tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64280480172840996602024-03-13T21:42:25.273-05:00Pocket Size StudiosA petite crafting blog for a petite craftswoman.PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-34640396884178684302016-01-26T22:29:00.001-05:002016-01-26T22:29:37.309-05:00Still HereHi there! Been really busy but I'm also still making art, I promise. Been doing more drawing and such but here's a sneak preview of a new thing I'm working on. See you again soon!<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpFX6h3q4ph9aX_CaOLaWMMJNJSfTK_XOidB5bCVctqVHIxZ7hiliy7Mj3qhKOrJ2F_PQIZugPttIrnl5HTUtfNiO3lWgTh6UXRtN9aBPqRafMTQtW_B59HKR5jR9f2Uo00THq1NWGMI/s640/blogger-image--1372952420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpFX6h3q4ph9aX_CaOLaWMMJNJSfTK_XOidB5bCVctqVHIxZ7hiliy7Mj3qhKOrJ2F_PQIZugPttIrnl5HTUtfNiO3lWgTh6UXRtN9aBPqRafMTQtW_B59HKR5jR9f2Uo00THq1NWGMI/s640/blogger-image--1372952420.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KbjIatV4CJkkzLOrlO9pYCcmlbj9Nl67ORFWxdqDI2ganGcnDRn6WP_UEP6PHh6IjPpdxYdPjoVAPpz-Cuac2uJPwZUp6ZSc6WAbPDeZAASzWxqiPjA8IzViyOmbXWUZGXn6-6Odgkk/s640/blogger-image-692130100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KbjIatV4CJkkzLOrlO9pYCcmlbj9Nl67ORFWxdqDI2ganGcnDRn6WP_UEP6PHh6IjPpdxYdPjoVAPpz-Cuac2uJPwZUp6ZSc6WAbPDeZAASzWxqiPjA8IzViyOmbXWUZGXn6-6Odgkk/s640/blogger-image-692130100.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-14302519611802850952015-12-07T12:34:00.002-05:002015-12-07T12:34:34.985-05:00It's That Time of YearHello! Art Every Day Month is over, but I am trying to keep the momentum going. To that end, I'm still drawing. Also baking, and cooking, and decorating. Because it's Christmastime!!!! Sadly, I haven't been doing much mixed media stuff. And that's really because I'm lazy and have not taken the time to clear off my desk, and there's tons of stuff piled up on it. Hopefully I'll get to that this week, though, since I have a couple of projects in mind! <br />
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<em>I started experimenting with dryad variations of my former faun girl.</em></div>
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<em>I like the idea of leaves and branches growing among the dryad's hair.</em></div>
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PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-60784458258496123072015-11-29T22:02:00.001-05:002015-11-29T22:02:44.063-05:00Week Four, a Little More<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This week I did manage to do some drawing every day. However, instead of doing individual finished drawings, I kept a running collection of practice drawings. I'm trying to work with my faun girl and get to be consistent in drawing her so she can be a recurring character in my art. At some point I plan to work on practicing the faun guy too. As it is, in considering a couple of changes to her design. I might change her from being a faun to being a dryad. As much as I like the look of her with antlers, it just doesn't make much sense, since does don't normally have antlers. Anyway, here are my sketches for practicing different expressions, and a couple of attempts at a chibi version. </span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpaCEIBQ-aMXeQjOhNoW9FzDVJcf_BAQ6ButU2_68uF_N39_H49EWuvtCahhqX8-WZnl6bEzGv09QISFtd042ni9qSR5z1vXbgqycQVC3LUIzzUKxJhLrkU2NJGn8ZFes6YDs1MAk8_M/s640/blogger-image-1470958895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpaCEIBQ-aMXeQjOhNoW9FzDVJcf_BAQ6ButU2_68uF_N39_H49EWuvtCahhqX8-WZnl6bEzGv09QISFtd042ni9qSR5z1vXbgqycQVC3LUIzzUKxJhLrkU2NJGn8ZFes6YDs1MAk8_M/s640/blogger-image-1470958895.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2me0yZSOnhFMgVaxrC-kheC2TFjvVCW1v7IJUFGbmsjeqWcskP-3e1W8SCNkhVwNNzL36QiuGChF2i3jTGXet-hAvyBflbp0CL_mkls3MAYz6nAZi-k5xfYT_3IbPeTcwc5M9BUmtDZM/s640/blogger-image-1952837207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2me0yZSOnhFMgVaxrC-kheC2TFjvVCW1v7IJUFGbmsjeqWcskP-3e1W8SCNkhVwNNzL36QiuGChF2i3jTGXet-hAvyBflbp0CL_mkls3MAYz6nAZi-k5xfYT_3IbPeTcwc5M9BUmtDZM/s640/blogger-image-1952837207.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5pU8yLPHSij75cBO1aOpn1kAXipq0x4ml1LlQ0kFTXSGLWfZJDRHLhfCb0pP-ukr7Ona2JNz6vSm1hphVxdSZXq9AfD-itV_CnxcVD5hH5qhLXP-EI1xIsXR0l_w14hkzak7318nmqQ/s640/blogger-image--579165282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5pU8yLPHSij75cBO1aOpn1kAXipq0x4ml1LlQ0kFTXSGLWfZJDRHLhfCb0pP-ukr7Ona2JNz6vSm1hphVxdSZXq9AfD-itV_CnxcVD5hH5qhLXP-EI1xIsXR0l_w14hkzak7318nmqQ/s640/blogger-image--579165282.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">One more thing. A friend had requested a drawing of manta rays, AKA majestic sea flap flaps (the Internet has renamed them thus). So, while we were at a charity gaming event on Black Friday, I drew him his majestic sea flap flaps :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEaBpJn78M8hHC_mNiWtr8lWsbh8eOs_cbG2eyOArfAi1kzwVCzKzGwiY7CJzcTBYI87L0Jwttoz7FO8QqPkxoaeW5l7adw6MLtwRdJdM8Qe6MKPv5DxopFAp2nCRGONE28D79FZB_dE/s640/blogger-image-1048008692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEaBpJn78M8hHC_mNiWtr8lWsbh8eOs_cbG2eyOArfAi1kzwVCzKzGwiY7CJzcTBYI87L0Jwttoz7FO8QqPkxoaeW5l7adw6MLtwRdJdM8Qe6MKPv5DxopFAp2nCRGONE28D79FZB_dE/s640/blogger-image-1048008692.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-30540266303789029392015-11-22T23:06:00.001-05:002015-11-22T23:06:59.880-05:00Week Three, Kinda WeakWell, I did get back to art this week, but in a much looser application of the term. Some nights I counted cooking, dancing, and running lights for a dance show. So I don't have photos of everything, but here's what I can show. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Tixae2XChh1nvCIHvnDY78GEq7Xayr90ArjVZDIRvZ1mif-RGV6TZLvFWJGiWCLIdkcvT6F5XVYj_u1NTKXuYXUbl9Js3Qib2S3SR7eoLXNRd3Hk-ytL1h6BYmjC5CaQkRUNmctGv2k/s640/blogger-image--610736956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Tixae2XChh1nvCIHvnDY78GEq7Xayr90ArjVZDIRvZ1mif-RGV6TZLvFWJGiWCLIdkcvT6F5XVYj_u1NTKXuYXUbl9Js3Qib2S3SR7eoLXNRd3Hk-ytL1h6BYmjC5CaQkRUNmctGv2k/s640/blogger-image--610736956.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Practice for more faun drawings. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj13iXs1_JtOuY2H0FYakFxMBo0gGLRnsCcmP89lT3mizRa4N1-vy_5kBVp11pAuGLtktlTvyni5endrTeM9xeslAwfjYCvCTxLcDgk1OftXHyX5j4fNV5Di8U2C6cXL77GMxLC3rqDXY/s640/blogger-image-1984702651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj13iXs1_JtOuY2H0FYakFxMBo0gGLRnsCcmP89lT3mizRa4N1-vy_5kBVp11pAuGLtktlTvyni5endrTeM9xeslAwfjYCvCTxLcDgk1OftXHyX5j4fNV5Di8U2C6cXL77GMxLC3rqDXY/s640/blogger-image-1984702651.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Not particularly happy with how this is turning out, particularly her face and hair. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCXfu_jkmosW2glU3B_YibHUClKQObqRSI3wpjuMl_tViyTzic9iDzExHX3xprpZjQfAfZaExQIhiUyU2WHpcti3J8BzVS92hDIreSfDULyoR0GYoAt43eVbGpYCsQaD4fVqxOCALEgM/s640/blogger-image-288398858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCXfu_jkmosW2glU3B_YibHUClKQObqRSI3wpjuMl_tViyTzic9iDzExHX3xprpZjQfAfZaExQIhiUyU2WHpcti3J8BzVS92hDIreSfDULyoR0GYoAt43eVbGpYCsQaD4fVqxOCALEgM/s640/blogger-image-288398858.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both;">Butternut squash soup. 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Needs more curve to the spine. </div><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's been an exhausting week, to be honest. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the art momentum up this week. </div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-61769296995539694152015-11-15T22:00:00.001-05:002015-11-15T22:36:02.105-05:00Week Two, Not Much New<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Best laid plans of mice, as they say... well, I'm sure you know the rest. My Art Every Day Month was sadly interrupted by a family tragedy. My grandfather passed away very suddenly. He was a great man and a great father and grandfather; he had a great sense of humor, a great faith, and a great heart. I travelled out west with my parents to see him laid to rest, and to spend a few days with my dad's side of the family. As you can imagine, I didn't have much time or energy for art after the first couple days of the week. 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<em>My fox was well received on my tumblr blog, and overall I think it's my favorite of the series.</em></div>
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<em>I'm mostly happy with the squirrel, but not so much with the background. I kinda just didn't know what I wanted to do with it.</em></div>
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<em>Of all of these, my stag was the most liked and reblogged on tumblr.</em></div>
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<em>A tumblr friend of mine said my bear looks gentle, like he's "thinking cute bear things." I kinda think she's right.</em></div>
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<em>Not my best two. The raccoon is better than the hedgehog.</em></div>
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PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-47838769300318193822015-11-01T20:35:00.003-05:002015-11-01T20:35:58.557-05:00InktoberI may not have been blogging, but here I am to tell you that I HAVE been making art! This year, I found out about <a href="http://mrjakeparker.com/inktober" target="_blank">Inktober</a>, a challenge started several years ago by an artist named Jake Parker. The idea is to create an ink drawing each day in October. Well, I started late because I didn't find out about it until a couple of days into the month, and because of other commitments, I missed several days. Not such a good showing for my first Inktober. But the good news is that I demonstrably improved my inking skills AND my manga style over the course of the month. I'm really enjoying this stuff!<br />
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<i>This was my first attempt at drawing my favorite character from The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. His name is Ronan Lynch.</i></div>
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<i>Another character from The Raven Cycle, Adam Parrish.</i></div>
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<i>The main character of The Raven Cycle, Gansey.</i></div>
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<i>An early view of Ruby Rose from RWBY.</i></div>
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Last night, I finally had the chance to do more to fulfill my friend's request for Mako and Haru as black cats. Haru is kind of obsessed with water, and will strip down to his swimsuit and hop into any quantity of water that will hold him, at any time, anywhere. Apparently, he found the apple bobbing tub at the Halloween party too irresistible. Haru's best friend Makoto is, as usual, distressed about Haru's lack of self control.</div>
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Since I kind of failed at being consistent for Inktober, I'm trying a new challenge. For November, I'm trying to participate in <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month" target="_blank">Art Every Day Month</a>. I'll try to post weekly updates on how I'm doing with that. Have any of you ever participated in a challenge like this? I know there are quite a few around out there. </div>
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Where was I? <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8Yd6MswJjGS7Bxnl7PdDPWU6_63NV97YJpk-GwjRY4z0AnfO6MdmCqCQTPowzy2J9B10XOHTKAOpoONh5IWSEpZID3ZmlBqsNXr_tVVbATtlyC-beno0EgUlz5Wo_DtclXbHUL_K-n0/s640/blogger-image-747088726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8Yd6MswJjGS7Bxnl7PdDPWU6_63NV97YJpk-GwjRY4z0AnfO6MdmCqCQTPowzy2J9B10XOHTKAOpoONh5IWSEpZID3ZmlBqsNXr_tVVbATtlyC-beno0EgUlz5Wo_DtclXbHUL_K-n0/s640/blogger-image-747088726.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Deutschland! We had a fantastic time. Lots and lots of time with the family and lots and lots of sightseeing :). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When we got home, I launched right into tech week for a play I was costuming for. 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Hopefully I'll have more to show soon. In the meanwhile, enjoy the Autumn! Yay, it's finally my favorite time of year!</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-13227312105859980642015-06-13T23:15:00.001-05:002015-06-13T23:15:39.860-05:00So Much GlueHello, Pocketeers! I'm back! Last weekend, with two days of Seth Apter classes, was awesome. And I know some of you wanted to see what I did in the workshops, so here we go!<br />
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Day 1 was Collage Camp. Seth went over several collage principles and techniques, and we did an exemplar of each one, thus building up a sort of handbook for future reference. Then, we did some background painting and were let loose to practice what we had learned. <br />
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<em>This is the color combo I started with. Meh. I don't like the two-tone.</em></div>
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<em>That's better.</em></div>
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<em>Are you shocked by my choice of stamps? I bet you are. Not.</em></div>
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<em>Auditioning the layout. Employed here are Overlapping (duh), Repetition, and Highlighting. For further explanation of what those are, take Seth's Collage Camp class wherever he offers it near you ;)</em></div>
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<em>Just put the finishing touches (the gold and the word "sanctuary") on tonight. Except for how much the washi tape wrinkled, I'm really pleased with how this turned out.</em></div>
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<em>And btw, how gorgeous is that Gothic window stamp? Mom got it for me (in a set with an awesome door design too) when she was out in Washington state taking another Seth class. I swear we're not stalking him. We're just groupies.</em></div>
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Day 2 was actually a class we were supposed to take back in February, but it got snowed out. It's called Brick by Brick, and this class was a little more project-oriented, though we learned a lot of cool painting techniques and did a lot of, er, <em>sharing</em>.<br />
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<em>Pardon the shadow of the window here, this is my painted paper.</em></div>
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<em>Detail of the painted paper after a few more layers of fun.</em></div>
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<em>All that beautiful paper........</em></div>
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<em>And this is what it became! Sorry, I can't tell you how we did it, you'll have to take the class.</em></div>
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<em>Even the sides of the canvas are covered.</em></div>
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Doing all of this collaging and such, I went through an entire little jar of matte gel medium. I'm not quite sure exactly how much of it ended up on my hands, but it seemed like a lot -- I wasn't sure I would EVER get it all off. And if there's one thing I hate, it's having sticky hands. But you know what? For all of the fun we had, all the stuff I learned, and the two complete works of art I ended up with, I think it was totally worth it.</div>
PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-40777568371367008102015-06-05T21:57:00.001-05:002015-06-05T21:57:24.448-05:00Almost There...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Funny how having another pair of Seth Apter classes coming up makes me want to get my 52 Card Pick Up deck finished. And I'm so close to finishing. Though one card at least will have to wait, because today I ordered a new stamp that just needs to be included somewhere in the deck. Anyway, here's what I've done over the past two nights. Tomorrow, there will be new art to post!<br />
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After tonight's efforts, there are only 5 cards left to do!</div>
PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-79628596009092356352015-06-04T11:41:00.002-05:002015-06-04T11:41:18.278-05:00ApproachingQuick lunchtime post. Last night I finally got back to my studio table and back to my 52 Card Pick Up cards. I'm approaching the end of the deck! It's been over a year since the class, so I guess it's past time, right? I got 5 done last night.<br />
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<em>I think this is my favorite of the five. That stamp is one that my mom got me while she was away for a week-long workshop with Seth Apter and Orly Avinieri.</em></div>
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<em>This is Natsu Dragneel, from the manga and anime series Fairy Tail. He's a dragon slayer wizard who uses fire magic. My first sketch of the current revival.</em></div>
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<em>This was a bit of a test. She is Lucy Heartfilia, also from Fairy Tail, but I've redesigned her for the Middle Ages. To stay consistent with her character as a wizard who uses keys to summon celestial spirits, I gave her a chatelaine full of keys on her belt, and the whip she uses when she has to fight on her own.</em></div>
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In keeping with the anime thing, and prompted by a fan event over on Tumblr, I started practicing characters from another favorite of mine, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. The first (and so far only) one I've tried my hand at is the main character, Haru. Still not finished. But here's an in-progress photo:<br />
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<em>I was trying to take a very straightforward approach, just getting his features right without trying any particular expression. Not unusual for Haru, who's very stoic.</em></div>
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So, the aforementioned fan event on Tumblr is called Sakurathon, and fans were invited to submit art, fanfiction, or any other creations featuring Haru and another main character, Rin. Both are swimmers, and have been friends since childhood, and they really keep each other motivated. It's sort of generally held among fans that they are desperately in love with each other, even though no such thing is directly established in the show. So works submitted for Sakurathon had to feature the two of them together, along with cherry blossoms which are another recurring theme in the show. Well. I love cherry blossoms, and I needed an excuse to draw more (of course), so I decided that I had to participate. Besides, I'm one of those fans that likes to think that they're more than friends. So here's how my entry came together...</div>
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<em>Blocking out the adorable swimmers.</em></div>
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<em>Base sketch complete. Haru looks better in my other sketch, but oh well. Three-quarters views are hard.</em></div>
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<em>Fully colored with Peerless watercolors, plus Tea Dye Distress Ink for their skin.</em></div>
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<em>Inked the outlines. With a Sakura Micron pen. Heh. Fits the theme. LoL I'm a dork...</em></div>
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<em>And finished! Cherry blossoms stenciled with Prima crackle Texture Paste over Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. The stencil is one I cut from doodles I did at work. Don't judge me, indexing gets boring.</em></div>
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<em>Wide view, so you can see my pocket stamped to show it's mine. </em></div>
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Here's a closeup of the adorkable swimmer boys:<br />
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I did learn something useful, too. I learned that I do not like Dylusions spray inks. They smear and bleed all over the damn place when you get even a hint of water near them again, they end up all over the place, and though they don't like to stay put on paper, they can't seem to get the hell off of your skin. I've got a dance recital tomorrow and my fingers are blue. Argh. </div>
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Anyway, if you ever want to see more of my anime fan art, I've started a Tumblr blog just for that, so that here I can stick to mixed media and other forms of creativity. My Tumblr is here: <a href="http://pokkitsize.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Got Some Anime in My Back Pocket</a> Whether you follow that or not, I hope you've enjoyed this look at my sketches and my first fully integrated sketch and mixed media piece!</div>
PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-40623172449382212542015-03-05T14:55:00.000-05:002015-03-05T14:55:37.109-05:00Out of Hibernation*yawn* Oh. *blink, blink* Hi. I hope I haven't completely lost you guys. I know, I haven't posted anything since Christmas. Ugh. Lazy blogger. In my defense, though, there's a lot I haven't been doing, because it's Winter and I don't deal well with Winter. It makes me not want to do anything. I even slow down on art-making. <br />
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This year, though, a tragedy kicked my butt into gear and inspired me to take my art more seriously and devote more time to creating. Since then, I've been trying to keep my momentum up, and while there have been stretches of days when I haven't done any art, I've mostly been keeping up. <br />
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I'm also trying to work on making some stencils, very slowly. Got a few stamps I want to carve, too. And some sewing to do. As usual, I'm either doing nothing or I'm doing everything. Maybe one of these days I'll learn to pace myself.PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-45829604110977061672014-12-25T23:07:00.000-05:002014-12-26T23:08:22.483-05:00Merry Christmas!Whatever your tradition or faith, I hope you are having a beautiful and blessed night.<br />
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PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-71954336189601542672014-12-21T12:18:00.003-05:002014-12-21T12:18:48.763-05:00Giving and ReceivingHello Pocketeers, long time no see! Sorry I haven't blogged in a few months. I have been making things, though, so I'd like to catch up a little. Most of what I've been making has been for a swap group I joined on facebook. Most of the swaps I've signed up for in the group have been ATCs, but I've done a couple of tag swaps. Here's some of what I've sent out:<br />
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It's kept me busy. I've done a bit of my own stuff, though. I started a cigar box with the apple themed papers from Authentique from a year or two ago... You can see it in the photo from the last post. And I've done a few of my 52 Card Pick-Up cards:<br />
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I'm only making one Christmas present this year, and I can't really show it too much of course, but here are some sneaky previews of my super sneaky secret project:<br />
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I have yet to make my gift tags, but I'll post those once I make them. I'm excited for Christmas, but this year I haven't done much Christmas art. It's taken a while to get into the spirit. And my art space is such a mess, it's not very pleasant to work in right now, so I haven't been as active in general. Ah, well. I'll get it cleaned up and get in there more often soon! In the meantime, I plan to share some Christmasy stuff with you this week. See you soon!PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-17104614849463342742014-09-19T20:43:00.002-05:002014-09-19T20:44:37.754-05:00Disaster Area?The ever-amazing <a href="http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Seth Apter</a> had a great idea. We all see the beautiful studio spaces that get published in magazines and stuff, and we all drool and get jealous, right? Well Seth wanted people to post pictures of what their studio space really looks like on a daily basis. It has been really reassuring to see other people's messes! So here is mine:<br />
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<em>The primarily green one has ivy die-cut from one of the papers I printed on the Gelli plate. The mushrooms collaged onto the other are from a napkin I had in my stash.</em></div>
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<em>My favorite prints from our Gelli Plate adventures, with leaves die cut from one of them, and what's left of the paper I cut the ivy from for the green card.</em></div>
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<em>I love the layers and peel-y look here.</em></div>
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<em>This was a ghost print after pulling a print through a stencil. Look at that delicious texture.</em></div>
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Wow, it's been a while. And after I had been so good earlier in the Summer. Well, I haven't been as persistent with art stuff as I was at the beginning of the Summer. Been reading more than arting, because I might be a little bit obsessed with the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (OMG). But I have made a bit more progress on the 52 Card Pick Up deck, and started a new project. This post shows off the rest of what it took to get to exactly halfway through the deck. </div>
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<br />PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-26252522219351600762014-06-28T11:02:00.001-05:002014-06-28T11:02:47.209-05:00The GatheringHi there, Pocketeers. I promise I've still been arting. Slowly, little by little, I've been building my 52 Card Pickup deck. Some cards I'm really happy with, and others less so. But I'm having fun working on them (if you can call it work). Here's what I've put together lately: <div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSJfoKrdCUDpsUc3eiJdE3uEcdSW71BE5mMV-Vw9uaq3ovDCfC_BNRjf2-I9_UztLLjDpE2U7xOelOSrIJT32OFFc7RC8jj62ZyGE-HNa4feWLblQzq5RxtdLxYbFvReE3XAUbNsLwp0/s640/blogger-image-765461696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSJfoKrdCUDpsUc3eiJdE3uEcdSW71BE5mMV-Vw9uaq3ovDCfC_BNRjf2-I9_UztLLjDpE2U7xOelOSrIJT32OFFc7RC8jj62ZyGE-HNa4feWLblQzq5RxtdLxYbFvReE3XAUbNsLwp0/s640/blogger-image-765461696.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH_lIU6AhOTXQa1gGSHbqzMe1TlJBZ5ASop2EvDTMvHpKVlpUmlqS41ga2db1cCnRaLERNLV7Qn5meCUKke7x8LbKeIfaaPah2-xy8pDAxGgk1GLFsroIW-U5tlRVjM66FF86zC2fbSs/s640/blogger-image-123902404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH_lIU6AhOTXQa1gGSHbqzMe1TlJBZ5ASop2EvDTMvHpKVlpUmlqS41ga2db1cCnRaLERNLV7Qn5meCUKke7x8LbKeIfaaPah2-xy8pDAxGgk1GLFsroIW-U5tlRVjM66FF86zC2fbSs/s640/blogger-image-123902404.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI29tS32NQV6xHNyhKCrfUw6PNh0RshjWP9NVnbC5cnPUT8EFDjA4I17Y4bZiCR-PYQ3SEObJcQdukLHjE3pOljCpsZrRRVJBa9VYLxcR07TO_fqmEWI9GT2nkQFULSbP6j5e1GgNriKI/s640/blogger-image-1436709522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI29tS32NQV6xHNyhKCrfUw6PNh0RshjWP9NVnbC5cnPUT8EFDjA4I17Y4bZiCR-PYQ3SEObJcQdukLHjE3pOljCpsZrRRVJBa9VYLxcR07TO_fqmEWI9GT2nkQFULSbP6j5e1GgNriKI/s640/blogger-image-1436709522.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPX7MgTRELbPByUdJyZx8VGYSqOiIqMF5s7pwfk-pM0ktl8jdfDY6HC9sY_4nnqbsrYobtESKa3Psh5TART296CJXHhK5B3yhPwCMeB6bm-iK_Kj1iUMEi3diWIz5X5lrj5l2EPdGDl8/s640/blogger-image-111700568.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPX7MgTRELbPByUdJyZx8VGYSqOiIqMF5s7pwfk-pM0ktl8jdfDY6HC9sY_4nnqbsrYobtESKa3Psh5TART296CJXHhK5B3yhPwCMeB6bm-iK_Kj1iUMEi3diWIz5X5lrj5l2EPdGDl8/s640/blogger-image-111700568.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That last one isn't my favorite, but it is the result of me finding my new stamps from Lavinia Stamps in the mail and wanting to try them out RIGHT AWAY. I had forgotten that the oak tree stamp, which you can just barely see in the background, would be so small, but the stamps are great quality. They're clear cling stamps, so they are also great for partial images if you don't put them on a block. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Part of what I'm enjoying about doing these cards is the scale of them. It's something I will keep in mind for future art. One of my friends who gave me a lot of the Magic: the Gathering cards I'm using talked to me about artists who over-write the art that's printed on the cards with their own original art, and suggested that I try that out. The more I think about it, the more appealing the idea is. I might experiment with that one I finish this deck. Or I might just start before then. Who knows. But it's a great challenge. There's all kinds of magic I could try to work with these cards. </div>PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-41234033248587019082014-06-15T21:42:00.000-05:002014-06-15T21:42:38.220-05:00In the Name of the FatherI hope everyone out there who is or has a dad has had a good Father's Day :) We started with bringing breakfast to Mr. Pocket's dad (and mom) and finished up with dinner with my parents. And I got to give my dad a little project I put together just for him. I actually decided on this gift because I had done a similar one for my mom for Mother's Day, and decided that it was only fair to put the same amount of effort and love into Father's Day. <br />
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Ok, so here's where it gets Jesus-y. If you have problems with religion, this is your warning that there is religious content ahead. Not trying to convert anybody here, just showing my art which happens this time to express my (and my family's) Catholic faith. Ok, disclaimer over.<br />
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So the gifts I made for my parents for their respective holidays started out as canvases turned around backwards. I used photos as the focal point for each, and embellished around them a la Finnabair, but simpler because it's me. For Dad's, I used a photo I found of the stained glass window at the United States Naval Academy Chapel, because he is a Naval Academy grad and retired Navy pilot. The window depicts Jesus walking on the water. As another meaningful element, I used the first and most recognizable words (and alternate title) of the Navy Hymn, which also tie in with it being Father's Day quite well.<br />
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The background is a sample of textured wallpaper from <a href="http://www.grahambrown.com/" target="_blank">Graham and Brown</a>, which I painted and wiped off. Many thanks to Seth Apter for the tip on where to find fantastic textured wallpaper :) The waves in front are painted and scrunched tissue paper. Various embellishments came from my stash, some are Prima, some are random, some are Tim Holtz. The bottles are filled with water and a trace of Distress Ink, and some of the Glossy Accents I used to glue the corks in place leaked into the water, which made it cloudy kind of like real ocean water. Happy accident. <br />
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The words are stamped on a length of the Tim Holtz ribbon that I sprayed with a shimmer mist that's pretty subtle, so you probably can't see the shimmer in the photo. But I managed to get wings in, since Dad was a pilot. Also, I LOVE that wallpaper. Now I need to get more.<br />
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So, in case you were curious, here's the original, which I made for Mother's Day. I've always wanted to do a Marian piece for my mom, since she and I both have a particular devotion to the Blessed Mother. So finally I figured out what I wanted to do, and shortly before Mother's Day this year I learned a new word. "Kecharitomene" is a Greek word that means something more than "full of grace" but less stilted and formal than "most highly favored." It occurs only once, as far as anybody knows, and that's in the Gospel when Gabriel appears to Mary to tell her she's going to be God's mom (pretty heavy news, really). So I decided I wanted to work that in, and originally I was going to fill the background with different names and epithets for the Blessed Mother, but in the end I decided it would be better with just the one term. For the photo, I used a photo I took of a statue of Mary and Jesus at Kloster Eberbach last year in Germany. <br />
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I sprayed all those white paper roses with pearl colored Perfect Pearls, and painted paper rose leaves gold. All the metal pieces on the frame were the wrong color for the piece, so I painted them gold and whitewashed them with gesso. The rest was all bling from the stash, and that Tim Holtz ribbon sprayed and stamped.<br />
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So there you have it. I'm getting back into the art groove, and parental holidays have been helping, LoL. I've been moving forward with my 52 Card Pick Up deck, too, but I'll show more of that later. For now, I hope you've enjoyed seeing what I made for my parents. Hopefully it shows how much I love them. They're both pretty spectacular :)</div>
PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-81677658059555705202014-05-19T12:19:00.002-05:002014-05-19T12:19:52.162-05:00Weekend Art FrenzyHi all! It was a seriously long Winter. I've only recently gotten my creative energy back, and soon I'll show off what I've done on my own. But I just spent a fantastic weekend with my mom taking Seth Apter's workshops, and I just have to get out a quick lunchtime blog post about them.<br />
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Mom and I took classes from Seth before when he was at our local shop, and this year when we heard he was coming down again, I was afraid I'd have to miss it because I just don't have the money for all the classes I want to take. But Mom paid my way as my birthday present, so I was able to go with her after all! Seth is fantastic, and if you ever have the chance to take a class with him, do it. He's very fun, very chill, and very encouraging. And, like Michelle Ward, his classes use a project as a vehicle for learning techniques, so you do have something concrete to take home, but it's not going to look like anybody else's in the class except in form.<br />
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Friday night was all about working with the Spellbinders' medallion sets and dies. We layered them with all kinds of found objects, and made backgrounds that we could mount them on if we wanted to (which I did). I'll have to come back and add pictures of my projects from that class, because I was having so much fun I didn't think to take many pictures!<br />
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Saturday's class was on painting techniques, which we used on vintage book covers that we then made a book out of themselves. Super cool. I learned how awesome fiber paste is, and he introduced us to some new sprays that I really really like. They don't flatten out to the surface as they dry, but stay dimensional in the shapes of the drips and spatters that they land in. So cool. Anyway, those pictures are on my phone and I can't post them at my desk because of terrible reception in here, so I will add them later, too.<br />
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What I do have pictures of that I can access on my work computer is yesterday's class. It was called 52 Card Pick-Up, and once again taught painting techniques but also collage principles, this time to create a weekly journal or art book out of a deck of playing cards. Now, me, I used Magic: The Gathering cards that my friends were going to discard from their new boxes, but they're the same size. But of course, with that being the origin of my cards, I kept thinking of the stages of the process in terms of phases of the game. Most of the day was spent in what I thought of as the deck-building phase. <br />
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<em>This was kind of like a drafting phase. What do I want to do with which cards?</em></div>
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<em>I call this the summoning phase, because I actually picked cards and made them work with me.</em></div>
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It was a blast. I really want to keep working on my deck, because I rarely finish projects from classes but this one is really cool and easy to work on a little at a time. Plus, I plan for it to be a fantasy inspiration deck, where instead of journaling on the blank sides, I'm going to write quotations about or from fairy tales on them. Then, when I'm running low on imaginative energy, I can just draw a card and think about what's on it. That's the plan, anyway. In any case, this weekend was so fun! It's a little hard going back to work after spending days in art utopia. PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-77996843493512567112014-02-01T12:48:00.001-05:002014-02-01T12:48:36.299-05:00Sketchy<div>Hi all! I know it's been a while. It's the busy season at work, so I've been exhausted and pretty much useless when I get home. So that means not a lot of arting going on. Plus, my inspiration has been on vacation or something. But I have been trying to make more time for drawing, at least. Much more portable than mixed media. I used to be really pretty good, but I'm rusty now, so I'm trying to rebuild my skills. Want to see?</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzcxz778MOKfCgrmcMQwzyKQ7YKuPDXl0trH9J1wbP9kbC0Wwmtl4AL_V2t11QxxaaBH5UlFfUHIdxudxWA7iBUdMpmecUdYoV2XLHiIqK53xJ0AlOHpTwjTQvMsXZ4a6blYguSGwU6I/s640/blogger-image--2146761414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzcxz778MOKfCgrmcMQwzyKQ7YKuPDXl0trH9J1wbP9kbC0Wwmtl4AL_V2t11QxxaaBH5UlFfUHIdxudxWA7iBUdMpmecUdYoV2XLHiIqK53xJ0AlOHpTwjTQvMsXZ4a6blYguSGwU6I/s640/blogger-image--2146761414.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Thumbnail sketches. 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It's going to be hard to mess with something I've put a lot of time into, but there are experiments I want to do!</div> </div>PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-88285071788887852942014-01-05T17:15:00.001-05:002014-01-05T17:15:58.864-05:00Once Upon A DreamHi everybody! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I was so busy I didn't have time to post anything I made! Have to catch up on that later. For now, here is a quick post of a piece I just threw together after being inspired by watching my favorite Disney movie, Sleeping Beauty. I credit that movie with instilling in me a love of medieval style, because the design of the film is doused in medieval sauce, and as a toddler I watched it three times a day. I watched it again this morning and got this idea which marinated in my head all day. 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Back to posts with photos! Although, ironically after all those posts about inspiration and personal style and such, I have been seriously off my groove. I have wanted to make things, but just haven't had the inspiration. I've been keeping up with my sketching, but don't have anything more than a few studies yet. It's like my artistic impulse and inspiration have been frozen solid by the sudden decisive onset of Winter. <br />
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But last night I sort of forced a thaw. I had some gift tags to make and some boxes that needed to go out in the mail for some far-flung friends. I decorated the boxes first, and it was kind of rough. For a while I just sort of sat there looking at all my stuff, as though I didn't know what I was doing. I pushed myself to just get started, though, and so I'm not all that thrilled with how they turned out. Well, they're just shipping boxes, so they're not meant to be kept...<br />
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But once I got started on the tags to go with the gifts in them, I started to warm up a little better.<br />
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Isn't it strange how you can get so thrown off, and freeze up and feel like you can't do anything anymore? Or maybe it's just me that happens to. Well, hopefully I can keep warming up and get the fire burning again. I have so much to do for Christmas!PocketSizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924443704039113518noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428048017284099660.post-66184909029222373912013-12-05T21:36:00.003-05:002013-12-05T21:36:56.049-05:00Thursday Theme: Taking ChargeAlright, so I did interrupt this series to take Thanksgiving off. But I'm back to finish out my musings on my creative identity with the final card, pointing to the future. The Emperor. <br />
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The Emperor stands for stability, authority, and control. Of the traits associated with the Emperor, control started to stand out to me more as I thought about it all. But whereas control can often be thought of as restriction and taking away agency, I started thinking of it as something liberating.<br />
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It has become apparent to me that what I need to do in order to find and feel comfortable with my own artistic identity and style is to take charge. I need to be the one in control of my art. That doesn't necessarily mean isolating myself in my own ivory tower of art like the Seven of Swords can imply with its suggestion of standing alone. It means deciding what <em>I</em> want to present and how <em>I</em> want to make it happen, and then making it happen <em>my</em> way. But like any good leader, I can and should allow myself to consider influences from others. Not to the extent of becoming a puppet and regressing to my past of mimicking other artists, but more like a line in the Tenacious D song "Dio," where they sing to the great heavy metal vocalist Ronnie Dio "Your sauce will mix with ours / And we'll make a good goulash baby..." (they use a lot of food metaphors). The important part is that I maintain my identity and control how much I season my sauce with others' influence. I think it's imperative that, as artists, we all take charge of our art and make conscious decisions about where we are headed.<br />
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As an example of what I'm talking about, I've been doing a couple of things lately. For one thing, I was working on corrugated cardboard. I had to be careful not to be trying to make it look just like Michelle Ward's excellent work with cardboard. So I added natural and dimensional elements, broke up the field a bit with some strong lines, and kept most of my elements pretty clean. I'm pretty confident that what I ended up with would not be confused with Michelle's work. The other stuff I'm working on is going back to sketching again. I've been looking at a lot of pencil art lately, and there's a big trend of photorealistic sketching out there. It's beautiful. And I've looked at some tutorials and stuff, and I kept thinking "man, I don't think I could ever pull that off." But I gradually came to realize that I don't need to, and nor do I want to. Just because I am getting back to sketching doesn't mean I have to make everything look perfect and realistic. By the same token, I also don't have to succumb to the "doodle" trend in mixed media. I can work in my own style and work towards perfecting the look I want. A look that is realistic but not perfect. <br />
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From all that, I've started to realize that what I want my art to look like is something that took some effort but was still fun. I don't want it to look like I've got some sort of god-like ability. I want it to look like the work of human hands, but hands attached to a mind that constantly challenges itself to improve. I'm moving away from messy towards intentional, yet organic. I suppose what I'm aiming for is a bit of a paradox, but it's my paradox and I'll take it by the horns if need be.<br />
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Of course, another thing I have to take charge of is my time. I need to be making more time for my art. But now that I feel like I have a direction, I think that whatever time I spend making art will be more meaningful than it has felt for a while.<br />
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Thank you for sticking with this and walking along this long and lonesome road of introspection. Please, leave any feedback you can. I would love to read what you think about these sorts of concepts. And now, back to all art, all the time on this blog :)<br />
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