The Life Pursuit: San Smith

Random happy post!

Today is a super fun Saturday.

As I'm writing this, I'm wearing a cape I made from an apron my cousin gave me. I feel like a sneaky super hero writing from her secret illustration headquarters. I'm plotting to go get oreo ice cream blizzard - maybe in the cape - and then to doodle some today and ride around on my bicycle in search of adventure. Other things: I made the necklace I have on today out of a vintage brooch, and experimented with new make up tricks. Fun timesssss. And I'm in the process of cleaning up my studio so I can make a video about it for you guys :)

I hope you are all having a good weekend so far!

Here is a cute video for you to enjoy:

Lush Cosmetics review: pt.1!

If you haven't heard of Lush - they make fantastic fresh handmade soaps and cosmetics! Nothing is tested on animals, almost everything is vegan, and best of all: the scents and product quality = amaaazing. If you have the opportunity to check out a store in person - do it! It is a super fun experience and I'm sure whatever you go home with you will love. Plus, they seem to be very generous about giving free samples with purchases (and sometimes free full products!) - so chances are you will leave with a little extra than you planned for!

I don't normally write reviews - but over the past few weeks I've picked up a lot of fun stuff from Lush, and I've been so impressed by it all I just had to share! Through out the reviews I marked which items were free and which were samples so you can get an idea on the amount of freebies you can receive with purchases.

Sooo - If you want to read more, click below to check out pt.1 of my Lush Cosmetics reviews!

Space girl doodle + photo

 

Another work doodle! Its a pouty space girl - space can be a lonely place dudes! I brought her home to add the purple and orange (since I don't have those colors at work) and then I put gold glitter nail polish on the clouds because its one of my most favorite things of the moment! It reminds me of art I used to make in 7th grade - I would put nail polish on EVERYTHING. I was a nut for polishes.

I was so so close to getting the Lush Cosmetics reviews up tonight! But instead I hung out with the boyfriend and ze pup. Its good to do stuff like that <3 So its coming tomorrow intead of today. whee!
Now its time for sleep!

Doodle + Photos

Work doodle from my lunch break today.
Its a little scooter girl made with office supplies!
I plan on drawing her for real later.

This lovely photo above is from the rooftop of my friend's loft -
where we watched fireworks!
It was pretty fantastic.

Not too much to say - been busy celebrating Chris's 25th birthday, Independence day (Sparklers!!), churning out illustrations for work, etc. Some fun exciting news though - I've been testing out a lot of Lush Cosmetics products and working on writing reviews about them! It isn't for the company, more just for my curiosity and to help others :) Hope you are doing well!

Super Hero Illustration! whee

So there isn't a Things I love Thursday for this week... Because I spent this evening finishing up this illustration and starting a new one of Sookie Stackhouse! Sorry guys! If I have enough time, I'll post a Friday Favorites or something :) I have some fun things I do want to talk about, so I'll see about making it happen!!

Hope you enjoy the drawing above - I had a lot of fun making it. (I think I'm finally feeling comfortable  working with the cintiq.) The girl is based off of that "Hero Factory" website - if you want to make your own hero, go here!

Below is the hero I came up with on the site a while back. (She kinda looks more like a villain to me though... hmmm.) I really liked her tons so I'm glad I finally got to draw her.

If you've made one of the heroes, post in the comments! I'd like to see :D

Hope you are having a great week!

Art show photos + doodle

The show went really well -  a lot of my family came out and a few unexpected friends. I ended up meeting one of my neighbors through the show too - he was friends with the other artist showing (Travis Smith aka Mr. Purty!). So that was super neat - plus we went out and got drinks with a lot of the people afterwords to celebrate, and my mother gave me a lovely bouquet of sunflowers and roses. Oh! And my cousin Chad drove all the way from Alabama to come see the show - so crazy! He is sweet. Such a A+ night - photos here! If you are interested in buying any of the pieces, you can see information that here.

I've been be real busy with caricature illustrations for work, which doesn't leave me a lot of time for personal doodles - but here is one I managed to squeeze out this week. A hula hooper girl!! :D I'm looking forwarded to finishing this later this week. More tomorrow!

9 paintings for my show!

Here are all my pieces for my show on Saturday!
All are mixed media on wood.

From Left to right:
1. "Forget Nothing" - 12x12" - $175.00
2. "Young Love" - 12x12" - $175.00
3. "Regret Nothing" - 12x12" - $175.00
4. "Virtue" - 8x8" - $50.00 Sold
5. "Overlap" - 12x12" - $175.00
6. "Memento Mori" - 8x8" - $50.00 Sold
7. "How It Ends" - 12x12" - $175.00 Sold
8. "Wide Open" - 12x12" - $175.00
9. "Calendar Girl" - 12x12" - not for sale

This series was based off of #9 - that was a very personal piece for me and it hangs in our home. (Except for this month!) All art work is displayed till July at Radial. If you are interested in purchasing one of the pieces, please contact me via email. Payment is due upfront, but the art will be held till the end of the month when the show ends, and buyers will be contacted after to arrange pick up or shipping. The pieces that don't sell will go on my etsy!! Fun times :) Sorry my etsy is so empty right now - I just sold a couple of pieces and need to get some new stuff in there! I'm going to try to make some sticker/stationary sets soon, and hopefully prints!

If you come out to my show on Saturday night, please say hello ! :)

Radial
June 13th, 7-9pm
1530 DeKalb Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307

Also, I want to give a big thanks to my lady friends who let me use them as reference for the pieces above - I feel so lucky to have such wonderful fun gals in my life who inspire me! Stay awesome girls <3

Roller skate party! zoom zoom

Today is my birthday!

wheee! Guess who got roller skates? ;)
More later though!
I'll leave you with two more paintings from my upcoming show:

12x12" mixed media on wood

My art is currently hanging at radial till the end of June with Travis Smith's awesome work,
so go check it out!

Things I love Thursday!

I've had such a nice day - I came home to chill with my pup over lunch, one of my coworkers made cookies for my birthday - and best of all: I don't have work tomorrow! Early weekend whee!

A good bit of today's Things I love Thursday are some of my recent purchases over the past month and half...

• Clothes are from dELiA*s - They are SO awesome - I forgot how much I like their stuff! Hooray for new summer clothes <3
• Urban decay Lip Envy, yellow nail polish and Bare Essentials make up brushes - all from Sephora
• Sweet purple sneaks from Vans
• Dr. Marten's flats
• Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses - I can't find a site selling these online... I got them while visiting my family in Florida
• True Blood - I am such a dork for this show right now. Holy crap! Sookie is such a fun character - that and I'm a sucker for ridiculous vampire stories. Oh man I just realized what I typed... ha!
  
  
• Things not pictured: fantastic unexpected bicycle zoomy rides to your friend's house so you can watch a dvd while your power is out, homemade brownies, french bread pizza (YUM!), "To be continued" by Set Your Goals, the fact that it is raining on my birthday week - I <3 rain and its normally disgustingly hot this time of the year, Andy Samberg's New Moon trailer spoof from the MTV movie awards (I died laughing omg), and of course - the real New Moon trailer - I had some srs bsns embarrassing fangirling going on when I saw it! ha! I'm a goon, I know :)

How is your Thursday so far?
Hope it is fantastic!

Art and show update!

 

12x12" mixed media on wood

Coming up for air after tons of art making! I've been working a series of art pieces for my show this month with Travis Smith at Radial! I'll slowly be sharing photos of the work over the next few days, the above two are a preview of what is to come! :)

This was my special surprise I had been putting off sharing on here. So if you are in the area, please stop by and check out our art!! It should be really fun.

Also! This Sunday is my birthday! I've been celebrating slowly all week. I got some new shoes and the True Blood series on DVD - so I've been watching lots of that + hula hooping with my new pink head phones + sneaky early birthday surprise dinner with Chris + making brownies with my friend Jenny... I'm thinking tonight I'll work on some art and watch a bit more True Blood... And Friday I'm going to see Paramore and No Doubt! I <3 good weeks. More tomorrow!