Ugh! Get on with it already!
I still like the assemblage I'm making for Artfest, but I have taken waaaay too long to get it done. I had the concept way back in late November or early December, because I was drawing the main sketch while I worked the holiday craft fair.
This is one of two figures I'm putting on a base, a mother and baby. I started out making the baby's t-shirt a week or two ago. Also added text on the back. 
This is one of two figures I'm putting on a base, a mother and baby. I started out making the baby's t-shirt a week or two ago. Also added text on the back. 
Then last night I made the shirt into a onesie. I finally attached the face and hair last night as well, partly to get myself into the home stretch of assembly. I have this thing about not attaching the face until the end... 
I mean, I burned masking tape on both the "baby" and the "mother", and I've drilled holes into the mother. I can't do that with a face looking at me! Wouldn't you want to be completely unaware while someone was (re)creating your body?
I mean, I burned masking tape on both the "baby" and the "mother", and I've drilled holes into the mother. I can't do that with a face looking at me! Wouldn't you want to be completely unaware while someone was (re)creating your body? Yes, the figure has two faces. Yes, that's on purpose. I placed a page pebble (you know, those domed clear thingies) over the first image, then adhered a transfer of the second image.
You know how these poseable figures have no ass? I rolled up some paper and made the baby a tushie (that's Yiddish for "backside" for all you goyim out there.) Did the same for the mom, but added a lot more paper. [Insert "Baby Got Back" joke here.]
After I finally finish this project, I have something in mind for The Husband for our anniversary. (I give him art every year. This was actually his idea.) And I want to finish up the LK Ludwig class project from Art & Soul, so I can show it to her after class at Artfest. Oh, and did I mention I need to finish Photoshopping a business card into existence?
I'd like to do more blog candy stuff, but I gotta get this done! Well, it's been said that if you want to get something done, give it to a busy person...
Tagged and bagged
The fabulous pink-slingin' Julie tagged me the other day! Prepare to learn more than you ever wanted to know about me.
Julie says I must:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
It is a bit of a job so even if you just wanted to post the facts that would be fun!!!
Here goes:
1. The little bitty circle scar next to my nose is a chicken pox scar I got when I was three. I didn't like how it felt when my hand brushed up against it, so I scratched it off in the bathtub.
2. When my brother and I watched cartoons as a kid, we used to call dibs on the characters. This means you have to speak up quick at the beginning of a Bugs Bunny cartoon, or your animated alter ego will spend the next half-hour bitching about that wascally wabbit.
3. My favorite color is a very specific shade of scarlet. Not orangey red, not fire truck red, not candy-apple red.
4. My favorite expression of my father's was "The first hundred years are always the hardest." He always attributed that sentiment to his older brother, but I've never once heard my uncle say it.
5. If I keep my elbows bent for more than about five minutes, when I straighten them out, they make a loud snap that sounds like I'm cracking my knuckles next to an amplifier.
6. I paid for most of my college education with winnings from a game show. It was called "Body Language" and I won about $27,000 from a week's worth of victories.
7. I want real-life scientists to figure out how to tesser, so I can live on the same street as all my friends and loved ones. (Man, I miss Madeleine L'Engle.)
I tag these peoples to carry on the tradition: Ricë, Jan, Stacie B., Lisa H., Evil Greg, Paula, and Deryn. I realize not all of you will participate. But I tagged you because you hold the secrets of the universe, and you've been dying for my command to reveal said pearls of wisdom.
Julie says I must:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
It is a bit of a job so even if you just wanted to post the facts that would be fun!!!
Here goes:
1. The little bitty circle scar next to my nose is a chicken pox scar I got when I was three. I didn't like how it felt when my hand brushed up against it, so I scratched it off in the bathtub.2. When my brother and I watched cartoons as a kid, we used to call dibs on the characters. This means you have to speak up quick at the beginning of a Bugs Bunny cartoon, or your animated alter ego will spend the next half-hour bitching about that wascally wabbit.
3. My favorite color is a very specific shade of scarlet. Not orangey red, not fire truck red, not candy-apple red.
4. My favorite expression of my father's was "The first hundred years are always the hardest." He always attributed that sentiment to his older brother, but I've never once heard my uncle say it.
5. If I keep my elbows bent for more than about five minutes, when I straighten them out, they make a loud snap that sounds like I'm cracking my knuckles next to an amplifier.
6. I paid for most of my college education with winnings from a game show. It was called "Body Language" and I won about $27,000 from a week's worth of victories.
7. I want real-life scientists to figure out how to tesser, so I can live on the same street as all my friends and loved ones. (Man, I miss Madeleine L'Engle.)
I tag these peoples to carry on the tradition: Ricë, Jan, Stacie B., Lisa H., Evil Greg, Paula, and Deryn. I realize not all of you will participate. But I tagged you because you hold the secrets of the universe, and you've been dying for my command to reveal said pearls of wisdom.
The reveal
And here it is: the commissioned altered notebook! Fret no more, and rejoice, for I have finally gotten off my ass and posted the finished piece.The client was delighted, and ran her hands over the covers eagerly, flipping them open and looking at it from all angles. I tell you, it felt like I'd given her the bestest birthday gift ever.
The color blending worked out well with the background paper, and the red beads on the side picked up the map's road lines as I'd planned. Kinda looks like colored sugar for cupcakes, but I resisted the temptation to shake some into my mouth and enjoy the crunchiness. You're proud of me for that, I can tell.
I used an inset map of Rome for the back, and ran that 7 Gypsies gaffer tape along the bottom edge of the front and back cover. (I love their products, but man, they really need to make their website more user-friendly. Would it kill them to add a search function?) Then I inked up the edges to take the squeaky-clean feel down a couple notches.
I remembered to ask the client to tell a friend about me, and she said, "oh, I should tell my book club about this!" Which I thought was a fabulous idea, and then she topped herself. "Oh, wait -- I was going to give it [the notebook] to my husband [next] Tuesday, but my book club's this Thursday. I'll bring it to the book club, and then I'll wrap it up and give it to my husband on Tuesday."Excellent idea! Couldn't have said it better myself.