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I'm getting excited about my almost finished Flash Christmas card. I just have to add a tiny bit more animation. We recorded the sound so glad that's done.
How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.
With either sugar or honey or nothing. Coffee with cream too (half and half).
It's tough coming up with a good first post when you are trying to represent yourself. I'm going to start by just picking a random memories from what got me really interested in doing art.
Random art memory#1:
My parents had me enrolled in a Japanese print making class at Towson State University when I was either in elementary school or middle school. I learned how to use a bamboo brush and the special ink. I painted bamboo shoots and leaves. We also learned to make our own Chinese signature with red ink. I loved it. I think I still have the painting from that class. I don't consider it very good, but it was a start. Here's an example of what we were painting in that class.
Here is an example of something Japanese that I painted in 2003.
I just sold the painting above (Kimono). If you're interested getting an original gift go to the following links:
I recently finished a business card design for a fellow Etsy member. I had previously worked on her promotional flier and she liked it and wanted a similar business card. I'll upload her flier later, but I have her business card here.
I'm available for most art related needs. I can do graphic design and fine art. I'm available for commissions and projects.... just contact me!
I can help you get that personalized item for that special someone for Christmas.
I finally got around to scanning in two paintings that are relatively new. They are original, watercolor paintings and are for sale at http://victoriasart.etsy.com along with my other paintings and prints.
I particularly like the pillows one. I love the colors and I spent a lot of time on the detail which is hard to see in a jpg on the computer.
What I've been up to lately (artistically):
Not much.
But, that's going to change. I'm commissioned to paint a cat for someone and I have finished studying for my exam and will now devote my time to that and my Christmas card design.
Although, I've been sketching in my sketchbook. I've been drawing lots of caricatures and heads. I keep thinking I should scan them because they are quite interesting, but I never get around to it. Scanning is always a chore lately. I need inspiration.
Christmas Card:
Every year I design my own Christmas card. Sometimes it is in flash (if I have loads of time to spare) and sometimes it starts off in Flash and ends up as an image and then to a card. The year before last, my fiance and I were snowmen and a little creature hopped around. We had some crazy synth sounds for the jingle bells song we made on the keyboard. Last year, we were dressed as Santa and Mrs. Claus and the little animal was a new color. I made vector drawings of some of the electronic music equipment we were playing. This one wasn't animated. I didn't have time.
This year, we're going to go a different route and be a little political. Surprise, so I'm not going to describe it now. I still haven't started drawing santa and frankly, not in the mood. But, I better get in the mood soon.
At first I liked how Vox handles the design of your "blog." I hate that word, "blog." It's so ugly. Anyway. In a way I wish I could design my own layout for vox. I thought I saw someone's where they had, but I am not sure how.
