December 2013 - Present

Yikes. I always feel so guilty about updating this blog. I never have anything FINISHED to show. :( Unfortunately I haven't been doing much drawing. I'm doing a ton of stuff at work but that's not stuff I have access to. 

For example!

I used a template design program. It's okay. I mean, it's quick and easy, and perfect for things like senior portraits or engagement photos. This was for my coworker. 

2013-12. Redoing my logo.I've never been terribly fond of Illustrator, but I'm trying to get more comfortable with it. 

With that said... I've also redone my website. You knoow, just in case someone is looking.

I've been doing a few photo books in my spare time instead of drawing. 

I went with a vendor we use at work and have had issues with, but I really like the quality of thier books so I ordered through them anyway. Unfortunately it arrived with some strange ink smears. At least they replaced it for free, so I was able to give my friends an extra copy.

 

2014-01. I made a book for my sister-in-law as a thank you gift for being so helpful during my wedding. It was my first time using this vendor and I actually had a hard time finding out the dimensions. I designed it as a square book but that's not really how it printed.  Other than that though, I was pleased with how it turned out.

I feel like I should redo it. I just can't afford it at the moment. 

2014-02. I finally got around to making a photobook of the photobooth pictures from the wedding.

 This was a different vendor than the one I used for my SIL's book. I really liked the quality.

Sirenacha shirts. I partially designed this for my roller derby team's fundraiser.

So my honeymoon book...

This is actually the copy I got for my parents from Shutterfly. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of their layflat books! 

This is my version. You can't tell the different from the photos, but both copies are lovely. 

A commission I'm still working on. I got a new computer and tablet!

I made some awards for my teammates. Although I shouldn't have taken it personally, I was a little butthurt when not every person on the team wanted to participate in this...

2014-05. My OWN wedding book is finally in the works. I have some things I need to scan but I've already made a lot of progress on it.

I'm sure you've noticed I'm one of those people who takes pictures of their computer screens to post on Instagram. It's so silly.

Cover

This is part of why it's taking me so long. Notice the little Instagram photos from my guests!

I don't know if this really counts, but I put together the order to get armbands for my team. I wanted to have our logo and the use the same font that's on the back of our jerseys. Derby Famous was so easy to work with and what a lovely product. :)

Aaand here are some other drawings.

Until next time! 

April 2013 - Present

I just want to start off this post by saying that the derby season is officially over. For only skating for less than a quarter of it, I have to say this year was much more stressful than last... Injury and wedding don't make me a pleasant person. But I'm excited to come back next season.

I went ahead and put this together to post on our team Facebook page. Photos by Danny Nguyen.

Now! Back to our regularly scheduled program! A backlog of the art I've managed to scribble in the past few months...It's not much. I'm hoping next year is less busy...

4-30-2013. Doodling with Sketchbook Ink. It's nice for inking but I don't do much of that these days... Maybe I can play with it more next year.

5-10-2013. I just like doodling girlies with long, flowy hair and undercuts.

06-13-2013. I'm thinking about doing commissions similar to this...Really quick sketches of derby girls...

6-26-2013.

8-01-2013. Again with the undercut...I'm so repetitive and predictable. I'm not challenging myself these days, I'm just drawing to draw.

8-31-2013

9-10-2013. This will be our wedding cake topper. C:

9-20-2013. Yeah yeah.

10-1-2013. Someone asked for a commission!! EEk. I straight up told her that I was pretty busy and this was probably going to take some time and I hoped she was in no rush. :) I'm excited people like my art enough to want to pay me for it.

I probably won't update again until after the wedding. Well, next year is more likely. We're going to Hawaii in January for our honeymoon. Perhaps I shall doodle then.

More wedding thangs.

Wedding planning is stressful. Weddings are also REALLY expensive. I originally planned on doing a ton of DIY but I am seriously lacking the TIME as well. My knee and weight gain has been a struggle, especially as of late..STRESSING over it totally doesn't make any of it better either. Anyways, most of the details are done and I just have a few things to work out and it will be the BEST DAY EVER.

So here's something I DID manage to DIY.

Burlap flowers! Got the vases for free and just tied some twine around some burlap then glues the flowers on it.

Tah-dah! Rustic wedding centerpieces. Now to figure out flowers... I purchased some silk flowers for the bouquets but... I duno. Maybe I'll just fill the vases with water and put a little candle in it. I feel like I shouldn't mess with flowers in the vases because... Well, anyone who plays Pokemon knows that fire>Grass/plants, duh. I've been playing too much of that lately. Oops. Too nerdy. Onto the next post!