sooooo, I have now finished an eyes page, nose page and mouth page for my inspiration pages for my creatures so i never get stuck with what to make them look like.

this was the first page i finished, the eye page

After finishing the page of strange little eyes, i went onto the mouth page and nose page.

 

so far i have used these pages for three different projects. they are so handy for those days when my brains cogs don't want to turn.

BECI ORPIN book launch- Find & Keep

So I headed over to the book launch last night and had a great little old time! I was so happy to see the one and only Beci sitting with her books and giving a signature out to her fans. Though I do feel bad for her hand, I am so happy that she signed my copy. The book has great creative craft ideas to try your skills with great for young and old. The small captions of text are very informative on her personal creative process which I loved. If you want a bit of a kick up the bum these holidays for creative projects, I strongly recommend this colourful and wonderfully constructed book.

 

She is one of my all time creative idols and she has never once disappointed me in her directions. She is one who created a new design aesthetic for Melbourne and I will be forever grateful to her for helping me get through my studying with her motivation and inspiration.

                      http://thedesignfiles.net/2012/10/find-and-keep-by-beci-orpin-giveaway/

EMMA KUNZ

Recently I came across a Swiss outsider artist of the name Emma Kunz. Historically, outsider artists I believe have more of an impact on evolution in art than anything produced in the art industry or which is considered legitimate art. The reason being, they don’t have the regulations set forth by the industry and no expectations are placed on the creator so they may explore any direction they desire. In this case, Emma explored healing, symbolism in the form of time measurement and visual structures and telepathy. She excavated a certain type of natural mineral which she and many others still believe to hold strong healing powers. It is still found on the market even though it was first discovered in the 30’s. This is called Aion A.

Her artworks are now considered very important to the idea of human spirituality. They also hold a strong beauty because of their progressive nature. I fell in love with them straight away and I really hope you like them too.

If you want more information about her, visit the Emma Kunz centre website.

http://www.emma-kunz-zentrum.ch/e/index_e.html#emma/

Secret Love Letters.

I don't know about you but I have never been good with words. I always get horrid nerves when I want to express somethnig so usually I use drawings to do the expressing for me. These are a few of my little love letters I do in my lunch break at work. They are of spirits which send my love to the person I most care about.

 

 

MIX MATCH- Making faces

So I have started to dedicate full pages in my visual journal to features so when I fell lost in how a monster character should look for a drawing, I will have a ready supply of options to work with. eg a page of eyes, a page of noses, a page of ears and so on. So far this is what I have done, a page dedicated to eyes.

Howdy everyone. It has been quite a while since I last did an update. Many things have been going on which have made it hard to get a moment alone with my projects and my thoughts. BUT I'm here now and you have my full attention so hopefully I can get back into the regular posting toot sweet. I promise I will have fun and colourful things to present. To satisfy you till then, here are some stunning pictures to hopefully inspire you to do the best that you can!xx

                                               http://jimmypike.com/women/silk-scarves/

                                                          http://scathingly-brilliant.com/

                                               http://www.minieco.co.uk/teddy-bear-toast/

http://www.redefinemag.com/2009/kill-pixie-mark-whalen-kills-it-literally-with-bubblegum-colors/

                http://artfoundout.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/allyson-mellberg-new-work.html

                    http://imogenlovely.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/featured-artist-emma-kunz.html

some sketches from my journal

how to make a toy airplane

i found the body of an old toy airplane rocking chair on the side of the road and knew i had to try and salvage the remains to create something beautiful and usable again. all that was required was:

                           clean the remains and de-rust all the hinges before getting to work.

                     Sand down all the pieces and replace any of the rotted out sections of the wood.

                                     sand down any of the splintery ends of the rocking base.

                                     Then get handy with a hand saw! (this one is an 8point)

     Cut out a perfect organic rounded edge for the replaced wings out of a nice lookin plank of wood

            cut those pesky edges off and sand them down so they are completely soft and rounded.

                    Nail that sucker on to the bottom of the body ready to be painted. if any nail
 comes through the floor, either sand them down or cover them with putty to remove any sharp hazards

Now comes the really fun part. start to decorate the exterior with some kind of kid friendly scene.                          I chose a landscape scene using non gender specific colours to avoid stereotyping.

                                                       AND THERE YOU HAVE IT!


                                                    ............oops, forgot one more step

                                                                        insert child!