Artwork for Christmas! (and shop progress)

One month after my debut, my etsy shop lift-off has seen a slow start. So far, I’ve been supported by my loved ones and encouraged to fill up my empty shop slots with more artwork! With a bit of time here and there, I’ve whipped up a few new exciting pieces that I have fallen in love with and decided that there is nothing better to paint or draw than something you are super passionate about. That includes:

A pretty young lady trying out her new camera – this picture was just a sketch on my desk for the last 6 months.

A portrait of my favorite season of them all, dressed up in an autumn wreath and a cute steampunk dress.

I found that looking through your etsy shop stats can be extremely helpful!  I had many visitors find me through search terms for ball-jointed dolls, so I decided to paint another one: Minora’s pretty red hair was perfectly accented by green eyes in honor of the Christmas season.   I love green and red together.

Painting Ducks

With the debut of my remodeled etsy store a week ago, my sweet grandmother was my very first customer – and I was delighted to have a purchase on the first day!   She picked out the rainbow koi painting I did this summer while at home.  In fact, I remember that I finished it on the day my family left for Yellowstone.

The thing is, I’ve been meaning to make her something for at least a year now.  She even bought me a cool all-around art set a few months ago!!  =)  Knowing that she likes ducks, I set out to get creative.

Found reference photos:

I didn’t even know that these beautiful, colorful birds existed til I googled “colorful ducks”!  They are very majestic and totally inspirational. 

10-31 Etsy Store Re-Opening!

I am incredibly excited to announce that I have at long last collected enough new artwork from the past year to re-launch my etsy shop!!  Just in time for my favorite holiday~

http://axoloti.etsy.com

A couple of these I revealed on my facebook along the way, but for the most part these pictures are all-new just to display in my online store.  Some of them were gifts to friends, and a few are still available for purchase of the original.  I’ll post those to my etsy eventually as well.

Dental school second year has been the most time-consuming semester I have ever lived through by far.  It is supremely busy, which limits my creative efforts, but has also encouraged me to make the 100% most of my time, which I am happy about. =)  Fingers crossed, I’ll have a more active blog in the next couple months too…. at the least, I have more artwork lined up for my store in the near future. ♥

Thanks readers for sticking with me!  =)

Perfect life

Check out this BEAUTIFUL artwork!!!   I was so surprised, delighted, flattered that someone would draw pictures for me, of my beloved dolls! ♥  Of course, it had to be a very sweet girl.

I bought a mini version of this pretty painting from eluneth, the best friend of my best friend, and she sent me a sweet note with additional artwork.  Her shading is impeccable and her figures flow with grace; they are not copies of photographs but beautifully thoughtful interpretations.  Ahhh I am so lucky!!   I highly recommend checking out her shop at eluneth.etsy.com for some amazing, unique fantasy artwork.

Today was the last final of my first year of dental school.    I feel like I have come so far, but blogged so little… here is a tiny synopsis of what I’ve been up to~

DRAW DRAW DRAW

Happiest time in a life!!! well, not perfect, but with the help of multiple sources of inspiration (Karen, Sam, uhh… Dr. Benninger)  I’ve been drawing a LOT.  Practicing at least… and with positive feedback!!

Dream come true for me:  on my plane ride back from Boston a week ago (I was the maid of honor in a friend’s wedding in May), I sat next to an empty seat and then a handicapped old man – who turned out to be a PROFESSIONAL COMIC ARTIST.  Norm Vance is the author of Kittybuns, a comic apparently featured in many big national newspapers.  I can’t name them because I forget, and neither can I find his comic online, but boy was his talent amazing on the plane!!  He is 80 years of age and his hands have lost no skill.  He drew me a few things and a comic for the stewardess, and it was nice talking to someone so seasoned on the 6 hour trip who could tell me crazy war stories and older generation opinions.  Best of all, I showed him my little sketchbook with a few bunny girl drawings in it and he said he was impressed!  DD  Because my sketches looked innocent and with childlike élan (French for peace/grace) he recommended me to check out the original Winnie the Pooh illustrations.  This genuine artist said my bunny character reminded him of Hello Kitty, where the wide eyes portray innocence and the big forehead is a sign of youth.  Cool

With that boost of confidence and a ton of inspiration from traveling, my rehearsals have taken flight again and I have an actual list of projects in the works.  It’s so exciting! ♥

These are some of the worst I have drafted so far- not to the level I want, but they are a starting point…

These I spent more time on and drew much earlier

Catching Up.

Holy cow!  Dental school + blog = no posts. 

Right now I’ve just started spring term and I’ve got a bunch of readings due tomorrow plus a crown wax-up due the next day.  Thankfully that isn’t nearly as bad as last semester, plagued with x-ray training, periodontics instrumentation, crown  making, tooth prepping, biochem/physiology, and a lot of other random dental-related basics.  22 credits was a lot for me.  Not challenging mentally so much, just timewise.

ANYWAY!  What kind of art has laced my life?  Just the inspired kind.  I still don’t have the motivation to practice every day. Disappointing.  How do you learn discipline?  =/ haven’t answered that one yet…

Picture from like 5 months ago for a friend from MIT, ridden with memories:

Picture for my roommate’s mom who came to stay with us for a month from korea:

Picture for one of my best friends from college, after we had a discussion that my creative passions were fading amidst the normal people at school:

the girl I got from the artist Redd Walitzki.  Super amazing talent!

Recently, I’ve been playing a lot of League of Legends with my brothers in college and my bf.  We make a great team, cus one of us is REALLY good at video games.  It’s not me. lol