Even if Fashion Week is almost over, I thought I would share with you guys these greeting cards I made for the sdotchronicles.com. These were posted on Facebook, Twitter, and sent to some select people in the fashion industry.
Whoops!
It seems like I am a lazy blogger, when really I have just been super busy! I need to get into the habit of posting frequently, though.
Recently, I have not been able to produce many visual pieces because I have been working on websites and have gotten into videography.
The other day, I DID play with a few shapes and images from some pictures I had taken and put it up on Society6. Here’s the finished project.
The image in the circle is actually the background to another image, and was taken in a field of flowers. When I was manipulating this photo, I wanted to create something that felt”wanderlust-y” and made me feel good to look at it- like you were getting a peak into a whimsical moment. And I feel like I accomplished that.
It isn’t too often that I will really LOVE one of my own pieces but for some reason, I am very pleased with how this piece makes the viewer feel. You can purchase or just check it out in detail here.
Summertime Art
Ever since I was little, I LOVED being outside. I love it so much, I wish I could package it and keep it in a jar for when I am miserable and it’s freezing outside.
Or at least own everything that makes me feel like it’s sumer again.
And that’s where my most recent pieces of art come in :). I created four pieces, available over at Society6, that were inspired by that summertime feeling.
GAH! I can’t get enough. Seriously…sunglasses, hazy horizons, faded sunsets.
I hope you guys enjoy these images as much as I do and hopefully they bring you back to that warm, sunny, place when you’re feeling blue!
I’m probably never going to grow up….
Truthfully, my favorite thing about myself is my imagination. The more I wander into post grad life and realize everyone around me maturing, the more I appreciate my creative mind. Age can bring on a cynicism and bitterness towards life and I never want that to happen. I have a habit of going against the norm and this is no exception. I won’t accept a job I am unhappy with just to pay the bills; I will not give up on a creative future; I will not become a boring, unsatisfied human being wasting increments of 24 hours down the drain. I appreciate life and will do everything I can to be my happiest every single day. 🙂 Here’s to creativity!
That being said, this is my first image in  a series of three that is meant to depict the creative thinker. Every day, I decide how much of myself is going to be pulled into my imagination- some days I stay in the real world-grounded, but other days I am immersed in my imagination. I exist in an entirely different world. For me, this picture illustrates the first steps of giving yourself over to your imaginative self. Please enjoy and let me know if you can relate as well.
Pulled in a million directions..
Do you ever feel like you have so many ideas, interests, and passions that you have a million options and cannot focus on one thing to save your life?!
I created a pic that, for me, captures this feeling of being pulled in a million creative directions all at once.
Soul Searching
My latest piece of art is in line with my last surreal photography piece which focused heavily on hands and hair. I am still very interested in exploring the emotion evoked through hand gestures; emotions perceived without facial expression.
Well, I’M BACK!
This past week I have been on a bit of a vacay visiting friends and family in the midwest. Right before I had left, I ordered my postcards that I was telling you guys about and they were here when I got back! 🙂
I’ve proclaimed today to be “Send Ten Monday”. I have sent out ten cards because I have experienced trying to create mailing lists all at once and, long story short, they take a long time so I figure that addressing ten at a time is very ‘low-stress’.
I ordered from Vistaprint and they are the oversized postcard with a glossy front. They are thick and are a good weight so I can definitely say that I am pleased.
Hopefully these will result in some new projects!
Stay tuned and subscribe, or like, or whatever if you are interested in the beginnings of my illustration journey!
P.S sorry for the poor photo quality! I took it with my ancient phone.
Out of the Blue
Good Monday Morning everyone!
So I’ve already gone on a run, fed my wonderful puppies (I actually make them meals…give me a break. I don’t have children haha) and had a great breakfast of my own 🙂
brown rice
steamed broccoli
handful of spinach
1/4 cup of organic pasta sauce
= YUM!
I’ve been feeling so fatigued and tired lately for no obvious reason and as a result have been taking photos around town and around my house. Yesterday, I had an idea to make a symmetrical photo of myself and my hair turning into this dark waterfall….kindof hard to visualize unless you’re in my brain. BUT even though I did not create that photo, I created another photo that was derived from that idea and it actually turned out pretty cool.
Let me know what you think!
Sad blood drop….
Hi there everyone! I am posting my latest illustration of how blood moves through the heart to be oxygenated. I feel like this was one of the most difficult concepts for many people in my anatomy classes to grasp so I can only imagine how difficult it is for children or even those in high school. And so, I was motivated to create this little nugget:
I hope you find it a bit humorous because I certainly did.
Also, I have been REALLY trying hard to find a focus and have been trying to decipher whether it is ok to have goals or not. Which sounds silly, but I have a hard time finding meaning in having goals because in the end, I’m just going to be dead so I might as well enjoy myself rather than strive to make money (but then I need money to fulfill the things I love…..mind struggle over here).
And so, I tend to make a lot of lists and recently I have just been thinking about what I love and what are some very honest, self fulfilling, goals I might have. So far I love:
art (vector illustrations/photography and digital art/ whimsical)
helping others/teaching
TRAVELING
being outside (so much!)
green surroundings
health and fitness
philosophy
psychology(the brain, individual’s gestures, people watching..haha)
SCIENCE (the human body and how we think)
…….and so far, my solutions for how I can make a living and pursue these things are to :
create educational illustrations about science
create whimsical photographs through photography, compositry, and photo manipulation
motivate others through videos and workshops/ teaching
travel and create videos to allow others to feel like they are traveling as well (I have a dream to create a virtual vacation program where people can wear virtual frames and be immersed in a fake vacation)
and as far as goals:
pay off loans through using one of the above solutions
go on a year long travel journey to see the world and to offer free stock photography to people like myself who literally do not have a dime to spare but want to create wonderful artistic concepts
inspire those in other countries with less resources to be creative
🙂
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