It’s good to finally see a friend since lockdown.
Finally made time to visit family and check in on this pup, who’s nearly full grown now.. :(
black lives matter
Staying hopeful for a better day.
Sitting here alone at home listening to the George Floyd protests and rioting down my street.
day 61
After learning about the extension of the Stay-at-Home Order, paying a visit to my family was much needed.
Having a little sister who bartended before is a huge plus.
Coming home with battle scars. The pup’s got shark teeth and nails.
Supermoon in Scorpio
Milking the extra hours I’ve gained from quarantine. Here’s to a renewal phase!
NOLA inspired
From Marie Laveau, Madame LaLaurie, the culture, history, and street style fashion.
NOLA
take me back...
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It's been a while, or a year or something like that. Thinking up of more content to create.. less words, more visuals.
i'm back!
I'm a nice girl, I promise, but if there was one way to get back at people for upsetting me I think the nicest way I'd go about it is to be this girl and scare them to death. :P....just for fun!
2016, like most would say, was definitely not my favorite year.. A lotta bitterness. There was one bad thing after the other where every area in my life was affected, and it was all happening fast. I was not my best self either. It definitely set me and my passions back because my health was more of a concern and priority that year. I'm so lucky and am so grateful to have had my friends and family to support me through all the chaos that's finally calmed down. I'm slowly trying to pick up where I left off, where I used to find myself constantly sketching. But lately I'm thinking my work sucks right now... so I've been reteaching myself basic techniques again. It's been about a month now, and not much improvement, ugh! But! The Pup and I are actually in talks of another show! I know we said we'd plan for one more last year, but 2016 got lamer until the very end. But we definitely need to make this happen.. and it will!
Also, I'm trying to
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en route to san diego
Took a much needed train ride to San Diego for a day to meet with my friend Charlene. We met on Instagram about a year and a half ago(?) And we instantly connected from the artist community. We found we had so much in common asides from the fact we're both Pisces (woot woot). We'd done an artist collaboration together on our Instagrams which was really fun. And this year we took it a step further by meeting in person. She came to visit me in LA earlier this year where we'd met for the first time. We decided we'd take turns on visiting each other. It's a fun way to get out and explore. Anyway we had such a great time hanging out and sketching at a coffee shop. Looking forward to our next venture ;]
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moody and romantic themed
Muse this weekend was Lily Rose Depp <3
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notes from this weekend
Doing collages, I've found, alleviates artist's block.
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requiescence
Trying to learn how to draw on a small scale size again, or actually, learning how to draw again altogether. I lost my touch! My mind's been occupied with other work.. {boo} :(. It's crazy how you can forget how to do something that's become second nature to you after doing it for so long. And as soon as you stop for just like a week or two, or three, you come back to it as if you were a beginner almost. I've been doing rough sketches to find my flow again and I almost have it down. What's good is that it doesn't take long to get back into the groove.
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chaotic month
Phew! This month was overwhelming. Best friend's bridal shower, bachelorette, and beautiful wedding. Wedding dress shopping for my sister and running into a fellow Alopecian from Instagram {#blessing} <3. My grandpa's death and celebration on his return to home. New job. And now preparing for the Pup's birthday tomorrow. This was a lot. And with that, a lot of hairloss from my disease. I've hardly had time to sit down and sketch whatever I want, let alone have some quiet time to myself. It's been chaotic but very fun. I've been pushing myself to squeeze in some quick sketching before work to keep the passion going. Right now I'm just focusing on gestures and exploring body movements. This sketch above is what I came up with this morning.
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my first exhibition
It's finally up! After months of planning, the pup and I finally installed my illustrations at this laundromat in Downtown LA. The theme is not so much focused on fashion illustrations which is typically my area my expertise. Instead I wanted to surround it on the idea of being inside a laundromat... so you still have some of the sensual feel I usually give in my work with partial nudity, but in this collection I'm introducing a sense of wonder!
I feel like a laundromat is one of the places where people have the most access to receiving inspiration. A person's imagination is definitely activated in such a place where distance is so limited, and people can only do so much to kill time. They can only distract themselves with their phones for so long until they have to find the next thing to do to stay out of boredom. In my collection, I wanted to illustrate the process of stepping out of your head and into your own world.
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indoors
I finally get to catch the rain on a weekend and enjoy the tranquility of its sound as I work. And since I plan to hangout indoors all day I wanted to share the delicate elements I like to surround myself within my workspace.
My cup of Jasmine tea and my Japanese recycled paper notepad that I use as a sketchpad instead. I'm currently focusing on bettering other details in my illustrations, starting with faces. Next would be hands and then feet.
The faces I decided to practice with is from Alberta Ferretti's Spring '16 collection from Paris Fashion Week.
I'm loving the new rose gold lamp I recently purchased from Ikea.
My new storage box for my Måla watercolor pencils, also from Ikea. The box, which originally packed macaroons, I kept from Bottega Louie.
Cedarwood incense from Wholefoods to set the atmosphere in the room. I don't have a proper incense stick holder yet, I'm looking to purchase a simple one in the future.
My dried bouquet of flowers. I think they're just so romantic.
And last but not least, the faux sheepskin rug purchased from Ikea.
smiling
The pup bought me my own artist desk and assembled it for me in our little studio! I immediately dumped my bag of everyday art supplies on the surface and accented the view with a fresh bouquet of flowers and my deteriorating chrysanthemums. *Sigh* I'm happy.
A closer look at what I've sketched from last weekend's short, filmed by my boyfriend Chris! I opted for Chanel's sultry Pre-fall 16 collection. Be sure to drag your mouse over to the Media page to see our latest short film! Or just clickity click right here if you're lazy.
baroque influence
Dice Kayek's Spring Couture 16 collection is one of my favorites by far. Here's a quick sketch I snuck in during work.
spontaneous composition
Here's a mini sketch warm up of Danielle from We Wore What. I'm currently playing with spontaneous composition rather than sticking to my usual single row layout. Hmm, don't know if I love it yet?
non new year's resolution goals
I don't do New Year's resolutions, because I like to work with less pressure on myself. I move forward by just taking the next step to whatever goal or desire it is I am trying to fulfill. And with that, I'm just gonna list:
- I would love a like-minded travel buddy. A person who would just think to include you because there's no one else who he/she would love to travel to new places with. To go exploring, to retreat, do art, work on fun projects, and go away with.
- That ^ said, I would love to travel more.. I just don't do solo trips. Let me find my buddy first.
- I want to know how I can leverage my passion into more money.
...to be continued.
amen
A little wake up call from the movie Rushmore.
