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too much forethought is effectively destructive.
fluidity, consistency, what are these things?
how have i shaped them with my own hands, unaware and faltering?
the ebb and flow of each predetermined 'no' served only
as an imitation of the genuine likeness.

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so in order to keep up and in with our increasingly technological era, i've been learning Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign. in college, i foolishly saw graphic design as a very black and white thing; maybe i was surrounded by too many people creating their 'artwork' solely through use of filters and clone tools, etc..
i was only familiar with the bare minimum as a tool for creating transparencys for silkscreen, and even then did the majority of my transparencys by hand (including the one's for my thesis- intense. also, will have pictures/info regarding that soon).
anywayys, here's my first attempts at photoshop, kind of a self-portrait. although, besides the hair, the facial features aren't an accurate likeness. but can ya dig?

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it's all calypso

remember those lion/lamb hybrids from march on? finally took some pictures.
it was a total trial and error process for me, the whole 'hybridization' through sewing, and after seeing how they turned out:


, i wish i had kept more of them separate. the concept was not executed the way i had seen it in my minds eye; is that not one of the most frustrating things working as an artist? to visual something so strongly and have the tangible outcome so far from what you saw. these things happen, and i'm glad to learn from them though. i realize the imagery of the two animals are too disconjoined; there is something that is needed to link them better together, probably a body, huh? haha. i wish the sense that makes right now had appeared to me in my creative process, but there is always a next time.

the lion now seems comical to me, whereas the lamb is able to hold a certain serenity and depth in it's face.

so on sunday i set up a little table at my friends yoga studio/coffeehouse where they were holding a craft/yoga fare/wellness bazaar. i sold one baby lamb pillow, alas the market was not really into it. but a couple of children really dug the patches with my tag on them, so that was some unexpected recognition haha.


there's my table; so precious! i generally have more of an edge, but considering the crowd i went for demure.

trash into trash equals trash flavored trash

working on small crafts, in preparation for the opportunity to have a table at a local coffeehouse bazaar!
more to come