art_student
#8 you know you're an art student when....'


1. Your fridge has no food in it, because there’s no more room after 50 rolls of film.
2. You stare at an aisle of paint thinking, “Can I get away with making an entirely red painting? Because God knows that’s the only color I can afford…”.
3. You have ever managed to throw together a five minute speech during a critique about how deep your piece is, when really it’s just about the fact that you think cows are pretty cool.
4. Little kids tend to be afraid of you in grocery stores and other public places.
5. You sit in the art building doing a project you hate on a Friday or Saturday night while your friends are off partying because they’re all liberal arts majors.
6. The concept of math can give you a headache.
7. You stop referring to your dishes as dirty, and start calling them art projects. Just so you won’t have to clean them.
8. You have no nice clothes left, because everything has been burned or covered in clay, paint, plaster or photo chemicals.
9. If you do something silly, people roll their eyes and say, “That’s an art student for you.”
10. Your concepts of baths are the things you put your photos in and not your body.
11. Your messy room is just organized clutter and you really know exactly where everything is, or you can find anything in five minutes.
12. In the fall, people ask you if your hair color is for Halloween or not.
13. The floor of your room is littered with the remains of your last project.
14. You eat on the floor because your table is covered with art supplies.
15. You find yourself apologizing to everyone, everywhere for hitting them with your oversized portfolio.
16. You know how the graphite of pencils smells. And tastes.
17. You’re afraid to go to the doctor because you might be declared pencil or paint poisoned.
18. You wear more of your raw materials than you use.
19. You have found every possible way to open doors without using your hands.
20. You skip class because it’s raining and your work is not waterproof. Or if it’s critique day.
21. Your facebook/myspace photo is either photoshopped or a piece you actually did.
22. You wake up in the morning and subconsciously assess the levels of daylight and how they would affect your camera’s aperture.
23. Half the mugs or cups in your house or dorm have remains of paint along the brim.
24. You still drink out of those mugs.
25. In your bathroom, you have paint brushes mixed with your toothbrushes while you let them dry.
26. You’re enjoying the sunset, and then start to think “That’s nice, but it could use a bit more texture...”
27. Paint or chemical fumes have become the scapegoat for any weird behavior.
28. You can't focus on what your friends are saying because you're too busy trying to imagine what their faces would look like rearranged.
29. You're in class and you get so bored that you draw a cartoon of your teacher and give them a unique expression.
30. You can't truly start your art project until it's really crucial: 11:00 pm the night before it's due
31. You typically look like death warmed over from late night schematics and cold pizza.
32. You walk out of class with paint or charcoal smeared on your face, and when someone mentions it, you just don't care because you just came from art. It's supposed to be messy!
33. You are constantly looking for nude models.
34. You see a smashed coffee cup on the floor and the coffee from it next to it, and briefly wonder if it's an installation piece.
35. You understand how absolutely cruel 8am studios are because you were in that same studio till 2 am the night before.
36. People think you are going fishing because you carry all your art supplies in a tackle box.
37. You start coordinating your clothes in the morning based on the colors of paint they're stained with, and not their original color.
38. When you grocery shop, you spend hours picking through fruit, vegetables, etc. because as soon as you get home, you're photographing it.
39. Everything you do looks simple or crappy because you rushed through it when you were in a hurry to get on to the next piece (that will also eventually look just as simple or crappy) and so on and so on until you can’t stand it anymore.
40. You think you could actually kill your roommate for saying that he or she wishes they were an art student because art students have fun homework or just less of it, so it must be easy.
41. You take your date to an art gallery for your first date.
42. It’s normal to wash your hands before you go the bathroom so you don't get paint, clay, charcoal, etc. on your pants
43. You have done a design of some sort on your clothes and worn it in public and everybody likes it
44. You are in a non-art class and you daydream of different picture ideas instead of listening to the teacher.
45. Your friends think you have a compulsive hoarding disorder, but it's really found objects for future art....or maybe you actually are a hoarder!
46. You can't spell Carillion blue, but the bus drivers eyes are that color.
47. You watch a movie and are in awe, not because the story is good, but because the visuals are phenomenal, and sit there wondering how you could work that into your next film project.
48. There are hand prints on your backside, and they're yours.
49. There are hand prints on your backside, and they're NOT yours.
50. You ever sat in a math class at some point in their lives thinking, "How the heck is calculus going to help me in my first gallery opening in SoHo?"
51. At graduation you stand out in the crowd because you’ve put the school mascot on your cap and gown in smiley stickers.
52. You've ever licked clay trying to get piece to stick together.
53. Opening the kiln is more exciting than Christmas.
54. Your roommates gather round to watch you do your homework...
55. You shop in thrift shops, not just because it’s cheaper, but because the clothing is always unique.
56. Everyone asked you if you designed your tattoo, when it's clearly a Dali.
57. You only have enough money to get your required supplies or eat, and it's a really tough decision.
58. You're actually glad you have insomnia; you can get more done that way.
59. You are complimented on your outfit and asked where it was purchased by a clothing design student because there are paint stains. Really though, you're not fashionable. You've just worn the same paint pants and smock for the last three years.
60. You look at a landscape, and when the people around you are saying "oh! That’s so pretty!" You say "I wonder if that would look better in pastels or chalk"
61. You mix your drinks in the same pattern that you agitate your photo developer
62. You have used your pants as a palette and given up on using tinfoil or trays.
63. The majority of your injuries come from X-acto knives.
64. You leave class early to go get stitches.
65. You've gotten a third degree burn from a hot glue gun...and your professor still won't give you an extension on the project.
66. You make your own birthday cards for friends. and they look so much better than hallmark that it’s ridiculous! 		071118
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