Lima bean

Today I took a sick day, and Im glad I did. I sketched her this morning,

and am currently playing around with color in photoshop.
I may put her on the projector, blow up the image, and lay down some acrylic.
I have to stop being afraid of paintings, they aren't that scary...
but I am a bit of a dumby when it comes to picking out colors.

Her outline looks like a lima bean, doesn't it? I may have to name her lima;)

Dalla

My latest piece entitled Dalla.

She was drawn in my sketchbook, then transfered into photoshop for editing and color. I love the subtle detail of visible graphite underneath the digital work..I can't tare myself away from drawing in the details and keeping it realistic.

She was named Dalla because in icelandic the meaning is luminosity, brilliance (light). The way she's positioned facing to the side with bright eyes made the name stick. She's brilliant! :)

Photo credit: Tina Chang

crosses

Life is hectic at the moment, Im getting caught up with a boy! And lost in plans for next fall.

Latest Obessions

nailpolish

tumblr archives

time alone

schedules

pendants

braids

watches

crosses

sketches

One recent pick from tumblr is April Nicole, she has loads of fantastic photos, all inspiring. I find myself sifting through endless archives, searching for photo references...then having the problem of choosing just one to sketch. What a problem!

Pink rose petals

I scanned in the sketch from the other day and edited it in photoshop.
To say the least Im pretty pleased with how it turned out.
It took awhile since I hadn't used photoshop in a long time..
but Im going to try and be more consistant with creating work
so the turn out is cleaner and happens faster.