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LIVE or DIE Collection Swatch Videos

2014-10-23T20:51:00.004-07:00

Unfortunately, my camera can't seem to capture the colors very well so I took some quick video swatches of the colors. Future swatches will be done, but for now; here they are:

TOP L-R: Flaming Antidote, Shotgun Carousel, and Insides OutBOTTOM L-R: Pendulum of Justice, Gideon, and Acid Drip

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Top L-R: JIGSAW, Amanda

Bottom L-R: the Surgeon, Billy

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Top L-R: the Widow, Crooked Cop

Bottom L-R: Reverse Bear Trap, Needle Pit

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Top L-R: Gideon, Flaming Antidote

Bottom L-R: Scalper (video doesn't show the duo much ) , Twister Revenge

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Top L-R: Pendulum of Life, Shotgun Carousel

Bottom L-R: Insides Out, Acid Drip

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S.U.R.V.I.V.E

Like I said, future swatches will be posted

06.09.13 - Moving my blog...

2013-06-09T14:39:00.003-07:00

X-posting to all my other ones...

As you can read above, I've started up a new blog and decided to just maintain that one blog. Instead of having 3, I'll just have one. Of course I'll label them and etc...in case you don't want to read about... whatever lol. I just thought this would be easier to do. Please don't mind the blog template, I still haven't decided what I wanted yet.

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05.18.13 - Spring/Summer 2013 Releases and their inspirations

2013-05-18T15:42:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile. I've had a TON of problems with my internet connection, personal life, and just been busy with work in general.

This will be a non-photo post. Since I'm scared my internet is going to crap out on me!

Remember, I update on my Facebook page more frequently...

I posted a few days ago on my Facebook page about the colors I'm releasing soon (hopefully at the end of this month; depending on my supply order that still hasn't updated *sigh* and my work schedule which is constantly changing).

2 new collections and 2 new colors for the Lurvlies collection.

First, let's talk about one of the collections: the Hagelstram Arsenal.

A long time ago, in 2009; the first colors I ever made were for my friend, Tabitha. In fact, if you've followed i+t long enough, you'll know who she is. She's the one who inked my first few i+t drawings. She's the one that re-did my logo to what it is now. She was my really good friend. Sadly, we've lost touch since I opened i+t. She lives in Finland and doesn't go on the internet often. It's been years...

Because of her help, I created the Hagelstram Arsenal in 2009 as a thank you. Hagelstram was one of the nicknames she liked to use back then. When I think of the word "hagelstram". I don't know why I think of spring-like colors. And gold. Most of the colors in the Hagelstram Arsenal have splashes of gold (shimmer/duochrome) in it.

Years went by and I decided to re-do them. I liked how they were originally but, the supplier had discontinued a lot of the ingredients that I used before. So, I had to reformulate them all. My friend, StrawberryMilkMade has agreed to help me make the label for it also. Since I didn't have the time to do it. So because she had a say in the set, I have also decided to carry on with StrawberryMilkMade's wishes which was to keep this set Vegan.

Also, the Hagelstram Arsenal will be part of the Lurvlies. It's just that her colors are 5 instead of just one.

Speaking of the Lurvlies, I made two new colors. One for a co-worker from work, Sally and the other one is for Luna of Toxid-Lotus fame. What?! Luna again? Honestly, it's because I'm going to discontinue Toxic Lotus. I didn't like how it came out and I like how the new color came out a LOT more.

Sally had asked me to make her a color. A pinky-purple one. That's what I did. That's how her color came about :P As for Luna's... I wanted it to be a gorgeous light blue with some sort of duochrome. ^_^; I really like how it came out. [No photos in this post because the weather has been crappy...]

And, last. The Birthday/Anniversary colors.

Last year, I wanted to do special birthday colors for the anniversary of i+t but because of personal problems I wasn't able to do it. This year, I decided to try and do them. Also, I wanted to have a special contest on naming the sisters but I decided not to because of the lack of time :(

I still have the art from last year that I did and am planning on using that for their labels and such.

Anyway, I think that's all. My eyes aren't feeling too great because of allergies (I didn't take my allergy medicine today)

01.03.13 - Hotaru from Hotarugari; colored with MAKEUP!

2013-01-03T23:19:00.000-08:00

I created an anime/manga artist group on Facebook about a year ago. My friend suggested we do a monthly art contest to show off our art (by the cover/banner). Our first contest was to draw Hotaru of Hotarugari. So that's who I drew. I was thinking I was going to color him (yes it's a guy, though I made him look very feminine -_-; )... and I decided I was going to use colored pencils.

Then, someone posted about what was the most weirdest medium they've ever used to draw with. She said that she used old makeup/unwanted makeup. I always wanted to try it out too and I thought this would be the perfect chance! Though, she warned me to color using copies of my drawing. But I don't like coloring on copies and color on originals...

I always start coloring the skin first, then the eyes....

SUPPLIES:

Inks - Sakura Micron 0.8

Applicators - Revlon Colorstay Eyeshadow Quads' sponge-tipped applicators

Makeup Used - CARGO blu-ray Pressed Powder in 20, Wet 'N Wild bronzer in Princess, and Coastal Scents' 88 Color Palette.

What!? I colored this with makeup!? Yeah, you heard me! This was actually a lot of fun to do! And it doesn't look like it was colored with makeup. It looks like awesome colored pencils or colored on the computer. O_o;

12.09.12 - Tragic Tuesday 2012

2012-12-09T13:19:00.001-08:00

I'd like to thank everyone for a successful Tragic Tuesday 2012 sale! Originally, I had planned on doing it later but a lot of people wanted it earlier so yeah! I pushed through crazy work hours and no sleep and have finally shipped everything off!

Just found these photos on my camera, which is why I'm posting. Lol... They're all waiting to be deco-taped and organized... This was just 1/4 of my orders. The following photos are only of the Lovely Tomie, Just Another Day, Holiday 2011, and the regular collections that were ordered...

Waiting patiently for tape...lalalala :)

Some of the clamshells...

Altogether! Yay!

And now, it's time for...this year's CORRECTION OF ERRORS!

1. Need a new laptop. NO JOKE! I've been getting the blue screen of death a billion times lately... Thankfully, I've saved everything important on my external hard drive. This laptop is on it's last leg...

2. Begin Tragic Tuesday at a LATER time! I keep forgetting that the store hours (at my regular job) have EXTENDED holiday hours! That means, I get home LATER and once I do... and my laptop starts bugging out... I can't start my sale on time! ;( So, I'll have to remember to make my sale LATER! (an hour?)

3. This year, I took the time to pre-package collections. I planned on pre-packing ONLY collection sets and I managed to do them for: Life is a Game, Endless Rain, and both of the Hell Wonderland ones. But once I got to Just Another Day and the Lovely Tomie sets; I ran out of time. ;___; So, next year, I'll have to do them EARLIER! Honestly, pre-packing the collection sets really helped [even if I didn't finish for all the collections]

4. Pre-label all my envelopes/boxes >__>; This was kind of a pain in the butt. Lol! But like I said, I ran out of time. [The labels, btw, are the return address labels] I should do this anyway! It would cut off so much time! As my labels are printed on a single sheet of paper and I have to cut (by hand) each label.

So far, that's all I can think of.

12.05.12 - Storenvy VS Etsy

2012-12-05T02:27:00.000-08:00

Okay, this isn't really a VERSUS post... More like a... why I'm back on Etsy... (and I can't sleep, so I'm up)

When I first started, I started out on Etsy. But they started charging up the wazoo and I found other places: Artfire and Storenvy. After Artfire's disaster >_>; , I decided to stick with Storenvy. Despite having all the problems lately [they've been updating it which is why it's been kind of screwy], I still really like Storenvy. Mostly, because you can completely customize your store.

The only downside about Storenvy is... it's not well-known. It's got a great community! (Have you checked out their forums?) But, trying to get your first sale is a bit tough. Lucky for me, I transitioned from Etsy to Storenvy and directed my customers there (slowly) and that's how I started selling through Storenvy. It didn't take me long to get my first sale... on that site, but I've seen so many people waiting on their first sale.

Anyway, the point of this post is... I'm back on Etsy (TEMPORARILY) to try and get some exposure. I don't have much time to advertise/social network any more/etc; so I thought with the help of Etsy's crazy popularity, it'll at least bring people to view my products.

I really wish I could make i+t my full-time job; as my actual job right now is really... not cutting it :( Anyway... this was just a rambling post ^_^; Don't mind me... lalalala! ^_^;;;

11.02.12 - BR Collection (Part 2) Swatches & Name change

2012-11-11T01:49:00.002-08:00

For Part 1, click here!

First of all, I've decided to change the name of the collection. I was never keen on the name when I changed it the second time. The first time, if you remember was killURclassm8s. But because it looked like an ad for... killing your classmates >_< I decided to change it but couldn't think of anything and made it boring ol' "the BR Act".

As you can see from the new logo, it's going to be called "LIFE IS A GAME" because of what the teacher says to the students "Life is a game... so fight for it!"

Remember in my previous post when I said that I made a CD cover and DVD covers for the movies? Look what I found! I couldn't find the first movie DVD cover though... >_<

Out of all the designs I did, this was my favorite one (the soundtrack)

This is what I did for one of the DVD covers. I didn't like the original cover, so I changed it a bit... As you can see, this is for the second movie.

Anyway! Onto the good stuff! ^_^;; Here are the rest of the colors for the collection. These are just quick swatches, all done over UDPP and under an LED light

Third-Man - Orange with a subtle red sheen and has red, and golden shimmers

Third-Man is based on the character (one of my faves, btw) Shinji Mimura.

Remnants of Life - a chocolate brown with rainbow shimmers

True Friends - Soft yellow with a strong golden sheen and shimmers.

I based True Friends on Shogo Kawada's "mission" (in the movie). Shogo Kawada had been a survivor of a previous game and oh, lucky him! He gets to participate again!

Voluntary Detachment - light blue with a golden sheen and slight red shimmers

Voluntary Detachment is based on the very popular Kazuo Kiriyama, who's basically very cold and quite...evil.

Poisoned by Paranoia - lime green with a golden sheen and has blue and purple sparkles

This color is based on my favorite scene in the movie. That's all I can tell you ;) You'll have to watch it...

Pride - Yellow with a subtle green sheen with blue and aqua shimmers

Pride is based on Takako Chigusa. She says one of my fave lines

"Come at me. Every inch of me will resist you!"

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Now, all the colors below are inspired by the second movie which I don't recommend seeing. It was bad... LOL! But what's the point in doing a BR collection if you don't include BRII?! Since this blog post isn't a review on the movies >_< I will refrain from telling you more. Lol.

Vengeance - Metallic blue-gray

This color is based on the character Shiori Kitano, who is *gasps* the daughter of the teacher in the first movie.

Anger Management - Magenta with a purple sheen and has gold and aqua shimmers.

If you've seen the second movie, you'd know why I call this color Anger Management or you wouldn't be surprised that this color is based on Takuma Aoi's character.

The White Line - White with a very subtle red sheen

The white line in the movie plays a big role in the second movie. ^_^;

Wild 7 - Dark mauve with a strong aqua sheen

Based on the Wild Seven

Death Partners - Sky blue with a strong yellow green sheen

In the second movie, the collars are connected to your partner. If your class number (male) 1 and (female) 1, then you're partners. The collars are the same as in the first movie, if you're in a Danger Zone, it'll explode. In the second movie; if your partner dies, so do you.

Anyway, that's the end of the swatches. I hope you guys check out the movie (not the 2nd one!!! Lol!), the novel, or the manga (if you're into gratuitous sex and violence. O_O; But it DOES follow the novel a lot). It's one of my favorite movies and novels!

11.01.12 - the BR ACT (Battle Royale Collection) PART 1

2012-11-02T00:11:00.001-07:00

I first encountered the movie about 8 years ago when I was on an Asian Horror movie kick. When I first saw it... I couldn't stop watching. I watched it 6 times once I got the DVD O_O;;;
My obsession with Battle Royale didn't stop there... I bought the hard to find companion book in Japanese, I have 2 BR t-shirts, I made a board game (this is for my graphic design class); I created new packaging for my dvd's of the first movie, second movie, soundtrack, AND that companion book (for my graphic design class).
I wish I could show you the packaging I did but a former co-worker of mine borrowed it and never returned it *cries waterfalls*
So, when the Hunger Games came out and everyone was obsessed with doing collections on that and etc, I was like "WHAT!? What about Battle Royale!??!?!" It took me a LONG time to do it (oh... personal problems! How they rear up at the wrong times! :P) but here I am, FINALLY working on it!!!
Here's the trailer for the movie.... When it came out to the U.S. on dvd... I had to get it O_O; OF COURSE!
And here is what I have SO FAR of my Battle Royale collection. I'll try and update this blog along the way. I want to get back into blogging >_>;;;
Btw, this collection is based MAINLY on the two movies. Honestly, I prefer the novel to the movie but I had lost it for awhile and since I've seen the movie more >_>...

Originally, I had called this collection "killURclassm8s" after a community I created on Livejournal a LONG time ago! But once I started designing the label... I realized I couldn't keep it :( So, I named it this...
The font that I used for the text "BR" is the actual Battle Royale font. ^_^; Obsessed much?
So, here I'm going to show you what colors I have so far and the inspirations for them....

Sweet Pandemonium is basically the chaos that the students feel. It's a dirty purple with a red and copper shift. It's hard to capture on the camera :(

Guadacanal #22 - a silver with red shimmers

The name and color are based on the exploding collars the students have to wear. The name of the collar is actually Guadacanal Model No. 22

You've Won! - a deep burgundy with red shimmers and golden sparkles

The class is chosen by lottery and they're the "lucky" ones that have to participate.

Example Kills - gray with a blue duochrome and blue shimmers

In the trailer above, it shows their teacher throwing a knife at one of the students. This was the example kill so they knew that the situation they're in was indeed a reality.

Danger Zones - Forest green with a coppery sheen and an explosion of red shimmers

They have danger zones throughout the story. If you're in the danger zone, your collar explodes.

No. 15 - light tan with a blue sheen and blue shimmers

No. 15 is based on the main characters: Shuya Nanahara (the guy) and Noriko Nakagawa (the girl). Their school assigns each student a number and they're both #15 (for female and male). I chose to do a light tan for their school uniform [remember my inspiration for this collection is based MAINLY on the movies] and blue for a ... "calming" effect, I guess.

Don't Wanna be a Loser [might change the name because it's too long] - Blue-based pink with a green sheen and green shimmers.

This color is based on the character Mitsuko Souma. I think her most famous quotes in that movie is "I just don't want to be a loser any more..."

Her character differs in the movie, novel, and manga. The manga and novel follow closely to each other... while in the movie she's just evil. In the novel (I didn't finish reading the manga because it's too gruesome), she may seem quite mean but she DOES have a slight soft side. (I said SLIGHT!) ^_^;

Anyway, that's all for now!

the BR ACT collection is quite a big collection! It'll consist of 18 colors. So far, I've only made 7 colors. I'm hoping to get this collection out by the end of November. I'm HOPING!!! ^_^;;;

08.17.12 - ♥ TOMIE ♥ and the inspiration... (LE Halloween Collection preview)

2012-08-17T14:48:00.004-07:00

My favorite holiday (HALLOWEEN! wee!!!) is coming up soon and I wanted to make a special collection for it. But, I didn't know what. I like doing themed collections as it seems I get more inspired to make colors based on those themes.

But, I didn't know what it should be.

During that time. I was re-reading one of my favorite manga: Museum of Terror, the re-released (under a different publisher and translator) version of TOMIE.

It suddenly hit me, halfway through the 2nd volume (those things are THICK!!!), that I should do my Halloween collection based on TOMIE.

I discovered TOMIE when I was in college at the local comic store. I had never read a horror manga before so it was my first time. Anyway, I was reading it waiting at the bus stop in the dark (there was enough light for me to be able to read it :P). The power had gone out in the city at the most perfect time, when I got to a really creepy part. O_O;;;

From then on, I inspired to be like Junji Ito (creator of TOMIE, Uzumaki, GYO, and many other horror stories). In fact, it was because of TOMIE that I started my own horror series: ALPHABET.

TOMIE is basically about a teen (I believe she's 16 or 17 years old) who was murdered by her classmates. She's extremely stuck up, lovely, and somehow makes people fall madly in love with her. Yet, they love her so much that she ends up being murdered over and over and over again!

Wait!? How does she get murdered so many times!? It's because she can regenerate. O_O; Yeah, you heard me. I know it sounds very strange and etc and I don't know, it sounds kind of stupid; ... but the way Junji Ito does it, is pretty amazing.

I believe Junji Ito does amazingly with obsession themes. I mean, have you read TOMIE or Uzumaki!??! O_o; While Uzumaki seems like the more popular story he's done, I love TOMIE the most.

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Anyway! I needed to do a drawing for the ingredients' listing. It takes me the longest to do art for collections and that's why I always start on the art first.

This is what I came up with. It's actually not finished...

This is only penciled, but I darkened it with Photoshop so you can see the pencils. I did a collage of the most famous scenes in TOMIE. I'll be inking this in ballpoint pen... as ballpoints seem to create a creepy air...

Scenes include: TOMIEs parading into town, TOMIE's head in a trash can, TOMIE being painted, TOMIE's head in a bag, TOMIE wanting you

This was a fun collage, actually :)

08.17.12 - Just Another Day Collection

2012-08-17T13:43:00.003-07:00

I need to update more often >_<;

Speaking of updates, I've said before that if you'd like updates on innocent+twisted, I mainly do it on my Facebook page.

Onto the main topic! Here's the latest collection, which is a limited edition. It's based on zombies :P My latest love! (Wait, that sounds weird)

Everything is swatched over Pixie Epoxy and in daylight

Contaminated Wastelands - Silvery brown with a hint of a green sheen and green shimmer

Corpse Door - light dusty blue with a purple sheen

I'm quite sad that the purple didn't show up in the photos :(

Draugr - Dirty white with a dirty green undertone

Flesh Hungry - purple with a blue sheen and blue sparkles

LIVING HOPE - tan with green shimmers

Viral Infection - Green with a blue undertone and has a golden duochrome and shimmer and has red sparkles

08.04.12 - NEW COLLECTION (preview)

2012-08-04T01:51:00.001-07:00

I was taking a walk around the neighborhood with my Mom and my Aunt a few days ago. It suddenly hit me, to create a small collection based on a zombie apocalypse. Yeah, you heard right!

Truthfully, I should have worked on the other ones that I've planned for awhile (BR, MKR, Paradise Kiss, etc) but I really wanted to do this one because it was a smaller set of colors. I, originally, wanted to make only 5 but I ended up making 6 colors. The theme is dirty and green, so most shades are kind of muddy/dirty looking and has some sort of green shimmer/sheen in it. (I said MOST :P)

The first thing I worked on was the label. I decided not to do a drawing and just made a logo label. I quite like it :)

I planned on getting the same people that made my Endless Rain labels but found out they're on vacation for awhile :/ So sad... so I decided to print the labels myself and do them like I did for the Lurvlies. Print on a glossy sticker paper and hole punch them.

Anyway, here's what you wanted to see. This is a horrible photo taken with my point and shoot camera (w/o flash; but under my OTT-LITE) and swatched over Pixie Expoxy

Top row (if you can see it) L-R: Silvery brown with a slight green sheen and green shimmers, metallic dirty green with a golden sheen, light blue with a purple sheen (you can't see it in the photo but it's noticeable in person).

Bottom row; L-R: Metallic tan, Off-white with a dirty green undertone, and a purple with a suble blue sheen and blue and green shimmers.

I don't have names for these yet but I do have them. Get it? LOL! I have a list of names but I haven't chosen which one would go for which. ^_^;

These should be out in a few weeks. I need to do the other things like:

-Ingredients listing

-Printing top jar labels

-Printing bottom jar lablels

The printing things are a little difficult for me to do since my store (my FT job) has decided to stop selling the ink I use. I could buy it elsewhere (online) but my workplace was more convenient AND I got a discount. But my friends have offered to help me print them out :) YAY!

As for future collections... no worries! I literally have a notebook with lists of ideas. That's what I did on my vacation from work... write down color ideas! Well, I guess that's it :)

07.29.12 - FANART: Yuno Gasai of Mirai Nikki

2012-07-29T18:36:00.001-07:00

In my anime/manga artists group on FB, I asked for some suggestions on some characters I should draw. Someone suggested Yuno Gasai from "Mirai Nikki". I had never ever seen this before. But I decided to try it out.

The decision though...was "do I draw in my own style or their style?" As you can see...I opted for their style.

This post should've been posted (:P) a few weeks ago. I just forgot...

Here's 90% of the pencils...

Inks...

Close-up of the psychotic look :P~

FINISHED!

Inks: Sakura Micron 0.5

Colors: COPIC markers and Deleter Neopiko markers[mostly these]

I didn't have the right shade of pink for the hair, so I layered 5 colors :P I think it turned out well :)

Selling the original here.... ^_^ I really like this drawing.

07.14.12 - She is the one named... SailorMoon

2012-07-14T11:53:00.000-07:00

Inks: Sakura Micron 0.3

Colors: Crayola Colored Pencils

I must've been on a drawing-roll or something because after I finished the Miss Liddles commission, I wanted to draw again (after this one too!). I didn't know what to draw and I kind of wanted to draw SailorMoon, so that's what I did.

Though, I didn't know if I should draw her in my style or just... umm their style (i guess?). So I did it in their style. I DO plan on drawing all of the characters in MY style though :)

I found this to be a nostalgia drawing because not only is it because of the actual character but when I drew her, I felt like I was in middle school again and drew like how I did in middle school:

-the head is slightly too big

-my inking is simple like before

-I had the same troubles when drawing her as I did before: the skirt, her hair, the bows...

-I couldn't color the way I do now... when I colored it ended up being the simple coloring that I did when I was in middle school.

Lol! It was so weird!

SailorMoon was my most drawn character that I have EVER done! [Chun-Li of Street Fighter II (and beyond lol) is my 2nd most drawn character] IN fact, I can draw her without looking at reference >_<;;;

I found out about SailorMoon when I was in middle school and that was even before it came out in English. My friend was the one that introduced me.

Anyway, you're going to see more fanart soon. Mostly because I can't really work on making new eyeshadows so I'll be working on drawings and selling them (the originals). I'll be posting them on my storenvy shop

07.11.12 - Commission #4 Miss Liddles

2012-07-11T22:06:00.002-07:00

Dun dun dunnnn! Here's my last bust-shot commission that I've done. I, actually finished this yesterday.

After I posted my previous one up on my deviantart account, some random person I didn't know or didn't even follow me suddenly asked if I could do one more commission. I said, sure. Obviously...if I didn't this post wouldn't be here >__>;; Please ignore my idiotic self :D~

I looked through her gallery and found out that she's a model. When I found out I was like OMG I hope she makes me draw her!!! Lol! YAY!!!! I got my wish because that's exactly what she asked for. She wanted me to draw her in my style. *dances*!

Here's her deviantart, so check it out. Mwahahah!

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to start until a week later, but she said it was okay.

I kind of took pix of my progress and posted it on instagram. BTW! If you have instagram, follow me! :D My username is line_day [<--lol! Shameless self-promotion]

I post mostly about my drawings....

Here's the start of it all.... Whenever I draw, I always seem to go through the same drawing process:

1. Draw the eyes first

2. Draw the face shape

3. Draw the nose

4. Draw the mouth

5. Draw the ears

6. Draw the neck and shoulders and map out the body

7. Draw hair

8. Add details

Here's the hair... My fave type of hair to draw is wavy hair! So it was a DREAM to draw this! Lol!

I took a photo with my point & shoot camera of the finished pencils...

Started to ink. For the previous commissions, I used a Sakura Micron 0.8 to ink, but I wanted the lines in this drawing to be a bit more delicate so I chose a different one Sakura Micron 0.3. Except the one I got was a brand new one and it was hard to use because the nib was so hard :/

I think I draw hair too detailed... -_-;

When I color, I also go through a certain process.

1. Color skin first (this had 4 layers of color)

2. Color the eyes

3. Color the lips

4. Color the hair

5. Color everything else :P

She had brown hair. Whenever I color brown hair, I always seem to fail. Mostly because I don't have the colors. Since I like layering colors,... I've found that whenever I use the peach as the base color... it always turns out pretty well :) That's what this image (above) is. The first layer is peach...

Here, I added a second layer... I added a light tan color.

I don't know if you can see where the colors are going...but ORIGINALLY, the hair was supposed to be a cool-toned brown color. This image above is 3 layers of color... (on the left, the right side is 2 layers)

But because my lighting is HORRID, even when using an OTT-LITE... I grabbed the wrong color. Instead of a neutral brown... I grabbed a cherry-mahogany-type color. It really really really did not look good!!! :(

But, I didn't want to re-draw the drawing. I thought of salvaging it by layering "like" colors and pretending that the neutral-toned colors I did before didn't exist. It did work except it still looked a bit weird. I tried using the colorless blender to blend them together but it didn't work. So, I grabbed a very light beige color and colored all over the hair...and it came out PERFECT!!!!!!!!!

Here's the final result! I didn't even edit it once I scanned it. I mean, you can tell from the dark line on the left side LOL. (that's because my paper is a little too big for my scanner)

WHEW! This drawing was tough to do but I enjoyed it :)

07.02.12 - Laptop woes & Bust-shot Commissions #2 & 3

2012-07-02T12:26:00.001-07:00

My laptop died for a bit. :( It was quite sad. I never realized how much time I spend on it until it died. My laptop is GINORMOUS so I use it as a desktop and don't lug it around. Because of that, I keep it plugged in and of course, it overcharges the battery and because of THAT...the battery is dead and useless.

The problem I had with my laptop was that my charger died. I was kind of panicking because I had a few orders and I had to finish up my commissions and because they're fanart or the person's original character, I needed some references... Looking at references on an iPhone screen wasn't going to cut it. X_x;

So, I checked out my store (my FT job) to see if they had some universal chargers and almost DIED at the price. Even if I used my discount, it'd probably still be $40-$70!!! X_x; THANK GOODNESS FOR eBay!!!! I found a charger (non-universal but made for this laptop) for $8!!! and that's PLUS shipping *dances*~

It arrived 3 days later!!! Yay!!! I was worried that it wasn't even the charger but the port that you plug it into. But, it was just the charger. I'm not very computer savvy but someone had asked if we had any power surges recently and we have. We've had like 5 of them last month [thanks to the weather getting too hot and everyone using their AC at the same time!]. So it was probably that!

Before the laptop died, the commissions were only pencilled. Once the laptop died, I used that time to draw and catch up on my dvd's >_<;

During that time here's what I accomplished, art wise: (this is an accomplishment since I haven't drawn in forever ;P)

1. Finished inking both commissions

2. Finished one of my [LIFE^2] prologue (for my comic) pages. The hardest page to draw!!!! <--extreme accomplishment!

3. Finished inking two other drawings for the i+t store.

Anyway! Once I realized that the laptop worked I hurriedly packed up orders and finished my commissions. All I had to do was color...which isn't very difficult... KIND OF...

While this was supposed to be my 2nd commission, I ended up finishing this one last because I hadn't colored in a long time and needed the practice (again).

Plus, this was a gradient hair O_O; I don't know how to do gradient hair!!! I didn't even think I had the colors for it [I didn't], so I layered the colors hoping they'd come close. :P

I don't know why the scan looks absolutely HORRID. It looks a billion times better in person!

This is the 3rd commission I did but finished 2nd. It's a fanart of Bakura from Yugi-Oh. The person that requested this wanted me to draw an albino rat on his shoulder.

I had a hard time drawing this because I draw very...shoujo-esque (aka...girly) and this character is very shounen-esque. The styles are quite different.

Anyway, I was testing out new markers too since they were the colors I needed. Well, I guess that's it.

As for innocent+twisted, I'm going to wait to make new colors until things have settled down in my life for a bit. That's why I'm doing art commissions for a bit.

06.11.12 - Art Commission #1 - Gillian

2012-06-11T01:17:00.001-07:00

I don't do art commissions much. I always feel like the drawing is not good enough. But I do commissions as a last resort and if I wanted to do commissions QUICKLY, I'd only do bust-shot ones because I'm most comfortable with drawing those.

I mostly don't do commissions because of my lack of confidence in art (as I've said above). The same could be said for this drawing. But the person who requested it thought it was awesome. As long as she loves it, then I'm okay with it.

She wanted me to draw her original character, Gillian. I thought it would be super fun as she had some funky hair :D But unfortunately, I didn't have those colors @__@; I have a billion markers (not really) but not the correct shades of pink ;__;

Here are the tools I used:

-2H pencil

-Magic Rub eraser

-9" x 12" Strathmore Smooth Bristol

-Sakura Micron 0.8 in black

-Markers: Crayola, COPIC, and Neopikos

When I was coloring this, I realized that I'm super rusty. I haven't colored (or drawn) in a LONG time and it wasn't coming out the way I usually color (super shiny hair!). I think I need to draw more O_o;

06.06.12 - Updates and what's going on and re-formulations

2012-06-06T23:14:00.001-07:00

I shouldn't be posting since I have to wake up super early tomorrow [stupid opening shifts ahh! D: ]. Anyway I wanted to update you on a few things.

First of all, yes, my shop is temporarily closed. Storenvy doesn't have a vacation mode, so I put it on "maintenance mode". I don't know how long it's going to be since I've got some things going on in my life that are getting quite complicated and I want to deal with that first.

In the mean time, I've been trying to stock up the shop since I've run out of a lot of colors. It makes me happy that you guys like them so much that I've run out ^____^

While the shop is on hiatus, I'll be trying to whip out some new colors and maybe try and make some pressed blushes for a trial run. Once the store re-opens, I'll also FINALLY try and have my birthday sale! X___x;

I've been working on new drawings (slowly) for months [gosh I'm so lazy :P] for the ingredients listings and flyers and such. Most of them are almost done (about 80% finished).

I haven't decided on what discount I'm going to give for the birthday sale yet, but I'll let you know ahead of time here and on my facebook page.

Remember how I did a re-formulation of Grieving Flame? Well, I had to do it for innocent and Heavenly Agony also.

Honestly, I didn't think Heavenly Agony would be such a hit but this is the second time I've had to make it. The new Heavenly Agony has more sparkle and is a little warmer in tone. I don't know why my re-formulations always turn out warmer ;P

innocent's texture is a TINY bit different, it's NOT as sparkly as it was before but it's still got a lot of sparkle. I hope that made sense O_o; It's just a TINY bit different, hardly noticeable. I just wanted to let you know ahead of time :)

Anyway, there are a few more colors I'd like to re-stock like: Melodies in June, Winter Dawn, i ♥ when Angels Cry, ALL the Hell Wonderland sets, and Kelah Leigh [from the Lurvlies]. I'd also like to make 5 new Lurvlies shades. ^_^;;;

Anyway, I guess that's all for updates.

05.29.12 - Birthday news!

2012-05-29T10:14:00.000-07:00

When I first started, I opened on etsy. It says that I opened in March 2009. That's true, but it's not. I opened my account in March but didn't open my store until my birthday. I chose my birthday because I wanted an anniversary day I would remember easily ;P (Is that dumb?).

My first year (2009), my store was pretty bad. Lol! There was no theme, I just made colors I wanted to. I didn't sell anything. Then, I closed for about a year to re-do everything. I decided that I wanted to have a theme and it was obviously my namesake.

So, I took MONTHS (lol! I'm so lazy) to draw my innocent & twisted sisters (yes they're sisters). I had my friend ink them for me because her inking is amazing. She re-designed my logo based on my drawing (which was...bad XD~~).

For the re-vamp, the first 3 colors I made, I wanted them to be towards the theme and vegan. Having succeeded...I just continued on.

I opened the re-vamped store with 10 shades. As of today, I have 49 eyeshadow colors. (What a weird number :P).

Anyway, I wrote this post because I DO want to do a birthday sale! But, the things I planned for the birthday sale, aren't ready yet! >___>;;; Lots of things have been going on in life and I just haven't been able to complete it.

Plus, I wanted to re-stock on a lot of items that are quite low.

But, I will keep you updated and I KNOW I will have this sale in the future!

Anyway! HAPPY 1st Birthday innocent+twisted!!!!

05.12.12 - Updates and Grieving Flame...

2012-05-12T13:07:00.002-07:00

Oh dear, I suck at titles. Sorry.

As of right now, all the shades for the "Endless Rain" collection are done. Originally, I wanted to make 12 shades, but I cut it down to 7 shades instead. The original shades were all dupes (except for Jiasee's Wedding trio) of some higher end palettes. Which ones?

The Dior Garden Edition - Garden Pastels

LUNASOL Scent Form Eyes in Black Tea

I have the latter one. I really really REALLY loved the colors for "Black Tea" BUT because it IS an Asian brand, it was quite sheer :(

As I was finally on the way to make my shades for "Endless Rain", I decided that I didn't want to make dupes! You already know that "Velvet Tears" was a dupe of the lipstick (in eyeshadow form ;P) of "Monarch".

So I ventured off into doing my own thing and I like the outcome.

Anyways, onto other news that's quite important to the fans of the shade Grieving Flame. Basically, I had to re-formulate it. 4 of the ingredients I used to make the original have been discontinued by my supplier ;___;

So, I tried to make it as close as possible to the original but, of course, it didn't come out the same. Though, honestly... I love how the new version looks!

Also, so many people voted for Grieving Flame to not be discontinued. As you can see by the #020, it's now in the permanent line.

Back when I made the Holiday collection, I didn't know how to make duochromes. Or strong ones. I still don't. Every now and then, it'll come out! O_O; But this one came out as a strong "flame" duochrome and that's exactly how I wanted the original Grieving Flame to be. :)

Here's an angled photo to show more of the differences (?). Lol.

Anyway, I really love this shade and I'm glad a lot of people do too.

This is the drawing (minus her watermark) that StrawberryMilkMade for the "Endless Rain" collection.

GO TO HER STOREEEEE!!! ♥♥♥

After many different tries on trying to design the label from that drawing, I came out with this.

Went and purchased some labels from some random person on etsy :P and I received them super quick and they look AMAZING! If you can't tell, I'm totally recommending their shop ;) LOL!

04.16.12 - A dilemna...

2012-04-16T12:54:00.000-07:00

Late last year (around November?), I was thinking of doing pressed blushes. I don't know about you but I LOVE blushes! But using loose ones...it's quite difficult! So, I wanted to do pressed blushes.

My friend, Rida, also wanted me to make her the custom pressed eyeshadow palettes. So I ordered some pressing supplies, compacts, and such... Just to test them out.

I made 4 blushes (well 6 if you include those two that I made for my friend's wedding a few months ago) of the same color. I called it Darling Seraphim. I gave 3 of those blushes away to co-workers to test out (formula and etc). They all had different skin tones and skin types. So far, they've all loved them.

But then the, unfortunate, thing happened. One of Rida's custom eyeshadow palettes was for her friend who lives about 7 hours away. I helped package it up in THICK bubble wrap! It arrived completely shattered. :( After that, I was so discouraged to make the pressed blushes again.

It made me really sad because I really love blushes and I loved making them and pressing, as messy as it gets, gets kind of fun once you get in the rhythm of it.

Anyway, the past few weeks... ESPECIALLY when I finished Rida's second eyeshadow palette... people at work have been asking me a billion times to make pressed blushes even though I told them I'm scared they'd shatter into a billion pieces.

Well, they told me if I loved making them, I should just make it for THEM. But I think it's quite unfair.

I don't have a lot of money but I have about 18 empty compacts and pans left. Maybe I should do a test run again? For shipping out? I don't know... I'll figure it out.

Anyway, here was the first pressed blush I ever made. If you recognize that drawing... I've been using it as my most recent "business card/flyer"-thing. It was originally used for the blushes. As you can see, I printed them out too small ;/ And because the compact is domed... the label kind of...bubbles :/ So sad. I also think it looks better when it's printed on glossy paper. This one was matte.

Since I didn't have a big hole puncher ;P I used scissors to cut out my labels. LOL! I tried SOOO hard to get it round...

Here's the back of the blush. Oh, these photos were taken a day after I made it. As of right now, I'm about to hit pan on it. I use it everyday.

Lol, you can see how "round" my label is ;)

The color is a peach-coral with a very subtle blue sheen. Sorry it looks so messy >_> I did use it LOL.

It's also quite pigmented...

I get a lot of compliments when I wear this shade.

I don't know... I'll figure out the blush thing.... I just don't want it to shatter when it arrives to their destinations.

04.14.12 - Where have I been and what have I been up to?

2012-04-14T12:33:00.001-07:00

OMG I'm alive! ;P Well...kind of...

What's been going on? I've been sick for over a month. I caught some sort of weird flu-like virus. >_> I lost my voice for two and a half weeks and it ruined my vacation [I was on "vacation" from work] and working on the Spring/Summer collection. ;__;

I've been getting better so I've been working on some things. [I wear a mask, gloves and sanitize like crazy :P] I was sad that my Spring Collection wouldn't be out by Spring :( from the way my uh.. sickness was going. That's why I decided to make it a Spring/Summer. Though, honestly, it can be an any time collection. But I thought it worked well for Spring.

Remember those pressed palettes I was supposed to make for my friend. I finished it yesterday. YAY! FINALLY! She didn't mind that it took so long (for hers) since she works with me and knew I was "suffering". She liked that I had glued on my "flyer" onto the palette that I made for her friend, so I did the same with hers. I accidentally laid down the "flyer" wayyyyy on the left side, which is why it's not directly in the middle ;__; Wahh!

This is what it looks like with flash. Taken at night.

This is what it looks like in indirect sunlight (Taken a few minutes ago :P)

From Top-Bottom; L-R: Peppermint Kisses, Tragic Chord, Lavish Lollipops [The pink one from my friend's wedding trio], Champagne Bath, Pink Liquor, Velvet Tears [new color. See below], Mystic & Divine, MOWIE, StrawberryMilkMade, Hidden Present, Guilty Grinch, and Shooting Stars.

Before I got sick, I made 7 new shades for the regular line. I already posted one of them. Anyway, here they are:

013 By Death We're Wed - Black with an explosion of rainbow shimmer. It was hard to capture on camera... I don't know why this photo looks like an oil slick to me ;P

014 Deranged Passion - Brick Red with golden shimmers

When I made this shade, I had the Lunar New Year in mind. Unfortunately, it didn't come out as red as I liked but I still liked this color.

015 Last Caress - Orange with a pink sheen and blue sparkles.

When I made these shades, I honestly didn't know what colors to make. So, I made a rainbow. Not a bright one like a lot of people have, but a different kind of rainbow.

015 Insatiable - Soft yellow with a pink duochrome. This was hard to photograph too... :(

017 Silent Jealousy - Green with a turquoise sheen and aqua sparkles

018 Lullaby Chaunting - Blue with a subtle orange sheen with gold and coppery shimmers.

I had a hard time thinking up a name for this. Whenever I have problems (and wasn't inspired by music), I use the thesaurus. Lol! Anyway, the word "chaunting" is the Victorian word for "Song". I thought that was cute ;)

When I made this shade, I was trying to make a color similar to Grieving Flame but instead of an ashy gray... I wanted it to be a blue flame. But it didn't come out right at all :( But I still like it. I'll try and attempt the blue flame later on... :P

019 Fragile Dream - Purple with a turquoise duochrome and light blue sparkles.

It seems as if this batch of colors have a lot of turquoise sheens and sparkles. I don't even know why. LOL! It was picked randomly.

Now, I'm going to talk about the Spring/Summer Collection. I decided to call it Endless Rain. And lately, it's definitely been feeling like it over here!

I'm waiting on some supplies to make the other shades that I want in it. It'll have about 12 shades.

My friend wanted me to dupe The Lipstick Queen's (limited edition lipstick) Monarch as an eyeshadow. So, that's what I tried to do...

Velvet Tears - Warm red with green, turquoise, and blue shimmers. It has a subtle green sheen.

From the looks of the lipstick, the red is more of a berry tone. Unfortunately, mine didn't come out that way, but I think this color looks well. :) I really love looking at it actually. LOL!

I've also been working on some drawings. I think we're all tired of the drawings I use for my ingredients listings and my "flyers" and business cards. So, I've been working on that too. (slowly... lol)

Anyway, that's all! :)

03.20.12 - the Handwriting Tag

2012-03-20T18:40:00.004-07:00

x-posted to all my blogs :)

03.14.12 - I'm the most indecisive person EVER!

2012-03-14T18:24:00.004-07:00

New shade (Btw, none of the new shades I've posted on here or facebook [same shades] are in my stores yet. I'll let you know when they are though ^_^)

This one is 016 Insatiable which is a yellow with a pink duochrome and blue shimmers. It's not a STRONG pink duochrome but a soft one. It's not subtle either. Get it? O_o; I make no sense. I'm sorry ;__;

I don't know if you noticed but the latest colors I've made were in the order of the rainbow. That's only because I didn't know what colors to make. So, what better way than to follow the rainbow. Of course (if you can't tell), I didn't make the usual BRIGHT rainbow colors. I did them my own way ^_^. I have to make 3 more (green, blue, and purple) and I'm hoping to do that today/tonight.

But the problem is... What to work on next? I know in my previous post I said that I'll work on the Lurvlies right after I make new shades for my regular line. But...while I was organizing my "recipes"... I suddenly got hit with inspiration to create a Spring Collection. It'll consist of 12 shades. 3 will be the colors I made for Jiasee [see previous post] and the rest are going to be a surprise! :) But, I DO know what they'll all be.

That's the problem with making new shades. If I can't picture it in my mind, I can't make it. I have a few new Lurvlies colors I have in mind... but it's not 5 :/ And I'd like to release 5 at a time.

And for those waiting for the Battle Royale Collection... it's the same thing. First, I have to decide how many shades I want, then the actual colors. As of right now, I'm figuring that it'll be about 7-10 colors... and I've got 6 in mind [they're all written down].

BUT!!! I know for sure that after the Spring Collection and the next Lurvlies... I will definitely work on Battle Royale. ^_^

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As for my youtube channel, I've decided to quit. I haven't had the time to do any new videos and I haven't had any inspiration or well... I can't think of any other tutorials to do. I don't draw much any more either. It's sad but... *shrugs* I like working on i+t more ;P~

But one of these days I will take a break from i+t and work on [LIFE^2]. I mean, I only have 3 more pages to finish! Ahh! What the heck is wrong with me!? ;P~

03.04.12 - Custom shades & upcoming shades

2012-03-04T15:57:00.000-08:00

Long time no update! If you want to keep up on new things or sales, please follow my facebook page. I'm on there more.

My co-worker Jiasee, requested that I make a custom eyeshadow for her to wear at her wedding. I SWEAR she said her wedding was in May... and I burned it into my brain and it helps that it's my birthday month...which is why I thought it was in May. Nope X_x;! In fact, her wedding is in 2 weeks! O_o;;

I hadn't been able to work on any i+t things lately. I've been having some trouble sleeping and stressing about work things.

Anyway, I forced myself to work on her color. But when I asked Jiasee what she wanted for her color (asked her AGAIN to make sure), I suddenly had an idea to make a trio. I had the colors I wanted to make burned into my mind. When I can actually picture the end result, it makes it easier for me to make it. If I just mix random ingredients and hope for the best... it's usually not the best ;)

Anyway, here are the shades!:

I haven't named them yet! [More on this later...]

Here are some swatched I did over TFSI and under a LED light. I absolutely positively LOVE how #2 came out! :) I think I"m getting better at duochromes because #2 is a SERIOUS duochrome. #3 is too but you can tell more in #2.

Blurred...

I plan on selling this set but not yet. I only made a small batch of these colors but plan on making more. So, yes, they will be sold in my stores. :)

I also decided I wanted to add something special to her eyeshadow set. This is what I had planned to make [in the future]. I prayed that it would come out perfect. It didn't but...it was my first time.

I made a multi-colored pressed blush (3 shades) with designs. Unfortunately, the shades ran into each other ;( But other than that...I think it came out good :) The photo's coming out darker than it actually is O_o; Must be the lighting....

I had some extra ingredients leftover on two of the shades and made another mutli-colored pressed blush.

Lol...I can't seem to make the colors stay in one place ;D~ Hey it doesn't hurt to try :D

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Onto regular i+t stuff :P

I mentioned on FB that I've been neglecting it (so sad, but true) but only because of my full-time job. Anyway! I decided to make some short-term goals! And here they are:

1. Make 5 regular line shades

2. Make 5 shades for the Lurvlies

3. Battle Royale Collection

So far, I think I'm doing well. I've made 3 new shades for my regular line.

013 By Death We're Wed - Soft black with a rainbow of shimmers

014 Deranged Passion - Brick red with golden shimmers and blue sparkles

015 Last Caress - Orange with a pink sheen and blue sparkles

Originally, I wanted to make the next five shades to be a rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) but I thought that would be boring. But I did kind of follow it (there's a red and an orange ;P). When I made Deranged Passion, I was inspired by Lunar New Year. If you didn't know, I'm Chinese :P All I could think about was making a bright red with gold. But it didn't come out that way. It's alright because I like how it came out. :P Maybe one day, I'll make it...just not now.

Who knows what shades I'll come up with next.

As for Jiasee's trio... I'm thinking of holding a FB contest and having someone name the shades and possibly the set. I don't plan on doing it yet...but I will soon :) [EDIT: 03.14.12 My friend and I came with names for Jiasee's trio already, but I will hold a giveaway on FB soon... when I'm done with the Spring Collection]

I think that's all for this post. I will try and post more. I've just been -_-; really tired lately.

02.04.12 - the Lurvlies Collection (swatches)

2012-02-04T13:14:00.000-08:00

I had a dilemna yesterday. Buy a new scanner or get a portable hard drive. I ended up with the hard drive. I needed it since all the product pix and my drawings and youtube videos I did were taking up soooooo much space. Lol, but because I transferred them all over there, I can't show you StrawberryMilkMade's shade. I think I'll do it when I re-scan the drawing because the label is kind of ...not up to par since my scanner died and I had to take a photo of my drawing and tweak it until I could get it to look right. I did post it on my facebook page

I have a closing shift at work today. So I decided to take the time and take better swatches to show off the shades I had. Plus, it was sunny! (*GASPS!!!* :O )

Everything was swatched on Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy and in direct sunlight. Except for the one that says INdirect sunlight ;)

I'm also showing off the two other colors I made but haven't shown it off yet since I wanted to finish the labels first...and show the complete picture/packaging of that particular shade (get it? get it? :P)

This was in INdirect sunlight

L-R: Toxic Lotus, Kelah Leigh, StrawberryMilkMade, and Line-day

L-R: Kelah Leigh, StrawberryMilkMade, MOWIE, and Line-day

MOWIE is a shade I made for StrawberryMilkMade's daughter. Well, she asked me to ;P And since I was making this collection, I was like I'll name it after her too. This shade has been tweaked TWO other times! Yesterday, I changed it so that it'd have a turquoise shift. I love how it came out.

Line-day is another shade that I haven't shown at all. At least MOWIE's shade I posted a small preview. But yes, I did make a shade for myself O_O; Lol! It's a warm neutral brown with a turquoise shift and green and blue shimmers.

L-R: Toxic Lotus, Kelah Leigh, StrawberryMilkMade, MOWIE, and Line-day

L-R: Toxic Lotus, Kelah Leigh, StrawberryMilkMade, and MOWIE

I plan on making ONE more shade before I release them in my stores. It's for a co-worker. She's getting married soon and she requested that I make her a wedding shade :)

I have another list of people I'd like to make shades for, including:

Kayla, Rida, Wendi, Sally, KimmieKarma, and Vicki. I'd like to release 6 at a time.

The four out of the six are friends from work (and former work-buds :P)