Page 4 THE PINE LOG 2018 Brave Space Series: African Hair Diaspora This session will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday in Regents Suite A. According to the Office of Multicultural Affairs, it will educate the audience on how European colonization impacted the historical biases toward Afro-type hair, which still exists today. It will also explore the politics, controversies and obsessions surrounding Afro textured hair. Life & Arts@thepinelog A ‘Nac’ for Snapchat Photo Illustration by Alyssa Faykus and Meaghan Morton / The Pine Log Etsy artist Emily Kubisch-Sabrsula of Simonton graduated from SFA with a degree in graphic design. Artist alumna creates Snapchat filter, Nacogdoches related stickers By Alyssa Faykus from.” was this one SFA because I really love because I felt like I had a “Someone had just come Social Media Editor Her work reflects her love in particular being outside and love day-to-day purpose, and out with the first little Axe of nature, especially the shape that the outdoors, but I’m not now I’m just kind of off in ’em, Jacks one. That was passion for graphic Piney Woods of East Texas, I just really much of a math or science the world and operating. It’s okay. [I thought] I could do design that focuses and many of her stickers are liked the person, and so I’ve really just me trying to get something better. I went in A on art inspired by based off her life as a college shape of always been kind of by at this point.” and sketched up a couple Nacogdoches and nature is student. Her stickers include it, and the creative. So I thought The lack of studying of things, drew up a design what continuously drives band-related artwork [freckles on maybe I could make and homework has given and sent it in to Snapchat one SFA alumna to prepare inspired by her time in the my arm] fit that work,” Kubisch- Kubisch-Sabrsula more and a couple of weeks later, to work on her next piece. Lumberjack Marching Band really well Sabrsula said. freedom to focus on her own it [was] active,” Kubisch- Emily Kubisch-Sabrsula and woodland creatures around it. It’s Life as a college projects and small business. Sabrsula said. “It’s a pretty of Simonton works as a dressed as the lumberjack, more of an graduate is very “I have a full-time job, simple process. I think freelance artist in her spare to name a few. aesthetic thing different from but I try to keep up with it’s cool seeing people on time, mostly selling stickers Her logo for her Etsy shop honestly.” life at college freelance for something Snapchat still use my filter. on Etsy. reflects her love for the When she for Kubisch- to do in my spare time,” It’s nice to leave a little “I originally was going Piney Woods. first came Sabrsula. Kubisch-Sabrsula said. mark.” a lot through Facebook “It’s part of my pine bark to college, “ D o n ’ t “It’s nice because I don’t She advises other artists and stuff like that, asking series. I really love pine trees she did not g r a d u a t e , have to worry about making to push themselves. friends to share [my] posts, [and] pine cones; I’m oddly plan on i t ’ s stuff for classes, but at the “The biggest thing I’ve so I would get a lot of obsessed with them. I have m a j o r i n g terrible,” same time, I really liked learned is to really present business through word of a tattoo of a pine cone on in graphic she said, having the direction and yourself in a way that you’re mouth,” Kubisch-Sabrsula me,” Kubisch-Sabrsula said. design. jok ingly. stability.” like a business, but you want said. “[Now] I do a lot of “So, I developed this series “I was a “It’s okay, Kubisch-Sabrsula also is to be relatable still, Kubisch- Etsy orders, which is where and I really liked this motif, forestry major honestly. I the artist behind two of the Sabrsula said. the bulk of my work comes so I ran with it. And there when I came to really miss college SFA Snapchat filters. “You’re selling yourself.” n “Solo: A Star Wars with my fellow movie lovers. the island full of dinosaurs deeper into the American Story” 5/25/18: I think this However, when Sandra work. Truly, it’s shocking. wizarding life in the 1920s. 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