Welcome to RISD!

I'm finally updating my poor, neglected blog. Here's a huge update for everyone who has been wondering "What the hell is Jessica doing at RISD?!!"

The first weekend of school was Welcome Week, a three-day event sponsored by the school to get students acquainted with the school and with one another. Some of the activities were lame, but I'll spare you the boring details and get right to the fun stuff.

There was a block party held on Benefit St. where all of the school clubs tried to recruit new students. There were also several food vendors, 'sumo wrestling', and kangaroo and panda.







Also present was RISD's bizzare school mascot, Scrotie. I took these pics especially for you, Echo. :)



There were two people doing free screenprinting for the students too. I got a shirt from H&M and had it printed.




Artist's Ball was fun as hell. I had four shots of rum, dressed up in a turntable costume, and danced my ass off. The DJ freaked out when he saw me, came down from the DJ booth, and took his picture with me.




The workload here at RISD is pretty intense. The majority of the students here are competitive, highly opinionated, and very self-motivated. It's good to work among more intense artists; they really motivate me to push myself. RISD is more of an 'idea school', so some majors focus less on technical education and more on developing concepts, especially in the junior and senior year. This can be a good or a bad thing, depending on the student.

Lately, I have been working furiously on final projects for animation, painting, and video. I am really getting into DJing, VJing, and creating music videos as a career option lately.

More pics and info soon!