Author Archives: comique

I never really understood remixes? I thought it was music but twisted up to seem original. But it turns out it’s anything artistic taken from the OG, then you just.. uh. Mix it up I guess? So is fanart considered a remix? Those things where it’s “Draw the Squad in this Pose”, are they remixes?Continue reading “Remixes? A strange concept…”

COVID QUARANTINE STYLE 5/10 would not try to paint bubbles with watercolor again I’m just too careless. It really did look fine five minutes before I took the photo… biggest mistake was using so much water and then painting my name in there while it was still wet. I admit I got a bit angryContinue reading “Graffiti Art”

Exhibition Information: Artist: Kiyomi Fukui Exhibition: Conversation on Conflict Media: Origami paper cranes of conversations Mrs. Fukui had with her father Gallery: left unmentioned… Website: Kiyomi Fukui is a Japanese American artist with an MFA in printmaking from California State University Long Beach (CSULB) and a BFA in graphic design from La Sierra University. She’sContinue reading “Artist Conversation: Kiyomi Fukui”

So I came up with the idea to make a wreath out of flowers and leaves that fell on the ground. They were already mostly dried out so it was difficult, and many of the flowers ended up cracking and falling out… It was depressing but I ended up with something that could pass asContinue reading “Art Can Be Sustainable?”

https://youtu.be/ZKYQay-7xww I REALIZE THE VIDEO WAS UNABLE TO UPLOAD PROPERLY IN THE POST IM NOT SURE WHY AND ITS FAR TOO LATE TO FIX THIS

Isolation is commonly considered to be a terrible fate which nobody should be subjected to. And heaven forbid someone voluntarily isolates themselves for no tragic reason. It’s also true that becoming distanced from others can damage your psyche. Symptoms of loneliness include depression, insomnia, a severely lowered immune system- just such terrible things. However, dueContinue reading “Isolation. Authenticity. The works.”

Sienna Browne is a fourth year artist in the Drawing and Painting BFA Program in CSULB’s School of Art. Besides art, she works as a lifeguard and is a student athlete. Her artwork has been thoroughly influenced by her experiences in life, and she considers the process of making art to always be therapeutic. HerContinue reading “Artist Conversation 3”

Not gonna lie, I wrote three poems in a handful of hours and chose the best one during the third hour to make into a song within two hours. If that makes sense. Writing a song is surprisingly much more difficult than writing a poem? Not only do the lyrics have to make sense, theContinue reading “MUSIC???”

Before: Had a lovely Friday morning dressed up as a female normal human at the beach. By beach, I mean Long Beach. And by Long Beach, I mean within the boundaries of CSULB since I don’t have a car and I’m not too fond of wandering during the day. And it was all quite fineContinue reading “Counterfactual identity”

Hui Tan is a graduate in the illustration/animation program of CSULB’s School of Art. The idea behind the animated short film The Clean Life is “temptation and punishment.” The idea of guilt and desire for a clean life is something Hui Tan has observed in both eastern and western culture, and was the inspiration forContinue reading “Artist Conversation #2”