Prompt 1

Prompt: A large cat made entirely out of cloud-like material

I chose a caracal. they're not big like a lion, but bigger and fiercer than your average housecat. ^_^ And I love their faces/ears/head shapes!

Fallen Between the Cracks

Experimenting with color....

Here's some art I found while organizing my photos. I documented them, but they never made it to a post!

These were the valentines I made. I created a linocut and then
printed with wet chalk pastels. 

I asked my roommate for a drawing prompt-two words
She came back with "slimey balls." Oil pastel.

When I started Americorps, one of the projects during
orientation was to create and art piece that represented
your voice....

Mail Art

So I had some unthemed mail art swaps to complete and not a whole lot of time. Here is what I ended up                                                       with.

                                                                   

Christmas Dress

So here's part I of my dress! I want to do a double ribbon pull in the front where right here I just have it pinned. Then I'll have big bows. Just after this picture I got to borrow a hat from the Kirkman House, which was awesome. But I won't be able to do that again, so I need to think of something for my head.

I think the most challenging part about this was the top. I made the black bits according to a jacket pattern and then cut out the front piece and changed the sleeves. If I were to do this over (which I definitely don't want to!) I would make the chest piece thinner and longer and I would make the bottom of the sleeves longer. I also don't know if I would line it. That seemed to eat up a lot of time and effort.

Here's my original design sketch. I think I want to try and make this top again. The linework I did do on the dress, but just as a sewing texture. With black, it doesn't show up too well. It might be fun to do that with piping. Around the front too. And less lace! Larger bell sleeves....

Anyhows, I think I did pretty well making my sketch a reality. :)

Digital Sketch

Stumbleupon sent me to this cool sketchy website where you could use different "styles" to draw with. I created this.

Knee Sketch

So I actually had an idea for a piece pop into my head! I don't really particularly like my American Art and Architecture class, but it has definitely been inspiring. I've definitely had a bunch of doodles. What should I create out of them? Maybe if I had some time.....I just hope my muse doesn't run away from me before I get the chance!

Ceramic Cafe

Ever been to Ceramic Cafe? it's a fun little place where you pick out a something and paint it. then, they fire it and you can use it to eat off of--microwave and dishwasher safe. It makes fun dishes. Here's the bowl my boyfriend and I painted:


I highly recommend the place for an activity that is all age inclusive. :)

Candy Land

So my little brother and I concocted a present for my mother--a personalized Candy Land! We spent a good solid two days working on it and were both pretty sick of it by the end. But, I think we came up with some good  locations/ideas. I had to tell myself to let go at some points and let him do his thing--it was a joint creation after all. It was okay that he did it his way. Mostly.
I figured out a fun way to draw trees that I really enjoy!
Colored pencil for the pictures, colored paper for the squares, acrylic paint for the background, packing tape to laminate it, duct tape to cover the outside, cord velcro holders to keep it closed, washers and nuts and bolts for the game pieces, model paint to cover them, old file folders for the box and cards, trading card slips to cover the cards.
The velcro was my dad's idea. ^^
So the object is to get from our house to our cabin, and then back again. A few times playing it through shows that this produces the best game. *nod* The colors make it easy so any age can play! And the dots are forever infuriating.

Gummy Book Worm

Sharkey's Heath Bar

Fort Hershey

Peppermint Park

Grandma's Gingerbread House

Sugar Rush shortcut

Candy Mountain

Colorful sketches

Jeff was sitting in the bath while I was supposed to be working on my essay, when I got the sudden urge to write him a note. That turned into drawing and this silly little sketch came about.

I think I've been concentrating on my essay too much. It's analyzing paintings of Roman masks. Jeff came out of the bath and his hair was everywhere and I had to draw him as a medusa mask! ^^ I'm proud that it started out as a quick sketch in sharpee and resembles him pretty well. 

A Sleeper in Vine Charcoal

So I woke up this morning and there he was again in my bed. I love the way the light plays with him when he sleeps. This time, instead of taking pictures with my noisy camera, I sat on the edge of the bed and drew him. (Yay for large beds!) I don't usually like vine charcoal because it's so smear-able, but it seemed perfect for this. I could rub out mistakes almost as if erasing and I liked the play that gave me. He did move around a bit, but I managed to finish one. :)

This one's in graphite. A hard angle, and he kept moving!

Metal Activity Book

This is something I've been working on for a while and have recently picked up again as a project worth finishing (it may have something to do with the fact that I'm now dating a metalhead). It's actually really fun coming up with activities to add and metal-ifying them. Most of the bands represented here are folk-metal or some such. I have a more expansive list to work from now. Maybe after finals I'll have some new pages to put up? I think the hardest thing is that I'm working with a genre of music that I don't know much about. However, the book is humorous/interesting because it's combining conflicting stereotypes, so I suppose it's alright that I'm merely working off the metal stereotype. A note: the Slayer font is much harder to do than the font I decided on for the rest of the book. (Though why I decided that I wanted to draw every letter forever is beyond me. Least it looks cool. XP)