Also, I have to have a quote of the week, and it can be from anything. This is the only place in my agenda where I can use pen. My favorite quote of the week, courtesy of my uncle (quoting nuns at his friend's old school), "Should you. Ever get in car with a boy. You place a newspaper on his lap. So as to prevent pregnancy." Some weeks though, I don't really ever get a quote, but I make it work. Before the most important thing, I have to write down every single homework assignment I have, and every class, even if I have to write
The most important thing is that I draw the Black Hole People. I love Hanging Rock Comics, cos I find her to be really cheesily against everything, and I find her comics to be sick, and really cheesy. Also, in her words, she has a killer taste of music. So one day, as I was in my Apathetic Teenager Phase, I was checking out her blog, and I came up with an idea of cheese. It was a footballer and a girl at desks, and the footballer says, "So like why not go find yourself?" and the girl says "You can't find something that's not lost." The cheese was that it was typical a high school moment, I guess, but also that that was some deep stuff. So, since there wasn't school that week, and I felt it summed up my life, I drew it. Black Holes so there aren't any racial or cultural connotations with faces or hair, just words and fashion and bodies and facial structures and poses.
thus began the Black Holes. It says Mastiff in the side because I got a Mastiff that weekend \m/
I was super in to Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure that week so I drew them saying my favorite quotes.
Bigger guy: GET BENT would you?
Little guy: That's impolite.
Fillman told me this was lovely. I thought she was a bit crazy because I drew this as I recognized I cursed A LOT, and I was impolite. This was when I realized I could reflect my fashion tastes in my comics, as well as poses and settings.
Girl: I am my own planet.
Guy: Open the door, will you?
This week, I was really into sailor jackets, as I call them, and striped shirts. Also simple skirts and knee socks. I was also in love with henly shirts so I made one for the guy. What's going on here is, I have a theory that people are like planets, and we all breath different air, so you can't really mind read or know fully what another's thinking because you'd be poisoned in the air of their mind. The guy says, 'open the door' cos sometimes, when people are their own planet, they become closed minded in how individualistic they are.
Lying down guy: I got too much
Sitting guy: I need a bit more
Both: Apathy
Basically, here I wanted to write about how apathetic I felt towards everything, and how I was so conflicted about it. This is also a tribute to the fashion taste Rizzle Kicks so rightfully boasts, as the sitting down guy is Harley, and the other guy is Jordan. I also realized I could experiment with facial shapes.
Girl: I just got so much to SAY
Guy: Write it down.
This week I had diversity workshop, and I had a lot to say while I was there. It was a bit like group therapy. So I wrote a lot of stuff down afterwards, what I didn't get to share. I was much influenced by this post on Rookie where in they commended the fifth grade girl on Arthur for her killer style and cool and awesome toughness. I was also influenced I guess by suits and bows, and body language. And I wanted to experiment with body types. Another thing I loved was fingers, they're so small, but they say so much.
Girl: I'm alone.
Guy: Thanks
I love this one. I love it and love it. This was when I got everything I wanted to work with together. I had my poses, and the fingers, and the clothes I wanted, down to the facial shapes. Most of all I had my concept. I wanted to explain what being alone together was, and how it makes people feel. I haven't been in this specific situation, sure, but I felt it was relevant to enough. I drew a couple as it was Homecoming Weekend, and it made sense to me. This was how I knew I had to write Black Hole.
Guy: I feel sick.
Girl: Good luck.
I was sick this week, and what I learned was, when you're sick, it's not so fun because you've got a lot to catch up on. And so that's why I wrote good luck. I drew her in a mets shirt as there was this Rookie post about sports wear and how to make it look stylishly feminine. I drew a body con as everyone seemed to have one, even as I didn't see it stylish in most cases. The guy sports a nice almost trench jacket, much like the one I had, as this was the week I started wearing it. His pants (you can't see) are hatched so they look like that fabric that stitches up and down.
Girl: Everything comes to an end.
Guy: Will it stop?
This was the last day of the quarter, and the quarter seemed as if it were torturing me as it reached its close. I just wanted school to stop. So I drew it. The Black Holes here are in a mirror maze, as I was thinking of the time I went to Ocean City this week, either that or I was influenced by the horror of Halloween's festivities. The girl wears a crop top which I imagined to be floral, and something under of course, and a sheer shirt. I couldn't draw that so well, though. The guy is my rendition of a poet man who came to Slam Poetry Club of which I had a two day's span of membership; that's why he has a swanky hat and an unkempt shirt and some nice faded jeans. In honesty I was thinking of Britney Spears as I drew the girl.
Witch: hope it's HORID.
Both: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Frankenstein: Specularly spooky.
This was my first holiday black hole! It was a blast to do, and I think I made it quite well. Frankenstein has a really nice costume, if I may say so, as it's sort of a spin of a Thriller suit, with tassels on the shoulders, but not really. I would wear the witches costume, as it has these fabric rips in it. The tree I drew in the background is pretty cool, too.
Girl: This will be BIG
Guy: Well...
This one reminds me of Spring, even as I drew it November 5th. I was on Polyvore these months, searching for a 1950s type outfit to suit my tastes. What I found were a lot of nice polos, and pleated skirts. I also really liked the trend of sheer shirts and zipper pants, so I drew those too. I figured I should add some means of transportation, and that's why there's a Vespa and a bike-trycicle like thing. The story here is, my mom told me about this guy on This American Life who experienced so many talents which were to blossom in the future, but he never appreciated it. Also the girl reminds me of Mulan, I think it's the pose though.
Obama: I won!
Romney: This isn't how to play the game.
To me, the election seemed like a giant game and Obama won it (rightfully). So in my mind, I made the Election computer game, where in there was chocolate cake and a big American flag on the background. Ok, the chocolate cake is because I was really digging Bill Cosby Himself and he talked about that a lot, and the computer stuff was alluding to Polyvore. Romney's jeans look like some swanky mom jeans though. And Barack Obama has a nice suit. I made Romney really ugly, I know, but I tried. I had a lot going on right here.
Guy: I'm just so TIRED of it!!
Girl: Go to BED.
Once my Mom was yelling at my brother and it was really late, and she said, "I'M JUST SO TIRED OF IT, LANDON!" I wanted to tell her, "go to bed," but I didn't because that would've been too smart. So I drew a comic of it. I was thinking of cathedrals this week, I cannot remember why, but I was, and so I drew a boy scout and a girl in one. The girl sports a nice form fitting dress, much like my skate one, and a belt, some pearls, and some boots with knee socks. The boy scout, influenced by a student whom I thought of as very rad for wearing a boy scout uniform as a fashion statement, looks kind of buff. This was when I was experimenting with drawing body types. I don't know why I chose to draw a buff guy. If you can see stuff in the windows, that's my homework.
Guy: Do you hear that MAGIC!
Radio: Happy Holidays! errr THANKSGIVING!!
Woman: No, I'd like to TASTE it.
What I meant here was, there was already Christmas music on the radio (the magic) and people were missing out on the magic tasty delicious wonders of thanksgiving and the food it harvests because they were already consumed in Christmas wonder. I drew a Christmas tree to show this too, and the turkey blocked as the guy sits in front of it. The woman sports a sort of tweed sweater thing, and the guy wears a sweater.
Girl: You've changed...
Guy: SURPRISE...
I don't know what was going on with me this week, but I guess I felt I'd changed some how. And to me that came as a surprise. This is one of my favorites. I love the body language here, as well as the fashion. I also love the use of depth, even though the chars are absolutely huge. And the concept of course, cos it's a surprise party so you sort of get that he's saying surprise for that as well, but he still hears her. The fashion story here is, Laura Woods has magnificent tights. And one pair has hearts woven into them, so I drew those. I was also really into vests and corduroy, so the guy wears that. The girl, as much as I love her dress, wears something I don't remember conceiving, and some really nice creepers. It's a nice party here.
Girl: I can't sleep.
Guy: But you can eat.
So this week I was really into Grey's Anatomy. Actually I just thought Jesse Williams was the most immaculate being on the planet, and super super into him, so I watched like two episodes for him. And in one, Lexi tells the other hot guy, I think his name was Mark? (R.I.P) "I can't eat... I can't sleep.." and you're supposed to interpret that as love, because that's what it always means. Also ***shhhh**** I think I had a crush this week, so. Well I'm not finishing that. I thought at the beginning of this week, wouldn't it be great to have a Black Hole at the Grocery Store? Coincidentally, I found myself at the grocery store many, many times, most notably on Friday when Laura Woods and Ruth and I had a party buying all the junk food in the world at the grocery store for a party of mine of two hours. Can I also talk about how much I love the clothes here. The girl has some pretty nice creepers with hearts on them, and bell bottoms, and a pajama shirt. And the guy has a parka and some really big pants. This is the party before the party.
Girl: I'm running away.
Guy: It'll just CATCH up to YOU
I saw the movie All I Want to Do and instantaneously fell in love with their clothing. I also didn't want to do any of my homework ever, so I wanted to run away from my life. My mother told me, "It'll just catch up to you!" And I drew it. I love the girl's over coat thing, and the bars behind her. I think I did well with poses here, even if it looks a little awkward. I had a nice concept. Running away and bars. And high fashion.
I drew my Christmas Wishlist.
Girl: What?
Guy: Nothing.
This was the week my mother blessed my house with the arrival of the Golden Couch. Another immaculate being in my life, the makeout couch was my home for three days as I dealt with a horrible seige of hormones which made my body, and my mind extremely depressed. I don't really know, perhaps it was because I read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close in these three days and the depression took over my life. Anyway, this week I was really inspired by Adidas, which I love, and drew, and I guess sports jackets that are sort of a hybrid between Varsity Jackets, and zipper pants. And I really loved sheer shirts and nice pants. The star here, though, is the couch.
Man: It's the Holidays!
Girl: And an actual New Year!
Christmas! I went Christmas shopping, and I realized how much Christmas takes over the world, and how much of it is so material. So I drew a store. The man sells to you through the holidays. I wanted to draw child objects in the windows to explain how much they're a dying breed, and how they become Christmas for children instead of Jesus or family. The woman says "actual new year" behind the falling 'Happy Christmas!' because I realized it wasn't such a big deal anymore. Also it's 'Happy Christmas!' because that was how I said 'Merry Christmas!' this year (probably because of Rizzle Kicks) and it's falling because Christmas ends once the day comes. The girl wears a sort of tight crop top like thing, and an elf skirt, some really nice star tights, and some Doc Martens. Really rad clothing idea of the man wearing a television, meant to show how Christmas is literally over commercialized, and the tree pants derive directly from Ryan Hall, my One True Idol for Everything.
Guy: Welcome back, Girl!
Girl: Help.
New Years! I really like the girl's pants here. They're just really comfortable looking and the fabric rips to me look nice. Also I like the body language I created here. The guy has a nice sense of style here, as he has some really nice pockets. This means to say the New Year is a welcome back of a sort, to school, but also to a new life. And you feel helpless because, if you're me, you don't want to go back to school, and you don't want to go on with the drama that entices your life. But you have to, because you do.
That's why for the next post of the same week I wrote:
Guy: I quit
Girl: Keep breathing.
I wanted the Black holes to be like street photographs, wherein the Black Holes don't know they're the subjects, they're just talking. But here they're aware of the fourth wall, as if they're posing, or talking to that person. I like that. I like how they don't have to be just led and graphite, after all, they're my two line diaries. This week I realized I was a bit of a designer as well. I made her some really rad overalls (I think), and a crop top because I really want one, and I had him wear a nice sports jacket and some sort of loose biker shots. I make it sound much worse than it is in real life. In real life, when people wear those they look really cool. Also he has a mesh top. The court makes me think of Spring. And I need that, still.
Guy: You're fine.
Girl: I'm fine.
So I sort of went overboard here with the pose-fashion concept, because although I do have a Pose of the Week for each week, this one is one in which the Black Holes are photographed, and they have to keep their cool. I never feel fine when I am fine, or when I tell myself that. In fact, I only tell myself 'I'm fine' when I'm having a nervous breakdown, and I was a lot of that. This week I realized beanies were quite fashionable, and so were these parachute pant-things, as well as camouflage and jean vests. So I wanted, this time, for my Holes to look current. With a bit of my strange style, I suppose they did.
Obama: This is not a benifit concert.
Beyonce: For you, maybe!
This was my Innaguration Post. I went with Dara Bean, Maeve, and Ariel, and it was a lot of fun; yet I was conflicted as to whether I was only attending for the beauty that was Beyonce. Apparently, everyone else did as well, and so I drew Beyonce telling Obama it was. Benifit concert because it was to rally support for Obama after all, and so what she meant was that perhaps he was the only one thinking it was not for her, and perhaps he was the only one benefiting. The American flag is hooked up to a column to reference jumbo trons.
Versace for H&M is beautiful. I drew that here, as I also drew Angel Haze's excellent fashion taste. Angel Haze, in one photograph I saw of her wore boyfriend jeans, or maybe just big ones, and Doc Martens, and a loose shirt. So to mimic that I drew big pants, and Doc Martens, and Versace for H&M as I drew palm trees. I also drew a hoodie. The guy wears an interesting combination. I saw this tumblr post from blackfashion.tumblr.com of this guy wearing some kind of patterned tights and gym shorts and Jordans, and a sweatshirt. I transferred that here as I drew a boy with sea themed tights, and Jordan-like shoes (Shoe Game Shoes I guess) and gym shorts, and a sweatshirt with pyramids on it. Pyramids as I referenced the excellent Frank Ocean song. The Black Holes are at the playground, staring at me so I can do better. Springtime vibes.
Expert Quote from My Dad That Week:
"After a certain while, you read obituaries to make sure you're not in them."
Girl: Life is Hard.
Guy: So is everything.
I really love Princeton from Mindless Behavior. He is the sassiest, most stylish, most repeatedly self proclaimed Punk Rock boy in a boyband there is. And he's also really ridiculously attractive, even if he looks like a girl when he wears a pony tail and a headband. Whatever, he's a really cute girl then. So I drew his style. What Prince wears is a lot of loose clothing, like parachute pants and Mexican sweaters. He also wears Doc Marten's because he's punk for lyf. I realized this week that, even though I drew fashion, I hadn't drawn high wasted jeans, and this was an extremely ubiquitous trend. So I thought of the most stylish girl I knew, which would be my cousin, and thought of the way she would wear them. I drew the jeans, which I like a lot, and a cabled sweater, and my favorite, the crop top. Life is hard, but not when Princeton tells me to get over myself.
Guy: What's up?
Girl: I'm sorry?
This one is one of my favorites. It's of two people on a bus, and awkward first encounters. This week I was contemplating what love meant, and how it began, just for philosophy's sake. I was also beginning to become aware of my awkwardness. So I drew a girl sunken in her own, and a guy just trying to start conversation. I like his jacket the best of anything, minus the advertisements. He wears one of those varsity jackets with the inverted collars, which are really, really popular. They have leather sleeves and a nice fabric body. The girl wears sports pants and a sort of cut long shirt, and a shirt over. I was experimenting with the bizarre of fashion, alluding to this girl. The ads are fun. One is "DR. DANNY CASTELLANO IS YOUR OBGYN 212-143-MINDY." 143 means I love you it's a reference from the Mindy Project and he should just get married to Mindy. I added a Gucci add because poor Gucci is just everywhere and not as high class. Also "323-319-6060" is from Mindless Behavior, because I love them. This was fun.
Guy: YOU GOT A DATE?
Girl: TWO FOURTEEN THIRTEEN.
So this week Sankofa was on the stage a lot, so that's what I drew, lights and set and all. I wanted to work on body language here, so I drew a couple in the imaginary play VALENTINE'S DAY. It fit as it was Valentine's Day, after all, and I drew a pun, as I imagined if any guy with a nice white suit asked me on a date, I'd probably say just that. The girl here though wears some nice chains, and a sort of mesh-ish top, more like one with a texture. In the background a valentine's reads 'Happy Valentine's Day! Love Aidan.'
Girl: You fly.
Guy: I don't have any wings, mind you.
Two weeks ago, my family and I went to spend the night at a hotel so the next day we could go skiing. Instead we went to a water-park as the skiing place closed on us. Anyway, Saturday night my cousins and I had a hotel party in which we acted like thugs and listened to a whole bunch of A$AP ROCKY and his crew. I became aware of the A$AP culture, and wanted to draw them badly, but instead I drew a guy who looks like a bandana-less cholo in some awkward jeans, like the men we met in the mountains in which we stayed. I got the girl down pact though, as she sports a classy jacket, fly tennis shoes, some loose pants, and of course a crop top, not to mention a classy scarf. I just wish I could've gotten the guy down right. Then the pool in the background would've looked so much cooler.
Girl: It was fun.
Guy: It really was.
This is the latest one! I drew it to commemorate my time at Sankofa, which was the best fun and smile inducing time I'd had all year. I couldn't have wished for a better experience or cast, or memories, or friends I made. I drew Miyah's shirts for the girl, as well as leggings for pants. This was not my choosing, well, ok it was, but I did it for "current" value I guess. I do not support legging pants, as I do not think leggings are ever pants, but I was experimenting with current clothes. The guy wears such a nice outfit though. He wears a jacket with a really nice big collar, and corduroys, my favorite pants. He wears Sock Shoes, an invention I created with Ethan from Symphonic Orchestra. His hands say "West Side," as do hers. It's kind of a Sankofa joke, but not really. West Side for Lyf. The fountain took a lot of time, but it looks really good, I think. And even though I have half of third quarter and fourth quarter ahead, and dozens of weeks, It really all has been fun, and I'm tired.
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