Hey! How is it going My favorite smell is good food
Ah you know, as good as it can go during finals week! and hey I'm pretty fond of good food myself. I like the smell of all the flowers on the trees now that it's spring too!
Oh that is a good one!
These chat prompts are so funny
Yeah sometimes I just ignore them
Yeah, it's hard because you want to give them good data but it's hard to spontaneously have a conversation that doesn't focus on either the situation or BYU-specific stuff
This is true I try to just talk about travels and fun activities and things to do
Yeah, sounds like a good plan! Where's the coolest place you've travelled?
I really like puerto rico, and mount shasta california
Those both sound super cool! puerto rico just sounds beautiful in general, but what's special about mount shasta? I've never heard of it before
It is a beautiful little quiet town. It has the most gorgeous hikes and country around there I spent 8 months in that area and I got to know it well
Wow! were you working there or something?
Yeah I did some service and volunteer work there It was fantastic. I loved it
That sounds amazing. I love hiking and I wish I'd gotten to do more of it this semester! I actually ended up joining the esci club even though I'm pre-animation, just so I could have some people to go hiking with
Oh cool! What places have you been that you would recommend? I never was able to get out this semester Though I am going to zions this weekend
Aah I haven't been there but I really want to go! Well we went to Grove Creek Trail which was a nice one. Donut Falls is another good one and the club went up to Bear's Ears for a weekend although I missed that one, which I was really sad about And if you ever happen to be in Michigan, Pictured Rocks is one of my favorite hikes ever
I never heard of any of those
yeah they're really good! And I mean hiking the Y is a classic right what are some of your favorites?
I have literally done none around here
ah that's too bad! but I guess it's not like they're going anywhere so I'm sure you'll get to do some of them sometime!
Oh for sure I cant wait to do some I need to find friends with cars though
oh boy I relate to that. I'm super excited for the UTA passes in August, even though I'll be on my mission by that time so I won't get to use it til I come back :(
Oh I am so excited as well
are you sticking around for spring/summer or do you get to head home soon?
I am heading home! I am going to work and earn money to pay for next fall
sounds like a plan! I'm going home too and if I can find any work in between now and when I leave I'll probably be doing that too
I hope you find a job, what kind of work do you like to do?
Well right now I work at the BYU laundry in sewing, which is super fun, and there's an alteration shop in my hometown I'm hoping to interview with but if that doesn't work out I guess probably retail
Im sure with experience you are bound to get it
I hope so, thanks! What about you?
That is way cool, I have respect for people who do retail. That is too much people contact for me I like work outside, usually I will work with my dad doing construction And as a side job I often do photography, capturing events and such
haha I actually really feel that. If I had more time I definitely wouldn't do retail. and hey that's super cool! both the photography and construction. what is photographing events like? I've always wondered what it's like trying to get pictures that capture what the moment is like
To be honest it is a roller coaster of emotions Like wedding photography makes you feel empowered because eveyone sort of listens to you, but it can be so frustrating when they dont. Or they all have "suggestions" on how to take the pictures. I prefer single person portraiture Anything more than that really people dont like to listen Engagement and bridals are fine too
Hm that makes sense. I did some graphic design in high school and it was really frustrating trying to work with people who don't really get what they're asking you to do and they keep trying to tell you how to do your job
Yeah, I love art for the expression it allows for me to convey, but when other people tell you how it just isnt the same Like photography is all about lighting, and when people dont want to stand where the lighting is good and then get mad that the pictures dont turn out. I cant do much
Yeah, that sounds really annoying. do you also have to deal with people asking you to do stuff for free all the time too?
Oh yeah, there are a bunch of memes about that because its true. People want drawings, sculptures, shoots all for free
have you seen that twitter account "for exposure" or whatever it's called? the guy who runs it just posts screenshots of all these crazy requests people make
And like I dont charge that much at all, and they just want to see if they can get it for nothing I havent seen it, I dont use twitter. Do you know if they use any other account? It sounds like it would be funny
I'm not sure but I think it's a public account so you could probably just look it up sometime without. it is pretty funny but kind of depressing haha I can't read it for too long because if I do I'm like "oh time to quit and never do art again"
Hahaha what kind of art do you like? You mentioned you were preanimation
Yeah! I love animation itself but also concept art for movies is beautiful. And figure drawing is one of my favorites, both to draw and to look at. just basically anything with people or animals I really love. like landscapes are cool and all but people and even animals are just so much more interesting to me
Oh me too! I bought a sketch book to just practice figure drawing and I will draw people I see around campus I guess that could be creepy Oh well
Haha no that's what literally every animation and pre-animation major does haha. Like sometimes we get together to go people watching, we'll go to clubs night or performances or parks or anything just to watch and draw people doing cool things
Hahaha that is way awesome
Maybe that is a lil creepy haha but it's super fun
I think we would probably be friends if this wasnt so anonymous
Have you taken a figure drawing class here before? Yesssss! This is fun, most of the people I've talked to on here are more into CS. Which is cool and I liked 142 and all but...
I havent, I want to but its only for people in the major. I might audit it at some point. Or even apply to be a model for it. I think either would be fun
Yeah! Honestly most of them you can just show up, and they have open sessions every Friday morning