It's March and I'm behind.
New desk set up, still in progress.
Behind for writing a post that is. I originally meant to write a blog post last week but we had some 60mph winds and I lost internet service from Wednesday to Sunday. So, I wasn't able to write a blog (although, I'm sure I could have written it beforehand, but I'm lazy - sorry).
What's new with me. Well, I got a new desk – finally. I have been doing my paintings on a little TV dinner desk, but it wasn't enough room for me to get work done on. So, I wanted something that could fit my laptop, some books, and my art supplies. Target had this amazing looking desk the last time I went. It was black, but I was hesitant to get a black desk to be honest. Although it would have better suited the decor of my room, it just wasn't right for me as a whole. My desk at work is black and if I don't clean off the dust every day, I see it (not saying, I'll leave this desk dusty, but you know what I mean). I just wanted to separate what I see at work and at home. I got the white desk. Put it together myself and got all of my stuff on there. It's still a work in progress, but the point is: I have a desk to properly work on. Yay.
Everything has been going good so far. I've gotten a bit of painting done and trying to fit more time to photograph also. I feel good when I'm doing something that I love. I got to do some designs for work and I honestly felt so at peace doing it. They were simple designs, but something I'm familiar with. I know we should all try to work different things and not be comfortable in one area, but sometimes it feels nice to be creative in something I'm well familiar with. If that makes any sense. The point is, I got to use Lightroom on my laptop and Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. I basically get to be a graphic designer for this client and I love it. It's not that I don't love making videos and GIFs and shooting photos, but I feel like graphic design is my bread and butter. Plus, I'm always trying to learn new techniques to apply to the designs. There's just so many trends, so many methods to use to stand out. I want to create and be an individual. I have a voice when I design, and I love being able to exercise that voice every once in a while. A change of pace is good too, especially when it's with the familiar.
Designed for a client.
Traditional moth-floral tattoo illustration, water color painting.
Don't ask me why I'm obsessed with doing traditional tattoo-esque drawings/paintings, but I love it. I feel like a bad ass doing it, even if I'm still learning and fumbling at it. I recently got inspired to do a moth design with a bunch of flowers and the funny thing about that is I was thinking about that movie Mothman Prophecies and lo and behold, as soon as I finished up my painting I see the movie is available on HBO on-demand. What are the odds? Isn't that crazy? I just kept thinking how bizarre it was. That movie scared me as a kid, but I think moth tattoos are beautiful. Not a big fun of them, the real life creature, but a big fan of the designs I see including them, or focused on them. I actually did some more edits to it, so I'll have to include that in my next post or maybe in my galleries on here (which I should update – oops).
Okay, I feel like this blog post is getting lengthy, so one last bit of updates and then I'll wrap it up. I went to South Carolina on the 2nd to the 5th. More like the 3rd to the 4th because I got there at like 11:40pm on the 2nd and left at 8am on the 5th (that flight back was a huge debacle, and I wasn't a fan of how it was handled). I went to see Timothy! It was his 30th birthday and for the past 2 years I haven't been with him on his birthday at all. And 30 is a huge milestone, I wanted to be with him. I still had to work, but I was able to take my work laptop with me and work while at his house. I wish we had more time together, but the fact that we got to spend any time together was already an added bonus.
I had a great time while I was there. I didn't take a lot of photos, like I usually did, but I was trying to be more present, to be more in the moment. He deserved that, we deserved it. That's the beauty of this life: I feel like I don't have enough time for anything, but really I have all the time in the world (unless I die tomorrow – hopefully I live a long life). I just want to experience more. I don't know what it is with me lately, but I just want to create, be with people I love, and relax (and eat granola and peanut butter). I want a simple life, but I have to work to get that. Hmm.