Lindsay Dee

2010-08-17T19:45:00.000-07:00

2010-01-11T13:48:00.000-08:00

It's Jennifer Connelly! I think she is absolutely gorgeous. This picture is referenced from a magazine shoot she did for Glamour Magazine in March 2009. It took over 2 hours to do, and I actually sketched it on paper first, before deciding to make a digital piece out of it. (That's something I haven't done in forever.)

A little cheat I did, the orchids are actually all copies of the same flower. I drew the original, then made copies and rotated and enlarged or shrunk the flowers to have them appear like different pieces. Also I used the burn tool to add shading to the petals behind other flowers. It speed up the process, and it works for now. Not entirely as convincing as I wanted it to be.

Unlike the pictures I posted last, this is completely my work. No drawing over a picture. This was expressly eyeing it down and drawing by hand.

Hope you like!

This is what I've been up to

2009-09-20T08:55:00.000-07:00

Drawing over photos and changing the way you look HAS to be good therapy, it just feels so right, hahaha. I've been drawing over everything lately!

Goals...

2009-08-17T20:27:00.001-07:00

I've pretty much been "anti goal" since high school, when my parents would MAKE us come up with goals every new year. Not only did we have to write down our goals, but we had to fill categories, like; Family, Money, Personal, Health, you get the idea. We also had to include how we planned on reaching each of those goals. This was mandatory. I found, most of the time, that I was writing anything down just to have it done and impress the father for the moment. It's not like they kept up on us accomplishing our goals after the first month.

Other times in my life, when I would set goals for myself, they would become the policeman, to ensure that I was completing them, or give me incentive... all these backfired of course. When I'm home from college and walking and running for myself, the last thing I need is someone harping on me when I skip a day or have seconds on a meal, and I definitely don't need someone interfering and telling me I've done a good job so far and they're going to pay me to reach my own goal.

I know all these things were intended to be helpful, but somehow at the time, they weren't. Now, I'm glad that I was taught to plan goals for finances and health, but I have an extremely hard time making them. I cannot tell you the last time I MADE a goal. Like, seriously sat down and said, okay, I'm going to accomplish this in this amount of time. It's been more like, yeah, I'll give myself the opportunity here and there, but if I don't stick with it, no biggie. Lately, I've been watching TV and finding myself SO JEALOUS at the women with their healthy fit bodies. I KNOW completely KNOW I would be their equal if I was in that shape. I could be hot! I want to be hot.

People say, just love yourself for who you are, and in part I do, but at the same time, I am NOT happy being this way. I know I could do so much better. There is no harm in that.

So! Taking all the things my parents taught me growing up, even though at the time I wasn't appreciative, or the policing wasn't necessary, but out of love, I will once again begin making goals! Serious reachable goals. I will also know to love and police myself within those goals. And I'm starting tomorrow! I'd start today, but it's basically over. ;)

NARI!

2009-08-03T18:26:00.000-07:00

So recently I made a quiz on Facebook on "What Caracter of Lindsay's Would You Be?" and like, EVERYONE got Nari.

I figured if she's that popular, she should get a picture. I hardly draw her anymore.. :( Her story is next in line after Rona's I'm thinking though. Fear may sneak her way in, but I think Fear's story will definitely be something that I'll work on off and on, since just thinking about it scares me, lol.

ANYWAY! Eventually I'll post the comics to all these characters you keep hearing me talk about. Haha.

The Enemy

2009-07-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

Why is she holding her own head? Um... I dunno... 'cause she's her own worst enemy? This is yet another character I have a story for. Kinda fun. Kinda scary... especially since the best times to think about the story is late at night and I'm easily scared. lol. So I scare myself. Why is she holding a whisk? 'Cause I didn't want to draw the same old boring knife, and I thought it would be kinda funny to think she may have 'cause all that damage with such a blunt and clumsy object. She's a very serious character though, lol. She'd seriously stab you with a whisk.

This Economy

2009-07-14T13:19:00.001-07:00

I don't mean to be a baby about my job (especially when I'm so fortunate enough to have a good job) but I really am counting down the days until I'm through working there. Frustrating thing, I don't know when that will be! I honestly could quit tomorrow. It would mean a LOT of stress and scrambling to find another job, but it almost would be a relief to know I didn't have to worry about dealing with people all day. I am so over customer service. NEVER AGAIN will I have a job in that field. And call centers have to be the absolute worst. I'm so done. I've BEEN so done. Every art job I've looked at requires ton's of experience or a bachelor's plus as a degree. Stuck. Being stuck sucks. The best I can do is keep this job, and keep on working on getting a portfolio going to show a gallery. Right now I'm working on still life, strangely enough...

Here is a video I made of some of my recent or favorite pieces...

Virtue

2009-07-12T18:13:00.000-07:00

I AM LOSING MY PATIENCE! Maybe I've been having an off... week? I feel like I have no patience to complete projects right now. I've started numerous sketches which haven't progressed beyond that for months. I'm stuck. Artist's block? Lack of inspiration? I've been going through lots of digital art of other artist's and I find I am MORE frustrated. So I have found some tutorial's, but some of those are meh. How do I get out of this creative funk!? I don't know. Maybe I need to do something insane. I've been wanting to do something insane for a while. Like, when driving to work, just keep on driving to California or something, lol. Bad idea. I wish I could skip town on a whim though.

No cool art jobs available. At least none that requires no previous experience and an associates degree. lol. Oh wells.

Am I a daily blogger!?!?!

2009-07-09T19:19:00.000-07:00

I think I'm becoming a daily blogger! If only I was this consistent with my journal! Here's a thought, will our posterity read our blogs to find more about us instead of personal journals!? Strange.

Anyhow..

This is an hour study in shading. More of a quick sketch. My potential for keeping to one task for long periods of time has been dwindling. lol. I'm also losing patience! So far I'm attributing it to the jail of a workplace where I'm stuck at my desk ALL DAY doing the same thing ALL DAY, which leads to all week, which leads to all month, to all year. So when I do break free to do something else, I want it to take as little time as possible! Maybe my next sketch should be two hours, and I'll work up from there...

Dat dweam.. wif in a dweam...

2009-07-08T18:41:00.000-07:00

I am not exagerating when I say that, EVERYONE IS GETTING MARRIED! Out of my close friends, I can count on ONE HAND, who are still single. OH. MY. GOSH. It's that time! It is seriously that time in most people's lives where they find their special someone and get married. And I'm soooo so so so happy to see that happen, especially when I know both people in the couple. It's freaking awesome.

Lately I have had the opportunity to get a new insight to my life and personality, and it's been SO interesting to learn all this stuff about myself. Like, powerful. And it really is the beginning of a turning point I feel. That confidence that most people have, I lack it. And I'm learning to build it and not be afraid of having it, and it is wonderful. And instead of moping and having the mindset that, geez, marriage is never going to happen for me, I can see how it really could! Of course that is a HUGE step, and I've got some baby steps to take care of before that point. Like, start to date someone more than one time. It's scary to make that connection with a person, but I'm sure it's well worth it. And I plan on proving that point.

2009-07-07T20:47:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this picture obviously isn't finished. It's a start, and it's not where I want to be as far as skill goes. But so is my art career. It's just beginning, and I'm finding my footing right now. Eventually I'll be striding confidently wherever I go!

Goals,

Double my salary within a year. YES! DOUBLE! How? Keep my current job, lol, (that's not cheating) and be making equivalent amounts of money selling my art! Wow, what a freakin' HUGE goal. It's actually incredibly frightening putting that down in print. So that means I will be working extra hard. I lost my book on How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist. Sucky. Guess I'm buying another one. Anyway, instead of making tons of tiny goals, I made one huge blanket goal that basically encompasses all the rest. Like, getting stuff in a gallery, how else am I supposed to make the big bucks!?

All awesomeness and dreamland warm fuzzies aside, I am seriously questioning this economy's ability to handle the art career. I have been for a while, and things seem to be circling the drain right now. Last I remember unemployment was at 9.5%. Ouch. But at the same time, artists ARE known for picking up the worst areas and making them extremely successful... so, maybe what this economy NEED'S is artists! lol. We'll stick with that mindset.

LOVES!

SIGNED!

2009-07-06T13:36:00.000-07:00

I signed my FIRST EVER painting today. Not the first painting I've ever painted... but today was the first time I've signed something! I don't know why I've never bothered to sign anything before, but I've finally permanently added my name to my own work! And it was quite a process! What color do I use, where do I sign!? I'll get the hang of it, lol, I'm sure that's the least of my worries!

The reason I finally had the motivation to sign something, is because I have begun displaying my pieces in public where they can actually be SOLD! It's a far cry from a serious gallery, but you've got to start somewhere. Good news is that I've started!

What and where? Might you ask?

What is the picture above, where is at "Well Hung Framing". Yes. That is the name. It's a legit place too. lol. I pay 5 bucks a month, and I'm selling it for 49.99! Exciting! Now it just needs to get sold this month so I don't have to pay another five for the same piece!