Imaginary: Ordinary

goodness this has gotten out of hand

2010-07-06T19:12:00.000-07:00

WOW... so it has been a little too long since my last post. Scratch that... FAR too long. I will try to make it better... and worth the wait.

Since my last post I have begun my job at American Greetings here in Cleveland and I'm happy to report that I'm loving it! I can't post anything that I make there unfortunately(I signed a document). However, I am currently working on a line of plushies(see above) to be sold at anime/game conventions as well as online. I have dubbed this NOMNOM and even set up an email for it at nom.nom@me.com

the last image above is a commission for a character from an anime that I don't watch, haha. Anyhow, I have set up a deviantart account for my cosplay and various stuff... so head on over and check it out!

Ew, Gross-Thesis complete

2010-05-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

So I have completed my BFA thesis project! The project was a performance/event held at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Monday May 3rd. Commencement ceremonies are on the 15th and I'm really excited to see my family who are coming up from TX, GA, and SC!
Last night I found out that I won the Traveling Scholarship and I'll be going to participate in The Great Primate Handshake with Alexis Hippler, who also won!

Video is soon to come, but until then, you can see more images here.

2010-03-05T15:04:00.000-08:00

Layout for new blog

2010-03-05T14:58:00.000-08:00

layout for my BFA blog:) coming soon!

Ohayocon '10

2010-01-26T22:23:00.001-08:00

So it's been forever since I posted last since i've been so busy. Apart from working on my thesis project for graduation, I've been preparing to go to Ohayocon '10 this coming weekend with my friend Samm. We are super excited and I've just made a super nerdy banner for the forums (which I am completely new to and barely understand). We will be posting pics from the con later so keep an eye out for them;)

The Link cosplay will be recycled from Halloween (u can see that in my Halloween post) and the Roxas one is a 'formal prom-like' version for the dance at the con. Lastly, the Chrome Dokuro costume is mostly made up of shit I own already, with the exception of the Trident weapon and the embroidered eyepatch.

I don't have pics of the eyepatch but hopefully will after the con.
Samm's costumes are Mukuro (chrome's weird counterpart-their relationship is a little unclear. I think basically mukuro controls chrome) and Axel from Kingdom Hearts (who is a PEDO for Roxas)

so excited!

Puppet Show

2009-11-21T15:57:00.000-08:00

Poster design: Ben Kinsley

So last night was the Invading Spaces show at Spaces Galley here in Cleveland,OH. Our Puppet show went well, we got lots of laughs, mostly at our sloppiness (which we didn't mind one bit 'cuz that's what made it fun!) We performed 4 times throughout the 3 hour event. It was all recorded and when we get the time, the videos will be posted on youtube, or vimeo, and I'll post it on here as well. Samm ,Alexis, Chadd and I all had a blast!

here is a description of the event that was emailed out:

INVADING SPACES

Friday Nov20th/6-9PM
SPACES (3rd floor loft)
2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH, 44113

A one-night only extravaganza featuring temporary, site-responsive works created inside, outside, and all around the 3rd floor of SPACES galley. This Project is a collaboration between students in two T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art: "Creative Coding, Hacks, and Space" and "Media Installation". The event is facilitated by artist Ben Kinsley, who has worked with the students for 6 weeks through workshops and studio consultations.

Ben Kinsley is a multidisciplinary artist who creates site-specific responses to particular situations, often through collaboration and playful exchange with local residents. His projects have ranged from conducting an orchestra of screaming humans, directing a maritime-themed play for boaters on a lake in Maine, organizing a shadow play in the middle of the California High Desert, and choreographing a neighborhood intervention into Google Street View.

BFA preparation and Invading Spaces Show

2009-11-14T12:08:00.001-08:00

Well, it has been quite busy around here with BFA work, website development, and preparing for a puppet show with Samm and Alexis Hippler at Spaces Gallery.
The top image is a concept drawing for the costume I will be wearing for my BFA and constructing over winter break. Once I have my revised thesis statement, I'll post that as well.
Secondly, the puppet show should be pretty fantastical and funny. There will be other performance and interactive pieces throughout the 3 hour event so if any of you out in the world of the INTERWEBZ that are anywhere near Cleveland Ohio on Nov. 20th, stop by Spaces for a good time! See u there!

Don't Kill me, I've got so much to give!!

2009-10-27T22:00:00.000-07:00

SO I have a ton of new stuff to show for myself.
It has been a rather hectic month so far, and it's only gonna get worse from here.
I've made a Halloween costume, produced magnets, started developing a REAL website:P, worked on some designs for Barnes and Noble, and much, much more.
here we go:

NEW Xmas cards soon to be for sale on etsy

2009-09-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

SOON to be for sale on imakebelieve.etsy.com

my etsy

2009-09-15T19:50:00.000-07:00

ALL NEW LISTINGS!!! a whopping 8 of them! imakebelieve.etsy.com

and charms

2009-08-28T15:40:00.000-07:00

so i've applied for a booth at the Biarre Bazarre in Cleveland, ohio and i'll be selling this stuff among other things

paperdolls and stickers

2009-08-28T15:25:00.001-07:00

new stuff!

2009-08-18T18:55:00.000-07:00

Calm-A-Sutra of Tea scholarship

2009-08-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

i made this little thing for a scholarship entry

some Charms and a necklace

2009-08-13T13:36:00.000-07:00

these are some things that will be available soon through my etsy account.
imakebelieve.etsy.com

arg

2009-07-16T11:25:00.000-07:00

so i keep trying to post pictures on here and it's not working, i dunno if it's their servers, or the net, or this computer, but every time i try i fail. so in this post, only some boring words...

some life updates:
I am now selling paper dolls of my characters on my etsy account and some also on this website.
I joined twitter (you should follow me)
and I'm going to see Harry Potter today:) I am very excited and am sporting my Slytherin shirt for the occasion.

so that's all I can think of for the moment. I'll post some images of new work soon when this site feels like allowing me.

more caves

2009-07-02T11:20:00.001-07:00

zombie paperdoll

2009-07-01T21:06:00.000-07:00

She's almost done!!! one thing I forgot to do was make it so her hand is on the back of the heart. after that she's finished and I can begin on her partner in crime, a boy zombie who carries brains:) tell me what you guys think!!! i'm gonna start selling these on etsy once I have a few of these perfected.

©lauren hemphill 2009

zombie paperdoll

2009-07-01T00:04:00.000-07:00

something i'm working on. more to come

logo for my brother

2009-06-19T00:59:00.000-07:00

so as a thank you to my brother for buying me a car AND an ipod touch AND a gps, i'm working on designing a logo for his roofing company. it sucks but this is prob. the most i have to offer him in return. His company is doing really well but all of the graphics for his company are made by different cheap sign companies. he even has a big graphic on the back of his truck, shirts for the people that work for him, and letterheads, etc. but none of it is consistant. I hope he likes these. i'm going to work on letterhead and stuff for him next and then maybe even a commercial:)

whooooo

2009-06-18T19:52:00.000-07:00

a new character for a new kinetic paper doll set:)

New DVD

2009-06-12T21:31:00.000-07:00

I designed a new DVD menu, case, and booklet insert to send companies here in Austin. Wish me luck!

Chadd's birthday and other events.

2009-06-11T12:21:00.000-07:00

I love Austin. plain and simple.

business cards

2009-05-20T09:57:00.000-07:00

click it to make it bigger! and let me know what you think. the top two are front options and the rest are back options. and laurenhemphill.com isn't made yet so don't try to go to it.

summer

2009-05-17T15:41:00.001-07:00

so, crazy news. My boyfriend Chadd and I are going to move to Austin, TX for the summer to get jobs. We plan on moving there after I graduate anyhow, so it'll be a good chance for chadd to get to know the area better. Also, in other amazing news, my brother bought me a car!!! He has been really good to me and I'm so thankful!

some characters of teachers from school

2009-05-09T16:22:00.000-07:00

so unfortunately, chadd had to reformat his computer so all I had to edit these images post scan was HP image zone. what a random program. anyhow, there you go. I'm trying to make characters of people i actually know. and yes, all these teachers actually said what's coming out of their mouths. AND if you can't read the first image, click on it to make it bigger.

my newest video

2009-05-05T15:01:00.000-07:00

well, i have a new video! This is essentially a video showcasing Cleveland, OH as I see it. I bunch of trash and abandoned buildings. Granted, there are a few things that make the city worthwhile, but the good things, for me at least, do not make up for the bad. This video also shows my friend and I traveling around Cleveland and trying to make the best of it as only friends can.
Also I'd like to thank Kaile Green for helping with some of the filming.
I made all the animation, some filming, all post production, etc.
The song is "Sadie's Shawl" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Band

Spring Show

2009-04-22T16:21:00.000-07:00

The Spring Integrated Media Environment Show, featuring Biomedical Art, Film, Video and Photographic Arts, Illustration and T.I.M.E. – Digital Arts, is called move it, move it: IMAGE & NARRATIVE. The exhibit includes time-based and still works that will move viewers through a series of portals representing the body, the landscape, the touch and the imagined. The exhibition is at CIA’s Reinberger Galleries at The Gund Building, 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland. The exhibition takes places March 27 – April 25. Gallery hours are: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 10 am – 5 pm; Fridays: 10 am – 9 pm; Saturdays: 10 am – 5 pm. The Gallery is closed Sundays and Mondays. There is a public reception on Friday, April 24 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm. In the JMC, there will IME Open Studios and Exhibitions on April 24 from 5:30 pm - 9pm and April 25 from 10a am to 5 pm.

and of course make it to all of the other fine areas at our school. if you want to find out where the rest of the happenings will be located, see the rest of what I stole the above information from HERE

I have quite a lot of work in this show and also made the poster for the biomed portion of the show(seen above) YAY!

zombie girl

2009-04-18T17:59:00.000-07:00

i love animation.cuz i can do shit like this.

Butterfly Lifecycle cardset.

2009-04-17T17:51:00.000-07:00

there ya go. they will be cropped where you see the magenta rounded edge border.

awesomeness.

2009-04-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

Using only song titles from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title. It's harder than you think.

Pick Your Artist: Sonic Youth

Are you male or female:
Female Mechanic Now on Duty
Describe yourself:
Drunken Butterfly
How do you feel about yourself?:
Androgynous mind
Describe where you currently live:
Beautiful Plateau
If you could go anywhere, where would you go?:
Death Valley '69
Your favourite form of transportation:
Expressway to yr Skull
Your best friend is:
My Friend Goo
Your favorite colour is:
Orange rolls, angel's spit
What's the weather like?:
Rain King
Favorite time of day:
Moon in the Bathroom
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?:
Touch me I'm sick
What is life to you?:
Total Trash
What is the best advice you have to give?:
Oh bondage, up yours!
If you could change your name, what would it be?:
Bubblegum
Your favorite food is:
Toy Food
Thought for the Day:
Nevermind (What was it Anyway?)
How would you like to die?:
Superdead
Your soul's present condition:
Stranger
The faults you can bear:
Non-metal Dude wearing Metal Tee
Your motto:
I am right

Sir Isaac (shrunken head) Newton

2009-04-11T13:27:00.000-07:00

haha, i love when after effects scales shit funny. the top is more like the correct scale of the head and the bottom is an AE accident.
oh and this is Sir Isaac Newton., for an upcoming animation.

life cycle card set

2009-04-09T16:44:00.000-07:00

so there is one full set of my lifecycle cards!!!!in order from top to bottom. whoo. and of course, the top image is a detail. Now I'm gonna start on the next set!

4.6.2009

2009-04-06T09:13:00.000-07:00

yesterday my friend Sam did a photoshoot and my friends and I modeled for her. here's a crazy picture she took by accident on my camera.

4.4.2009

2009-04-04T16:26:00.001-07:00

this is the logo design for the back of a set of educational cards that I'm making to teach kids about the life cycles of animals. I wanted to brand it along with a lesson plan, so this is what I came up with. the little berry looking part is inspired by dividing cells and obviously berries.

4.3.2009

2009-04-03T20:16:00.000-07:00

some video frames from my upcoming animation

poster day

2009-04-02T14:26:00.001-07:00

click on it to see it bigger

new thing...

2009-04-01T17:28:00.001-07:00

this is the thing i worked on tonight in class. it's for a series of illustration showing the lifecycle of 3 different sets of animals. (it won't actually have the speech bubble, haha.

Condom PSA

2009-03-31T12:16:00.000-07:00

i'm not sure why the quality is such shit... I might reload this later

3.25.2009

2009-03-25T18:12:00.000-07:00

I really wish I had made this. and yes, those are real teeth.

UPDATES:
this is a super busy week.
tomorrow I install some seriously huge characters, which I'm super duper excited about. I actually can't believe that anyone agreed to letting me do this.

A bunch of my friends are helping me paint so It is going to be fun, with music and some drinks later on.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

sexy

2009-03-22T18:36:00.000-07:00

pretty things

2009-03-21T14:35:00.001-07:00

CGI

this one is CGI
this one is CGI

3.19.2007

2009-03-19T18:02:00.000-07:00

there is a poster that I made today for an intro board for the biomed dept. I went a little crazy, but I think it's fun.
Also... I FINALLY got my "Tangible" book and to my surprise, I find the work of a student who graduated from my school. I literally jumped, haha.
the book is AMAZING GO BUY IT

3.17.2009

2009-03-17T18:31:00.000-07:00

3.16.2009

2009-03-16T16:48:00.000-07:00

So this is getting a little out of hand, haha. I'm working on getting stuff together for a show coming up really soon at school and I'm entering a crazy amount of stuff.
Three video pieces and a whopping FOUR installation ideas.
Above are some images of pieces I'm entering in the show.

3.15.2009

2009-03-15T16:24:00.000-07:00

crazy poster design. I just had some fun.

3.14.2009

2009-03-14T11:42:00.000-07:00

so those are my two new tshirt designs for the CIA tshirt design competition thing. If I win I'll get $100 plus my own shirt:) which will make me pretty happy. I hope I win!!!

3.11.2009

2009-03-11T17:48:00.000-07:00

Click on images to see them larger.

My Day:

woke up from Kaile calling to get me to pick her up from the car shop
ate breakfast/lunch/brunch with Kaile since it turned out they could not take her car in today
went to school and began working on some workstudy
got pissed off because Illustrator crashed and it turns out I was having too much fun working to notice that I hadn't saved a SINGLE TIME...so, naturally, I lost all of my work JOY
so then I decided it was a good idea to not do any serious work today. And so I coloured the drawing i made last night...which is the middle image above.

My favorite animator. Fons Schiedon

2009-03-10T08:36:00.000-07:00

Little Bright Eyes (2009) from Fons Schiedon on Vimeo.

Sing with Kylie - MTV Asia Karaoke (2005) from Fons Schiedon on Vimeo.

Trash-a-long. MTV Asia ident from Fons Schiedon on Vimeo.

MTV MobSquad Episode 10 from Fons Schiedon on Vimeo.

2009-03-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

oh my, it's been awhile...

well, i made the above picture for the credits of an animation i'm making. It's my friend Kaile with the character that will be animated in the video. She shot the video. Check out Kaile's Blog

there are 3 more to come of those:)

so we shot the video on friday i think it was... and it was a blast! Kaile and I just drove around Cleveland and shot video of all the shitty places here.

Also, I ordered This book because it's amazing.

new characters

2009-03-01T22:45:00.000-08:00

These are some new characters I made for a group project in my compositing class. I'll post the finished animations when they're done. It should be pretty funny.

other than that, some updates:

watched Quarintine and was terrified.
watched Zach and Miri make a porno. laughed.
watched Flight of the Conchords. I can't wait to see them in person APRIL 18
listened to an extended amount of Cinema Strange while I worked.
started reading the book Wigfield by amy sedaris, paul dinello, and stephen colbert. laughed heartily.
played some serious RockBand 2 one day when i was hyper as hell.
did some serious research this weekend on the mammals of Australia for an educational animation project.
ate dinner that my friend Rachel cooked and caught up. yumyumfood.

potluck

2009-02-27T10:52:00.000-08:00

oh, and I made this flyer yesterday for my department's potluck

video problem fixed

2009-02-27T09:08:00.000-08:00

so finally, here it is!

sickness 2/20/2009

2009-02-20T11:17:00.000-08:00

yesterday I woke up feeling sick. yes, AGAIN. I've come to the conclusion that my body is working against me. I have waged war with it by means of excessive hot drinks, soup, and vitamins.

I fell in love again with the Smiths' song "How soon is now"
I learned how to play The Smiths' "Bigmouth strikes again" by means of some online tab, and an incredibly goofy looking makeshift capo. (pencil and hair thingies)

I came up with a kangaroo character, to be posted when I'm done making it in Illustrator.

I watched Secret Smile, a made for TV movie with the chick from Shawn of the Dead and David Tennant. Kaile laughed at me a lot 'cuz I kept freaking out. (mostly yelling at the TV or cringing at how creepy DT was)

feb19, 2009

2009-02-18T21:50:00.000-08:00

I ABSOLUTELY love the sword in the stone movie. I'm watching it now and remembering all my favorite moments.
Girl Squirrel - scene from the Sword in the Stone

"This is Archimedes; a highly educated owl."

"My magic is mainly used for educational purposes."

and speaking of education...

Today I went to class and all I could think about was drawing something else. I just wanted to spend all day making up characters.

music.

2009-02-14T22:52:00.000-08:00

ok, so just to catch up...

on thursday and Friday i worked very diligently.
I had a few beers and some fantastic onion rings with one of my best friends Anthony.
Also, i found some REALLY SWEET bands on last.fm

first and foremost...the band Naughty Zombies(http://www.last.fm/music/Naughty+Zombies)
see images above.

also, another good band The Vanishing, who can also be found on Last.fm

I also watched a really cute movie with a horrible ending called Nim's Island with my best friends Kaile and Lily. retarded. luckily, we were drinking.

and for V-Day, my boyfriend Chadd and I went to a school party and played Rock Band for a bit, then we went to see Coraline. I really really liked it.

thanks for taking me lovey:)

2009-02-11T20:26:00.000-08:00

oh my, so I made that today. i'm soooooo proud:) her name is fauna and she's on an adventure to show you the creatures that live on our planet. She went to the zoo. Anyways...Today I nerded out and watched 2 doctor who episodes and laughed a lot at the ridiculousness of it. Also, I had class from 9:30 AM to 9PM with one 2 hour break in between, with witch I worked on homework and watched Dr. Who. Now I'm going over to my friends' (Kaile and Lily) house to watch movies and drink. I Hope whoever's looking at this thing enjoys my work, 'cuz they're getting a good dose of it.

some sketchbook scans

2009-02-10T12:46:00.000-08:00

2009-02-09T13:41:00.000-08:00

I drew that today. I've got no idea where that came from but it makes me laugh.
and here's some stuff about me that I just put on facebook.

1. I have a new obsession. He's called David Tennant. Which apparently in my taste of guys is coming from left field.

2. I really like making shit.

3. I'm a HORRIBLE procrastinator and do things in order of most enjoyable to least enjoyable.

4. I'm absurdly sentimental, though I try not to be sometimes.

5. I really like the way Music makes me feel about myself.

6. I very badly want to be in a post-punk or bratty punk band.

7. Most of the people that I want to be like are boys.

8. I wish i could scream like Johnny Whitney.

9. A lot of people say that I'm a living Cartoon Character. I take this as the highest form of flattery.

10. I wish my characters could come to life so I could hang out with them.

11. I want to name my future child(if it's a boy) Ichabod so I can call him Icky. (Thank you Sleepy Hollow)

12. A short list of things I aspired to be growing up: peter pan, professional skateboarder, musician, anesthesiologist, professional dancer(ballet)., and of course, illustrator.

13. I really really like the movie Lawn Dogs.

14. I enjoy mindless laborious tasks. For the most part.

15. I have worked as: a cleaning lady, a sub-maker, skateboard assembler(haha), gift-wrapper, graphic designer at a Natural History Museum, henna artist(don't even ask), soda jerk, scientific illustrator also at a Natural History Museum, and prob more random shit.

16. I am running out of things to say.

17. In case you don't know me very well, I really like Nick Cave.

18. I watch Doctor Who to watch David Tennant.

19. My fav. TV show is Flight of the Conchords.

20. My second fav. TV show is Strangers with Candy.

21. I CANT STAND when people say itch instead of scratch.

22. Itch is a sensation.

23. Scratch is a verb.

24. Get it straight.

25. The End.

ugh

2009-02-08T19:25:00.000-08:00

I made that drawing last week.