sparkles

no biggee, just something i drew yesterday.

What a Wonderful World

My mind is flowing with so many ideas. I have gotten permission from my boss to start my own card line at the office supply shop! I am so thrilled! I am going to use my majestic collection of pens, Pelikan opaque watercolours, watercolour tubes, paints, photos, pencils, and the art of words to create beauteous cards. What a grand endeavour this shall be! My boss has also lent me a paper cutter and I have nice paper and envelopes. And yes, a mind flowing with ideas!

Also, I would like a typewriter. I have been feeling vintage lately, and have thus longed for the classic click of the typewriter, which I have never used before. So many things to try in the world! New and old! What a wonderful world.

Craziest Site Ever

http://www.catbeef.com/biff/

Yes, ever.

(Note: you will need to press the left arrow.)

La Condition Humaine

I love René Magritte.

James McAvoy

I rather enjoyed drawing him.

Pinocchio of Thumbs

That's what this picture reminds me of.

Happy

Angie

Fuzzums

More amazing fuzz creatures: http://jennyharada.com/index.shtml

One Nation, Under Waste

Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.

(Photography by Chris Jordan. Please check out his website for more amazing pictures like this of other wasteful products: http://www.chrisjordan.com/)

I'm not gonna lie, I want to go swimming in this.

Eighty-Nine

Today my Great-Grandmother is 89. Wowowowow!
I hope I live to be that old.

She lives in Chelyabinsk.
(This was taken July of 2007.)

Gottemz!

No more driving with a parent!
And what was my first personal drive?
The most magical frosty getting experience ever.

Stars

she had thirty-five.

Feather

and all she ever wanted was to be light as a feather,
floating in whatever direction the wind would carry her.

Happiness Is

happiness is dancing in the rain.
happiness is finding a new song to love.
happiness is visiting a new and mysterious land.
happiness is new love.
happiness is knowing you have a home.
happiness is a memory.
happiness is a friend.
happiness is kisses.
happiness is doing stupid stuff with your friends.
happiness is laughter.
happiness is a birth.
happiness is a story.
happiness is a bird.
happiness is a chase.
happiness is a dream remembered.
happiness is a cartwheel.
happiness is discovery.
happiness is a life.
happiness is a photograph.

Margot Tenenbaum

age 12, starts smoking

The Devil Himself

Fellow Russians

I love my beautiful family, & I love these old pictures that I brought back from Russia a few months ago. The first one is my Babushka (Grandma) Kapitallina Fedorovna, who we just call Baba Kapa. She's my mom's mother. The second picture is my Dyedushka (Grandpa) Genadiev Mikhailovich, who we call Dyeda Gena. Yep, my mother's father. Babushka and Dyedushka are still very happily together. The third picture is my mom's younger sister (my aunt) Margarita Gennadievna. We call her Rita for short. I can't even begin to write the Russian word for "aunt" in English letters. (Hahaha, it ended up looking very strange.) These are just their first and patronymic names. Love my Ruskies. :)

Words for Snow

I found a photographer who I think is just so wonderful.
I find the pictures so real and lovely at the same time.
Her gallery is mostly made up of women.

Check out her gallery:
http://wordsforsnow.deviantart.com/gallery/

I can't promise you'll like it, but hopefully you'll love it. :)

making the rounds

some people haven't been updating their fabulous blogs, which is making me sad. but i'm not quitting, or pausing. no, no, no.

it's been blue lately. happy blue, that is.

i need to try harder

my first prisma color drawing. hours of practice await. hopefully, i'll get better.

manybirds

such an amazing scene. birds are my favorite.

Pretty Piccas

Tell me if you like them! <3

Snazzing Up

I got a hair cut! Bangs and layers (as opposed to my old, perfectly aligned hair)!! Yes, I love it. I just colored it a deeper, darker brown, too. The color is supposed to come out in 28 shampoos though. We'll see. Now, now, now... presents! I originally wanted to wrap presents in newspaper comic pages, but I forgot to pick those up (since I don't get a newspaper at my house..... I have the internet for news, afterall!) so I used magazines instead. Snazziness. Click the picca for LARGENESS. Happy Christmas Eve.

<3

Diverge

Ahh! My first shot at a vector-type art. This picca of me is like from three years ago. :) Anyway, I accidentally saved this in the wrong way, and the resolution got a bit messed up, but I guess it's okay anyway. Enjoyyyyyy.

Swim Faster

Click to Fullview!

I've been making brushes in photoshop from my photos. That is my finger and those swans are from HopeFest. :)

Rad Graphics

http://www.lula.se/gallery.php?id=2&artist=4&img=4_1

Pretty much amazing carpet patterns, etc. Click the little numbers for muy radness.

Do You Fly?

Taken when the plane to Philly was close to landing (I'm sure a couple of you will remember). I made this bizznasty in photoshop. I did freehand the "do you fly?" writing. So I'm pretty pimpin' like that. <3

There are so many things that can fly in this world, and even though we can't, other things {like dreams, parachutes, and planes} can always carry us.

As If Falling Through a Dream

Nothing really seems real when you fall, does it?

Florence Broadhurst

Trailer Link: http://www.dendyfilms.com.au/trailers/FLORENCE.03.wmv

About the Film: http://www.dendyfilms.com.au/unfoldingflorence/index.html

I'm definitely adding this to my Netflix list.

Last Christmas (except not the song)

Last Christmas I painted this picca. It all came from my imagination, so I wasn't inspired by anything (except the beauty of this planet). Anyway, I painted it as a present for someone. 11x14, acrylic on canvas. And, of course the picture has glare and whatnot from the camera, so it's not exactly how it looks, but pretty darn close. :)

Winter on the Train

I drew this about 2 months ago. It's my first charcoal drawing. I forgot where I found my stock image, but what can I do? :)

Enjoy!

Owl Invasion: Original

I do love my owls. :)

Owl Invasion: Saturated