First Stage In A Multi-step Project. Hand-weaving Fabric Which I Will Then Use To Sew The Body And Limbs

...maybe (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

I always forget that contour drawing is, like, actually a good warm up.

I’m sorry for ever complaining about your Drawing I and Drawing II classes, Ms. Miller.

30 seconds, 1 min, 2 min.

Gonna be selling these 4x4 vinyl stickers at the Short Run Comix & Arts Festival in Seattle on November 4th.

Will post more info soon about where my table will be and what else I’ll be selling.

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just needs some varnish and then I can do a high-res scan!

doing some painting

So I’ve scanned the pages of my risographed fashion study zine (you can buy that here) and have got them for sale on Society6!

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Howdy! I’m still alive.

I’m fortunate, in that my day job is being done remotely, but it’s a very difficult change and I really don’t like it, so the stress has been getting to me. I was invited to be part of a really cool thing but it may have completely fallen through due to the stay at home order, I have no idea, so that kind of kneecapped my motivation, art-wise.

Hard copy version of my comics aren’t in my etsy store at the moment, as I’d been sneakily printing them on the printers at my office and I don’t have a printer at home. PDF versions are still up for sale.

At this time, I struggle to see the point of making art that doesn’t “do something.” Here are two tapestries I’ve made (I’m working on getting the edges even and reducing the amount of hour-glassing before I go totally nuts and invest in a rigid heddle loom) and some socks I darned for my boyfriend.

charismaticoutcast said: These are really neat! Do you mind me asking how you put your artwork on shirts/other accessories like this? Is it silk screening? I tried doing this awhile back and failed miserablyXD

No problem!

I use a printing service -- society6. I size my images to their specifications and they print and ship the product for me. They use, at least for the cloth products, a "direct to fabric" printer. I've ordered shirts from them before, but only on white so I can't speak for the other shirt colors, and the images have always been well printed and pretty darn colorfast.

However, because they do the printing and shipping, I only get a portion of the payment. But, compared to other printing services, their prices are pretty good. At society6 a 21x28 inch print costs $35 and I earn $8.65. You can raise the prices on your prints so that you earn more, but I try not to price myself out. Compare that to the print services at DeviantArt where the standard cost of a 24x24 inch print is $45 and the artist earns $7.50.

I haven't done screenprinting before, but I have used linocuts and fabric ink. If I ever chose to sell those, other prints that I created myself, or original pieces, I would sell them somewhere like etsy or storenvy, where I would just pay for hosting on their website and would be able to set the product prices myself.

Cute people at the bus stop.

Drawn from memory.

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The life of a mixed media artist is always intense.

My struggle is being willing to let go of details, of not getting too “precious” with it. Getting there with that hand... still working too much into parts of the face.

I remember reading something where a guy noticed that one class of 5 year olds produced more aesthetically pleasing art than other classes. When asked why her students’ art had better compositions and color choices, the teacher replied “Because I know when to take the piece away.”

Trying to keep this in mind. Don’t overwork. Let things go. Take it away.

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currently sick

dreamed that me and two girls that I went to middle school with were recording a song, reading the lyrics from a dark blue book with glowing white letters. don't remember the lyrics.

dreamed that there was a huge block party going on in my neighborhood, with tents set up all over and one of those janky ferris wheels. I decided that I wanted a milkshake and a burger. Every restaurant that I went to was getting held up by a delusional man with a shotgun. Every single one. Same guy, too. I'd leave and go to the next restaurant and he'd have moved on to hold that store up. I just really wanted a milkshake.

Part of some sort of giant videogame world. Built like one of those marble tunnel toys. Riding the marble down a spiral slide. Giant monster crushing the marble tunnel world. Water is rising faster.

I keep sleeping through the curtains falling out of the window frame and on top of me.