A Drop of Citrus

Well, not a whole hell of a lot. I literally work all the time, everyday. Granted, the hours I get give me a lot of free time during the day, but there's just something about having to wake up at 3:30 AM every morning that makes all the free time not enough to do much of anything. When I get off work (if I'm not asked to stay later) it's 9 AM and I get home and have some breakfast, then I promptly pass out for a few hours to catch up on the extra 2 hours of sleep I didn't get the night before. When I wake up, I realize how bad of an idea it was to have taken a nap. I really hate the way I feel after napping. Though it feels awesome in the beginning, I always wake up sore, groggy, clammy, and sometimes with a headache. Maybe going to bed at 9 instead of 10 would be a better idea?

As far as what I do after that, it's pretty much the same. Since Dad hasn't been around the past few weeks I've had the house to myself, which can get kind of lonely, but I'm a loner at heart (just like mama). Though he's in the process of getting his stuff moved up to Deirdre's which takes a lot more effort to do than me going to Gaithersburg. Plus I don't have much stuff so I'm not really stressing too much. I just barely took the stuff off my walls the other day. I really need to get this other shit packed...

I've been in such a fangirly (is that a word?) mode as of late. For the past year I've been completely obsessed with Korean pop music and have been submerging myself into the culture. I've gotten Ashlee into it too, so having her with me is really awesome. I try to explain it to Andra, but she just doesn't get it LOL. She's been out of that phase for a long time. (Does she even listen to music anymore??) But I've been trying to teach myself Korean. I bought myself two products to help. The first one I bought is a beginners kit with flash cards and a CD. It's for kids, but I figure for $20 it can't hurt. Plus flash cards are really helpful. The other I bought today for $50-- a little pricey, but it's also for adults. It's a complete course for beginners with a coursebook and 6 CD's. I'm hoping to crack it open sometime today after I get some packing done. The kids CD is really fun to listen to I've noticed. They even have sing-a-long songs! And a wall chart! (Ok, I'm not going to put it up on my wall, but it's still cool!) So let's hope this gets me going in the right direction of learning the language and I can be better prepared for when I do my exchange next Spring.

More recently I've broken it off with Therran. I pretty much waited until I was completely ready to do it, which made it even worse for him because it came out of left field. Our relationship was stagnant and most likely not going anywhere, and I didn't want to settle into a routine like I did in my past relationship with Ronnie. It was the main reason I kept out of school for so long. I can't let myself get like that again. I realized I haven't been single in 4 years. FOUR YEARS. For someone who's only 22 years old, being in a relationship practically since I graduated, leaves you no time to transition from being a kid to an adult. Granted, I have always viewed myself as mature for my age, but there's a definite immaturity that naturally comes with age. Being 18 and thrown into a serious relationship with someone two years older doesn't give a lot of time for transitioning from being a kid to being an adult. And then on top of that, breaking up with that person after three years and immediately starting another serious relationship...I can't believe I did it. So, needless to say, I need some single life time. I need to just be 22 and not 32 (which is how I feel sometimes). He's trying to get back together, hoping it's just a break and in the mean time getting his shit together with getting his license and a job and a car, but I honestly just can't see myself in a relationship for a while. I still love him, of course, but I need to focus on my life and myself for the time being.

Well, I think that's enough for now! I haven't drawn anything new since my last post, so you're not missing out on anything! Hope you're all doing well. I just caught up with Mom's blog so now I know what she's been up to. Talk to you all soon! Annyonghi kyesayo~

I haven't been drawing much lately. I dunno why-- just haven't really felt like it. So these last few pictures are literally the only ones I've done in the past 2 months.




The reference picture I used for this one: here



And the finished picture:


Hope this will satisfy your needing to see my art *cough*Andra*cough* :D enjoy!

Finished picture of Sirus....smoking.


Finished picture of the UGG group!


Head shot of Aaby.


Head shot of Brooke.


Head shot of Sky.


Head shot of Akasha.


Head shot of Fyan.


Seth and Sapphire's wedding picture.


A "speed painting" of Sapphire. A brief sketch was made then I quickly painted it, hence why there's no smoothing or refining of the shadows and highlights.


Sapphire in some cool jewelry.


Original character, Citrus Drop. She's an outlaw who escaped from jail and is very....flamboyant? She, quite obviously, loves tattoos, fruit, and dressing scantily :D Oh and big guns, too.

What I'm working on:


These are just some concepts I'm doing for a meme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme) of Desty in different attire and whatnot.

That's all I have for now! Hope you like!

Sapphire and Seth


Finished picture of Desmond and Sky~


In-progress painting of Edward and Bella (from Twilight....duh)


Here we have (from left to right) Fyan, Brooke, Aaby, Sky, and Akasha.


Then here we have Sapphire...with a rice hat and rice on her nose.

Finished works~ Desmond up top, Sapphire in the middle, and then I finally finished that Alice in Wonderland themed picture. I ended up taking out two of the characters. Overall, the result is ok. I could've done better.






Top picture is Sirus, smoking a "cigar", lol. Middle is Desmond and Sky (original characters) and then bottom is Sapphire...again. I draw her a lot..

So, I think I'm progressing. Let me know what you think~

This project was take a coloring book image from Disney and paint it like a classical painting. I chose Johanne Vermeer cause he's my favorite renaissance artist. I used the "Girl with the Pearl Earring" as a reference for the colors and style.


Random doodle in photoshop that I colored all funky.


Original characters Seth and Sapphire after a big battle, watching the world burn.


And this is a matching picture to the four girls in my last post. From left to right: Angel, Desmond, Dante, and Raiden. They control elements.

Anywhooo, ya'll need to post blog updates. I'm sure that just seeing my art is gettin boring, but since I [still] don't have a job, I've been pumping out art like it's going out of style. Here's some stuff I'm working on:


Fyan and Desmond. You've seen them before.


Two more original characters, Jonah & Desti.

Welp, I think that's it for now. I'm going out to browse around town for jobs....and to get out of this house. Wish me luck.

Original characters: Aaby, Fyan, Akasha, and Sky Sugar for an original series titled "U Go Girl!"


Original characters Seth and Sapphire for an original series titled "Digimon D4"


Original character, Fyan for an original series titled "Kingdom Hearts: War of Hearts"


Original character, Sapphire from an original series titled "Digimon D4"


Recent stuff. Mom wanted me to blog. I'll blog again tomorrow cause I should be getting my photoshoot pics tomorrow from the photographer. Toodles!