Greetings

[Conrad]

I am an AFaB art student halfway through college and working towards an arts major. I've been questioning my gender actively and not as actively, pretty much since the first time I had short enough hair to be read as a boy, I was about twelve or thirteen at the time, and after the knee jerk response of an indignant, "hey" left my mouth, I got run over by a great big, ' Wait a minute...'  

After seven years of not being able to fully scratch this itch away I've finally hit the point where I'm pretty sure I'm not cis, and want to give the name Conrad a test run as well as he, him, pronouns. 

[Jackie C.]

Salutations Conrad!

 

Welcome to the site, pleased to meet you, all that social stuff. We'll happily call you whatever you like and use whatever pronouns your prefer. We have a gaggle of other FtM and questioning young adults active in the forums, so please, get comfortable, look around and ask whatever questions strike your fancy.

 

Hugs!

[Mmindy]

Welcome Conrad, glad to meet you and hope the best for you. You're among friends here with a safe place to vent, ask questions, or just hang out in conversation.

 

>HUGS<

 

Mindy???

[Carolyn Marie]

Welcome to Trans Pulse, Conrad.  I'm glad you found us, and after looking around the site, I hope you are, too.  Please feel free to ask any questions or post any comments.

 

HUGS

 

Carolyn Marie

[Erikka]

Conrad Velkommen til disse sidene

 I was a studio art major in college. Went on to get a Master's and then never used my education until after I retired. Creating art is a wonderful gift. What is your favorite medium? Mine was sculpture and photography and now my favorite medium is painting. I haven't picked up a chisel or a camera in a very long time.

This is the best place to do much of your questioning and reflecting on who you are. Glad you are here.

[Mx.Drago]

Hello and Welcome Conrad!

Glad you decided to join. Best place for questions. Feel free to ask away.

Yay more artists!?Finished w. BFA in Fine Arts

Would love to see your work.

We have a gallery, you can post pics there.?

[Timber Wolf]

Hi Conrad,

Welcome to Transpulse. I'm glad you're here!

 

Lots of love and a big welcome hug,

Timber Wolf ?

[KayC]

Nice to meet you, Conrad! and Welcome❣️

Everybody has already told what a great Forum this is.  Happy to have you join us and look forward to hearing more from you.

[Conrad]

Thank y'all for the warm welcomes!

In response to the question about preferred medium, I'm definitely a mixed media kind of person, but have done things in single mediums. What medium/s I use though can change depending on my mood.  My face icon is one of the things I've made for color theory class, it's acrylic and graphite on a store bought canvas.

I've dabbled in a lot of different mediums though. My Mom taught me how to sew when I was five, and I've kept up with it passively by fixing clothes, making toys, and decorating things with embroidery every so often. I learned a bit of carving for my printmaking class; linocut was my favorite of the techniques, while intaglio felt like I was constantly overworking the piece. My laziness in color theory, (I didn't want to break out the acrylic for color roughs) got me surprisingly decent with a crayon, which then translated surprisingly well to oil pastel. The whole purpose of my intro to art class was learning how to use mediums like, ink, graphite, compressed charcoal, and vine charcoal.

Other than the fact that I think vine charcoal should be outlawed on the grounds of messiness, it's hard to choose any single one, they all have their different ups and downs. Part of why I like mixed media is the layering and how different mediums can support and change each other. 

[Mx.Drago]

1 hour ago, Conrad said:

Other than the fact that I think vine charcoal should be outlawed on the grounds of messiness, it's hard to choose any single one, they all have their different ups and downs. Part of why I like mixed media is the layering and how different mediums can support and change each other. 

?I totally hear you on the ban on vine charcoal. Was coughing black for weeks after my drawing class, terrible stuff. I find it hard to settle on a specific art medium. Love using whatever materials I can gather to make things. My grandma taught me to sew and knit. Could go on forever bout all the things in art I've dabbled and played with.

[Erikka]

I can relate to the sewing skills. My mother taught me to cook and sew, my sister taught me embroidery and a big part of my art education was weaving.

Conrad, your face icon is really beautiful. And I agree with you and Mx. Drago vine charcoal is horrid. I sometimes think beginning drawing classes use it to weed out those not really dedicated to becoming artists.

[Mx.Drago]

1 hour ago, Erikka said:

Conrad, your face icon is really beautiful. And I agree with you and Mx. Drago vine charcoal is horrid. I sometimes think beginning drawing classes use it to weed out those not really dedicated to becoming artists.

I agree. I like both your icons. And I think you're right bout the weeding out part. So many blobs and eggs?Drove my class insane.