A Case of the Mundys - Time Warp

Oh school woes.. I don't miss that at all! I have been pretty terrible at time management in the past and it's something I continually need to work on.  Today poor chap has fallen prey to the amazing master of distraction that is the Internet.  Happy day to all! Namaste.

Lost In Translation

It's that time again, folks! Monday's Mundys! Today's installment is like parfait.Delicious layered parfait. Hope you enjoy!

A Case of the Mundys Webcomic

Lots of funny and/or interesting things happen on a day to day basis. This strip is in honor of those mundane moments. In case you were wondering, Mundy is a (what I think to be cute) take on the word Mundane. 

New comics to come out every Monday! Please enjoy and tell me what you think!

Here is last week's first installment.

This week's installment is something we can all relate to.

Namaste.

Wednesday WIP!

Greetings Lovelies!  I hope you all are doing well this fine Wednesday! 

Tis my favorite season and I'm feeling the Halloween spirit!  Due to a busy schedule I have not got to decorate my home so I thought I'd at least do one illustration that I can post around my various online outlets.  It's not quite done yet but I like posting works in progress so here ya go!

Just getting started here with the inking stage.

Here I've laid down the marker and some watercolor.

Since these pics were taken, I had added a bit more watercolor.  The final stage will be some color pencil and inks....  I think. We'll see how it looks at that point but there might be some acrylic additions.  I'll post a picture of the finished piece soon.  I'm thinking of doing a raffle giveaway of these piece and maybe some other goodie. 

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Farmers Market!!

Greetings all you gorgeous people!

I've been oh so busy but it is grand! Lots of art projects going on and I love it! 

This past Sunday was my first time participating in the local farmers market at the Outlet Mall here in El Paso.  Boy was it hot!! The shade covers almost all of the area so that was nice.  I set up my booth with my jewelry, a few small original art pieces, prints, crochet hats and whatnot.  I hope to take a lot more next time since I will have another table to spread out.

It was fun.. almost like camping. lol Lots of friendly people and cool stuff offered for sale.  There wasn't as much traffic as anyone would have liked but it was probably due to the heat.  If you're in the EP area, you should definitely check it out sometime.  It runs from 9am - 1pm every Sunday.

So now I must go work on new inventory for next weekend and work on some comic pages!

Peace and love to you and yours!

Namaste.

Words for Wednesday

It's been busy since last Wednesday! I had an art showing on Friday, Saturday was chore day, on Sunday we scouted out the farmer's market, Monday and Tuesday I had work. After work yesterday I went to get a bite to eat with my other half and one of our friends at a great little restaurant we frequent called Jerusalem.  After that we went to see Rush at the Don Haskins Center and it was fantastic!

I've never actually been a big fan of them myself but I'm surround by people in my life that love them and that is why I went.  Boy am I glad I did too.  I have a new found appreciation for them.  They were amazing!  And their stage/tour theme was awesome! The theme is "Time Machine" and everything was all decked out in steampunk style.  It was eye and ear candy for like 2 and a half hours! I loved it. :)

I loved Alex Lifeson's custom amps!

Picture from MusicRadar.com

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/rush-go-steampunk-for-time-machine-tour-259699

Well that's all for now. I'm going to do some sketching before bed.  

Maybe watch a little of my current Asian Drama.. lol 

Peace and love.

Happy Hump Day!

Yes, I realize it is rather late in the day to be making such exclamations but hey, I've been busy.  :P 

I'm really trying to keep up my productivity despite being busy with so much other non-art activities.  As a result though, I should have more things to post on the blog at this rate.

I'm working with Adversary Comix and one of the cool dudes from there asked for us to draw up some zombie girls in a pin up style to promote the title "Hot Zombies."  This is the one I finished last night.  I may have to add in some lettering but otherwise it is done.

11 x 17 Marker, Ink, and Watercolor on Bristol

The top is a little cropped off in this photo but I took it on my phone so there you go. :D  Hope you enjoyed! Leave me a comment! See you all Friday hopefully!

Death of a Painting

Yesterday, as I was preparing a few pieces of art to show at the Percolator's first "Primer Domingo Art Show," I found out that my ultra moist apartment had resulted in one painting growing fur. It was quite a bummer and I had to throw away a piece from my Yellow Submarine series.  It will be missed.

 Yellow Submarine

Born 2010  Died 2011

With the help of my other half, we quickly started checking all other hanging art in the apartment.  Luckily nothing else was growing anything.  After that, we went to the store and invested in a few fans so that we could stop using the swamp cooler as much as possible.

Aside from that, not a whole lot to "report" on but I will keep you all posted.  I'm still working on the comics and a few contests. I've been doing more polymer clay jewelry as well so stay tuned for pictures of all that!

Brightest blessings! Namaste.

Wishing you a bright and wonderful day this Memorial Day!

Hello you beautiful people, you! I'm a bit late with this post but late is better than never!  The day really got away from me.  Time flies when you're having fun. :D  I had a nice quiet day with some of my family today and I hope you all got to do stuff you enjoy.

I'm going to work on some art this evening as I've got a number of art shows coming up.  The next show is Sunday June 5th at an awesome place called the Percolator.  Most El Pasoans are probably familiar with this place already as they often do fun events for arts and music in the area.  I need to do a bit of restocking of my items and I have a ton of other projects I'm working on too... comics, 2 art contests, "fine art" pieces, and so on.

Screen Capture of something I'm working on today:

As always, lots of love and blessings to you!

Namaste.

Digi Art!

I have been so enthralled with all forms of art lately... ok always, but lately I've really been into digitally created art.  This medium is quite amazing and the effects you can get are outstanding.

I downloaded some trial versions of software I've had my eye on for a while now.  The purpose was to narrow down which one I'd get, as I didn't want to spend a lot of money.  The problem was when I fell in love with both! Haha. So yeah, when they came up for sale on Amazon, I snagged them.  I got the email yesterday saying they had shipped. :D

If any of you fabulous people have experience with either of these, send me a pic of your work! I'd love to see what you've made with them!  I'll be posting my stuff up here as well.  I'm just learning Sketchbook (the trial hasn't run out yet) so I've only just done some doodles in it but I'm going to try and play with it as much as possible today.

Thanks for stopping by and have an amazing day!  Happy Friday and Memorial Weekend! Yay!

Namaste.

Updates and Comics

Hello all.  It's Thursday and I feel fabulous.  I hope you do too!

So my plans to blog more often have not been going as well as I had hoped. Hehe.. I've been a bit preoccupied with drawing and working on some comic book projects.  I'm not really sure that I can go into details about either so my apologies for being vague. 

On "Project A" I am working out character designs and concept art as I wait on the script. The most challenging aspect is I guess the space ship and then building characters without really knowing their personalities.  It's so fun though. 

"Project B" is a bit further along.  I have half of the script on this one so I have started pencils on the first several pages.

I'm pretty excited about both endeavors and I really wish I could share more details on them but I haven't asked and I'm hesitant to do so anyways because I feel like both projects are still in their infancy. I've had little time for other art stuff.  Part of my excitement on this is that I plan on going to Comic Con in San Diego this year and I'm using these projects to build my portfolio so I can take that with me to get seen and critiqued. 

I've also been trying to learn some new graphic software I've been wanting.  I downloaded trials for Manga Studio Debut 4 and Sketchbook Pro in an effort to decide which one I would treat myself to.  Mission failed! I want them both! Hahaha!  With the recent realization that I will be going to Comic Con, I've decided I should wait a little longer on both so I may save money and pay for room and transportation immediately.

It doesn't help that job hunt hasn't been going well.  I've lost count on how many places I've applied to but I am not discouraged.  I do believe in the order of the universe and I feel that I am on the right path.  Soon the perfect job will come.. I'd like to think that is simply full-time artist. :D  I'm working towards it.

Since I don't really have any pics to share right now I will leave you all with this.  This is just a screen shot of a character design I was toying around with in Gimp with my new laptop and a tablet I've had for ages and never took advantage of.  

 

I wish you many blessings and happiness! 

Namaste.

Diamonds Crushing Daffoldils

Diamonds Crushing Daffoldils, a set on Flickr.

As I've mentioned on Facebook, I've been honored to have been chosen as the featured artist for an amazing event. It's called Diamonds Crushing Daffodils and it's a fashion show displaying the works of designer, Alejandro Aguilar, and raising money for The Aiyana C. Hanson Foundation . The Aiyana C. Hanson Foundation works towards helping children battling cancer in the El Paso area. It is a great cause and I am happy to participate in this event!

I will be showing a number of pieces and if you are able to make it out, please feel free to come and talk to me! It will be a lot of fun and it's at a beautiful place.

Thursday April 28th

7pm to 12am

Jardines Arco Iris

500 Peyton Rd, El Paso TX 79928

Event: http://diamondscrushingdaffodiles.weebly.com/
Charity: http://aiyanahanson.com/default.aspx
Ticketing: http://www.ticketriver.com/event/1254-diamonds-crushing-daffodils/
Place: http://jardinesarcoiris.com/

Art filled April

Greetings and happy hump day to all!

I'm feeling rather bored and a little sleepy. The "itis" has kicked in from a delicious calzone for lunch followed by an amazing Guinness bacon cupcake.. Yes, you read that correctly.. Guinness and bacon in a chocolate cupcake. Sounds a little odd but it was smashing.

I am at vocation right now day dreaming about doing art. I have a little bit of supplies on my but I'm craving more.. Like acrylic or oil. lol

It's been a fairly busy month for me. Job hunting, my regular job, 2 art shows and a charity fashion show where I'm the featured artist. Ok that doesn't sound like a whole lot but each show requires new art so I've been doing that after work. Also, I haven't done any art shows in several months so I had a lot of prep work to do.

I have a lot of updates I need to do here, there and everywhere. I've been falling behind. I am just trying to get into the habit of blogging more frequently. Oooh ooh.. Sketchbook Project 2012 has opened! As soon as I get paid I shall order mine. Here's the link if you're interested too.

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Well I don't have much else to say. See you soon and bright blessings to you!

Monday WIP

Hello there beautiful people!  I hope you are having an amazing Monday!  I did a lot of painting this weekend and I'd like to share one of the pieces with you today and show the finished owl  painting from last Monday.  The belly dancer still needs a lot of work.. especially on the face.  I am not happy with her face.  She's for a charity fashion show I'm participating in and the owl is for a Poetry/Comic show I'm in.

18 x 24 Acrylic on Canvas

11 x 17 Watercolor on Paper

Peace and Love to you!

4/04 Monday Work In Progress!

So let's see how long I can keep this up.  I plan on posting pics of things I'm currently working on every Monday.  Let me know what you think and if you have any blog or photo requests, please tell me!  

Watercolor and ink on 11 x 17 bristol paper.

And here's last weeks finished illustration of Baba Yaga.

Watercolor and Color Pencil on 8.5 x 11 paper.

Monday Work In Progress

Greetings all you fabulous people.  I just wanted to share with you what I'm working on today.  It's an illustration of the Baba Yaga of Slavic folklore.  Needs a LOT of work still as she's too attractive at the moment. lol

It's a pretty interesting folklore and if you're interested here's the Wikipedia link to it.  I'll update you all when it's further along or done. Anyhow, brightest blessings to you. You are amazing. Namaste.

"Peek-a-boo!"

Peek Into "The Studio" .. Cough Bedroom Cough..

I don't know about you, but I love getting to see other artists' workspaces and works in progress (WIP).  So I thought I'd share mine with you!  Please excuse the mess!

This is how I currently have my drawing desk set up.  Yes, I have a tilting drawing board on top of a drawing desk..Redundant? Maybe but I like it like this. lol I have my camera set up for taping drawing sessions.

Here are two acrylic on canvas WIP.  The one to the right was long over due (but still not done!) as it goes to the following piece.

And since I simply can't resist, I'll leave you with a picture of Shakti. <3

Peace and Love to you. Namaste.

Yes, yes I know. It's been a long time so here are some updates!

Much like a large portion of the US, I am in an area that has been hit by uncharacteristically cold weather.  The temperature dropped quite quickly, which is something El Paso is not prepared for in any capacity.  There were even 2 days this week that I legitimately took off from work.  Today, perhaps the warmest day we seen all week, was kind of a nightmare.

Yesterday while we were out at work then my "hub's" symphony rehearsal, the pipes in our apartment froze so we came home to no water.  Much of today was without water but then late in the afternoon it was back!  We had only just started cheering when we looked out at the patio and found that pipes around the wash room at our entire apartment complex had busted.  Ack!  Luckily we were able to prevent some damage that might have occurred had we kept our original plans today.

They ended up turning off all the water again until tomorrow.  I'm tired and all I want to do is sleep now or drink. LOL Drinking is probably not a good idea either seeing as it promotes a lot of urination and we only have so much water put aside for flushing.  Ah, the sacrifices we must make.  I guess doing watercolor painting is probably not a great idea either. LOL Maybe I'll do some marker art.  I hope all of you are doing well and coping with the extreme weather better. 

Much love and happiness to you all!