Meek Lions

Working from home, working on a Saturday.... working.

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:33:00 +0000

Source.

Что наша жизнь: не привыкнешь — подохнешь,не подохнешь — привыкнешь.

Если у человека нет проблем, то с ним и поговорить не о чем.

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Source.

Nothing ever really goes away.

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:50:00 +0000

Back again, not for long

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:53:00 +0000

(click the image to see full size)

Last night with some dead of night inspiration I penned (and penciled) out this little sketch dedicated to 5 people. Too many inside jokes to explain. Just so you know, most of this has a double meaning. The less you understand, the better it is for the person it's describing. I didn't want to do everything in pen because I really like the look of pencil sketches. Oh! And as you can probably see, I finally have a good scanner for this! The color and quality is so much better than photographs. I am content now. Oh, and yes, that is a penis. Believe it or not, I shaped it that way on accident. Then I took advantage of the situation. Can't wait to share my sketches with the (future) kids.

i didn't draw this, but i wish i did

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:37:00 +0000

weheartit

this is so gorgeous. the details are remarkable. i also love the simple but classy signature. i need to improve mine. i love this. i wish it was mine. still got that cough by the way. which is great, since i have a fashion show to attend tomorrow. yay for publicity. i drink about 10 cups of tea (black, green, and chamomile) a day. right now it is chamomile and spoonfuls of honey. my methods are advanced, don't judge.

Can I please have time to sketch again?

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:31:00 +0000

Wikicommons - i should put one of these in a sketch.

my dumb dream: i drove to the school bus and got on (why i'm taking one? to go to school, of course). i put my car keys in my pocket. and what do I realize? i am still in my robe and slippers. and i'm on the bus now. i panic. why the heck did I not get dressed before going out, i think to myself. i see a friend, ask them for a phone, they give me one. very strange phone (like those old phones with a spinning dial), obviously very damaged, but whatever it works. i call my boyfriend, he picks up and he's already in the car driving behind the bus with my shoes and clothes. i'm like, thank god you noticed! he didn't have my backpack or phone though but that was not that bad. my dream ended, i never got those clothes.

was this from thinking about clothes so much lately? or have my school years come back to haunt me? i did take a yellow school bus from elementary to high school. good times. i feel old now. fantastic.

UPDATE: Here is some commentary about my dream from a friend... "maybe the universe is telling you that clothes will eventually leave you feeling naked!" There could be something to that.

late night foxes, wood, and key

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:10:00 +0000

ffffound

imgfave

it was decided a while ago, but I want to repeat, there will be foxes in my next sketch. the other images here are also inspiration for this sketch. i love hot chocolate on a rainy day. too bad it isn't raining.

Random color combo

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:49:00 +0000

we heart it

ffffound

ffffound

ffffound - my name is fox. there will def be one in my next sketch.

I have a cough. My office has run out of hot water. I can't make tea. I guess I will keep working then. My cough is getting worse.

Could it be?

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:22:00 +0000

i am back. i will offer no explanations, only that I have missed this little blog. my first blog. i have not sketched in a while. this makes me sad. i do have an exciting idea that I hope to pen out soon. as soon as the dust settles a bit.

i am absolutely in love with the song from the simone collection. i wish I could find out the name, but there is no way. is there?

i have seen so much clothes inspiration today, oh my god. it makes me want to buy a dummy (like the one in the picture) and dress it up all day in combinations of my clothes. seriously, the fashion treasure is layering! im actually getting sick of basics and want more extravagance. if only. if only i could afford everything i wanted.

i hear snoring. lucky man.

picture via the luxe chronicles

Meek Page 19: Mad House

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:27:00 +0000

I've been too busy to update this daily :( But here is my latest sketch!

I'm not going to explain much. The inspiration for this comes from the past couple of months of my life. You can look at this as a mix of listening to "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2" by My Morning Jacket, "G4L" by Rihanna, and "White Blank Page" by Mumford and Sons, while driving to a meeting, planning a community service trip to Tijuana, and writing a research proposal that you'll be working on until March 2010 (among other things like classes, the 9-5, and you know a personal life). I should probably add a variety of Russian songs to that list too. Yes, exactly...all over the place like the sketch, but it's been a little chaotic around here lately. Got2Run!

Meek Page 18: Cosmetically Conscious

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:02:00 +0000

Here is a sneak preview of the new header I've made for my new Cosmetically Conscious blog!

If you haven't seen it yet, check out my new blog:
http://cosmeticallyconscious.blogspot.com

Blogging Vacation

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0000

I'll be back soon! But for now, I'm deep within the trenches of academia. My research design is intense, my mental strength is fading. Excuse the vacation, for in research proposal waters I'm wading. Did that just rhyme? I really need to go now.

That's from my home themed sketch, a few months back. And that's how I feel right now, except I have pants on.

P.S.
I'm hoping to preview my new blog Cosmetically Conscious on Friday October 30, just as the last moments of October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) are leaving us.

P.P.S.
I also want to thank Meryl for her beautiful guest post while I was out of town! I loved it. She should start her own blog! Just an idea...

GUEST SKETCH- by Meryl MM

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:14:00 +0000

This sketch is my first completed one in my Moleskine (given as a gift by Anastasiya). There are multiple themes that run through this sketch, and I think they can be summed up with 5 words:

time, distance, love, freedom, movement

The drawing is completely different from my first ideas for it, as the original inspiration was the view of the La Jolla coastline. I had the coastline sketched for a while, until I finally decided that I didn't like it and took it completely out.
The lines and swirls represent wind, and that's the only aspect I carried forward to the present sketch. I was into drawing faces at the time, so I was just experimenting with them on the page, and thought it would be a cool idea if they didn't have structured faces and just morphed into the wind, while the wind also morphed into the bird (the movement aspect of the sketch).
If you look closely, there are words by the clock and the compass, which state one side of the ironic views of time and distance (whether they heal or do the opposite).

I love the way this sketch turned out, and I'm simultaneously working on about 4 others, as I switch between them when I get bored/frustrated. The next one that will most likely be completed is a design inspired by windows I saw during my trip to India this summer.
Here are images similar to my own inspiration (i love everything with these types of designs):

by Designamour

Thursday Excitment!

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:51:00 +0000

It's Thursday, but tomorrow is Friday and that means it's our 5 year anniversary trip to Vegas!
My friend Meryl (you remember, the one who used to talk to trees as a little girl!) has just finished her sketch (in a moleskine YEA!). Tomorrow, she'll be here doing a guest post and showing off her new artwork! Exciting?! Yes! See you on Monday!
Here's some inspirational images for your weekend! Do some art!!!

Check out this artist's FLICKR!

Found through imgfave who linked it to Saturnic's Livejournal.

Wednesday Wit...

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:44:00 +0000

A while ago, I found this amazingly talented artist: Anna Rusakova
I was excited to see that she does Moleskine collages too! Her artwork is incredibly intricate and I love her detailing! She is from Kiev, Ukraine and most of the writing in her sketches is in Russian.

Some of my favorites by her:

How's that for inspiration!

Monday Blues Cure!

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Here is some gorgeous inspiration for this Monday which is NOT that bad today:

No original sources. Found on Imgfave.

I guess it's because it's not a regular Monday. It's October 12th. It's our anniversary. We're celebrating five incredibly amazing years together.

Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Busy day. Breast cancer prevention links will have to wait a bit. Instead today I want to show two sketches from some of the earlier posts.

Visit: http://www.pinkribbon.com/Visit: http://www.feelyourboobies.com/

Wednesday Wit - Breast Cancer Awareness Month

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:37:00 +0000

In honor of this important month, I want to post some beautiful quotes about cancer. I love how quotes can sometimes sum up a feeling that you can write about for pages and pages. Some of these quotes do that.

During chemo, you're more tired than you've ever been. It's like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you're out. You don't know how you'll answer the door when your groceries are delivered. But you also find that you're stronger than you've ever been. You're clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it's instantaneous. ~Melissa Bank

One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps. ~Georg Groddeck

This next one isn't directly related, but can be applied to so many experiences in life:
When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom

I hope any woman that reads this is doing self-check exams weekly and gets her annual exam every single year. The doctor keeps telling me to come back in 2, but I still go every year. There are so many preventive measure to take! Mammograms, vegetables, soy, exercise, and so much more. I'll post some of those tomorrow or friday.

Meek Page 17: She Can Take Her Someday

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:25:00 +0000

Well what do you know... I came home today and really wanted to do something in my moleskine. Just when I least expected it, with my busy busy busy schedule. Here it is:

I stuck gold leaf in several places. The roses aren't attached but I plan to leave them there so they can dry between the pages. I love weddings, but I've only been to one and I was the flower girl so it was a while ago. By the way, wouldn't it be cute to have a woman as the flower girl instead of an 8 year old? It would be so avant-garde! In June 2010, I'll be attending another one and watching a friend of many, many years strut beautifully down the aisle! So exciting.

Monday Blues Cure

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:49:00 +0000

I'm in for a tough week. On a brighter note, I'm looking to order some mags! I'm looking at Vegetarian Times, Health, and Cooking Light. Any other suggestions? I also want to announce that I'm working on a new blog which will be called Cosmetically Conscious. It will follow my journey in search of cleaner cosmetics without the unnecessary chemicals they have all to often. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to open the blog within the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more details on that!

I found this crazy cool photographer: Lilya Corneli

I want to sketch this!

I saw (and liked) this today: "If it weren't for double standards, I wouldn't have standards at all."

Friday Style Inspiration!

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:07:00 +0000

Friday! FRIDAY! Friday!!

I love this image...

Artist is Stephan Balleux. Found through ffffound.

This one too...

From ffffound. No source :(

First of the Month-- Painting! (3)

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:11:00 +0000

Hello October!
I have a perfect painting to show you! I made it for my love two years ago and it now hangs in our home. I found some autumn colored leaves and sketched out a little collage of them. This took layers of paint, mostly because I kept changing the colors of the leaves. At the end, I was really happy with the texture.
As a side note, the picture in the first photo left of my painting is not by me. I don't even know who it's by. I cut it out of a poster once and put it on a black background. Looks great, wish I'd done it.

Wednesday Wit

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:00 +0000

SO I missed the bus today... which is bad, but hey mama said there'd be days like this. My love got to leave early from work because he had facial hair. Yea. SO what's an out-of-work couple to do on a wednesday afternoon?? We're going OUT!

Some inspirational quotes for your wednesday...

The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly -- because if they don't speak fast nobody will listen to them.
-Michael Caine

Life is so unlike theory.
-Anthony Trollope

TOMORROW, I will put up another painting of mine... and we will also be going BACK to work.

Meek Page 16: Untitled

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:00 +0000

Ballet. I'm taking it and there is so much nostalgia. And wow, ballet slippers and leggings just go so well together!
Latest:Just pencil this time. I've shown the girl on the left already. There's a tsunami warning in SoCal? Sorry, off topic... I just read a warning. Well, I'm itching to go see these twenty-something foot waves now! But, back to the sketch. I'm not in a sketching mood lately, so I probably won't be doing much in the next couple of weeks. A lot of other things going on.. very important things that will need my full attention. I don't want to stop blogging though, so I think I'll change some things up to make it more manageable.

Monday Blues Cure Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Anastasiya P.) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Weather's getting cooler... jackets and scarves are coming out from hiding... I see more clouds in the sky. Could it really be fall? I have waited so long.

Check out this place for more fall fashion ideas. It's another site like stylesightings.com. I love how the people featured are not all professional designers.

Here is a monday blues cure inspirational image:

I chose this image because my old roommates and I have totally done this before. One night we went to see Diva's in Denial (a drag show) and were given stick on mustaches which we wore all the way home and then had a party, not taking them off of course. My favorite one was on my tree-talking friend, MM, because it was gray and her hair and eyebrows are pitch black. These boys are so cute!! Image from imgfave, no other source.