Nicole Gormley Art

My Art

Updates

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All of my friends know that I’m the type of person who always needs to be working on something. Sometimes I continue with that thing for a while, but other times I lose interest almost immediately. Here is an update on the things that I have mentioned on this blog before:

The College Artist Magazine

I’ve started working on the Fall 2018 issue, and it is all set to come out on September 1st! I’ll post a more detailed update about what you can expect in the fall issue closer to the release date.

My Youtube Channel

A few months ago I tried experimenting with different types of videos other than the outfit videos that I had been doing for a while. I plan on continuing to practice my video editing skills when I get a chance, but it isn’t my main priority right now.

Comic

Back in April, I made a post about two super heroines that I had created. I mentioned in that post that I was thinking about creating a mini comic about those characters. I kept thinking about those characters, then I created a few more, thought of a whole story, and I even started to draw an entire comic based off of that story. I really loved the ideas that I had come up with, but I just couldn’t manage to draw any of the panels how I wanted them to look, so I eventually lost motivation. I still love my ideas though, so maybe I’ll go back to it one day. Here are a couple of drawings that I created before I gave up on the project:

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Art

I’ve still been doodling here and there, but I haven’t found the time to work on any big paintings or any other kind of physical art lately.

Redbubble

I haven’t added anything to my Redbubble recently, but I’ve still been making a few dollars every month, which is awesome.

Between work, and trying to be social this summer, I haven’t found much time to just sit down and create anything. Then in the fall I’ll have school and marching band to worry about, but I’m sure that I’ll find time sooner or later to start a new thing or maybe even continue one of the older ones that I mentioned here.

Summer Internship Flyers

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Although I haven’t found much time to create any traditional art this summer, I have been able to create several flyers for my summer job:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Into the Digital Age?

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I’ve recently been taking some of my traditional pieces of art and trying to enhance them with digital editing. This includes a computer application that lets me draw on top of images of the original art digitally, and I’ve also been using photo filters to fix aspects such as brightness and color. I’m not sure how I feel about it so far. It is still completely my art since I’m the one who is editing the images, but it just feels like I’m cheating somehow. I love many digital artists though, such as Adamtots and Marsoid, and I don’t feel like they are ‘cheating’. I’m not sure why it feels different for me. I’ve done a good amount of digital art in the past so this isn’t new. Maybe it’s because these images only exist online and the actual physical art still looks unfinished.

Original
Digitally Edited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The College Artist Facts

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Here are a few fun facts about The College Artist magazine!

1. It All Started in My Mass Comm Class: During the Spring semester of my Freshman year of college, I took a class called Mass Communications. This class mainly focused on the history of the biggest types of mass communication (radio, television, movies, newspapers, etc). During one lecture, my professor lead a discussion about magazines. He started talking about how magazines are mainly specialized now, and that they usually focus on one topic. I thought it would be a fun idea to create my own magazine, so I did a google search and found a website called Blurb that allows people to publish their own magazines. At first I was just playing around, but I quickly became passionate about what I was creating, and I began to try to make the most quality art magazine that I could. About a month and a half later, the Spring 2018 issue was released. It wasn’t perfect, but it was the beginning of one of my favorite projects that I’ve ever done, and I strive to try and make sure that every new issue is better than the ones that came before it. Just between the Spring and Summer 2018 issues, you can see an improvement in overall layout, spelling, and photo quality. Although it doesn’t seem that anyone else is as excited about my magazine as I am, I hope to become an author someday so I figure that I should get used to pouring my heart into a work of writing without knowing for sure if anyone will love it as much as I do. Hopefully, someday I do create something that many people truly enjoy.

2. The Girl on the Spring 2018 Cover is My Housemate: When I was originally figuring out how I wanted my magazine to look, I initially just had a stock photo of a random girl for the cover:

I wanted this magazine to feel like my own though, so I decided that I would ask my friend Clara to model for the cover. Clara and I are actually renting a house together this school year with a few of our other friends. Here are a few never-before-seen photos that could have been used for the cover:

 

 

 

 

3. I Drew the Art on the Cover: Before the photo shoot with Clara, I went to the location, Phipp’s Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, and took photos of some flowers I thought would look good on the cover. I then made a few drawings using the photos I took as a reference and went back a few days later with Clara. This was the reference photo for the drawing that is featured on the cover:

4. Cut Pages: Here is a special look at four pages that were cut from the magazine before it was published:

Cut from Spring 2018- A segment about Skin Wars did appear in the Summer 2018 issue!
Cut from Summer 2018

 

 

 

 

 

5. The Font for the Logo and Cover Title is Called Damn Noisy Kids:

6. It Isn’t ALL Just Me: My friend Wesley (who appears on the Summer 2018 cover) helps me with a final grammar and spelling check, but I don’t think that he does a good enough job to be listed as an editor on the last page. Sorry buddy.

7. I Don’t Make Any Profit: Although a physical copy of the magazine does cost money, the cost of that all goes towards manufacturing. I could give myself a profit margin, but I want my magazine to be available to everyone for free anyway, so it doesn’t matter to me whether or not I make any money. Each magazine is available for free if you click the ‘preview’ button on the product page. If you would like to support me, you can always check out my Redbubble page.