I'm bad at actually photographing and uploading legitimate work.

But this summer I've also just spent it doodling and sketching and messing around. I've also been painting poppies, which I should finish tonight....

Newest body mods.

Now I am home. It is time to create.

I suddenly became inspired. Now what is it that I want to create? That is somewhat if a problem.

I'm back to a normal.

But better than before's normal.

Now... to create. 

I need to finish those poppies...

This isn't anything special.

But I figured I'd upload it anyways. Sometimes my hands just spit out random doodles when I'm anxious.

I can't even believe it!

Got my splint off yesterday. Still a long recovery road ahead of me, but I'm over the huge hump of it. Such a wonderful feeling. :D So incredibly pleased with the results thus far. Thank you everyone (but the medical teams wont be able to see this :/).

Collage, Spinal Chord, and Eye Ball. Not The Greatest Picture Quality Though.

Just a couple of experiments. I had a lot of fun collaging, especially. Good way to get out some ideas and gain some inspiration. I got all these clippings from a Glamour magazine that made it into our house. I don't really like buying my own magazines and I find that magazines like Glamour and Cosmo are politically incorrect and harsh enough towards the female figure and esteem that I can make use of it somehow. Statements, I guess. I kind of wrote a few things here and there in some of the clippings. Just notes to self. Nothing profound.

A rose and peacock feather.

This was a late night doodle/paint project. I think I'm going to start doing this without ink. I need to track down my actual water color paper. That way, I can actually give depth to it. x) If i tried doing it on this... I'd definitely put holes in the paper. I'm happy with how it turned out though. Very loose.

I need to finish the poppy painting for my mom. I've decided that will be her birthday gift. :) I may want to go out and buy her something little like... nice lotion... or something like that, but she's already really liking the painting. Too bad it couldn't be a surprise, but there is a 100% guarantee she'll love it and get use out of it since she asked me to paint her something for our kitchen.

I need to post a photo.

On another positive note, I made my first friend at Cornish. He's a nice guy. :3
I'm glad I'm meeting like minds. Going to be a wonderful experience. However, I am really going to miss my parents, my birds, my room, my two very best friends... yeah, move in day is going to be hard. I'm also leaving town before one of my best friends are for school. It's kind of depressing. :/

Ah well.

Also~
The insurance company finally said that they will cover some of the surgical cost. They always claimed that this was essentially 'plastic surgery'. Made all of us mad, but the letter my surgeon wrote to them obviously had a good affect. :))

Good stuff.

(I get my splint off Mondaaay).

So,

I get my AP Portfolio scores in the mail soon and I can't say I'm too thrilled? I want to know what I got, but I feel like I didn't do too well. I feel I didn't have many things to choose from. However, I liked a lot... more like 90% of the pieces I posted/submitted. There were a couple works I was slightly iffy on, but over all, I though everything was strong individually. I just didn't think my artist statement was as strong as it should have been and I totally didn't enter the dimensions for the digital part, which I assume brought me down.

Not like it matters what they think of my work ;p But still.

Ah well. High school assignments are behind me now.
And at least I got to receive the fee waiver, so instead of paying $85 for this, I only had to pay $5. If I had to pay full price... I would not have done it. Can't afford to be throwing around money like that right now. Plus, this score isn't even going to benefit me in college. Lovely.

Overall, I'm kind of mad.
But at least my submitted pieces came back undamaged, but some of the tracing paper was gone. Weird.

So, I think I may end up making an etsy account and try to sell prints of my work... and maybe some originals if I feel like it would be alright to detach myself from them (and if they are well photo documented). I feel like it could be a harmless thing to do and maybe would give me an opportunity to do more creative things too. I can't really guarantee the success rate, but it's definitely worth a shot.

Things are starting to change.
And it's kind of stressing me out. I have a lot to think about and wonder about and do. And this isn't just about college.

I've just been keeping things simple lately. Mainly been interesting in simple ink line drawings with some watercolor. It's a good experimental thing to do to pass time, I suppose. :p

Still a little bit swollen.

I'm getting feeling back in my face now, which is good, but I'm also starting to feel the pain more and that's not so good. It's ultimately good though. :)

The permanent changes of my appearance: my nose is slightly tipped up now, my lips match up, and my teeth touch - therefore, the goal has been met! I have a good bite now and once I am fully healed, I can bite through those subway sandwiches and their once impossible, but oh so lovely, cucumbers.

For the first time in a long time, I actually drew cartoon ish things last night. I feel purged. Now I have a new peak of inspiration. Woo.

Instead of sketching, I have been working on the poppy painting for my mom. She asked me to paint it, but I think it will make a good birthday present as well. I will have photos coming soon.

Should have more art updates soon. I am moving around a lot more.

Would like to start painting something soon :)

I think I may even be getting out to run little errands tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be day 5 of recovery. :3

My leg/foot.

I have been looking at my legs in bed quite often these days. This drawing isn't finished yet and I will post an updated version once it is.

 I want to start painting again. I feel kind of dull... and boring. I think it's just one of those days. I have four more weeks to go with this oral splint on. I can't talk or open my mouth. Technically three and a half weeks. 

The recovery is going well though. :)

I tried.

But yes, it's disproportionate, has an extra leg, and has a very cartoonish aspect to it. I plan on drawing more throughout the days. 

This was ink and chalk pastel.

Didn't really finish it either...

I had this little idea come to me when I was half asleep the other morning. I remembered how the day before I was spitting out blood and mucous and just being miserable. I related that feeling to that of a slimy sea creature oozing out of my mouth.

I would like to actually re-do this idea though. May make a nice painting.

So, my little drawing of the day turned out quite badly. First if all, the octopus was supposed to be a squid and it wound up with nine legs versus eight. It didn't turn out all how I wanted it to. I will post a photo of it later. Drawing on pain medicine is awful. >:(

I think today will be the day I will start drawing again. I had a sudden sprout of inspiration last night as I was drifting off to sleep after taking some pain meds. I just never got around to it. Felt so fuzzy due to broken sleep patterns.

I also got some prisma color chalk pastels in the mail from Gavin and I would like to use them. I am hoping to have something done by the end of the day.

Sorry if there are any typos in this post (or future ones, for that matter). I am not as coherent as I should be.

Bird of Paradise.

A batik I did in eighth grade. My mom had it framed and everything. I liked doing this project. I was really surprised we got to do this in middle school. Some fabric, beeswax, and dye. (:

Kiwi.

This lovely, little green being is a model for most of my bird drawings. x)

She didn't like me pointing my camera at her, but she loves cuddling and being scratched by her ear.

I love her.

Surgery tomorrow morning at eleven. I'm not too thrilled, but it'll be worth it. I'm really tired of not being able to bite into sammiches correctly (or much else, for that matter). I'm curious to know what type of subtle changes there will be. I'm sure the distance between my chin to the tip of my nose will decrease slightly. It will be an interesting process.

...

I plan on taking photos in order to document the process, but I probably wont post them. I may use them in my work somehow though or just the concepts.

Throwing some ideas down on paper. The rough bird sketches are my conure, Kiwi. (:

Collage.

Ink.

Graphite.

Vine Charcoal.

Colored Pencil.

Water Color.

Eggs and gears.

My shoes.

Sitting at a tattoo shop waiting for my friend's back piece session to get over with.

My first 'real' acrylic painting.

This was the first assignment I did for Mrs. Hawley's painting class (year one). I remember I spent three months on this thing and it was a small canvas frame (forgot the measurements). It took me awhile to get used to painting, but now I've gotten a lot more comfortable. :3

Owls.

Fruit/veggie still life. Colored chalk.

Mrs. Hawley's honey bee still life. Cante crayon.

Charcoal curtain/ribbon still life. We were to add three of our eyes into the composition as well.

Dot Painting.

The inspiration that created this assigned assignment came from aboriginal artwork. We were supposed to paint in dots and everything was supposed to be symbolic. Everyone's turned out quite differently from one another and that was cool.

Ribbon painting. This thing was tedious.

I'm going to help my boyfriend design some pattern thingies for things like light switches. I laughed.

Skeletons.

This mural is about five by seven feet. This was my senior culminating project.

One of my cockatiels.

Bird skeleton.

Blind contour owls.

Small painting of a classmate.

Quick ink sketch.

Blue self portrait.

I had a looot of self portrait assignments this year. This is the third of four. 

Oil pastel owl/bird still life.

Shoes inspired by Alphonse Mucha.

Oil pastel on canvas.

I enjoyed the oil pastel, terpenoid, and canvas method. 

Playground pipes:

One of the worst assignments I've ever received, but I like how it turned out. I liked making the pipes slightly disproportionate too.

Some quick doodles of my conure, Kiwi.

WWII helmet, I think. Nothing too interesting.

This was a rough sketch of my boyfriend laying down, actually. I felt like scribbling him down and using markers.

Self portrait for Painting class.

I think this is one of my favorite paintings. I like the greens and yellows. This painting really pushed me out of my little 'box', which is why it's so important to me. I submitted it to the AP board though, so it's currently not in my possession. I want my work back soon. I also want to know what my score is... I'm kind of nervous for that.

This is part of the new sketchbook/journal thing I'm creating. I started a new one on behalf of my jaw surgery. That's why I drew my mouth. The collage was just to experiment, ect. I usually don't do unorganized work like this, but I have been having trouble focusing due to stress.