The Bird is the Word

I drew on some old jeans today:

Now the question is, do I finish the whole leg, or leave it as is? I'm currently leaning towards finishing the leg.

Week..something of Fifty Two in a nutshell

Happy New Year,

Happy Valentine's Day,

I love my job,

I like birds (and The Beatles),

I REALLY like birds,

& working every day makes me stressed out and sad.

Happy Sunday.

Some crappy ballpoint pen doodles

I'm really starting to get the hang of doing this everyday without any hesitation.

Sometimes I wake up and just think about how much I

Three blankets are almost not enough.

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(x-posted)Also, this is neat! Someone mentioned my cheesy Time-Traveler's Wife fanart:

All I have to say is this takes some serious skill. The artist drew this with only ink and then colored it with crayons. It looks awesome, could have came right out of a coloring book. There expressions are portrayed really well also, Henry looks so at peace.

It makes me wonder if there are other similar stories like this out there on the interwebs, but I fear that's only wishful thinking. (;

The Opposite of Being Above Canines

First of all, GO SAINTS! I am not really a New Orleans fan, but I like to root for the underdog, and that crazy interception from what, the 30 yard line into the far endzone was AWESOME! Plus, everyone deserves their fifteen minutes, and now the Saints have finally won a Super Bowl.

Suck it, Peyton Manning!

Here's a picture I haven't finished yet, for the PA:AC Bi-Weekly Challenge -- Noir/Crime. One might think black and white is easy, and lighting with such would be cake, but no. It is not. I have discovered a lot about myself while working on this: I am TERRIBLE at light sources. If nothing good comes out of this when it's done, at least I've already learned a lot.

With a Rebel Yell

There are moments in life when I feel like I'm thirteen again and am overwhelmed with anxiousness and giggles.


Sometimes even the simplest compliments make me ridiculously happy. (:

It's a ton of fun...

...but drawing on a tablet can be hard. My lines are just so wibbly. Merrr!

I still have much to learn about you, dear Photoshop.

If I really had to choose, my top three favorite artists are: Mike Krahulik, Bryan Lee O'Malley and Skottie Young.

AND SKOTTIE YOUNG IS COMING TO MECAF!

Days after it was dubbed #1 cover of 2009, issue #19 of Wolverine First Class has been in a frame on my wall. In less than 6 months I will be getting it signed.

Super stoked.

And if Rick would stop dropping hints about Bryan Lee O'Malley coming and just announce it already, I could get excited about that too. That would be TWO of my favorites in the same place!

Week Three!

I'm way too lazy to post more than 7 images on four different websites every week. If you want to see all the images, go to my website and see them all in the gallery! (:

Hooray for slackers!

Great Odin's Raven!

So I never posted some of the more hands-on painting I did this summer, and a friend told me I should. So here goes!

A few years ago, my brother Josh bought me a Munny Doll. It's made of vinyl and exists only to be painted or drawn on. They all come with random accessories. I actually made it a Season 2 Priest set initially, and I took pictures of it somewhere before scraping the crappy paint (I think I used a really, REALLY thick coat of watercolors, lawl) off and starting over. I finally made a decision for it's final form last Spring - The [Alien] Norse God of Thunder! He came with a cape in his accessories, and I still have to make him a helmet. Amanda's Midna is much more supreme than mine, but the little guy does his best.

In August, Maine Boffer Games happened. It was fun, it was epic, and it was full of lots of fabric paint! My first project was the battle standard for the all-girl fighters, the Amazons. Julie totally rocked the green wife beater and the brown shorts like she meant business! She sewed several headbands for us girls to ear that eventually sported one animal on each. She also sewed herself some sweet leg guards, the wrist guards, and the standard itself. My job was coming up with a design and painting the mother effer on there.

Next, Julie wanted to make the hubby Ryan a special tabard and headband. I was happy to see him rock it all weekend! :D

Lastly, I made the tabard for the winner of the final boff competition. This one had a lot of screw ups, but I also learned that throwing random dots all over the place makes a tabard look much more detailed than it really is...for the win. The lions are the worst Champion lions I ever did see though.

I already can't wait for the next Games-- it was one of

the best weekends of the Summer. Except for the part where my boyfriend at the time was super sick and appeared deathly ill for three days. That was worse than the crappy lions.