Artsy Angel

Flower Monster

2012-01-31T08:00:00.002-05:00

So here is a photoshop doodle (find the sketch here) I started a while ago and just finished it the other day. Might not keep the 'wood' background though...

A little mushroom

2012-01-30T08:00:00.004-05:00

Remember when I said I was going to try embroidery!?

Well I tried it. I like it. Yes I know this is very small and simple but Im proud of it.

Does anyone else do embroidery? Whats the best kind of material to work with? Or any tips?

I like necklaces

2012-01-29T08:00:00.003-05:00

Not too long ago (but it sure feels like it) I won a giveaway over at The Perfect Pear. I won a mustache necklace from Sunshine Bliss. I've won things before (not very often though) but I really love this necklace. I've always wanted to get something mustache related anyways!

It's very nicely made and good quality too. And if I remember correctly it was well packaged too. I've been wearing it a lot lately.

One thing that bugs me about shorter necklaces is that sometimes they're too short and I feel like im being choked. But this necklace is just prefect! (Probably should have taken a picture of me wearing it.. oops.)

Even Cap likes it.

New Camera!

2012-01-28T08:00:00.010-05:00

I got myself a new camera. No, not another film camera. (well, I did but it isn't working.) I upgraded from my Pentax *ist DL to a Pentax K-r and it's so awesome, I love it! So I just want to show off my new camera and what it can do. This post is very picture heavy. :]

I went a little camera-happy and just took a whole bunch of pictures of Captain when I got home from the store.

I took a lot of pictures the next day around our apartment. This is my new pink frame, I hope I find more in the future.

A shot of my fotoclip wall.

Just some of our movies.

Captain got bored... So we went for a walk.

You can see the snow fluff! My old camera wouldn't be able to do that unless I used the flash.

Love this shot, Look how happy Captain is!

And we made our way to the beach.

There were a lot of people there walking their dog's too but I got a few shots like this with no people. :]

Look at the pretty colours!

I'm so glad I got my camera. I can see such a big difference in the quality alone. My new camera has a bunch cool settings too. I can't wait to take it to the Zoo!! I'm hoping to go within the next month or two.

Now I just have to try to sell or pawn my old camera off but no pawn shop wants it. They all said it was too old?! (It's only 5 maybe 6 years old) I thought pawn shops were supposed to buy your old stuff? One guy offered $60... are you kidding me? :[

Actionsampler GIF's

2012-01-27T08:00:00.004-05:00

Happy friday!
It's been a while since I made and posted some actionsampler photo GIF's!

I was trying to be cool and get a shot of the mushrooms in mid air. Well, you get the idea.

I have no clue...it was windy?

Cap found a buddy! Look at his cute tail. :]

... I'm dizzy.

Inspire Me Thursday #13

2012-01-26T08:00:00.002-05:00

So very detailed.

She must have been cold.

I love shots of birds flying.

He's so perfect and gross.

So cool.

The Sketchbook Project Video

2012-01-25T08:00:00.003-05:00

I always see a lot of people doing these kinds of videos to show off their finished sketchbooks. So I wanted to do one too!

Sorry for the low quality but I guess it was a really big video. This is as good as I could get it.

Nail Art 24: Colourful Hearts

2012-01-23T08:00:00.005-05:00

I've seen this done before and always ment to try it myself.

I don't know how that smudge/mistake happened on my middle finger with the blue. :[

I think I might be doing these again, for valentines.

This is very easy to do and great if you already have nail polish on. I already had my nails done for a few days and they started chipping at the ends. I was going to go home and clean them off. Then, I remembered about the heart tips I wanted to try out...

Some more film

2012-01-21T08:00:00.005-05:00

There is something about getting a roll of film developed and not knowing (or remembering) what's on it. :]
These are a few of my favourites from a couple of rolls that I had developed recently. Sadly one of the rolls had all blurry pictures, taken with the camera my Grandpa gave me. But i'll try again!

Pretty sure this was taken with my Capital. I was on a train, going home. Love the clouds.

I love my actionsampler. Love it. The pictures are never 'good' pictures but they are just so awesome. This was taken last summer at the dog park.

I don't remember taking this one or why, maybe I just wanted a shot of the sky?

This one was also taken last spring/summer. Walking home from a friends house.

I have so many shots like this at the dog park, it's not even funny.

If you're interested, there are a few more on my flickr.

the Sketchbook Project Update 8

2012-01-20T08:00:00.003-05:00

I forgot to show you the front and back of my sketchbook!

I like it. I really like how the skull girl turned out on the back. I need to use that blue more often. I used acrylic paints.

This is obviously the sketch I did before painting it.

Inspire Me Thursday #12

2012-01-19T08:00:00.000-05:00

Sooo cute. Love the orange eyes!

Creepy but cool.

So cute and so little.

Model is so pretty and I love that hair cut.

Pretty and simple.

the Sketchbook Project Update 7

2012-01-17T08:00:00.000-05:00

The last of the sketches...

A rainbow hair girl. I used to do these a lot. Just blow water paints around with a straw.

A pretty girl, maybe a princess?

Another pretty girl. Felt like drawings some dots and details.

the Sketchbook Project Update 6

2012-01-15T07:45:00.000-05:00

I love this one. I'm thinking of making at least another one. Maybe a painting. Their antlers/tree branches are supposed to make a heart. Do you see it?

I was in a mood to draw a fox.

I always like drawing nerdy girls with glasses.

Nail Art 23: Wood

2012-01-14T08:00:00.002-05:00

I did these a long time ago.

Something a bit more simple and not as 'flashy'.

the Sketchbook Project Update 5

2012-01-13T07:45:00.002-05:00

Yeah, it kinda looks like me. I mixed random paints to make the hair.

I love this. After I sketched this I was too excited to not finish inking it.

And a cute blue dinosaur!

Happy friday the 13th! (My favourite day and number)

Cute Blue

2012-01-12T15:00:00.001-05:00

Thought I'd post this doodle I did at work yesterday. I wish I had a cintiq at home.
Hope you're having a good day!

Inspire Me Thursday #11

2012-01-12T08:00:00.000-05:00

Cute. I like the solid colours used.

The monster just makes me happy. :]

So pretty!

This hoodie is awesome. I want it.

Lovely, love how they did the dress.

Dream Catcher

2012-01-11T08:00:00.001-05:00

Growing up I remember always having a dream catcher in my room. The other day I decided to make my own little dream catcher. I'm not gonna lie though, I bought a dream catcher kit from the dollar store... but it didn't come with any instructions! I've never made one before and I probably should have looked online a bit to get an idea of what I was doing.

Well, I had fun and that's all that matters. I watched some videos afterwards and I found out I was pretty close. I just ended up using a lot of glue.

This was what was in my little kit. A metal hoop, some feathers, beads, string, a plastic needle (didn't really need it) and some leather strips. You can get most of these things from a dollar store, craft store, and stores like walmart. (I love walmart.) I think the hardest thing to find would be the hoop and leather. You could always use a bracelet, a strong necklace or basically anything that's a circle! Instead of leather you could always use other coloured string/yarn/fabric. I'm thinking to make another one with colourful yarn.

First I started wrapping the leather around my hoop. This was my first try, I think I was supposed to tie the ends together. Well I sucked at it so I got out my hot glue gun and glued the ends down.

See? much better! Glue and tape fixes everything.

Then I just went all over the place with the string. You basically make little loops with your string all around your hoop. You keep going until you can't anymore. Pop in a bead once in a while too. Next time I think I'll make the loops a lot closer together.

I think I was supposed to tie the bull thingy onto the hoop somehow... but I just ended up gluing it down.

And finally, the feathers... I didn't use the feathers from the kit. Instead I used my own colourful feathers. I glued them together and hid the glue with the beads. But really you're supposed to tie them together. See they make a rainbow? :]

Have you ever made a dream catcher? Am I the only one that used glue?

the Sketchbook Project Update 4

2012-01-10T07:45:00.000-05:00

I finished my sketchbook and mailed it out this past weekend. So I'm a bit behind on showing you the sketches I did in the sketchbook. I'll be showing you about 2 - 3 sketches per post instead of one by one. This way you won't get bored.

Had to draw atleast one zombie.

I felt like drawing something lace-y and deers.

This didn't come out how I wanted it but it looks cute.

CD Cover - Samuel Sixto & Ingrid Rondel

2012-01-09T08:00:00.003-05:00

A while back (a year ago!) I answered an ad for a volunteer illustrator position. The person I did the illustration for Samuel-Sixto, was working on their next CD and wanted to get a few artists together to make a small illustration for each of their songs. (I'm assuming it would be kind of like a small art booklet inside of the CD case.) Anyways I remember I was job-less so I had a lot of free time for this.

I had a lot of fun with this one. He wanted each drawing to have; a boy (himself), a girl (the other artist on the CD), a turtle, a paper boat, the planet earth, a star and a treble clef. I picked a song called 'un monde meilleur' which means "it's not like you have to drink the sea". So the idea was that the two characters would be drinking from the sea with straws.

There are plans for me to make another illustration for another song. I'll probably post about that later too. The CD was supposed to be out in the summer of 2011 but I guess they moved it to this coming summer.

Goals for 2012!

2012-01-08T09:16:00.000-05:00

I thought I'd share some of my goals for 2012 with you. This is weird to me because this post is all text, which I never do. But I couldn't find a good picture for this post and I wanted to post this now.

1. Paint - once a month.
I used to paint a lot, like on a regualr basis. My paints were never put away because I always had something else already sketched out and waiting to be painted next.

2. Get more crafty - make a doll.
In high school I took all the art related classes, one of them was sort of like a craft course. The main assignment was to make our own stuffed doll/animal. I remember having so much fun making my clown doll. And every year I always say 'I'll make another this year'. But this is the year. I already have most of the supplies and I know where to get the rest.

3. Sew - try embroidery.
I like sewing, but not when I'm sewing a hole in a sock! Real sewing. I've always been very interested in embroidery. Over the holidays I found some very small embroidery hoops on sale. I'm gonna start out small.

4. Visit the Zoo
I love visiting the Zoo. It's a bit of a long ride though and visiting the Zoo takes all day for me. But Im hoping to visiting the Zoo this year at least twice. I also want to visit African Lion Safari, there's one in my hometown so next time I visit Im gonna try to sneak off.

5. Sign up for Fan Expo 2012.
We went to Fan Expo last year and had such a great time. We plan on going again, but this time we'll have a better display. I also want to ake and order some button and stickers for the expo. Maybe sell some paintings too? I was also thinking about trying to get into some other expo's or craft shows this year.

6. Update my Camera.
I've had my current Pentax *istd for about 5 (going on 6) years now. I think it's time for an update. I'm looking at the K-R or K-5. I'm sticking with the brand because I like it (my family is a pentax family, we've always had pentax or olympus cameras.) and I have a lot of the lenses and accessories anyways.

7. Sell online.
I already do sell my artwork online, but i'm talking about prints, original drawings and paintings. I'm hoping this will be the year I finally put something(s) in my etsy shop.

8. Be healthier.
By this, I mean I'm going to try to stop eating so late. (which is hard since I get home around 7pm.) Eat smaller amounts. Try to eat more veggies. Drink more water, because while I'm at work I don't realize how thirsty I am until I go on break. This also includes flossing. I've always been told that I need to floss. Some people can get away with not flossing and they're fine but I'm not other people. I need to floss.

What are your goals for 2012? Did you put up a list of them somewhere?
I went and bought two of those cork boards so we can pin up inspiration and notes to ourselves. Im hoping to turn our dining room (which is a mess) into sort of like a craft/workout room where our second computer can go (so theres more room in the living room) and Justin's weight set can go there too... even though it's so ugly!

Juice Box Photos

2012-01-07T08:00:00.000-05:00

Over the break I finished off my first roll of the Juice Box Camera. I noticed a lot of the pictures turned out a bit dark. Probably because it hasn't been sunny at all. (but I kept taking pictures anyways) The few pictures I took in the day time, when it was sunny came out awesome though! They all have these sweet light leaks on the left side of the photos.

"Hey. Hey Cap, I wanna take your picture. Look at me! Hey! Cap. Cap. Captain! Caaaap!"
p.s. Just so you know, that's not a muzzle. It's a dog leader.

Early in the morning. Heading to work, I think.

At the park.

At the dog park again. The colours over the water look so pretty.
I might put the Juice Box away for now. I will, for sure be using it like crazy over the warmer months though!

Movies of December Review

2012-01-06T08:00:00.001-05:00

Weirdly, we didn't see that many movies in December. I think it's because of the new jobs. Anyways we saw these two movies the day after boxing day. Yes, both one after the other.

Sherlock Holmes - A Game of shadows
I've always been a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. If you're seen the first one, (even though this isn't considered part two) you'll love this one too. It has the same witty banter as the first one but the story isn't as strong. Not saying the story sucked, it just wasn't as strong compared to the first one.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Such a good movie! We watched the original version, the one made in 2009 that's in swedish and has subtitles. The original is so good too. It's basically the same movie, just with english speaking actors. I found that they made the girl a lot uglier looking in this version though. I liked this movie so much, I plan on reading the books soon. I will say this though, this movie isn't a good choice for a holiday movie. It's pretty dark.

Did you see any good movies in December, or recently?

Inspire Me Thursday #10

2012-01-05T08:00:00.000-05:00

Very cool. Reminds me of Wednesday from the Addams family.

Love this photo. Look at all those wires.

Pretty. Very creative.

I wanna be there, fishing with my dog!

Great work.

WIP: The Sketchbook Project

2012-01-04T08:00:00.001-05:00

Eye see you!
Thought I'd post a little teaser of the sketchbook project. It's almost done!