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And the other odd thing, why is there a MTV Music Video Awards? When was the last time a music video actually played on MTV. I think you need to have MTV2 to see any videos.

Here are some of her sculptures that are on display at YorkArts She won an award of distinction for her work "Passage and Presence: Figure Series," composed of several ceramic figures in this weekend's YorkArts fine art juried exhibition.

Artist statement: I am making art to communicate the restless journeying of life, how the body inevitably decays, and how we as humans are all intrinsically flawed and broken. I am continually amazed at the many products and procedures intended to keep the body looking and feeling younger. Through my artwork I am examining the notions and stigmas related to old age, this is evident in my piece Passage and Presence. The piece is a series of small busts whose bodies are in various states of decay. Particularly I am interested in the way that the mind may be decaying while the body remains intact. Or how a broken body may be hindering further development of an ever-aging mind.

Look, how cute is this handbag? My husband bought this handbag for me from the Bon-Ton. This was a definate splurge because I would never spend what he did for this handbag. But I love it! And it definately gets noticed.

Okay, rule of thumb handbags and shoes don't have to match, but these shoes are so cool looking and yes, they're orange.

These Marciano Lucite wedge slingback sandal are to die for. I love shoes, but have really small feet. I wear a size 5 to 51/2. These come in 6 (so I won't be buying them) but you can get them from Victoria's Secret online store at

I buy the majority of my shoes at VS because they have a wide selection of shoes that come in my size.

Last on my list of Orange accessories is nail polish. O.P.I. nail polish is great. The color selections are plentiful and the quality of the product can't be beat. And Target now carries the O.P.I brand.

Under the Design pull down menu there is Styles tab, don't go there!!!! Or you're blog will be messed up like mine.

This is a vector based illustration. Here are the steps that got me to the finished lamp.

Everyone seems amazed at the fact that I am able to draw on the computer and how do I do it. They also are under the impression that it must take a real long time to create something on the computer. Well, not exactly. In this first step I have draw only the left side of the lamp using the pen tool. Which took about 5-7 mins.

Now, for a shortcut. I use the reflect tool And what this tool does is make a duplicate copy. I will then use this copy of the left side image to make the right side and thus create the whole image

Using the gradient tool I'll add color and dimension to the lamp.

My lamp is not quite done. I want to add a light source inside my lamp. To do this, I first make a copy of the three greenish window panels of the lamp. Then I turn them into what's called a compound path. I then use the flare tool and create a flare. I then take my compound path and bring it in front of the flare and create a mask. The mask contains the flare effect and gives me my internal light source.

And again here is the end result.

I don't know how I drove my car without it. iLove it!!! All my favorite iTunes neatly organized on my iPod now can be easily listened to in the car. It's so easy to setup and I can preset three radio stations to play my iPod through.

What's on my playlist:
Everyday is Like Sunday by Morrissey
Yellow by Coldplay
Viva La Vida by Coldplay
The Last Thing on Your Mind by Lights (featured in the Old Navy commercial)
Hands to Heaven by Breathe
How can I fall by Breathe
Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie

There about 10 other songs on this playlist, but when I get this far I end up hitting the back button to start the playlist again. So, I have been listening to the same seven songs about 20 times a day.

Again, I scanned the image into photoshop. I set the pencil sketch layer to multiply. I set the sketch layer to multiply so that the white part of image becomes invisible, and allows for me to add color on a layer beneath easily. I also boosted the contrast of the sketch in levels bringing up the shadows, midtones, and holding the highlights. This brought out the texture in my sketch drawing since I was using a regular pencil. Drawing pencils are different, and come in a variety of heavier lead weights so you can add contrast to your sketch drawings. But, I didn't have any drawing pencils on hand, so I made do with what I had.

The final page design is set to print in this Sunday's paper.

Another fascinating and perplexing question that I had about the ‘Hulk’ was how is it that when Bruce Banner changes into the ‘Hulk’ his shirt completely rips off his body, but his pants just have a few rips in them?

Well, Chris, the sports editor sent me a link explaining this mysterious wardrobe malfunction. http://www.nypost.com/seven/06102008/entertainment/hulk_s_pants_at_a_glance_114827.htm

Here is the preliminary sketch I created.

I added some more details, sketching in a torn paper effect.

I then scanned my pencil sketch into Adobe Photoshop. I changed the pencil sketch layer's opacity to multiply. I then created a blank layer below it and, on this layer is where I added my color.

In this last image, I added another layer to give my art some texture to mimic paper.

Another detail in this last image is the size of the hands. I lassoed the hands and cut, then pasted them onto their own layer. This way I could resize them to make them bigger.
To see the final design, open tomorrow's York Daily Record/Sunday News paper.

Here's a sneak peak at my page that will run next Saturday in Flipside Weekend.

Here are my preliminary sketches I did. I then scanned them into Adobe PhotoShop. I added color to the images in photoshop. These are all original sketches nothing was traced. I sourced several publicity photos to capture their likenesses in my drawings.

Isn't he a cutie? I'm talking about the dog. (My husbannd is still cute too.)