The Story of Pepe

Several quarters ago in one of my classes I was given an object and I had to photograph the object and give it a personally, I was given a glass, and hence forth the glass was called PePe and this is his story.

This is Pepe

He is a Glass half-full kind of Guy

Pepe is a ladies man

But his heart beats for one girl, Sasha

Him and Sasha get married and have a beautiful baby, Raul

Pepe has a deep dark secret, and a hatred for ceramics

Pepe, had a tall handsome brother, Juan. Whom he was always jelaous of

Juan and Sasha run away together

Pepe is extremely upset about it

Now Pepe lives his life as a single parent taking care of Baby Raul

The End

Now I know that the photos aren't the best, I mean come on it was quarters ago, But I loved doing this project. I had so much fun making this story and making these photographs.



Inked

So I don't know why but I have always loved tattoos
Tattoos on men
Tattoos on women
Arm Tattoos
Leg tattoos
Chest Tattoos
I just love tattoos. There is no real connection to it either. None of my family members before me even considered getting a tattoo. To them it was strictly taboo or unprofessional. But they all really wanted one but they just never committed to it.
So 4 years ago I was going through a really tough time, my grandpa had just died and I was not handling it well. So I just jungle trotted myself down to the tattoo shop and got my first tattoo
I wanted to feel something other than just the emotional pain that I was overwhelmed with, so I settled for actual physical pain.
I have always loved all things nautical, I mean hey I want to be a mermaid. So I started off with the Anchor on my ribs

The guy said it would take 2 hours because it would hurt so bad and I would want a lot of breaks. So needless to say I freaked out. But 45 minutes later my tattoo is done and I barely felt a thing.
And I have been hooked ever since.
Getting the Dandelion next, only 6 months later

But then I waited a whole 2 years before I got my next one

The Owl

And then finally my most recent, my most fresh, my most awesome

The Gypsy

Dear Lord I love this tattoo

It was done my Stacy Smith at Anything Possible Tattoo studio in Mooresville North Carolina

I went in with a completely different drawing and she turned it into this beautiful piece

and the best part was that She was even more excited than I was just to be doing the tattoo

she loved it so much that shes putting it into her portfolio

Now everyone always ask what about when you get older, or want a job, or blah blah blah

and I literally do not care.

I am an artist and art is what I want to be doing for the rest of my life

And I want to be surrounded by art constantly so here it is, its right there on my body with me all the time

I will get tattoos until I cant anymore

And I will love every minute of it

And I will be the badass grandma who is covered in tattoos that everyone will love

And The Winners are....

So last quarter in one of my classes, a teacher made the entire class enter this art contest one of are local, and very well known, free art magazines was having. I had already planned on entering but I couldn't find the free time to do so, so the fact that I had actual class time to do it was awesome.

So I entered, and waited....and waited...and waited, and I finally got the call that I had been one of the lucky 5 to be picked as a winner. Now to some it wasn't that big of a deal and they honestly didn't really even wanna win, they entered because it was require, but to me it was a big deal. Because yes I am going to school as a photographer but I am so much more than that, I am an artist. I accept and practice all forms of art,painting, photography, sculpture. And this was me finally making my premier as an artist. My painting was going to be out there for the world to see. It was a big deal to me

Then last Thursday, July 26th, the box was finally presented and it was awesome. Me and my family arrivved at the event first and the reaction I got from my box was awesome, so many people telling me they loved it and that it was their favorite. The publisher for the magazine loved it so much that she refused to let any other form of advertisements be put on my box like all the other ones had.

But then the real cherry on top of the already perfect evening was when the creative director offered to buy the painting that my box was based off of.
WHOA!
Lets step back a minute
You
Want to buy
MY PAINTING?
Yes! Yes! Yes! Its yours take it!
I mean WHOA, that is a big deal for me. People had always said they liked my paintings or drawings and they wanted them and I just gave them to them because it was no big deal and plus they are my friends, but this complete stranger, wanted to buy my painting.
It was like look out art world here I am!
And what really made me extremely happy was the fact that my parents finally saw me as an artist. They have always supported me in everything I do, but really, they never accepted it as art, it was always just something I did on the side. But they finally got to see that people love what I do, that other people see me as an artist and that my work is good enough for someone to buy.

All in all I am extremely happy with the way things turned out, and Congratulations to all of the other winners as well

Other Winners: Tiffany Dyer, Bryanna Dobbins, Sonny Benton, Rod Burch.

Nervous

So my basic goal in life is to eventually be able to move to Australia and become an architectural photographer and do art therapy on the side. I went to Australia once when I was 17 and I was there for over a month and I loved every minute of it. I never wanted to leave and now I'm 21 and dying to go back for good this time and I want to take my dream with me. Tonight I sat here looking up several different photographers in Australia that I would love to work with. I've been writing th draft emails, thinking of all the wonderful words that I could say that would make me sound fabulous and they would be like "Oi this gal is awesome" but when it comes to hitting that send button my fingers jam up and I can't do it. But I am going to find that inner confidence everyone keeps telling me I have inside myself and push that damn send button.