I’ve been mulling this around for a while and I’ve decided that in my free time, whenever the mood suits me, I’m going to start a light hearted Art School Au. (May turn dark, haven’t decided yet. There are a lot of possibilities of chaos ensuing with Neil if I keep the mafia shit in it. Also, i dont know if Nora did this on purpose, but Baltimore has a very high Polish population - mainly in Camden, Harbor east, and Hamden [areas in Baltimore]. With Wesninski being a Polish name, it fits.)
I went to school in Baltimore (the Maryland Institute College of Art), and I’ve been not only DYING to write about the foxes based in B’more, but I’ve also been wanting to write something having to do with my fucking WILD experiences at MICA. I didn’t realize how bizarre my class was, until i stepped back and fucking looked at it. From nudist encounters to roommates fucking themselves with carrots, it was a wild ride and I really fucking want to write those experiences through the Foxes. There is also a collection of bars and clubs called Power Plant! near the inner harbor, and it’s the perfect fucking setting for Eden’s Twilight (theres already a bar like Eden’s there).
I don’t know what it will be called yet. But the foxes will be a multi-media collective - lead by the GFA Head, David Wymack. The Raven’s will be an opposing collective from a rival art school (Perhaps RISD or Pratt. Likely RISD, because I took classes at their Providence campus. and I’m not saying y’all have a reputation of being stuck up but)
So, I thought I’d send this out into the void and perhaps it will actually set me in motion.
Here are the majors I’ve paired the foxes with:
I was going to make him a painting major. But, stretching canvases alone wont account for his moooooscles, and I highly doubt Andrew will willingly spend his free time in the gym like a fuckin meathead.
Aaron - GD (Graphic Design)
Graphic Design can be very formulaic. It involves a lot of strategy. He’s also the most normal fucking fox (if you want to call him that), so it makes sense for him to choose a normal major with a solid career path.
I was going to make him an illustration major. I still might. It would make sense. Imagine fuckin Nicky as an illustrator. But then I also see Nicky throwing it down in the ceramic studio. (see my pun… hah… haha…)
I just realized that in my head, all of these reasonings are obvious, but for people that didn’t go to art school or understand the art school culture, it may not make any sense LOL. But Matt is fun, hes happy, hes positive, hes passionate. Thats what I think of when I think of animation majors. As well as illustration. Which, they fall hand in hand. That brings me to-
Fun, smart, sharp tongue, confident, many of the illustration majors I’ve come in contact with are exactly that. They also tend to be the most vocal of the majors in my experience. I can see her turning out amazing fucking pieces.
Very small major. Very classic major. Very quiet major. Drawing majors tend to be subdued and there are only a handful in each graduating class. I think Drawing would suit Renee. I think she would rely heavily on traditional techniques and teachings. Always drawing the plaster models in one of the school buildings.
Allison - Fibers (Fashion)
This is obvious. Do I even really need to explain? No? Good.
Seth - GFA (General Fine Arts) or Film
I cant decide between him being a painter (for below reasons vvv) or a sculptor major. So I’m putting the two together.
Film would make sense. I can see him throwing himself behind a camera.
Kevin - Painting with a minor in Art History
Art students have a term that we like to call guys that are stereotypical, hipster painters. Fuckin Painting Bros. Theyre pretentious, theyre stuck up, they paint all-day-erry-day™. When they’re not in the studio painting, they’re in a gallery and instagraming the entire trip, accompanied by snarky ass tweets. They want to be the next big thing and will refuse to be any less. They will be in the fuckin MoMA some day.
Painting Bros are the bane of our existence. They’re the harshest in critiques. They wear thrift store clothes that were actually from some high end boutique, and everything they own is covered in paint. they drink tea out of mason jars and mix those up with the mason jars they use for paint.
Will likely die from pigment poisoning because they refuse to wear gloves.
They are the fucking jocks of art school.
Because if Kevin’s a fucking painting major, then you bet your ass Neil is going to be too. These two are the biggest fucking painting bros.
Bonus - Renee, Dan, and Matt, are officers for the Office of Diversity.
This again, is just an idea I’ve been mulling around in between work. I was going to make it an original work, for my own story, but by god I can see the foxes in here so fucking clearly. Lemme know what y’all think. If I should write this. I already have so many plans, but idk if it would be something y’all would be interested in.
