Senior Thesis for ’09 Exhibition.

Fear. Self-conscious. Confession. Religion.

These are all things I have a hard time opening up to people about. As a soon to be graphic design graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga I plan to video installation as my senior thesis. I’ve always had a hard time expressing myself with others around me and this gives me a chance to inform others in a creative way. I guess you could say that I have a tendency to be socially awkward at times.

What’s so strange is that I’m not shy when it comes to meeting people, but only when it comes to expressing my opinion about something. Shyness is universal which a lot of people don’t know. I’m forcing myself to step out of my little comfort zone and express to the world my anxieties and fears. This is a rough of a soon to be completed project. Video is a beautiful thing. It’s along the same lines of photography but it’s just a step up; it creates motion and it captures a clearer story.

Video stills.

Travel Sketch by Gleb Solntsev.

So I found this illustrator on Behance named Gleb Solntsev. His work is absolutely amazing. From what I can gather from him, he works in illustration, fashion, and drawing. This one particular drawing(s) is from Travel Sketch. He doesn’t really mention what it’s about, but all these sketches (18) are drawn in a journal. Each sketch is handled with a different manner, but you can tell they all belong together by the way the artist handles the lines.

I used to sketch like this all the time when I was in high school. I loved beachy scenes and still do. They are typically cliche, but I think the way this artist chooses to handle his images ends up being more new and fresh, rather than something one has seen everyday of their life.

These drawings have definitely inspired me to start sketching again. I love the idea of sketching them in a journal, rather than just some old ordinary sketchbook.

Travel Sketch by Gleb Solntsev