Leftovers from 30 day challenge

Here are a few that I actually did and forgot to post

Favorite book: The Hunger Games
I basically just re-made the cover as I would've liked it. This was my Katniss, notice the broach :)

Best friend: Reese
I couldn't choose between all my close friends who might be a best friend, so I went with my puppy!

Recent Sketches

I'm just going to post some of my better recent doodles :)

This last one is my Barbara Gordon Batgirl!

I don't know if I should be concerned

Probably going to use these as a sort of background for a digital painting. 

Phew, I'm not a Lost Cause

The art bug has returned to me. Finally!

OK, OK, So I am totally behind

Real quick, I'm sorry I am so behind! I am trying to get straight A's this summer and it seems my challenge took a back seat :( I haven't given up, though! I've done a few of them so far, I just need to be diligent. Thank you for your continued patience! <3

Day 3: Favorite Food

You probably could have guessed this based on my first drawing. I mean, I love ice cream. Love it. Of the seven deadly sins, mine is gluttony... for ice cream. It's a wonder I don't weigh 200lbs by now based on how much ice cream I eat regularly. Anyways. I was kind of stuck on what to do with this drawing to make it interesting... in the end... it wasn't interesting. What would've you tried? Maybe I should add a... frog? /sigh

Currently jammin' to - Where is my Mind? (feat. Emily Browning) - Yoav

Day 2: Favorite Animal

 

I know this is a day late, but it's done, right?

Dolphins- I've always loved dolphins. They are such intelligent creatures, it's obvious if you've ever had the pleasure of meeting one. Odd creatures too, I can understand why old sailors mistook them for various mythical beings. 

For this one I played with the markers I could find lying around. In retrospect I failed at the dark gray markers but I like what I did up in the top left with the water. It's a start, at least. Markers are something I've only dabbled in but the results here were... ok. I still need to work more at it, it seems. I had the upper hand here, however because I've been drawing dolphins since 6th grade obsessively. Let's just keep that between you and me. 

Currently watching - Up in the Air

Day 1: Draw Yourself

So, I was going to do something artsy with like, emotional lines and me looking off in the distance. But than I was like NAAAH I'll do a self-portrait that describes me rather than depict me... to a degree :) I'm hoping I captured a bit of likeness. Oh, and before you get carried away, I'm wearing a swimsuit! And, I always walk around with the top of my shorts folded over when I wear one. I swear!

Feel free to comment! Also, I know I struggled with the right arm. I know. Pointing that out isn't constructive. How to fix it, is.  


Currently rocking out to: Feel it in my Bones - Tegan and Sara

30 Day Art Challenge

I have found it, my new goal. It's a 30 Day Art Challenge! Of course, I will start some classes in the mix, so hopefully I can keep the ball rolling. I would've like it to include color, but unfortunately I don't have Photoshop atm and not enough copic markers to make it look good. Hopefully I can get my CS5 suite up and running before the challenge ends!

Today will be the first day of the challenge. I hope you're as excited as I am!

A Fresh Start

So, here goes nothing. I am going to start blogging. Not posting stuff when I need the overflow, like legitimately posting regularly. This is in an attempt to get more active with my artwork. Of course, it might help if I had some art work to show, but in the meantime, stick with me!

We're shooting for at least one art-related post a week. If that doesn't happen, feel free to complain. 

Oh, Little Big Planet!

First off, let me spazz a bit and say OMG OMG OMG I GOT A BETA FOR LBP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SRSLY!!
Now, let me compose myself and write a well educated review
Where do I begin?
I spent a good portion of my first hour playing having a cow over the cuteness of Sackboy in his array of clothing, including (but not limited to): bunny ears, mustaches, a pirate outfits and a 1700s-style wealthy-English collar. The amount of cute-ness in LBP is absurd, and it's not just cute in a Harvest Moon way, where only girls will squeal over it, my boyfriend was having far too good of a time dressing, and playing around with sackboy (no pun intended). The ability to personalize your little big planet is literally out of this world. There are plenty of things to make your character and the world you are playing in unique. The best feature is the Playstation eye; where LBP uses it so you can take pictures using it, and make stickers out of them. The possibilities are endless.
The replay value is outstanding, and I know it wont be something I will sell back once I have the full version. Each level is new and full of surprises (like jet-packs! Woo!). For an artist who loves puzzle games, I was not at all dissapointed, it was both challenging and visually stimulating. I would finish a level and think I hadn't missed a thing and find out I only completed 33%!!
Undoubtedly every time anyone plays LBP on theirs, or anyone elses playstation, it will look different. When I say everything is customizable, I mean it.
It was an extremely impressive beta, for being such a complex game. And multiplayer is a huge part of it. Some levels you will need another Sackperson to help you, and at other times you can just send odd screen shot-stickers to friends to use on their LBP.
So the bottom line for this beta is: A fascinating and unique experience that captivates both the mind and the imagination for use in unlimited ways.


I give it: 10 (I don't just hand out tens either....)

WoW, you can't escape it!

So considering I work at GameStop, games are really an inescapable part of my life. I played World of Warcraft (WoW) about a year ago and found my self bored at killing various kinds of felines, bears, and furry walking things. I mean, how many times can they re-name those annoying murlocks? Well once the hype of the whole thing settled down and I realized my druid wasn't a class that gets merit for power, I decided to save my self the monthly $15, and get a life.
Then it happened, more of my friends started getting the game and I found myself with nothing to do on a Saturday night unless I had sold my soul to a particular MMORPG. Finally, after running from it for a year, I have decided to give into this utter addiction, WoW.

The Fine Line Between Art and Porn

Women tend to recognize this line much better than men I have noticed. But regardless, there is a very common misconception out there. Sure we all recognize things like the David by Michelanglo as art, but in modern times not everyone is carving religious nude pieces. More commonly nudity in modern art involves tattoos and piercings to a certain degree. People tend to fail in realizing what is tacky nudity and what is artsy nudity. An example of an artist who draws girls generally topless, but intends all of his work to be art is Joe Pekar. Unfortunately a lot of his work is closer to porn because more people would rather see that, which I find pretty sad. He recently released a book called Strawberry which features a lot of beautiful pieces of art. Pin-up girls are another good example of art that tends to be received more like porn. I have always thought that feminine beauty was always the most stunning. Maybe the key is to be more open-minded about seeing naked figures.

WARNING: Sharing is not caring

Many of us underpaid college students cannot afford to buy every single CD or song their heart has ever desired. What's worse is that songs and albums bought on iTunes cannot be shared or even played on computers that aren't "authorized". These issues only fuel our passion for file sharing. But be warned, while downloading songs is not illegal- sharing them is. Some unfortunate people are finding this out the hard way: getting charged $10,000 for every shared song.
Check out the video here.

For those avid downloaders, you can turn off file sharing on most clients in the preferences. Also, make sure you unselect the option that says "search for music to share on hard drive".
Plus, be careful of getting bugs in your system from these clients. If you notice your computer is running slower than usual or you are experiencing problems, those might be a sign that it's time to say goodbye to these clients. Bit torrents are a much safer alternative and there are many free ware clients available for these little treasures. Of course the safest is no client at all, but what fun is that?