Another little girl

So I finished another girl for the home. Do you like the asian theme or do you think it should be mixed cultures? I'm in between. I am enjoying doing the facial masks.


I am currently waiting for my jumbo veggie protein link to be done. I am addicted to relish. Mix that with a giant bun for carbs and that's how a vegetarian eats a hot dog. I was looking at old photos of myself and for as much as I love my natural red, I am thinking of a choppier cut with a more extreme color. I will probably get over it within the next few days. Everytime I get bored I just want to cut all my hair off, so before I do something drastic I will eat and work on the next illustration. This one will be from something I felt when I first moved to California. It will be a more high detail illustration, so it will be another week or so before it is done.

excitment!

So this week has been quite productive so far! On Monday I finally got the chance to read through my notebooks and gather all my ideas and thoughts and make an agenda. I work much better with a schedule. Especially if I make it a tight one. I am going to be balancing painting during the day and illustration at night. And whatever free time I have either watching a movie or learning Flash or both. Do you think I am a work-a-holic much? There is really just NOT enough time in the day...

The thing that I am had the most trouble with was trying to figure out the timing for the schedule. Right now everything is a guessing game and I need to adjust according to how fast I work. I have thus far given myself 2 weeks to complete a painting from beginning to end. I do not know where this stands as of yet. I have put 6 hours into compositing, sketching and starting to layout some paint. This is definitely a good place so far to me. I was thinking of posting "in progress" shots, but I don't want people to have their own perception while I am working b/c I feel then it might fall short of what someone imagined. When I have the final piece done, I will then probably add in progress shots after the final image so I can share my process with you. This is going to be a great trip!

As for now, here is a little illustration that I finished this morning.

Bedroom art

Here is the art that I made to be put up in the bedroom. It was kind of made before I thought of doing it as a series, so I will probably do another to match the asian girls. I love this though. It's so peaceful.

new life

so it was quite the adventure moving out to california. I am now residing in Laguna Niguel which is right by the beach! Hooray! I got some good gestures done there. Plus! I saw a seal in the water right on shore!!
This past month has been chaotic with a lot of love and support coming my way, so thank you to all the people that have helped me through this transition. It means a lot. I will be putting pictures of my new place up tomorrow so you can all share the love I have of my new place with me.

Now with that said, I have a painting to put up that I finished in the beginning of March. If you remember, I was working on a piece featuring Derek and his baby. I created a painting that I felt really touched upon the aristocratic side of him. Let me know what you think. It was the first time I was using Pumice and it was awesome and disastorous at the same time. I used it as a main element with I think next time I should paint and then apply it as a detail pass. Putting it on first kept me from fixing problems throughout since all the texture was there. AH, well you live and learn.