San Smith

What I wore today illustration #6

Here is a quick little "What I Wore Today" illustration that I started last week. I think I wore this to work on Thursday? I doodled it on paper because I really liked my outfit, but I wasn't able to sit down and actually draw it until today. The shirt I have on is one of my favorites - its hand made and from my favorite gallery here in Atlanta, Young Blood Gallery. It's made of super soft jersey and has little criss cross feathers printed all over:

Pardon the super old weird face photo, that was the only one I could find of me wearing it.

And here is the actual sketch for kicks. I'll be putting this up in my etsy in a few days I think. Man... I'm super sleepy today! I'm probably going to go to bed early. I spent most of my evening drawing and watching "My life as Liz", has anyone seen that yet? My friend Victor linked it to me because he thought our hair styles looked the same - and while I thought the show looked kinda dumb... I gave it a chance and found I actually really like it. Liz reminds me a lot of myself when I was in high school and the issues I had to deal with... does anyone else find it relatable? Anyhow - I think it might be my new guilty pleasure :B You can watch the episodes online - so go check it out! Tell me what you think!

Photos and doodles update!

Oh my gosh - I can't believe how fast last week zipped by! Sorry for only sharing one post. I feel like I've been so busy that life is zipping past me, eek! I have been drawing a lot though, working on a ton of freelance, visiting with friends, and writing blog posts that I plan to share with you guys... but sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day to finalize it all :)

  

see the bigger version at my flickr!

I thought I'd do a little photo and sketch post of stuff I'm working on and what I've been up to. I visited with my pals last weekend and we watched the last Conan episode over some drinks... so sad! I hope he gets back on the air soon. The above photos are from that night... How do you like the pizza I made to bring? I'm such a good guest. :P

I also met up with my internet pal, Sarina (sparkly sushi), this weekend but we forgot to get photos! Blargh! I guess I'll have to try again the next time she is in town. We ate burgers with her friend at the Vortex in Little 5 points - I had a lot of fun and I'm so glad I finally met her! Also, she gave me a lovely blue flower hair pin that she made, I'll take pictures of it later... it is very pretty. The rest of the weekend was spent working on small projects, visiting with family and then relaxing.

A lot of the illustrations I'm working right now are either for projects that aren't complete yet, or personal doodles that I've sketched on paper but haven't had time to digitize. Not the most exciting stuff for blogging :\ I just finished up a portrait from work, I'm working on sketches for a character design project and little witch doodles (both below) that I can't wait to finish... and I think I'm pretty close to wrapping up a house illustration for a wedding invitation.

Anyhow - this post is kinda all over the place! But know that I'm thinking of you guys. Love love you all and I enjoy your comments so much... I've had such nice emails and comments from you guys lately and it really makes my day. I want to give back - so I'll try to fit in more posts this week! Hope you are all doing well <3

What I wore today illustration and sketches

Lets see... things that have been going on: I got a little hair cut - first one in a year and half! I was excited my stylist still remembered me :) I also went thrifting with my cousin and found a nice little blue espresso cup and saucer, and my art show was Saturday evening... that went pretty good. Saw lots of friends which was very nice :D Also, Chris came home from his San Francisco work trip which makes me super happy... <3 On top of all that I've had a good bit of work lately - so very busy weekend! But I thought I'd take a break from working on freelance and do a WIWT illustration - It's been a while since I last did one!

This is actually what I wore on Saturday to thrifting. Its been interesting trying to figure out clothing color options with my new hair - so far I seem to like everything better with the red vs the pink and black! :) For fun I thought I'd also show you guys the sketch I did to plan my WIWT doodle... Typically I plan these out over eating lunch or a snack so they don't take so long on the computer. Plus its nice to draw on paper every now and again instead of always using the computer.

I haven't been doing much personal art lately because I've been really tired in between my full time job and my freelance work... But I really have been wanting to draw little heart locks, bats, red pandas, girly things... I have so many ideas but not enough time! Ah well. I tried to scribble some of them out on the computer - for some reason I keep thinking I want a tattoo of a heart lock and key so I've been trying to sketch out my ideas... I don't think I'll end up getting it - but I imagine it could look very pretty if done well!

see bigger at my flickr

Hope you guys had a nice weekend. How is 2010 going for you so far? Did any of you try my visual goals idea out? I'm going to be sharing my goals soon... if you guys did try the visual goals and have them online, please send me a link! I'd like to share them with my next goals post.

Ask San: formspring.me questions answered!

Alright! here are my replies to my formspring.me questions. If your question wasn't answered, it is probably because I answered it a while back on my FAQ section. I picked 18 questions from my formspring.me account, and some of them are pretty long - so I put half of my post behind a read more link! Hope you guys enjoy, and if you have any other questions - just ask! ;)

Ask San: Formspring.me questions!

1 - What does it feel like to know someone as awesome as Stephan Turano? I'm so jealous of anyone that knows him!
Hahaha. It enriches my life everyday. Especially when he comments on my blog... ;) If he used his blog more often, my life would be complete! Get to it, Stephan!!

2 - Watching any cartoons or reading any comic books lately?
I was reading Scott Pilgrim for a bit, but I had to stop due to lack of time...I really need to finish!! I also recently read the graphic novel "Spiral-Bound" by Aaron Renier, which was really cute - and I like the Nedroid webcomics. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had a lot of time to read or watch things, but I really want to make more time for that later this year.

3 - Whats your beauty routine? You have lovely skin.
I have really sensitive skin that breaks out easily, so I have to be pretty careful with it. I use: Hot water and a clean cloth to remove make up, The Clinque 3 step system for oily skin twice a day (soap, toner and lotion) and Proactiv repairing lotion in the evenings. I also take Vitafusion Omega-3 gummy vitamins which helps my skin tons.

4 - Did you do the pink streak/black hair by yourself?
I did! I go into that more in-depth here: http://www.san-smith.com/2009/08/ask-san-hair.html

Art update: Poster for J'aime & I!

YAY! I am so excited to be done with this :) I started this project a few months ago, but due to my workload I ended up having to put it on the back burner for a bit... but now its finally done! This is a poster for one of my favorite bands, "J'aime & I", which is going to be paired with their debut EP, "Inexperienced Youth", coming out around March!! I'm so excited to be a part of their first release and I can't wait to hear their new songs <3

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The band wanted me to try to recreate a "Jem and the Holograms" type look with their poster - thus the whole super bright 80's look going on. I really enjoyed working on this - it was the first time I have ever drawn a band and instruments, so I learned a lot... I can't believe how much research I had to do to figure out what parts went where, and how things are held! I hope I got it all correct. ;)

I think my favorite person to draw was Janice because she has such an iconic look to her. I love how she has mixed EGL fashion with punk elements to create her look... She is such a rad girl! Really though, they are all pretty rad and its such a unique fun band:

Pictured above: Disco / Janice Jaime / Felipe Quiroz / Camila Cano
photos taken from their facebook page

Please go check out their music at their facebook and myspace pages, they have a new song on there and it is really great! :)