So, I'll admit. If I had unlimited time and zero responsibilities, I'd probably sit around making minecraft super structures. Whenever i see the Taj Mahal or Coliseum or whatever 1st thought: YAAASSSS!!! I want to go to there! 2nd thought: how the hell?? How did you even start? Like, literally, which block? What did you use? 3rd thought: you must have no one who wants to spend time with you... :( But I'm making an effort. My structures shall get larger and larger. I wanted to make an effort at building something with some planning though. I decided an omage to my nephew, who will be visiting soon. I told him to build me something last time he visited "to remember him by" and he did. (Haha! I need a pic. It's a block structure that 3x3 with a plaque that reads "remember Eli" adorbs). But where to start?..... A photograph. I was using Pages app ony phone and I made a "chart" and created as many rows and columns as it would let me. I changed the photo format to be behind it. Then clicked print. However, I realize now that I should have put more effort into this step. It is the foundation for what I made. And I wish I rotated the photo to make his face centered. And I wish I made sure the rows/columns made squares and not rectangles. But they were at least double, so I divided each in half. Then I started ticking things off. I decided to build it just off the coast, surrounded by ocean. I have a grid of paths to map what I've been making, and the diamond trail didn't lead anywhere. Now it does. I counted 65 blocks up from sea level. I checked the photo and counted down 65, so I could make it as tall as possible. Then I used my knowledge of facial layout to grid of a skeletal structure. A head is an oval. The eyes are approx half way between the chin and the top of the head, when viewed from the front. I made notes of how many bricks left or right an eye or ear was. But it was giving me grief. I kept having to blow shit up. I was struggling. Until..... Angles brought me this photograph. I'm sure other people have made things more profound, but this was just what I needed. What did they use? Planks, in a variety of wood types for color. It fit much better than the colored clay I had been trying. So fuck the old system, and just make a 2 dimensional pixelated pic of his face, and go from there.... I extended the sides straight out from his head. I assumed that those edges would represent the widest parts visible, and I would reduce the corners to create a curve later on. More pics to come. I have completed this, but didn't grab pics of it yet.
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4/13/2015 0 Comments LAB t-shirtThere's literally maybe 5 people who would even think about this shirt. But ta-da! here you go, 5 people! knock yourself out! GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Maybe someday, someone will come along and buy my shirt designs from me. Until then, any individuals who would like to class themselves up with my awesome styles may do so freely. All I ask is you share a picture of whatever you make. --- You know what? You go ahead and use this shirt if you want it. FREE FOR EVERYONE! I'm sure OLD NAVY will snap it right up.
4/13/2015 0 Comments hot t-shirtthree of three pipetting shirts. If you get this we should go on a couples vacation together. GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Maybe someday, someone will come along and buy my shirt designs from me. Until then, any individuals who would like to class themselves up with my awesome styles may do so freely. All I ask is you share a picture of whatever you make.
4/13/2015 0 Comments DROP IT T-SHIRTTWO OF THREE pipetting shirts. If you get this, we should be besties. GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Maybe someday, someone will come along and buy my shirt designs from me. Until then, any individuals who would like to class themselves up with my awesome styles may do so freely. All I ask is you share a picture of whatever you make.
4/13/2015 0 Comments Nanodrop T-shirtone of three pipetting shirts. If you get this, you're cool. GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Maybe someday, someone will come along and buy my shirt designs from me. Until then, any individuals who would like to class themselves up with my awesome styles may do so freely. All I ask is you share a picture of whatever you make.
4/13/2015 0 Comments Eco ShirtOk, this one isn't likely to reach too many, since its excruciatingly specific. On top of that, the idea came from lurking over my husbands shoulder as he looked at science-y things. So I can's speak to how much sense it makes. I made it a long time ago, and any research I did in reference to it has floated out of my brain. GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Maybe someday, someone will come along and buy my shirt designs from me. Until then, any individuals who would like to class themselves up with my awesome styles may do so freely. All I ask is you share a picture of whatever you make. (although, if a company came along and wanted to use this design, i'd be flabbergasted)
4/13/2015 0 Comments band T-shirtThis line always sticks in my head. This is one of my favorites. Its cool if you're a classic rock fan, or a Marching band buff. GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Maybe someday, someone will come along and buy my shirt designs from me. Until then, any individuals who would like to class themselves up with my awesome styles may do so freely. All I ask is you share a picture of whatever you make.
4/13/2015 0 Comments DABO! t-shirt designThis idea has been on my mind a while. I don't have unlimited resources to print every shirt that comes to mind, and keeping the design to myself doesn't make much sense either. Maybe someday, someone will come along and buy my shirt designs from me. Until then, any individuals who would like to class themselves up with my awesome styles may do so freely. All I ask is you share a picture of whatever you make. Here's one for the Trekkies:
4/9/2015 0 Comments Balancing life with dreamsI have such good intentions. And a to do list the length of my arm. Part of the curse of the creative brain is when you're flooded with ideas that would be awesome if you had endless 1)time 2)money 3)focus. Life endlessly gets in the way. And if you manage to grip tight to one idea, the challenge becomes fighting off other ideas that either detract or distract. In addition, the ideas that often seem the best are the ones that don't mesh with who I naturally am, as an individual. I've had to come to terms with a few sad truths, and in doing so, it's made the projects I have started working on more fruitful. We need to be more purposeful in our decisions, and know when to force out those creative thoughts. They're a blessing, and a curse. A few of my inexcapable truths: -I'm messy. I want a clean house so bad, but to get it is a constant battle. I will never be a Monica Geller. I need to prepare myself, that even the simplest of maintenece, will be a struggle to finish. And I can't allow myself to slack even a little. -I'm cheap. If it costs a lot of money to get done well, I won't do it. Especially if it's something that has uncertain outcomes. I want some things to be splurged on, but even when I save up I can't pull the trigger. Nothing ever seems worth it. -I'm lazy. If I can't blog on my cell phone, I likely won't do it at all. If I have to leave the house to do it, there's even less of a chance. I choose the path of least resistance every time. I keep thinking I'll have motivation to prioritize whatever it is, but siting on my ass wins Every. Single. Time. -I'm shy. I want to be able to "put myself out there." In my head, I'm a dynamo. I'm confident and funny and loud. But in reality? I won't speak up in a group of there are more than 4 people. I won't dress up to comicon because I don't want people looking at me. Being the center of attention makes me shrink. But despite knowing all this, I walk through stores that don't exist. I watch movies that have never been made. I dance choreography that I wouldn't physically be able to do if I tried. I see all these brilliant, and funny, and beautiful things in my mind as if they existed. Sometimes it becomes so distracting that I forget to see the things in front of me, like two growing babies that won't be little forever. Like a husband who works hard all day to provide for us, and doesn't have the luxury of wearing sweatpants all day. Like a teenager on the cusp of becoming an adult and moving away, that I should appreciate while she still has a shred of respect for me. My life is so much richer than I give it credit for. I need to remind myself to take a step back periodically. I'm not even talking about making great art, (which in itself is a crushing task if that's what you start out working towards), I'm talking about making or doing ANYTHING. I keep seeing funny little videos on YouTube, or comical/cartoonish photoshop creations. And all I can think is "do you know how many HOURS of work that fart joke took??" Knowing what's worth putting the effort into and what's not is my struggle. Knowing when to focus on the creative vision and when to focus on a productive and functioning family is another struggle. I'm always saying to myself "if you have 2 hours to spend on a doodle, you have 2 hrs to work out." Which turns in to "if you have time and energy to work out, you have time and energy to tackle the dishes" which turns into "aw man, I hate dishes. I guess I'll just sit around in my sweatpants." So here I sit. Fat, in a messy house, with nothing to show for the last 2 hrs. This doesn't seem like the best solution, but it's my 'go-to' logic. I need to find a better way of balancing all the things I want to do, and find a way to get the motivation to do it. 2/10/2015 0 Comments Dr Who party: doodle artOriginals Followed by My versions I had fun re copying whoevers artwork. Thank you, mystery people. It was nice to get some doodles in. P.s. I'm not sure how I managed to get blurry pictures, but it doesn't seem worth going back and fixing. You get the gist of it. (I can even take them out of the frames and get proper pictures if anyone cares. I'll assume not). |
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