Moved, Writer Friend, and Action Figures

Last weekend my sister and I moved into our new apartment.  We're pretty much all unpacked now and such, except that my room is still a disaster area.  Somehow I keep working on it, but it doesn't look any cleaner.  It's hard for me to relax when things are really messy, so the first of the week I pretty much went around stressed all the time, and even sat at work thinking, "I shouldn't be here!  I should be at home!... cleaning!"

To help unwind I took time at the end of the day to work on a back, back, back, back burner project, a fanfiction that will probably never get finished.  I'll write a chapter or so and then get a "Well, that itch has been scratched," feeling.  Then a couple months later, I'll feel the urge to write some more, add another chapter, etc.  Since I don't expect to ever finish it, there's pretty much no pressure to actually write anything good, so that made it a really good stress-free distraction.  This week I added on to it every night.  Now that itch has been scratched.  Again.  Next distraction please!

New Project full of Les Mis-y Goodness

I've been very busy crafting this week.  Have I been sewing a dress?  No.  Have I been drawing?  No.  Have I been putting together costumes?  No.

I've been making a plushy, because my artistic ADD kicked in hard core this week.

Updates and Arguments with my Muse

Table of Contents
1. Muse...ings
2. Dress Work-in-Progress Picture
3. Sarah in a Pink Wig.  (Yes, you read that right.)

The Little Mer-seal

muse
-noun
1) One of several goddesses of classical mythology presiding over the arts.
2) A person who serves as a source of inspiration to an artist.

Alternate definition:
The part of an artist responsible for inspiration and creativity, referred to as it's own individual entity, due to it's habit of defying reason, logical thought, and occasionally the wishes of the artist, as if it had a mind of it's own.
Example sentence: "My muse demanded that I draw my favorite character.  After that, my muse must have gotten mad at me for something, because it gave me artist block."


So, for the past, like, two freakin' years, my muse has been all, "I am in love with Trigun!"  This past week, for reasons I will never be able to explain, my muse came to a screeching halt and said, "Vash?  Who's that?  Whatever.  I'm all about making my own characters, baby!"

Knives and Dresses

...are two things that don't usually go together.  This is especially true, considering I'm referring to an anime character whose name is Knives, and he definitely does not wear dresses.  But I would pay to see him in one.

Okay, this time I've got a quick note on "draw impulsively," a drawing, and plans for a dress.

Draw impulsively! (Kekkai fanart opitional.)

I did two drawings in two weeks!  Woo!  I want you to envision me sitting at my laptop doing a happy dance in my chair, because that's what I'm doing right now.

I'm tentatively trying out a new art motto: draw impulsively.  Usually, when I get an idea for a drawing, I log it away in my head.  Then, when I actually feel like sitting down and working on a drawing, I'll browse my mental list of ideas, pick one that sounds pretty good, and work on it.  "Draw impulsively" means that when I get an idea for a drawing, within twenty four hours, I take up my sketch book and do a quick loose sketch of it, maybe 15 minutes, 30 tops.  If it's looking good, I'll finish it.  If the idea (or my ability to draw it) turns out to be lousy, I'll drop it and move on.  I've cautiously set a goal of one drawing a week, but we'll see.  I need to get started on some costumes, and that may throw that goal out the window.

Art things and Life things

Well, gang, not much here, but here's what I've got.