I never said this was going to be all cute and rainbows

I saw Drive a while ago. It was entertaining and well lit and directed. I really applaud excellent lighting in movies, because I think it hard to do well and when its done well its beautiful. Ideally I would like to mimic well done lighting in more paintings but you know, time, energy, patience and all that. Anyhoo, I decided to draw this scene for whatever reason, and now i'm sharing it with "the world"

When I draw Ryan Gosling, I make sure to make him not cute.

Cute cuddly things.

More photos from random bay area adventures. A couple staring one F13

I love him, but I'm not sure if I could handle a world with two of him *smiley face*

And check out my super sweet 1983 original burger king Return of the Jedi Ewok cup! I know you're jelly.

Baby ewoks in the hizouse.

Postcards!

About two weeks ago we happened to end up in a really great junk shop in Berkeley after hunting for antique finds. I cant remember the name of the shop now, but it was a tiny little place and they had boxes of fantastic old, mostly blank postcards. I decided to grab a bunch to send to friends and family since have still been unable to visit *grumble* but it works out fine since living here is kind of like being on really great stay-cation. Anyhoo, here are some scans of some of them, and some doodles I did on the back of them so this blog can still be about my art stuffs.

How cute is the girl on the trolly? And how about that pan am bag (mediocre network series non-withstanding)?

Fall! and Photos!

Has it really been over a month since I last posted? Sadly yes. but I think to help improve post frequency I'm going to do a little experiment here and start posting some of my photos and random stuff that makes me smile. I'm still art-ing (and I've even picked up several new hobbies..) and I'll definitely be continuing to show that stuff here too but in the mean time.. First I painted my nail all Kate Spade-y with a touch of Geninne's inspired art on my thumb

Then the other day I noticed this. You can tell its a girl car because of the eyelashes

And its fall in the bay area. You know what that means?! SPIDERS. EVERYWHERE.

That is over my front door frame. There are so many cobwebs that appear we dont really need to decorate for Halloween...

Things in my apartment that make me happy

So what are some of the things I do when I'm not arting? I'm concocting crazy plans and ideas to improve the aesthetic value of the first real place I've lived in on my own. Slow to start (since I kind of had to figure out what kind of design style I had a taste for..) and then you know, taking breaks here and there. Mostly for my wallet but also for my (and not to mention my boyfriends) sanity.

Also, our place was kind of ehh.. so regretfully I didn't take many before or process shots as I wanted to get everything done and over with. I found a few before/process picks, and an old photo I took of myself in the bathroom last year (yeah yeah I know, it was for an art reference if it makes it any better)

Oh yeah, this was the original paint job we moved into. This wasn't done by us. I really wanted to punch whoever painted this place before us.

Before:

herp derp. At least you can kind of see the sad, awful color cream walls and the old shower curtain. It was a'ite.

Ok now for the glorious after! Peppered with things that make me smile!
After:

Oh yeah, that's a brand "new" fancy medicine cabinet that I found from local "industrial thrift store" (?) Urban Ore. If you live in the bay area, its definitely worth checking out. Especially if you're into remodeling your place on the cheap and diy. Be warned, its dusty and smells a bit of cat pee.

The end! Yay! In case you haven't figured it out by now I'm basically a large woman-child. I'm sure as I get older my place will become less whimsical and more classical but being a big kid is still fun.




And thus concludes the mini tour of my place, which I think will always be a work in progress, weather I stay here another year or move somewhere else. Hope you enjoyed!

I made a web banner

For my cousin's fashion blog The Blonde Brunette I think they like and they'll probably add it soon along with an overall site design update. In the mean time the 3 of you can peep this.

Since it was for a fashion blog, the first inspirational illustrator that came to mind was Marguerite Sauvage. Shes amazing and I hope her and anyone else doesn't take offense to my little banner here.

Ron & Tammy. A love story.

So my obsessive nerdiness has reached new heights and crossed genres. Here we have influences of 60's crime novels and style, the great Phil Noto, the amazing Robert McGuinness and well, my love for comedic television series'.

I think I'm done with P&R art for now anyway. May move on to The League or Trailer Park boys.

Still don't really have the hang of "painting" in PS but at least this is faster..?