Fauns and dock leaves

 

 

I've been on a glorified long holiday. University starts in early February and I'm anxiously happily looking forwards to it. I plan to do a few crazy things but I'm going to try focusing more on my studies and a few practical things...like finally getting my camera problem sorted out. I just need to charge to camera. CHARGE it. Is that so hard?! 

Above are two small oil paintings I did on scrap wood. The tiger has been drying for almost 2 months and is still not dry. I'm also busy with a commission for a dude friend of mine. Also oil but on a much grander scale. So far the background is satisfactory...so far. I will upload pictures as soon as it's done. 

 Something looms ahead on the figurative horizon. It's scaring me. I can't pinpoint the origin of that fear and that terrifies me the most. 

Another inspiring blogger: Gemma Correl

A band I thought looked cool: The Unicorns

Besides being now addicted to The Mars Volta and Manchester Orchestra the holiday hasn't wrought much change upon me.  

Richard Doyle's 'Dock Leaves' below. Enough said.

I have to finish cleaning my room. Toodles

Clumsy fairies

I must apologise for not having posted ANYTHING in such a ridiculously long amount of time. I would like to believe it was because I was terribly busy but truthfully...Hmm, yes *strokes imaginary beard*.

It's summer here, which is supposed to mean blue skies and hot wind but instead we are receiving bountiful rain! I love rain, I really do, but NOW? It just means we're going to have a longer summer. An African summer. A scorching summer. A summer of...okay, I'll stop my melo-dramaticNizz there.

Thumbelina :3

Hear thee hear thee! I have at last completed my first year of tertiary education! My mark for my major leaves much to be desired and I am also desirous of much better marks for Ancient Cultures but it seems that was a case of pollice verso. Damn you Romans and your Hannibal ad portas! Why can I only remember the trivial things!?  Spartaaaa!

On a brighter note I went ice skating today with some good old friends and a few new ones i.e. their boyfriends. It was chilled (excuse the unintended pun there) and I enjoyed myself immensely even though I do not possess such skillzz as those that whizzed past me in their shiny nonhired skates.

I have decided to go to Afrika Burn next year, extremely amped! I hope it's worth it and as glorious as the infamous tales make it out to be.

 Also, I have been majorly inspired by many artists, including a close friend of mine and I finally got down to it and painted just for myself. Not for someone else, for University work. Nada. Just moi. I will try finding that blasted camera again to take a few pictures...

Fairies by Josephine Wall 

Until later again my fine feathered friends, cheerios!

Poisonous nails

 Ola!

I'm back from Mozambique and...did I ever say I was going away? (laughs uncomfortably and averts eyes) Sorry, I can't believe that such a big thing would slip my mind. Anyhoos, my laptop has finally succumbed to a multitude of viruses thanks to its hopeless owner who had this (stupid) idea that it was indestructable. Now I'm on my padre's laptop and I'm without the use of my tablet BUT I did locate my very old camera, installed some batteries and have here a few awful pictures for your pain enjoyment.

I've started a journal/diary for the first time in my life but I'm considering just to use da little bookie for story ideas and poetry.

(NAILPOLISH!!!!)

My room is in a state

So is my hair.

Both are messy, unkempt, and need some life.

So I'm considering to decopauge my cupboards with pwetti pictures, throwing away useless shtuff and putting on some new bright and cheery bed linen. My hair problem, on the other hand, is not so easily solved. I bought blue hair dye that doesn't do damage (supposedly) but I've tested it on a lock of hair and well...on my dark hair it hardly shows. The intructions say I have to dye it blonde first (eye twitches).

 More room pictures done with my sucky camera and camera skillzzz (or lack thereof)

My favourite thing in my room:

My house of useless but cute things! Thanks to my camera it's a bit blurred...err

I don't have much  more to say. I'm going ice skating tomorrow and my horrible camera is coming with so expect more pictures! And last but not least (drumroll) I present my wooden dollhouse!

 I did stain the roof darker but the colour seems to have faded and I'll try taking a picture of the inside next time to show you. It's quite plain and my mark for it is understandably plain as well. The door handle took me really long and I had to ask a second year jewellry student to help me drill tiny holes for the joining.

Toodlepip

Cats and Kung Fu

Yesterday I had a great time with a friend who introduced me to the action packed, weird, wacky and wonderful world of Kung Fu Hustle. It's gory, ridiculous, exaggerated, at times freaky and it's now one of my favourite films of all time. The dance scene at the beginning is to die for.

Today I finally walked into a cheap R5 store I've been eyeing since it opened but just never had the guts to go into. They sell everything from glow in the dark bracelets to baby powder and, sucker for cute cheap things that I am, I happily bought this umbrella. Isn't it adorable?!

I drew the first concept for this comic (below) about 2 years ago for my design class when I was in grade 11...Or was it earlier? I can't remember but we had to come up with a short cartoon. This one didn't become the final but it's still my favourite.

And before I go, a quick sampling of some really awesome YouTube (YOUUUUTUUUUBE!) videos:

Here's an animated version of my favourite blogger's hilarious comic : shower products




Oh Antony



Next, check out the videos of the amazing Improv Everywhere. 

Their YouTube site 

Their official site: http://improveverywhere.com/

And an advertisement from my home country that I found really awesome: 

Chicken Licken Antony 



~Over and out~

The colourful post

And welcome to another installment of Tea & and All things Posh! AKA TAP! No, I'm joking...really. But I'm considering it... 0__0

I've really run out of good options. Firstly my camera has mysteriously disappeared and I'm being blamed for it, secondly, our scanner has been busted for almost a year now and thirdly, I don't have photoshop so I have to resort to using....you guessed it, paint.

So here's another sucky picture:

And here's a slightly better one, just to make myself feel better:

 I really want to upload some (TONNNES!) of my hand drawn sketches but as explained above I am unable to digitize them thanks to my lack of input devices. I have also already had my exam exhibition for this semester and I'm pretty nervous about my mark.

I AM SO changing the layout and banner of this blog. My eyes! AHHHHH! Study study study. One more exam to go! (dies of boredom)
 


Note: This is not mine



Quote/question of the day(yes...this is new):



“Happy memories are invincible, protected and protecting, no one can destroy them.” Marcus Sedgwick~ from 'White Crow'

 Website/page of the day(this is also new):
Origami twitter bird  

WARNING Anger levels may rise (if you're an incompetent and impatient bafoon...like me for example)

Does anyone have a request for something they'd like to see appear in this blog that I either haven't done before or have (e.g. comics) but you want more? Then request away! I might just deign to answer (glues eyes to screen and waits).

Safe Mode and other movies

Does your life sometimes feel like a movie? When an emotion just swamps you and no one seems to notice or care and you already know of the perfect song as a soundtrack to that emotion and it feels so much like a movie you're surprised when no one jumps out and yells, "CUT!"

Actually, you're disappointed when it turns out to be real life and more importantly, boring old you merely having another rage at life. Reality seeps in like water into a sinking boat and BAM! Your safety switch is flicked and your brain reboots  in "Safe Mode" allowing you to come to terms with what has just happened to you by viewing yourself as a character in a story or a movie. You feel pity for this character. You feel sympathy. But the connection has been broken. And that is what safe mode is all about. Protecting you from reality...and most importantly yourself

I'm in  a panic because I can't use my graphite tablet to its full potential. I don't have photoshop.

I don't have photoshop

I don't have photoshop

I don't have photoshop!

So I end up drawing stick men. For crying out loud! I'm an art student at a prestigious university and I'm drawing stick men!

Tomorrow I will post up a picture of my dollhouse I promise.

Please comment. Please?

Anybody there!?

RAAAAWR! Deshtrooooi aaall!

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Bonjour

I feel I must apologise for the girly layout but I don't want to. I'll probably get sick of it in a few weeks and change it again but for now it's staying.

Well, I'm supposed to be studying for an Info skills (general computer shtuff like word, excel, etc) test right now, but I have no idea what document retreival is since I missed my last lecture seeing as I was cursing myself at that time about having just failed my drivers so I had a valid excuse. Or so I like to believe. Actually my eyes were just really red from pathetic bouts of almost nonstop sniveling and I didn't want anyone to see. Compromise! Yay!

On a happier note, I am now the proud owner of more anime. Yesh!

I am also supposed to construct a dollhouse out of wood for my wood carving workshop. Those machines for cutting, and sawing and dismembering...I mean drilling and other stuff give me the creative heebie jeebies; I hate working with machines to create art, I either mess up, hurt myself or both. *twitch*

Buuuuuut, if the dollhouse turns out alright I will definitely post up pictures of it. :D 

Check out THIS dollhouse but don't expect mine to look ANYTHING like it. :( Are those hand painted minature paintings I see?! Who had so much time?! And skills.... Why is the world so cruel and mocking?!

More dollhouses: antiquedaisy

Check out this blogger: pretty things she has cute shiny things for you to look at :3