Unemployed - Day...what day am I on?

I finished another drawing. I've been trying to be a good artist and actually do art everyday. I joined a group on Flickr called 365 Sketch and you're supposed to post a picture of a sketch or something of the like each day to help motivate/inspire you to draw everyday. I'm on day two and I already almost forgot. If it hadn't been for my typing these words in this here blog I would have. I need to make some lists of things to remember. And then some lists of my lists and so on and so forth. I can't even write things to remember on my hands anymore because I forget to look at my hands. Anyways...here is my latest creation...

I'm thinking she needs a proper background. But I don't want to take away from the main subject. I don't know. I need some input. I'm so indecisive. I think I'm becoming a fan of the brown outline though. This is the second one of my drawings where I used brown. It looks a little less harsh, or bold. More natural? I don't know. More soft? I'm not sure how to describe it.

A way to waste some time.

As if I have time to waste. There's this freakin website that sucks me in and I have to look at page after page after page until my eyeballs finally dry up and it's midnight and Lou is tired of me saying "aww, look at this" or "ahaha, this is hilarious".


Here's one that makes me giggle from the site:

moar funny pictures

bah.

I went to a temp agency today. Just another reason to be discouraged with my art. I'm a good artist goddammit. I just need to market myself better...or something. I need someone to tell me what to do. I can't live on hopes and dreams forever. So perhaps a temporary job can help keep me floating. I don't want to stay in Delaware forever after all.
I finished a few more Lil Dumplins. I'll probably photograph them all together soon. They look so cute all in a group. I think I might need a shot to show their size better also. The tallest one I've made is less than 2 inches, but you can't really tell from the photos.

My inspiration for this one...christmas. See the little mints on top of her head?

Green treasuries

I love when I'm in a green themed treasury! Well...I love being featured for anything. But a green treasury really makes my day. The curator used one of my green rings. I love the picture of it. Very bright and abstract. You can see it in my etsy shop here

Reminiscing

I was reminiscing with a past blog I had in highschool (which I am thoroughly embarrassed by now, because if the immature garbage that I would document). But anyways, I came across something that I thought was funny and still rings true in my mind now

June 22, 2002 - "Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?"


I still would really like to know...

Unemployed - Day 4

I don't want to talk about it.




But I will talk about another drawing I finished. (I actually completed more than one, but I don't feel like uploading them ALL) . Anyways, I'm having trouble deciding if I should stick with digitally coloring my drawings or hand coloring them. I really like the streamlined look of digital, but at the same time I feel like they might look too simple. What constitutes too simple?



This drawing was inspired by my roommate Yesenia's hamster Hammie, who has since passed. He was as big as a guinea pig and loved yogurt drops. He's also known for his huge balls, but I didn't include them on the drawing. I thought they might overpower the drawing...

Unemployed - Day 3

I came to a realization today. I was busily gathering information to send away samples of my work to piles of companies in hopes that one of them would notice me. I picked up a book I had sitting around about careers in commercial and graphic art. After flipping through it, I remembered these books are all the same. First I should ask myself do I want to go into fine art or commercial art, I should make a portfolio, I should send samples, I should send follow-up samples, then I should wish for a miracle. That's when I noticed the yellow star graphic on the front of the book.. "More than 2 million books sold!"

That's where the money is!! Not in making the art, but in selling bullshit books about getting careers in art. Man, it was right in front of my face all this time!

Eh, who am I kidding...back to the drawing board (no, really).

Lil Dumplins have arrived!

I finally picked my butt off the floor and got to listing my little handpainted figurines. I think it took me so long because I couldn't decide on a name for the "line" and I couldn't decide how I wanted to handle their descriptions. I think it came together nicely.

Lil Dumplins




I did a lot of crafting this weekend with the help of a few pots of coffee. Finishing up painting some lil dumplins and starting some new pieces. They're just about done except for the final clear coating. I really like painting on clay. I feel like it gives me more freedom in choosing what colors go where. If I mess up, I can just paint over it and start fresh. I'm such a perfectionist though, it takes a while to get something just right.

I'm out of tea.

I decided to start drinking more tea than coffee. There's just something about coffee that does horrible things to my stomach. Especially if I don't drink it for a couple of days and then start up again. Almost as if my body has to get used to it again. I haven't really found a tea that jolts me awake like coffee does yet, but I'm searching. Another plus to tea is I can drink it much easier without a creamer. And seeing as I'm a "starving artist" the chances of there being milk in the fridge are very slim. We have a powdered creamer, but I've noticed it says "May 2006" on the lid. I don't really want to deal with that situation just now. And powdered creamer is horrible anyways. Actually powdered creamer scares me a little. I just see it as this big container of chemicals. It can't be healthy for us.
I've been eyeing up some homemade tea by the etsy seller TeaNoir for some time now and finally decided to get myself this.


On another note, I finished coloring another picture! I think the scalloped edge makes it extra sweet. Maybe, I'm not sure. I love the way the colors came out. This is my "Chocolate Love" piece I mentioned earlier.

I'm starting to freak, a bit.

This upcoming week is my last week at the temp job I've been at for the last three months. I'm really sad to be leaving, but they don't really need me after the holidays. I'm really thankful for having experienced it though. I didn't even know what a typesetter was, or that it was even a job before this. But it's great to have that for my resume. It's very discouraging trying to find a job in my field when I have next to no experience aside from my Etsy shop and personal artwork and every job I see requires 3 to 5 years experience. Bite me.

So for that, I'm trying to push myself to build my portfolio.



Say hello to "Ice Cream Woes". The title is a work in progress. But I'm really happy with the way it came out...including the colors. Which is rare for me. Next in line is most likely my "Chocolate Love" piece. I think it might be perfect for Valentine's Day. We'll see....

Squidoo told me to.

I joined a site that I know NOTHING about. I hear it's good for promoting yourself though. It's called Squidoo and you make lenses. What's a lens? Don't look at me. Look at this though: Do you Squidoo?

Sometimes I draw things.

For some reason when my mom loaded a picture I drew and digitally colored for the stories she writes, it came out with strange inverted colors when she loaded it on her blog. I'm not a genious with rgb/cmyk colors, but I was pretty sure I colored it correctly for her blog. I loaded another picture of mine on my here blog to be sure I'm not a moron and the colors appear to look pretty spiffy to me. Hm...I don't know what happened.

On another note, this here drawing...I've titled it "Amibtious Knitter". I'm getting a little overwhelmed with the coloring though, in terms of background versus ball of yarn color. There's so many varieties I can make, that they're all starting to blur together and I'm not sure what looks good anymore. Also, I seem to have a problem where the only color I gravitate towards is green (for obvious reasons..) and I realize that I have to try to remember that not everyone has an obsession with the color green like I do. But then once I realize that, I'm lost. Pink and blue are nice colors also. (because they go nicely with green..)

God, and don't get me started with the girl's hair color, let alone her dress.

It's amazing how one entirely simple drawing can turn into so many questions that plague my mind.




So anyways, let me know if this drawing looks weird to you and your computer screen.