This is the last week of my Kickstarter campaign for "Miki and Sir"- we are very close to the goal too! Please check it out! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/986021426/miki-and-sir
Starting in on a quilt! I am not the best sewist/seamstress ever, but I have been wanting a lighter quilt for my be for some time. This also means shifting room decor around said blanket (so maybe, maybe I will put my Christmas stuff away. We'll see!) Expect photos of the process~!
Speaking of decor: I am slowly making my cube my own. Expect photos for this as well!
I have started using MangaBullet.com again. I really love the community over there, even if I am not strictly an anime/manga artist any more. No one over there seems to mind, actually! Anyways, I am doing a lot of Art Trades over there and some of them have and others WILL pop up on the art blog as well!
Playing with formatting for a story that has been a long, long time in the works. :) Ideas and such will probably show up here!
Summer reading goals: 50 books (of chapter book/novel length) and actually say something about each one.
Knitting! I finally learned how to knit and am thinking of expanding my scarf collection this summer so they will be ready for every possible outfit I come up with in the fall/winter. (As well as some for gifts... but I am mostly selfishly motivated here.)
Roller blading! There is a retro night at the local roller rink. Dressing in 80s/retro styles gets two people in for the prices of one. As such: the 80s are making a comeback in my clothing. DIY leg warmers and Flash Dance sweatshirts are on the horizon... as are side ponytails, scrunchies and other fun stuff. Photos of crafts and of fun times at the rink will be posted!
So yeah, finally really using this blog!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Coming Soon:
- Actual, regular entries!
- Inspiration posts (images, music and quotes that are keeping me going)
- Outfit posts (mostly for "Retro Night" at the local roller rink come summer time, but also other misadventures in getting dressed)
- The NEW office! (I got moved to a more different cubical and it is amazing/has a wall)
- Attempts at being arts-and-craftsy. I LOVE crafts, but in most cases I am laughably too impatient to master anything.
- Attempts at being musical. Mostly with Little Mama Cass, my blue ukulele, but also with my piano keyboard and voice. :) Sometimes with Joanna and other special guests. (These will be video or audio posts... not sure which.)
- Fan art Fridays. (Because I do not want to put any more fan art on the art blog... but cannot stop drawing Sailor Moon.)
Anything else you lot want to see up here? I don't know WHEN exactly I will start posting more, but definitely by May.
Cheers,
C.
- Inspiration posts (images, music and quotes that are keeping me going)
- Outfit posts (mostly for "Retro Night" at the local roller rink come summer time, but also other misadventures in getting dressed)
- The NEW office! (I got moved to a more different cubical and it is amazing/has a wall)
- Attempts at being arts-and-craftsy. I LOVE crafts, but in most cases I am laughably too impatient to master anything.
- Attempts at being musical. Mostly with Little Mama Cass, my blue ukulele, but also with my piano keyboard and voice. :) Sometimes with Joanna and other special guests. (These will be video or audio posts... not sure which.)
- Fan art Fridays. (Because I do not want to put any more fan art on the art blog... but cannot stop drawing Sailor Moon.)
Anything else you lot want to see up here? I don't know WHEN exactly I will start posting more, but definitely by May.
Cheers,
C.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
I HAVE AN OFFICE
Welcome to the new not-in-my-bedroom office of "Bombshell Cat Studio"!
The desk, as you can see below, is located near a cactus and a window:
Just behind the office is a communal seating area, shared with the other offices on the floor.
(We are all cube dwellers, but they are VERY nice cubes!)
Isn't it stylish?:
A HUGE thank you to my awesome, rad uncle!
Thank you a billion times for this amazing space/opportunity (and the driving lessons!)
Monday, December 27, 2010
Over The Rainbow
Tomorrow is my birthday and as such I am looking back on this past year.
This year was the year I decided to take my Oz collection seriously. It was originally an accidental collection, like my Cinderellas, just things I had picked up because I liked them.
Last year for Christmas my family all joined forces to collect the McDonalds/Madame Alexander Oz dolls for me and that marked the beginning of my mission. They did a wonderful job and I was lacking three dolls when they were through: Glinda, the Winged Monkey and the Winkie Guard. For awhile I was completely okay with this, in fact Glinda was the last addition to my Oz collection this year.
The next nudge came in January when I was visiting my pen pal. We were in a bookshop and had come across a copy of "L. Frank Baum: Creator of Oz." I did not buy that day, writing down the ISBN to order it from the store where I work on a later date. I forgot about until nearly June! When I did finally order it and start reading it became painfully obvious to me that I had only read the first book in a very long series.
So I started ordering the books in from the library, thinking "I will save money this way"- thinking I would not like the "new" illustrator, John R. Neill, having always been fond of Denslow's drawings for "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." It took about two books to realize that Neill was more my thing than Denslow. By November I had all 15 of Baum's Oz books. I also picked up the second Marvel comic book (The Marvelous Land of Oz) when it came out in hardcover and a copy of the silent film collection somewhere along the line- and by complete coincidence my godmother gave me a poster book with lovely prints from the MGM film.
Before this, I should mention, my collection was pretty big. I have the 50th movie anniversary commemorative book, the Judy Garland flim, The Wiz (with Diana Ross, of course), the Original Broadway Cast recording of The Wiz, the soundtrack to Wicked along with the Vocal Selections, the book Wicked, the original book, the new Marvel comic in hardcover and a magnet with Ray Boldger's Scarecrow saying "Oh Joy! Rapture! I've got a brain!" (my motto.) As said above... I did not collect these things with the intention of amassing a collection. I got them one by one because I just happen to love Oz in nearly every form it takes.
I still do not really consider myself an Oz collector. I do not desire special editions of any of the forms Oz takes, as long as I have the stories. My copies are all Dover Thrift Editions because they included the original illustrations and were reasonably prices.
There are only a few things I would consider adding to the collection: the soundtrack to the MGM film, the VHS to "The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True" (with Jewel, one of my other guilty pleasures, as Dorothy and Nathan Lane as the Lion) and the next Marvel comic when it comes out in hardcover (Ozma of Oz is possibly my favorite book in the series so it seems a wise investment.)
Other then those? I am over the rainbow already.
It's been a good year, I think. :)
This year was the year I decided to take my Oz collection seriously. It was originally an accidental collection, like my Cinderellas, just things I had picked up because I liked them.
Last year for Christmas my family all joined forces to collect the McDonalds/Madame Alexander Oz dolls for me and that marked the beginning of my mission. They did a wonderful job and I was lacking three dolls when they were through: Glinda, the Winged Monkey and the Winkie Guard. For awhile I was completely okay with this, in fact Glinda was the last addition to my Oz collection this year.
The next nudge came in January when I was visiting my pen pal. We were in a bookshop and had come across a copy of "L. Frank Baum: Creator of Oz." I did not buy that day, writing down the ISBN to order it from the store where I work on a later date. I forgot about until nearly June! When I did finally order it and start reading it became painfully obvious to me that I had only read the first book in a very long series.
So I started ordering the books in from the library, thinking "I will save money this way"- thinking I would not like the "new" illustrator, John R. Neill, having always been fond of Denslow's drawings for "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." It took about two books to realize that Neill was more my thing than Denslow. By November I had all 15 of Baum's Oz books. I also picked up the second Marvel comic book (The Marvelous Land of Oz) when it came out in hardcover and a copy of the silent film collection somewhere along the line- and by complete coincidence my godmother gave me a poster book with lovely prints from the MGM film.
Before this, I should mention, my collection was pretty big. I have the 50th movie anniversary commemorative book, the Judy Garland flim, The Wiz (with Diana Ross, of course), the Original Broadway Cast recording of The Wiz, the soundtrack to Wicked along with the Vocal Selections, the book Wicked, the original book, the new Marvel comic in hardcover and a magnet with Ray Boldger's Scarecrow saying "Oh Joy! Rapture! I've got a brain!" (my motto.) As said above... I did not collect these things with the intention of amassing a collection. I got them one by one because I just happen to love Oz in nearly every form it takes.
I still do not really consider myself an Oz collector. I do not desire special editions of any of the forms Oz takes, as long as I have the stories. My copies are all Dover Thrift Editions because they included the original illustrations and were reasonably prices.
There are only a few things I would consider adding to the collection: the soundtrack to the MGM film, the VHS to "The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True" (with Jewel, one of my other guilty pleasures, as Dorothy and Nathan Lane as the Lion) and the next Marvel comic when it comes out in hardcover (Ozma of Oz is possibly my favorite book in the series so it seems a wise investment.)
Other then those? I am over the rainbow already.
It's been a good year, I think. :)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
An Update
Yesterday I launched "Miki and Sir" (see the link on the left side bar), a writing and art project. I am not 100% sure what audience I am going for, but I am going to try and keep it child friendly as well as hopefully amusing to all age levels that encounter it. The first story arc is mapped out and partially sketched and I hope to update at least once a week. I still do not have my own scanner though... so we will see.
My other project, Tam-a-lyn, stems from my last entry's frustration. For this story I am NOT fighting the urge to switch mediums and writing styles, instead I am scrap-booking my creative process on the fly. So far this is mostly for myself and I am not ready to share the story publicly, we'll see later down the road I guess.
Yesterday I also tweaked the layout here and at the art blog so that the links outward are less boring and easier to navigate. Apparently the twitter gadget stopped working- I will try and fix this later.
The last project I am working on is my Christmas cards. :)
That is all.
My other project, Tam-a-lyn, stems from my last entry's frustration. For this story I am NOT fighting the urge to switch mediums and writing styles, instead I am scrap-booking my creative process on the fly. So far this is mostly for myself and I am not ready to share the story publicly, we'll see later down the road I guess.
Yesterday I also tweaked the layout here and at the art blog so that the links outward are less boring and easier to navigate. Apparently the twitter gadget stopped working- I will try and fix this later.
The last project I am working on is my Christmas cards. :)
That is all.
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