productivity, etc.

I've been feeling very productive art-wise lately! I've managed to finish up a few projects, and begin on a few others. I'm very motivated, and I feel like my art is definitely headed in a direction that I am liking.

On the right is a drawing I did on a scrap piece of cardboard. It's a drawing of my rabbit, Rubee. There are always ladybugs around her hutch, so I got the idea of a drawing like this with one hanging out on her little nose (: I used pastels, colored pencils, and acrylics on the mushroom/some details. The colors are a bit off in this photograph (and photoshop did little to help correct them). I am beginning to like the feel of colored pencils. I hated them in high school, but I think I am slowly getting comfortable using them.

I've also gotten around to finishing the dream journal I've been working on since the beginning of the year! (I showed a preview in a previous post). It's a 4x6 cardboard journal I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I've been keeping a log of my dreams in it consistently so far since January. It was one of my 'new year goals' to keep up with my dreams. I struggled for a while with what I wanted to do for the cover/inside flap designs, but after having a dream about a fennec fox, I decided to go with a 'desert' kind of theme. The journal features drawings of not only a fennec fox, but other creatures as well, including a scorpion, gila monster, and a lunar moth! All of it was done using colored pencils.

Both of these pieces are currently featured in both my deviantART and nabyn galleries.



In addition to my completed projects, I recently purchased some magnet paper, on which I am going to print some "woodland creatures" designs that I have been working on, as seen on the left.

My boyfriend spent the weekend with me, and we spent some time drawing together. I managed to sketch out my designs, while he cranked out an awesome drawing. (on the right) He's more of a musician, but good grief his drawings are so chilling! I love them. I wish he drew full pages of things like this for me to marvel at! I'd love to have some to hang in my room.

Anyways, this is just a rough sketch of my ideas. I am fervently working on adding the color to them soon! The designs feature a raccoon, possum, deer, and fox (and a tiny hummingbird!) I hope to have these finished by the end of the week!

In other news, I have a very exciting weekend ahead of me. My friend is coming to stay with me for a few days! We plan on going shopping! Later tonight I'm going to play some video games with my work buddies since we all have the day off. Should be fun!

Thanks for reading!

late valentine's day ( + other adventures)

I'd like to wish everyone a (belated) happy valentine's day! I hope everyone had a nice day, I know I did. I have been very busy lately with exams, work, and general laziness, hence the lack of updates. I think I'm going to start making it a goal to do at least one post a week from now on.


The 11th was my boyfriend's birthday, and I spent Friday-Sunday with him. On Friday I went with him to go get his new tattoo, which was an exciting experience for me. As much as I love tattoos, I don't have any of my own (yet) and I had ever actually seen the process. He got a tattoo of Mucalinda (The Naga King), on his right thigh. So far he only has the outline, but I can't wait for him to go back and get the color done. It looks fantastic! We spent the rest of the weekend with his family. We did some drawing together one night (both he and his mother are wonderful artists, they totally show me up.) I did a drawing of a spanish moon moth. I did it from memory, so the wing shape and colors are very inaccurate, but I kinda of like the result. I used colored pencils and a brown fine tip sharpie. I might sell prints later?


 The piece is up on my deviantART if anyone is interested.

I recently bought some large envelope labels to make stickers with! So far I've managed to make one for a sketchbook cover. It's a drawing of my bunny, Rubee. She's my precious little angel! I'll be making more soon, maybe ones for sale?

I recently received an invitation from an awesome friend to nabyn, and I'm slowly navigating my way around the site. It's a lot different from deviantART. If you have an account there, mine is deerbunny.

I have also bee wanting to do some street art? It seems everywhere I go I have a urge to draw on something.   I purchased a paint marker that I've been keeping handy, and I've been doodling on class desks, but I aspire to do something on a much larger scale. I'm honestly very nervous about buying any spray paint or to actually draw on let's say, a dumpster or a wall or anything. Maybe I'll get there. I've been trying to come up with a 'tag' name for fun. My school notebooks are filled with me trying to perfect a graffiti-style signature. I'm being silly, I know, but it's a feeling I can't shake.

Today I was off from both work and school, so I got to spend some time relaxing, then went shopping with my sister after she got off of school. I made some frivolous purchases, but the items were on sale so I couldn't resist! I snagged an awesome picture frame with beetles on it, and a beautiful incense stand that looks like a piece of wood with a silver snail atop it (as a gift for me and my boyfriend to share). Needless to say I am happy with both purchases.

I kind of want to redecorate my room a bit. Nothing drastic or anything. I'd just like to get some new curtains, a new blanket, add/remove things from the walls, and buy some christmas lights or lanterns or garland to hang from the ceiling. I'd also like to buy some plants for my room as well.

Right now I'm downloading some movies to watch with my boyfriend this week. Is it weird that I don't own my favorite movie on DVD? I feel like that is something most people own. Well I think that concludes this entry. Have a nice weekend, everyone!

first week of february

Hope everyone had a nice January, as well as a nice February so far! My boyfriend and my best friend are having their birthdays this month, (I seem to attract Aquarians) which means I need to do some shopping soon!

I've been busy lately with school and work, but have managed to find some time to do some artwork this weekend.
At the beginning of the new year, I told myself I would start keeping a dream journal. So far, I've been able to keep up with documenting my dreams. The cover of the journal has a fennec fox on it. (Because I had a dream I had one as a pet!) I haven't had enough time to get around to finishing the back of the cover, as well as the inside flaps, so this is just a preview of the front cover. The journal is a nice, cardboard-like material, which (in my opinion) complements the texture of colored pencils and makes the colors stand out more. I'm trying to get more comfortable with colored pencils. I'm too used to using markers.

Lately I've been going to thrift stores in search of clothes to modify/paint. This is the first product of my thrift store adventures. This shirt originally had long sleeves. I cut those off, then painted on the back of the shirt using acrylics and some fabric markers. I really struggled with the design at first. My original idea was to paint bunnies on the pocket/back panel, but I could not get the image of a lunar moth/roses out of my head, so I settled for this instead. I'm a little unhappy about the colors, in my mind they were much softer, but I'm glad with the results. I was going to take some process pictures of this project, but it was late at night when I was working on this, so I decided against that. I hope to do similar projects in the future, and I might end up selling some things on my etsy at some point?

Well that's all I have for now. Thanks for reading (: