Wise Girls.

Good piece of advice.

Change the Conversation.

Well, this is my 100th post! For all 2 or 3 of you who might occasionally glance at my blog, thanks for sticking by me this whole time. I wish I had something better to post for this milestone, but the truth is I've had some personal things weighing on me lately and this blog has taken a backseat. Plus I've been trying to finish up the drawing lessons I've been doing- which have taught me a ton! I've not been great this whole month at keeping up with this as I have in the entire lifetime of this blog. Part of me says, well it's my blog, my rules.. and the other part of me thinks I'm slacking badly and I need to just keep at it.

Here's a quote from one of my favorite TV icons from one of my most favorite shows- Mad Men.

The Only Living Boy.

I heard this song on the way home from work and it's been stuck in my head ever since.

The Street.

Drawing of street with mountains 

The Room.

Just another drawing lesson. 

The Tree.

Just another one of my drawing lessons ran through Photoshop and a background added.

No Rhyme or Reason.

Just random, chaotic art.

Record Collection.

Mine's not very big either- but I'm out of room for more records! Hoping I can get a bigger cabinet or something someday...

Record tutorial courtesy of: http://bavotasan.com/2008/6-free-vinyl-record-vectors/

Ye Olde Scroll.

Another from my series of drawing lessons. I only have 10 more. I will have to see if this author has written anything else because I have thoroughly enjoyed his book and I've learned a ton.

Here's a scroll. I didn't know what else to say on it.

It is written.

The Unknown.

Feeling lots of "unknowns" right now.

Put A Bird On It.

Today's post highlights another hobby I have- thrifting clothes and customizing them to my liking. This was a pretty royal blue cardigan (I about live in cardigans since every place I go loves to keep their air conditioning turned up too high...) and I found these embroidered bird patches at a craft store. I think this will be a piece of my wardrobe that will be in heavy rotation.

Imagination Heart & Soul.

This blackout came from a really uplifting article about a boy who was inspired to create environmental action figures after watching a TV show on global warming.

Honestly I had no inspiration for  anything creative to put on the blog today (this whole week has been a struggle, hence the gaps in posts..), but this article made me feel awesome and I felt that this blackout captures the spirit of this boy's project.

Ocean Waves.

The ocean. I love it. That was the subject of the drawing lesson I did today in the series I'm taking. I'm over halfway done with it- I'm hoping I can get back on track with doing one lesson a day.

Oceans is one of my favorite Pearl Jam songs too.

Great Scott.

In all of my lifetime, the Back to the Future trilogy tops the list as my favorite series of movies. The first one is the absolute best in my opinion. I love these movies so much that I can recite them from memory. Not sure if that is brag-worthy, but it would come in handy during an 80s trivia night! I will have a moment to utilize this useful skill, I will have my day in the sun. 

Plus One.

Pic of my cat's fur with a cool filter.

Dumb and Dumber Minimalist Poster

So my life has been so crazy for over the past week that this blog has kind of taken a back seat. It's amazing how quickly one can lose the groove of something when just skipping a day or two.

Anyway, I came up with the idea for a minimalist Dumb and Dumber (one of my favorite movies) poster while driving really late at night about a week ago on a road trip. I was trying to stay awake, so naturally ideas for future design projects did the trick.

Bouquet of Lilies

Yet another installment of my drawing course- but I decided to do this one with a twist. I imported my drawing into Photoshop and hand painted to make it appear as if I colored it in with pastels.

Triangles.

Lots and lots of them.

All We Know.

Had a flyer I had to design tonight for a volunteer project so I didn't have much time for a good post here. So here's a quick blackout. 

Sock it to me.

Image of one of my wild socks ran through a few filters.

Brick pile.

Just a quick shot I took of a brick pile, then playing with an app called Piclab.

The Rose.

Another drawing from my lesson book!