I went to the Night Gallery at Tempe Marketplace on November 27. The current exhibition is called Living Spaces featuring work by Meghan Kesti, Sirrena Griego, Josh Loeser, and Megan Richmond.  The exhibit featured photography as well as wooden sculptures and an (almost) interactive piece as well. 

Being at the Night Gallery, I feel like it attracts lots of passerbyers in a sense that people will just browse and not really look. In a way, it's good because it attracts a big audience because of it's location. Overall, I really liked the way they laid it out. When you first walk in there are the photographs on the walls. Nice portraits and I really did enjoy the photos and they stopped me from walking which is always a good sign. Walking towards the back you approach the few wooden sculptures. 

In my opinion, they were brilliant. Mixing medias and showcasing them together was very interesting and seems so normal but for some reason really stood out to me this time. Combining the photographs and the wooden sculptures was clever even though they were not too closely related. A particular, disorganized yet brilliant wooden sculpture piece gave me flashbacks of my childhood. The very strategically planned chaos of a piece really drew me in and had me analyzing every nook and cranny of the piece. It really reminded me of being a child and building things out of scraps that I found. The piece overall gave me joy as I remembered the innocence and carefree lifestyle of being a child. 


I liked the concept of the portrait photographs. Each seemed to tell a story yet they all seemed a part of the same story. I feel like I took away more because I myself am a photographer. However, it was a nice collection of beautifully arranged photographs. And as for the concept of the wooden sculptures, I really enjoyed the organic or geometric shapes each piece had. And the interactive piece was very stunning as well. It has a little storyboard cartoon of what it was and an actual built representative of what is happening in the cartoon. I really liked that concept of building something and showing what you imagined in your head.

Even with a short visit, I took away so much from this exhibit. I really enjoyed everything about it, as I have always loved the Night Gallery concept. I think the person there could have been more friendly and informative, but other than that it was great. And kind of nice being left completely alone to analyze the artwork without a word being said inbetween. I would recommend this show to anyone who is interested in sculptures or photography. Unfortunately, the exhibit ended on November 29, but if you have not been to the Night Gallery, I highly recommend going sometime!

I really like this beginner tutorial for a few reasons. It goes through all the basic information you need to know as well as some shortcuts. I learned a lot of different shortcuts through this video that are going to be extra helpful in the future. Also it was easy to follow and clean examples.

This is a music video by Lapalux. I had to watch it a couple times before I could fully understand and appreciate what I was watching. It has a story and I really like it for some reason. It's weird but it strangely makes sense to me. I feel like there is always more to it than it seems, and everyone can take away something from it. I also love the way it was filmed, I find it very beautiful. Watch it a few times, and hopefully you can take away something from it and enjoy it as much as I do.

I like this one because it shows the beauty of time and different places. It makes me appreciate the beauty in the little things in life combining natural beauty and industrial beauty.

This was just a cute little stop motion animation I found. The story is interesting and totally up for interpretation which is one of the main reasons I love it so much.

The second one is called Ahellya; it is a serif font. The weight is different than your typical Times New Roman font and I prefer lighter weighted fonts over heavier ones. The kerning between letters are a little greater than that in Times New Roman but not quite as much as my previous font that I picked. The ascender and descender of the font is longer than normal giving it also an extended look. 

Overall, I like both serif and sans serif fonts. Both have similar qualities but are obviously different. I couldn't pick a favorite unless I knew what it was being used for.