totally do everything in photoshop the hard way.  I’m pretty sure that’s due to many, Many years of using Microsoft Paint for all editing purposes. Here’s a poster I made for an upcoming exhibition:

I’ve entered this show a couple times now, unsuccessfully, but hopefully this’ll be my year! Things are going to be different, I can feel it! Hahaha But really, I’m really hoping one of my pieces get chosen. I feel like it’s personal now. This is my last chance to enter before I graduate.

After making this one, I started messing around with some filters and changing things around, and this is what I came up with. I think I like it, it’s kind of eerie feeling. I want to keep playing around with the text, but it’s at a good stopping point.

ALSSSSSOOOOOO, I did some logo work for my talented friend, Anna Christy, so I’ll be posting more about that soon. My first commissioned logo! Ahhhhh!

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Nov 13 2012
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ART, Music

Music and Projects

I’ve been drawing constantly lately.  It’s been awesome.  I’ve been really inspired by graphic design in particular.  A friend introduced me to the work of  this lovely lady Jessica Hische, who is an amazing graphic designer and letterer.  Seriously incredible. Her work makes me want to be a graphic designer so bad! Also, I stumbled upon this awesome series on Tumblr called Slightly Insulting Chicago Posters. It is seriously genius.  I only wish I knew enough about Chicago to really understand the insults….

Two of my faves:

So great. Alsooo, in the spirit of creating, I’ve been trying to listen to new music while I draw. Most of the time I end up listening to the same depressing music every time I sit down to draw, and then after a couple hours I get stuck in this weird mentally drained state… So I’ve been trying to mix things up! I found this playlist on 8tracks that’s been working pretty well for me. It’s super mellow, but it’s got a good beat to it, so it’s easy to work to. Enjoy!

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