May 2010
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April 2010
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My little happy sphere got lots of critiques. I guess it’s back to the drawing board for me. But that’s a good thing. At least now the digital painting is at a decent enough level that I can start to get critiques on the actual shading. And, I’m starting to feel more confident with how things work, so hopefully I’ll start playing with it more. I’m still pretty...
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Can anyone tell me when we are allowed to post music? We are allowed to post songs as long as it is not done in a way that allows copying, correct? I’m so clueless to this type of stuff.
My little sister approves of her zombie cd, well at least the cover art. hehehe! She hasn’t had a chance to listen yet. I put some pretty weird stuff on there, so let’s hope she likes it. I...
prettylittlefuture asked: you're really talented, I love your work! what art school do you attend?
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It’s been a good, but long day. I’m ready to go home to my sketchbook, cat and family. Maybe tonight will be a good night to watch some X-Files.
I just got a commission. Well, it was a project that I offered to do for free, but now the lady wants to pay me, which obviously makes me happy. I only offered to do it for free because I had to sit in with her while she was fired, and...
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jimenna asked: I just wanted to thank you for honestly offering me critique. I'm glad artists out there have heart enough to do so. :'D
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I have a nasty habit of drawing really tiny. And, don’t tell me to buy bigger paper because then I’ll just draw really tiny on a big piece of paper.
In my online art course, I’m currently working on two exercises in the shading lesson. One exercise is working on a Bargue Plate (boring), and the other exercise is to go outside and do life drawings (fun!). I almost never do...
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I’m glad no one was home today because I’ve been dancing like a zombie all day long. I hope I don’t take my neck out. That’d be kind of embarrassing to tell the doctor that I was acting like a zombie and gave myself whiplash. They have a specific head hanging movement you know!
I never knew putting together a zombie apocolypse themed cd would be so much fun. I decided...
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I have two art trades!!! Yessssss! One is to draw something Muse related and the other is ICO related. :)
I need to stay busy and focused today. I don’t have anything planned, and that tends to make it very easy to be lazy and goof off all day long. I need to use this free time to draw, paint digitally, send out mail that should have been sent last week, finish the zombie apocolypse cd...
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*mental note to self* Less talk, more drawing!
I get too distracted. Uh … I guess I’m distracted right now by writing on this freakin blog instead of studying. oops! *grins*
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Here’s a conversation that took place yesterday about 15 min. after I wrote my last blog post:
co-worker - “So Angie, how’s your art coming along?”
me - “Funny that you should ask because it’s something I’ve been think about a lot today.”
co-worker - “You know you should be doing something with your art. You shouldn’t be wasting your...
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I guess I want to be an artist
After a lot of contemplating and prayer this week, I’ve come to the conclusion that I want art to play a bigger role in my life. By that I mean I want art to be more than just a hobby. What that role will be I’m not quite sure yet. It could be an actual major career shift. It could also be tied into what I already do. When I was in college I seriously considered music or art...
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Lady Gaga and Grace Jones
I was bored so I read an article about Grace Jones and Lady Gaga.
To sum up a lot of the comments, Lady Gaga is not original and Grace Jones was doing it first. I can agree with that. I’ve never really thought Lady Gaga was as original as her die hard fans seem to think. But, my thought is who cares? Gasp! You mean a current artist was actually inspired by a former artist??? No! The...
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Finding a good song that I’ve never heard before just tickles my bones.
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My friend and I are trying to get in shape and be overall healthy. We both have issues with sticking with a workout program. So last week as we sat in a taco bell on our lunch break (we admit that was our first mistake), we signed a contract on a napkin. We will workout...
nicklas asked: Paint Tool Sai. Best digital paint program ever. Not quite as complex with brushes as Painter or Photoshop, but the result tends to become much better anyway. It's faster, the colours blend nicely with the watercolour brush and it responds really well to the art tablet, Drawing in Photoshop is something I leave to others — it kind of gets a bit too muddy with fuzzy egdes when I do that....
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Tracy - The kids were dancing to MC Hammer Can’t touch this. They are too cool.
Stephanie - haha i danced to that when i was a kid.
Me - I still dance to that.
-That was my sister’s facebook status. I have a feeling that I’m not quite as cool as the kids are for liking that song. One time my Hubs and I were ordering food at a drive through, and to embarrass the Hubs, I put that song on full...
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nicklas replied to your post: give up or keep pushing
Yes, there’s always a slow unnoticeable improvement until the explosion. I’ve learnt that it’s (a) ok to fail spectacularly and (b) the vision in the head is something to strive for and not to be. It always changes and is always better.
I think “ok to fail spectacularly” is probably one of the things I need to grasp. ...
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give up or keep pushing
I think there is a cycle of stages an artist goes through, especially in the beginning, although maybe it never quite ends. In the very beginning, I was just happy to be drawing, and the learning curve was so steep that I just thought everything was great because everything improved so much all the time. Then I started to take things a bit more seriously and became realistic about things that I...
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I have salsa, peace and quiet other than my music playing and my occassional solo I sing to my cat, charcoal on my hands and a drawing that so far isn’t a total failure. It’s a good day.
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My current drawing is kicking my butt. Anyone care to give me a crash course in drawing curly hair? I am having a lot of fun though, which is a good thing. I’m drawing a portrait of my character Jillian (sketch can be found in my sketch blog), and I’m using tinted paper, charcoal, white charcoal and orange pastel. The face is looking really good so far, and the white charcoal will...
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I can’t explain why, but I don’t take enough risks in my artwork. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me because isn’t art all about taking risks? Why would one not experiment? It’s just a sketchbook. It won’t bite me.
To help get me out of my comfort zone, I’ll be adding sketches to my sketch blog titled Angie Learns to Draw, and I welcome any and all...
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My friend thinks I’m fascinated with death. She also thinks I listen to creepy music (and I was really reserved while choosing the songs to share with her). I don’t feel fascinated with death, and I didn’t share with her what I would consider creepy music. I wonder what she would think if she listend to the rest of my music. I’m not even quite sure where she gets this...
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I was having a conversation with a stranger the other day, and this person told me that I was very non-judgemental. Of course I took her compliment. I wonder if she realized I am a Christian woman? It seems that many people assume that Christians are very judgmental people. I have a feeling that she may not have even shared her secrets with me if she knew I was. I guess this is why I think...
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I think so far one of the hardest things for me as a developing artist is to actually take myself seriously. Why do I stand in my own way?
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I’m going to one of my favorite stores today. Half Price Books! And, I just love to walk into the sci-fi/fantasy/horror section and see all the nerdy, awkward folks. I think “aww, these are my people!” hahaha! Now if only they would bring in George R. R. Martin and let all the nerds sit around him as he reads us a story, I’d be the happiest gal in the world.
In other...
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Do you have suggestions for songs that could be put on a zombie apocalypse themed mixed cd?
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Here’s an art questionnaire that I found on a random journal. And, since I love talking about art and the process, but have no one to talk to about this other than my good friend Ms. Bloggy, I’m going to post this here.
◆Your name? hi, I’m angie ◆If possible, your age? 29, almost 30! *woo hoo!* ◆When did you start drawing? I’ve been a doodler my whole life, but...
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The strangest thing just happened on deviantart. First, anytime someone watches my page, I always take a look at their page to make a decision on whether or not I’ll watch them back. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. So, this girl, http://literallyfooled.deviantart.com/ started watching me. I visted her page and wasn’t really paying attention until I scrolled down to the...
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I didn’t sketch yesterday like planned, and now I feel a little empty.
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I feel like the last few weeks have been productive art weeks. I’ve learned, and I’ve made some decent pictures. I even think I’m seeing real progress again. But, I think I need to take a few days to reclaim the doodler in me. For a few days I want to be less focused on ideas and more focused on the freedom of sketches.
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Here’s a...
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I’m currently coloring a picture, and I have no intentions of stopping until it is finished. It’s about 7:40pm right now, so I sure hope I get it done soon because I really don’t want to stay up all night. When I get like this, it helps to kind of be in a trance, and of course, I use music for that. So, I got three songs on my playlist to get me in the mood, and I’ll...
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Yikes! Do you ever see a piece of artwork that looks incredibly similar to something you were just about to draw? That happened to me with this piece, http://lyvyan.deviantart.com/art/Follow-you-until-you-love-me-160102003, which I absolutely adore. But seriously, I was going to draw a picture of my character Jillian in a very, very similar way. The color scheme would have been...
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I’m drawing, and drawing and drawing some more. That’s really the only thing on my agenda today. Oh, that and we’re going to visit my little sister at college to take her to dinner. Then, it’s back to drawing.
I’m trying to get some sketches done for my sister, and she needs them by noon tomorrow.
I once again find myself wondering why I even bother. I don’t know why I keep fooling myself.
If I don’t pull myself out of this funk, pretty soon I’ll be inaccessible.
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Art that Makes a Difference
“Art Exhibit Recalls Horror of the Holocaust”
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/yad-vashem-art-show-recalls-horror-of-the-holocaust/19433288?icid=main|main|dl1|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fworld%2Farticle%2Fyad-vashem-art-show-recalls-horror-of-the-holocaust%2F19433288
Some say it’s too gruesome. I say what the heck do you expect. I’m an incredibly sensitive...
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I must admit that I want to see the new Nightmare on Elm Street. *looks around to see if anyone’s laughing* I can imagine that people are going crazy over the fact that the movie is being remade, and I can understand that. But, the other day I had my back to the tv and heard Freddie’s voice when the trailer aired, and it took me back to when I was a little girl watching those...
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I need to do some fashion sketches. I’ve realized that if I want to move my artwork forward and draw what I really want to draw, not only do I have to know anatomy, but I need to be able to draw clothes. And, my memory bank for clothing is so limited. It’s just not something I know how to draw. So, I guess I need to start building a solid group of references. So much to learn, so...
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cute vs. beautiful
My new haircut has made me realize something about my looks. I will never be beautiful, I might not even be pretty. I’ll alway be cute. Now that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it isn’t exactly what I’m going for. But, it’s about time that I realize I just have one of those kind of faces (chubby red cheeks, bright blue eyes, big smile) , and it’s...
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A Fat Woman's Dream
I was listening to a converstation between two chubby, but fabulous women:
co-worker 1 - You have to buy your clothes at Dots. They are a fat woman’s dream because there are no floral prints.
co-worker 2 - Oh I hate how fat women’s clothes always have to have floral prints, and its not just one flower, but many.
co-worker 1 - I know! It makes me look like a 1970s wall walking down...
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Please stop annoying me
To the person that annoyed me, I don’t care how fast or slow you move with your art, I’m not competiting with you. I don’t care if you are better than me, even though in my opinion you are not. I don’t care if you are popular, and I don’t care if you think my artwork sucks. Let it be known that your artwork also sucks. I do not look up to you, so please stop...
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Thanks to some suggestions from my friend Sami, I cut my hair. And, I mean that in the literal sense. I cut my own hair, again. I don’t know why I do that, but it is one thing I’m very impulsive about. I’ve been doing it since I was in highschool. Oh well. It needed cut. It already has more bounce and shine. Maybe in the summer I’ll actually have a professional cut...
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WatchOur first spring storm. It is a crappy video, but I like the sound of the thunder. It is night, which is why it is so black. I was trying to capture lightening strikes, but the storm was too far past us by the time I thought of taping it. At least you can see the sky light up from time to time.
I love storms. Paisely does not. Maybe next time I can prepare for a good video.
