I am teaching myself digital art, and it's frustrating ( Read more... )

Have been doing some more digital work, stretching my legs in Photoshop and vector programs. You can see it on the art blog:

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In related news, my MacBook Air has been incredibly slow lately. Is it the heat or the workload...?

So I've been writing a Little Mermaid retelling in which the mermaid is male, the Sea Witch is also male (and in love with him) and instead of being set in pseudo-medieval England, it's set in pseudo-medieval Moorish Spain.

Anyway, have some wistful angst and pretty boys in flowy robes. Pentel brush pen and Caran D'Ache aquarelle pencils.

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So in between doing the Book Project this week, I have also been compiling my portfolio, which is pretty much guaranteed to fill me with horror and shame ( Read more... )

I used to collect rubber stamping and scrapbooking manuals like a good little addict. Somerset Studios, Visual Chronicles, Rubber Stamp Journal...I loved them. But after a while these 'manuals' started to frustrate me.

I live in a small town, in a country with no Target or Michael's or giant craft store. Where I live you can't just dash out and pick ( Read more... )

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New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down by jeannedecarnin. Inception, Arthur/Eames. Lonely Christmas pr0n set in New York ( Read more... )

So where the hell was I when the Inception fandom appeared last year? It's not like I didn't watch it at the same time as everyone else. I think I was so blown away by the story it didn't feel like there was anything more to look for. And honestly I totally missed the Arthur/Eames thing the first time round. (I know, I know, I might as well hand in ( Read more... )

So one viewing of a hitRECord video on youtube and it's like being smacked in the face with the midnight disease: you can't go to bed without making something.

( something )