Graffiti Italiana

My weekend consisted of locking myself in my apartment and finishing this recreation of a graffiti photog that I took while in Italy this summer. I used paper for the background foundation and digital illustration for absolutely EVERYTHING else.  As simple as the original graffiti might have been on this wall in Venice, it was not that case re-creating it with digital design methods. I saw day light probably 2 times in the past 48 hours, some would say that it obsessive art-making, I say where did my weekend go? The time pasted in a blink (literally) I have this to thank and appreciate now.

Lets just hope for the sake of my professor that my critique goes well, it is not very often that I will hold up to not see the public for a few days straight.


The original:

Venice, Italy

Bella bella

Film Photog's

Comic Nonsense

The concept was to re-create a comic/graphic novel's original purpose into something making "no sense" by illustrating it (a.k.a. redrawing it). Naturally, my choice was a novel that would make a point no matter if the information was there or not.. So this particular redrawing was stemmed from the graphic novel of Jane Eyre. This scene is near the end of the novel, where the lines between faithfulness and the nature of love are paralleled. I then recreated the original scene, eliminating the man from it, and putting this beautiful woman in a extremely dominating and, somewhat, sad scene. The significance of the scene without the man present is unbalanced, which is the struggle in the book with the story of love and male roles in those times...

Not saying too much about my concept, I think that without knowing the story & my intent to design this with a concept, there is so much to be observed and thought about from different perspectives. There are women's roles, male dominance, weakness, dependance and overall awareness in this sad portrait of a woman looking to yearn for someone that is no longer there...

dear, oh dear

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Blah.. Blaahhhhh

Can I be on a meadow, picking flowers, and laying in the sunshine? EH no.. As I near the end of my academic years (aka two more terms left)... I feel the need to find reasons to extend my journey. I do this only when I think about what come after this all ends? The problem is that I don't want to know, its not that I don't know and I'm scared, no. I can not image a life that doesn't involve going to classes. Maybe it is because it a=has literally been the center of my life for the past 16 years, or maybe because I don't know a life without education. The irony in this is that I am trying effortlessly to graduate earlier than my fellow classmates, thinking that it will get me a head start into real life, real life that I am consciously coming to face as something that I am yet ready for.
There is more to this post than my dragging on sorrows of how I really don't know what to do with my life. I know one thing. I don't even want to stop making art. I cannot image my life without a lens to shot a photo, or without a pencil to draw a face, or without a computer to construct whatever illustration captivates my inspiration. I am fairly certain that this will HONESTLY be the one thing in my life that remains a constant theme in my attention.
Being able to have complete freedom within the realm of art is satisfying and brings me peace. In this world, society, community, in humanity in general, it is difficult to find peace, to find calm, and to find acceptance. Realizing that nonw of this matters in finding peace and happiness to me is my saving grace.

Sunshine by afternoon

I like to stare at the sun

I know that it is extremely bad to stare but the other day, when I was trying despretely to relieve the stress that was taking over my life (at the time) I went for a little R and R photog taking. There is nothing more calming and harmonious that connecting with the beauty in nature. I took a long, square shaped, walk around this beautiful city and just let my eye and lens lead the way with no other straying thoughts beyond the ones that I developed along my journey.
In a few words, it was the perfect way for my mind and body to release from the chaotic mess that was going on in my head and just take in instead of letting out. Here is a photo that I believe to capture everything from my emotion before leaving (blurring and unfocused) to the emotion that I resumed with (harmonious with a little uncertainty.)

Let's Flux...

Would anyone care for a little FLUXYTIME? (I think yes....)

dedication to blurry mornings...

Playlist..

on my webspace i have created this animation in flash for, what was, my final project in a class this term. It encompasses multiple fascists of media and I worked in a program, Flash, that I want to keep learning and developing in. So, with that said and known this is a very beginning level example of what Flash can do, but still... it involves a ton of coding and processing. It can create quite a headache... ehhh love it none the less
http://www.uoregon.edu/~kfiebich/252/project3/

My alter ego...

Objective: create a dreamlike character that embodies who I am in a surreal-like environment. I took my beginning stages through until the final products inspiration from the admired artist, Murakami, as he creates dreamlike/creepy characters that serve cirtually no real purpose other than to be shown in galleries featured for viewer observation. As is mine, I have created this character that doesn't serve any purpose other than to embody something that wishes it was there.

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Do you know?

Acknowledge Women...

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The link above is a progression of women's history, previewing the women that have changed history, dates and events that have revolutionized where we are today and overall highlights the 19th century realm of women's suffrage and reform. It is a period of time that should be admired and acknowledged as truly monumental to women's rights and how far we have come today.

Right now,

I find it extremely necessary to bring to light how unbelievably a maz ing The Blow is. It is the perfect combination of beat and harmony, it is just beauty to my ears. Go here now...


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"Collection"

This is a collaboration of my most prized collection of photography throughout the past year or so....

...Da new ish

"Environment"
Photography & Design by Karyn Fiebich



"Love Buggy"
Free hand sketch

Coffee talk....

I am sitting in my dim lighted kitchen on this fresh Wednesday morning enjoying yet another morning coffee. It has become a ritual for me to sit and enjoy a delicious brew every morning for, now, the past 3 years... It is the time of day that all I can focus on is the pure aroma that the coffee just fills throughout the area of my apartment. It is the time of day that I can be completely alone, to only have the thought of what happens when I finish my cup and move on with my day. The best part about my morning glory is that it is always freshly brewed to just the way I desire.
This morning, however, my peaceful thoughts were interrupted with a sense of worry. It was something that I had never thought before and I wonder if my life could be the same after thinking it. This enlightenment was, "What would my world be without coffee." It is something so simple that I just have come to expect there every morning, to rely on, to wake up to and enjoy as, sometimes, my motivation to getting out of the comfort of my bed. I have come to except that it is something that is essential to my life. Therefore, it has naturally been a thing that I have managed to start taking for granted. However, after this ghastly thought of there being no coffee it fulfill my mornings, has made me have a new sense of appreciation and value for the little things that make my life that much better. I image that my day will continue on this very same thought-path, making me walk through and realize all of those things that I take for granted on a daily basis that make my life so much simpler and more enjoyable. Coffee is something that I consider precious. It is my rock, my morning soul and my rejuvenation... I am so joyful for my coffee.

current favorite coffee for the perfect dark blend:

Perguia Blend, Torrefazione Italia