Because shoes are meant to glow.

Rough for zodiac cards, Scorpio.

Maybe Tarot shaped? Maybe ACEO's.

Just the rough of what i've done while messing around...the general ideas.

Lawlz, maybe I should bleach my hair too and be like my favorite artist

Chop it all off.

So, suffice it to say, im growing preetttyyyy sick of my hair, and the more I think about it, the more I just want to chop it all off and start with something new. Because, you know whats so great about hair? It grows back out. Even if it takes forever and a day, I've had the same style for years now and i'm just ready for a change. The ends are all destroyed anyway thanks to the wedding, so...I've been looking up lots of short cuts for a little while now and ironiclly enough found one I really like in this Korean pop group called 4minute (hot ish-shooeeee). I like the asymmetry, and the short choppy features. I think it'll work on my face and my body, and force me not to wear baggy clothes as it'll probably look horrid with those xD

I might keep mine a little longer so I have some sticking out from under hats, but thats the general idea as of now.

Not sure whats going on...

Got my jacket and two hats today!

But for some reason my photoshop is refusing to allow me to really edit photos...it scares me cause I have some drawings to work on very soon and its just...not working. I'm hoping it'll correct itself when I shut the comp down but as of right now its opening the images, and allowing me to click on the different tools, but the mouse stays a hand shape and does absolutely nothing for me.

Anyway...so sleepy, and I gotta be to work on time tomorrow xD Gonna wear my new jacket though! Maybe a hat! Who knooowwwsss.

Party Cube Project

OKAY! I rather want to blog about this as I feel the more attention I can bring to it the more likely it may be to happen! While watching the Rock Your Body music video by Justin Timberlake, I mentioned how awesome it would be to just have a room like that and just have a party. Not like, smash things and be stupid party but a just have fun and be nerdy retarded party. Like, dance, bright colors, just fun.

I would want to have like, two cameras at the least, one stationary (maybe two stationary cameras) and then one that travels around the people in the room, and have like groups know certain clips of random dances and just film it, then take the cuts and make own video with a song laid over it. Right now only song that comes to my head is the Lollipop song by Big Bang and 2Ne1, but doing a video like that would require specific key shots, which COULD be done, but I'm not sure if thats the right feel...

Anyway, I REALLY think this could be a good idea and a fun project, and wish I knew people in the SCAD film department who'd be interested in filming this as a project xD I guess this is a combination of those ideas and watching this one video where, just as mentioned, a kid filmed his friends bouncing around to a song and edited it with random clips and it became a hit xD

Said video and song

MGMT- Kids:

Big Bang ft 2ne1

Lollipop

Justin Timberlake

Rock Your Body

Bi-Weekly Draw Fest: Candyland

Next theme is "Candyland!"

Not necessarily the game but I wanted to bring to mind that sort of just childish fun visual so I decided to go with that name for the theme.

Size: 9 x 12

Specifics: Anything candy related, preferably along the lines of it being a whole other world..

Due: Feb 10th

Notes: Have fun with it!

*throws arm out-*

Something i've had painted for a while and then just refound on my computer the other night, lolz. I'm gonna order it as a small print I think, or maybe an ACEO series...might do more to expand on this sort of theme but as of right now, its a one man show.

Girl whatchu want from me, ma?

Its funny to me how much TOP's voice stands out when he sings.

Operation: Get to Japan!

So, I've decided how to spend remaining money I'll be saving...I'll put it back for my trip to Japan! I think this year will be the last year that i'll be working the races, so this'll be the best time to actively set aside money for such a trip, and I figure in a year or two i'll have saved enough for a trip to Japan. This will also give me time to figure out exactly where I want to go and how to go about it in the cheapest, safest manner.

Below is a picture of the imperial palace in Tokyo.

These next two are in Kyoto.

Looks pretty amazing...I want to spend a month or two there, I feel, in order to just REALLY see Japan and not be horribly rushed through things. I want to stay in hostels, or a Ryokan , which is basically a japanese inn, where you stay in a room with tatami mats and its all about traditional japanese hospitality. Detailed info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryokan_(Japanese_inn)

(for some reason its not posting correct link but if you click that it'll say "is this what you meant?" and you can click on that.)

The years are gonna go by regardless, and it's my dream to go to Japan, so. Also, I figure if I go there and promote myself with my art then I can write it off as a business trip and get some money back at the end of that year as well.

I'm going to go. Even if I have to go alone, I will go to Japan.

For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time

Compiling my wish list already..

(isn't that cool? Its a flash drive, lmfao. WANT.)

Since my races start up pretty soon, I've been thinking I really ...like...really...need to fix my wardrobe, lmfao. I've still got things in there from the sixth grade, no lie. Hell, i'm wearing things my MOM wore when she was younger then me (but that ones okay because its a def leppard concert t-shirt that SHALL NEVER DIE) Anyway...I've been doing some research on the things I want to spend my money on. Here's just a few!

Cause Daesung needs love too.

Weirdest dream ever...and longest run on sentences you will ever see.

So my dream started off with me and my friend Vlad on this bus (big yellow school bus) on our way to some sort of camp.  In the seat in front of me talking to the driver was my mom, and behind Vlad were my grandparents, and the bus was full of kids in all the other seats.  I think we were going to Boggy Creek.  But anyway, Vlad and I were just messing around on the bus ride and when we get out, a bunch of kids ran out in between us and when I stepped off, I couldn't find him.  So I told mom i'd be right there, I just had to find Vlad, and went walking off into the woods.  The woods turned into an alley at some point (who knows when that perfectly logical transition happened) ...and I was walking with my arms crossed and started to notice that I was just naturally walking with the flow of people around me.  We were in an ally way in Rome, and there were all these little impromptu graves for people made up of like photos and candles and small statues and stuff, and some girl was on her phone beside me talking to someone and was just like, " Yeah we can literally just TOUCH the dead here, mom", and this couple in front of me were walking and holding hands and the guy was like, "Oo, energy!" and ran off to some place and the girl like, rolled her eyes and shit.  I think I did the same cause he looked like one of those goth kids that thinks their super spiritual when really theres nothing there.  Ah yeah, the weather was really overcast, gray, and windy... Anyway...I was walking with my eyes down at the ground and all of a sudden I came out into this main plaza area, took a few steps in on my way to where ever I was going, and then all of a sudden in front of my feet I see a man laying there on the ground, dead.  I follow the line his body makes up and he's actually laying on top of another dead man, who is on top of another dead man, and so on and so on into the doors of this giant cathedral.  There were actually two rows of dead men (the majority priests) that did a sorta double helix into the church doors.  So I stopped dead were I was and was like, standing there in horror/awe/wtf cause it looked like one of those religious mass suicides.  A bunch of people were standing there looking around like, "What the hell?" and taking pictures, and from behind me from the ally came a girl that I used to know who took one look at it and put down her bag and started rummaging around for her camera.  She looked like a journalist.  So, she pulled her camera out and was like, " Get a picture of me" and shoved the camera into my hands before turning around and running out into the plaza.  I kind of fumbled with the camera, the wind picking up, and as I held it up to view through it, I realized I could hear some sort of noise in my ears.  I was looking at Sara through the camera, and there were these like...five large celestial objects in the sky above the area behind her, and as I looked they got clearer and turned into these strange shapes that had the look of nebulas (green, brown, tannish masses).  All the while the voices were getting clearer and I realized they were saying, "We judge you, Thom Brady.  We judge you, Karen Richards.  We judge you, Sara Walker--"  

When they said that, I moved the camera to see Sara and she was gone. I looked around and nobody in the plaza seemed to have heard these voices, or seen the objects, or noticed people missing.  But in random areas on the ground were purses, hats, bags...I think the only reason I could hear it was cause I was holding Sara's camera.  But I freaked out and realized I needed to find Vlad immediately -- and then I woke up!

Every time I get close to you...

So this is the art I created for Kathy. I hope she likes it...I'm interested in seeing how the Giclee prints turn out. I got a notice today that they were shipped this morning FedEx Ground so I should get them approximately....never, lolz. Or so is the word around the water cooler.

I really hope she likes it though. It gave me unexpected problems throughout the process, which was random, lolz. I busted the drawing out without any complications whatsoever, but then when I went to paint I had giant "*points at paper* NANI!?" moments, lolz. I put the words in there cause...they worked! Her face was like, "is she sad, is she happy, what is she? WHAT?"
and that was the end result -____-

I've had a slow couple days due to some uh, obsessive behaviors >> but I'm hoping to get it back together today xD I finished the ink for my Cheshire (finally, ahaha... ) and hope to get it painted if I don't get too retarded in the process. I also started a Mad Hatter but that was epic fail for some reason so I may play with that some more, as I don't wanna do much of anything on Bi-Weekly until its open to everyone. Don't wanna be unfair!

Anyway...click the title for a wonderful video and rather relaxing song. =]

These are a few of my favorite things...

1.) Ferrets, especially fat and poofy ones.

2.) Cupcakes, mainly the happy ones.

3.) Just...

lookit the picture.

4.) Alice in Wonderland

5.) Starbucks Chai Tea Lattes

I'll leave this up to you to figure out.

Since I can't do cute

might as well do retarded.

Ta-da, I have it!

Final product:

Still A Galaxy Away

(from you)

9x12.

Ordering Giclee print today.

This is my submission for the Star Bi-Weekly.

As you can I have put in lyrics from a song that I enjoy, and I think its something i'm just gonna start squeezing into all of my pictures if I can xD I think it was a really good experiment and I enjoy the way it turned out, as long as the print looks this good i'll be in business! I hope it looks great so I can put it on etsy =D

Done?

What do you think?

It's changed quite a bit, dont you think? Lolz. It went from the galaxy spilling out of her cup to surrounding her. I like it, but I don't know if I'd stamp it "FINISHED." Suggestions and comments welcome!

Yay for good print quality!

Stefani and Jorel's Engagement Announcements have arrived!

And if I may say so myself, they look "very niiicceeeee." I'm really happy with them, and I can't wait for the couple to see them as well. If I had people actually following my blog these photos nor the jpegs of the art concept would have gone up before they are able to mail them out themselves, but since the two who are following don't care either way regarding this matter, it's all good xD


Congratulations to Stefani and Jorel though!



In other news, scanned in my paintings of the fairy and of my Star piece so I can get started on the digital parts of those...things are progressing well I see! I hope to have them completely finished as far as work to do to them so I can send them off and hopefully get the prints back before the 27th...not sure if that'll work out though unless I want to expedite the shipping...who knows. Well...time to get started!

Bi-Weekly Draw Fest Color Comp

So below is my color comp for my "Stars" image for the Bi-Weekly Draw Fest. Shes some sort of celestial existance herself, i'm not quite sure yet, but I enjoy her. Originally she was just supposed to be sitting on this tea cup that was spilling out the galaxy, but shes kinda turned into her own special being in the process. I want her to have tanner skin than my previous drawings, with white hair. Her coat will be white, with blue stars running down the sleeves, and blue cuffs to complete it. Her skirt is a blueish black, but it looks more black than blue in that comp doesn't it? Anyway, here she is, my galaxy creator:

Because it has taken over my life.

Gonna be good inspiration when it comes time for Candy Land.

Click on the title to watch the video.

Become obsessed.

Repeat.

Go Ask Alice.

So I drew these specifically for sticker/magnet/keychain design and inserted the words in over it. I can't decide if I like them or not but I don't think they're bad. The could be cute for stickers or keychains, me do think so. Also, this introduces my Mad Hatter and Cheshire onto the Alice scene. I've had these guys designed for quite some time now but just didn't put them into the same Alice series as the Ladies set for some reason.

I actually even have a totally different version of Cheshire drawn to fall into a set of postcards meant to compliment the Ladies series. My Cheshire is similiar in features, but the attitude and aura he gives off are two TOOOTTAALLLY different things. The Cheshire above is more so one of those people who stands back and observes, but can be pretty mischevious in his own right. The Cheshire for my postcard series is much more uh...flamboyant, as you can see below:

Whoa-ho right? Def. not giving off the same vibes as my other Cheshire. This ones all, " I wear tight pants. Don't act like you don't like it." *shakes his lil tush on the cat walk* I'm thinking of having roses and that lil bell repeat in the background behind him, but the roses will be kind of tainted and wilted, with an over all purple and blueish black tone.

See, I have this WHOLE story in my mind that relates to my Alice world...I guess I kind of imagined this Cheshire as the Cheshire tainted by the Red Queen. My Mad Hatter is missing an eye...I explained (and I use that word loosely) some of this in a previous post.

I am but an artist to the core.

So for some stuff I enjoy and often find inspiration in:

1. Burlesque
2. Steampunk
3. Lolita
4. Carnival

I think I really want my next theme to be something with a carnival...I just love those types of outfits. The striped leggings, frills, crazy face paint...I can't help it, its fun to me. Probably part of my obsession with Cirque Du Soleil has to do with that, lolz.

Ever read Kuroshitsuji? They have a wonderful circus that comes along in the middle of it that I just loved. Well, actually the circus was pretty demented but thats getting into the story and I don't feel like doing that. Anyway, the character design was quite enjoyable at the least.

I really liked Joker, Doll, and Dagger. Just the designs of the outfits and facial make-up was lots of fun to look at. The Flying Blanco were pretty cute as well. I think I wouldn't mind cosplaying as one of the troup honestly, but I'd want the whole group before I did that. Otherwise, it just wouldn't feel right.

Anyway, I think a fun BWDF would be a carnival design. Each person is designated a stage act and they design an image for it. Oooh, could do it as a poster design. THAT could be neat. I rather like that idea and will probably submit it next.

Also, I have greated a group for those who want to join Bi-Weekly Draw Fest on facebook that is free for anyone to join. Just search "Bi-Weekly Draw Fest" under groups and it should pop up.

Angels and Clowns, Round and Round

Not too long ago, my Uncle Bill passed away after complications related to cancer and surgery. I had drawn this angel as something to give my Uncle Richard, his husband, as a more personal way of expressing how sorry I was for his loss. I wanted to share that up here today with everyone as it may become inspiration for another series of drawings: Angels. I'll probably order a print of this with my "Star" image to send to Richard anyway.

Hmm...

So the theme, as aforementioned, for this next Bi-Weekly DF is "Stars." I have sketches of an image that I was thinking of using but now I may change my mind and do an angel image to add to that. Or maybe, depending on time, do both. Yeah..thats more likely. Maybe not necessarily for DF but the idea. I think stars would look pretty behind an angel, da?

The idea i've thought up for my star image thus far is related to the Alice series without really being related. She is not any character i've done thus far, but the clothes are more wonderland-y than anything else I can think of,really. My sketches consist of a girly sitting on a tilted tea cup, with a galaxy spilling out and around her. Its a fun concept I think, and if I can pull it off, should be quite pretty.

Speaking of Bi-Weekly Draw Fest, I have quite a few ideas of concepts to play with when its my turn to decide what we're drawing...

1. Circus
2. Mod style
3. Retro cartoons (Rainbow Brite, Jem and the Holograms, Lady Lovely Locks, etc)
4. Candy Land
5. Music Band or Music Icon

All of these I think could be quite fun, da? I wanted to list before I forgot, because I know that the time would've come around and i'd be sitting there all, " I know I had something great I wanted to do!"

Anyway, thats the extent of it today...don't want to ramble too far.

Bi-Weekly Draw Fest

So for starters, I have completed my cherry stationary drawing. I have to say though, I dont really like it. I was okay with it at first, but then it kind of turned into not liking it rather quickly as soon as I applied color (go figure.) I know now how I should've gone about things, by keeping the line work seperate and then having a seperate colored layer, but hey, live and learn right? Now i'll know better the next time we take on stationary. Anyway, here it is, my cherry tree drawing:

This one below is Chrissy Powells creation for the cherry theme. She says its incomplete as well. We both seem to have quams with ours but like I said, its a learning process! I think its really cute really, and that a lil shading would've pushed it into the "finished" place. Its pretty cute though =}

You can find more of Chrissy's stuff at

www.robosuplex.blogspot.com

In relation to this, the next Bi-Weekly drawing assignment has been released. Its been decided that the drawing will be done in print format, as a Giclee print, so thats neat.

The topic is:

Now, it doesn't matter how stars are fit into it really. They can be in the background, they can be entertainment stars, they can be pattern in the background, anything. I've been thinking and im still unsure how to take it...Will probably try to create something to tie into my Alice series. Or maybe not...I dont knooooowwww. What do you think? I could create a seperate piece to add more variety or add another piece to the Alice series to help it expand? Im unsure...


In other news: I might have a bite on my Alice series...she seems to be requesting a cheshire, which I already have several drawings of but they're all boys, and I feel she may be asking for a female version similiar to White Rabbit. Perhaps I should do a drawing of Cheshire and Mad Hatter to fit those drawings. Obviously not in panties and bras, and ya know, lolz.