Tag: digital illustration
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Measuring Joy
I was going to say that I’m reverting to my childlike thoughts and images, but I suspected that could sound strange because I’m not 100% sure I’ve ever really graduated to the world of “adult” thoughts and images. Anyway, I started this illustration before Christmas, to post at Christmas. I really liked where it was…
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Deconstruction
“The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces.” -Aldo Leopold Before I say anything else… Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were grand. How exciting to be writing my very first post in 2025. I’m still quite busy with my downsizing, minimizing, upcycling (and so on) initiative, but I’ll be…
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Bare Boldness
Be as Bold as your Hair. I chose to use the word BOLD for a couple of reasons. For one thing, this woman must be bold because one wrong move from her could result in another Janet Jackson controversy. Haha! Poor Janet. I’m sorry I even brought that old mishap up, but it was the…
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The Do.
Hairdo that is. Actually, it’s not just about the (hair)do, it’s about ‘doing’ something too. I was watching the documentary Martha the other night, about Martha Stewart, and she said something that inspired me. “Learn something new every day, and when you’re through changing, you’re through.” It’s not like that’s some new idea or anything,…
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Embracing Autumn
Leaves changing. Winds whistling. The smell of apples, cinnamon and pumpkin spice. Happy Autumn! I may have said that already, but I doubt it. Fall comes to Southern California very late – in fact, it’s probably more like anticipation that I’m feeling at the moment. We still have our room fan out. Ha-Ha! You can…
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fleeting:
lasting for a very short time. brief. short-lived. momentary. “Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new” -Paracelsus My illustration is a bit different than my norm, but I’m thrilled at the fact that it looks somewhat like I’d envisioned. My imaginings are like rough sketches or stick figures, but it’s…
a sprinkle of faith 