New things I've been working on!

soo yeah it's been a little bit longer than I'd like. I have been working very hard, any many numerous projects, and here they are:

Battle Royal! (sorry for the not great photo)






And this one is probably my favorite, my little flapper.



Also I got tattooed by Mr. Brad Mariachi who was a guest artist at 323 Tattoos. Here is his fantastic little piece on me

Tattooooooo

So for my birthday last month, Jason gave me a new tattoo! Should have posted this a while ago.



I'll keep you posted on the progress of it. Check back soon!

323 Tattoo

Look what I got myself into at the shop yesterday :)






This is the sign I painted for the front door, not to bad for my first time painting on glass!

Okay, so it’s been a while

I’ve got nothing in the way of art going on right now. But soon! I am finally going on my “grand adventure” so there will be a lot more coming of me creatively. Tomorrow I’ll be moving into my new location, and thus to the new position of tattoo apprentice. Very exciting. And also making me incredibly nervous. But I just have to remember that I’m gonna be great at it. It’s going to be fun. It’s something I’m doing for me, not anyone else, for me. It’s been a long time coming. It feels like for the past 4 years, I’ve done hardly anything for myself. It really is time. I feel a change.

So yesterday I finished a dress I was working on. It went actually really fast and I am super happy with it. I wanted to make this dress after seeing some inspiration on the Anthropologie website. Gorgeous dress, a little pricey. So here's the dress they're selling.



Cute, right? For a total amount of $25, I made this:







With a few modifications, a different neck line, and a ribbon belt. Took about 3 and a half yards of cotton jersey, and a total of 6 packages of hem tape (navy ribbon).
I loved figuring out the circle skirt. I used this tutorial, http://andreatung.blogspot.com/2006/04/diy-circle-skirts.html

Sorry there was a bit of a break in there. Aaron and I took a little weekend trip to San Francisco. And before that I was still working on things, just not taking the time to do he blog thing.
I've mostly been working on more flash for Jason, and a bit of other things, doodling, sewing a backpack and a few other items of clothing.
The trip to SF was AMAZING. Had so much fun, took lots of pictures. You can go check them out on my Flickr.

Okay so now is time for the art

Finished Paintings!

Alright! I finally finished my girls! I mean they weren't too terribly delayed, but I did take a break from them for a while to do other projects. I don't really have a great title for them yet. I know I don't have too many readers yet but I'm open for suggestions! When I started them I thought that I going to do something a little different with their hair, maybe something dark like patent leather straps. But you know, I really love them just simple like this. They feel a little more elegant

I want to start some giant panels that I've had since I got to Nevada. They're these huge 2ft by 4ft ghostly white monstrosities staring back at my when I go into my studio room. I *think* I know what to do with them, it's just such a big task that I don't want to dive into it just yet. It's a little scary! I've never done anything that big..... so...
erp. I have to do them though.

at work....

Here's a pic of me in the process. Working on some more flash in my studio room.

Trio and Tattoo News

Today I'm working on some more flash for Jason. Just some moths and butterflies, Sailor Jerry style. I sent him the ones I finished and he had some very kind words to say about them! He said he had to do a triple take on the ladies, and his wife mentioned I'm already better than the guys who worked in his old shop (as professionals). It really gives me motivation to keep going with flash and making them the cleanest possible watercolors. Jason gave me some great references today to really educate myself on the tradition and history of tattooing.

Lucky Supply Tattoo Museum
The Traditional Way
The Tattoo Archive

On to other things. I've been working on my trio of ladies, and I've got the base colors down and they're starting to look really nice. They're going to be striking when they're finished. I'm really in love with how the red orange vibrates off of the mint tones.

Ladies and Owl...

Alright, so on to something a bit different. I did mention that I'm starting a tattoo apprenticeship relatively soon. My mentor has given me little assignments to prepare, and get some techniques down. I like doing them, they're a different style. It's also kind of therapeutic doing something that's more for technique than art. I think Jason is happy with my progress, he doesn't say too much but he gives an heir of "wow, someone who's actually trained in something...."