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I used to make things

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 10:54 pm
Filed under blogging, stuff n nonsense

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I used to make things. I used to photograph things that I had made and blog about them. Now? I have good intentions and bad self-discipline. I am working nearly full time now and life is a lot fuller, pushing out time for crafting and making and photographing and blogging. I still write blog posts in my head sometimes, not nearly as often as I used to. I don’t read my bloglines nearly as often as I used to and I don’t read magazines nearly as often as I used to. I have good intentions with a TV-and-blankie-on-the-couch habit.

I will get back to it. It’s me. It’s what I do and what I think of me as doing. It’s who I think I am. It’s who you think I am. It is me, and that me will come out to play again. I have the best jam-packed studio with fabric and patterns and art materials by the bucketload. I have a huge stack of magazines on my bedside table and lots of crafty podcasts loaded onto my player.

I have a dusty old blog and a head full of good intentions. I have this blog post. There will be more.

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stockings and shoes

Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 1:55 am
Filed under digital art, photography, those crazy kids

Lying on the couch, clicking away, taking random and fast photos of my little girl Emma as she danced around me. Taking the photos into the computer and playing with colours and styles and moods and fonts. Loving the results.

Priceless.

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long neck

Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 1:05 am
Filed under analog artlog, art, drawing

I drew again tonight. Here she is - girl with long neck:

Drawn in my art journal - crayons, tombow pen, and white pencil on top of orange acrylic background.

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about time

Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 1:17 am
Filed under analog artlog, art, drawing

It’s about time! Okay, I am going to get my act together a little bit and start posting here more regularly.

tReally I will. In blog droughts of the past, I have set goals like “I will post every day for 21 days in a row” and it is a great way to get going again, but I’m not going to do that this time. With my job taking up a lot of my time, and watching TV on the couch taking up a lot of my other time (let’s be honest here) I don’t want to set a goal if I don’t think I can stick to it. Anyway, what I will be doing is making much more of an effort and you can’t ask for more than that.

So tonight, while watching some quality entertainment on the couch, I drew in my Analog Artlog! 10 points if you know what that is. You must be a long-time reader (and thank you for that!) because I checked and I haven’t drawn in my art journal in almost two whole years!!! Way too long.

No matter, for tonight I drew.

Tonight I also took a photo of the art journal spread, sorted it out in Photoshop, uploaded it to Flickr, uploaded it to DeviantArt and even wrote a quick journal entry over at DA. And I am writing this blog entry. I am on fire.

While I was on a roll, I even updated the photo of me over on the right column there. And I updated my profile pic on Facebook too. Phew! I think I have to go and have a little lie down now after all that effort.

No really, did you like the drawing? Remember, I am at the beginning of my drawing journey. It will be a milestone when I no longer feel compelled to add that caveat when showing you my drawings.

I am quite happy with how it turned out anyhow. Constructive criticism (or whatever) always welcome.