Well, oops...

Don't you hate when you set out to do something, but it turns into something else completely inadvertently? I started this doodle last night, intending for it to be a guy being pissed at someone in profile, but it turned into something ... else. It turned into Yuki and Shuichi from the BL anime Gravitation (which, by the way, is amazing, and now one of my favorites ever. Duane, you would HATE it).

That show has really gotten into me so much in the last few days, after having watched the whole series one day, and the OVA the next. It's so sweet and funny and dark, plus Yuki is possibly my favorite anime character of all time (sorry, Shigure, you have competition). He's such a dick - he's perverted, rude, cold, moody and mean - but he's brilliant, and he loves Shuichi so much.

Gotta love fairytales, right? I wish things that existed in cartoons could be real. But, even if they can't be, it's still kind of comforting to dream.

By the way, I hate the picture I drew. I may or may not finish it. The one on the left (Yuki, if you will) has a badly-proportioned face, and the hairline is so wrong, it's not even amusing. Maybe I'll color it to NOT look like Yuki and Shu, and it won't be so bad. Or, maybe I'll add in their left hands with their wedding rings, and just be a completely pathetic fangirl.

Oh, well. I'm off now to try again at drawing someone being pissed. Wish me luck.

-Sarah

Another Update, and More Laziness

There have been several additions to the shop since the last time I posted about updates here. But the two items that I listed today are particularly interesting, as they are new!

Here they are:



That's right - portraits of clothing articles! I love clothes so much that I stooped to creating portraits of some of my favorite clothing articles (reasonable, right?) I rather like them.

What do you think?

In other news, I'm really loving this here crafty blog. I love her work, I love reading her posts, and oh, did I mention that I LOVE her work?

Just look at this:



Have I ever mentioned that I have a very soft spot in my heart for dapper animals wearing people clothes? No? Well, I do.

That's one of her older paintings, but it just may be my favorite. I wish I had the money to afford the Mr. Bear portrait on the first page of her shop, but I am BROKE. Well, maybe I can eek out a few extra dollars from the corporate nightmare that is the GAP....

Speaking of the GAP, I have to be there at 8 am tomorrow morning (and stay there until 5 pm), so I need to skedaddle off to bed. I can't wait to see what Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are up to tonight....

Goodnight, loves.
-Sarah

Crafty Slacker

Okay, so I've been a bad crafter lately.

But, here's what I've been doing instead:

What do you think? Has it been worth the recent lull in productivity? No? Well, I guess not, but it makes me feel better.

Have you ever had the overwhelming desire to simply stay in a moment, because you know you may never geet that feeling back? I had one of those times yesterday morning - after having gone into work at 8am, and having found out that I wasn't actually supposed to work that day, I came back home and had another cup of coffee, and went back to bed. It was pouring rain, and I had the windows open, and it smelled lovely and chilly, so I bundled up into my canopy bed with my favorite blankets. The light was so fuzzy, like it was being sifted through the atmosphere of the morning, and everything outside my canopy looked surreal, as if it were painted into place. There was a flock of wild turkeys outside my window, and they were fighting, but everytime the thunder would sound, they would make little frightened, surprised noises, which would get the crow in the tree above them going. All the lovely sounds, smells and sights combined to create my perfect morning.

The view from where I lay:

Now I really MUST get back to my sketchbook, and to "Boxing Helena," which I have so rudely interrupted to jot down this post.

Here's to misty, distilled-gloom mornings

-Sarah