Hair-larious

You know it's going to be a good day, when you wake up, look in the mirror and laugh at your reflection. My hair does silly things sometimes. Okay, ALL the time. But it brings its A game in the morning.

In other news, not surprisingly I haven't posted for a few days. If anything, I'm reliable in the sense that I consistently don't post consistently.

No Sweat

As someone who hails from the North, I prefer cooler weather. I'm pretty sure this is no secret. So, when it's September, and it's 86 degrees and really humid, and I'm lugging my newly acquired bounty from Maine up a giant hill, I don't fare too well. Generally, what you'll see from me is something like the doodle pictured above.

When you pair these atmospheric conditions with consuming chili that requires the use of a haz-mat suit to prepare it, it's not pretty. However, I dominated bowl after bowl of delicious chili, and acquired a new skill. Fire breath. Every burp has been a painful reminder of the molten beef and bean mix that I consumed. Do I have any regrets? Only one. That I didn't eat more.

I would be lying dear viewers, if I said that I drew this today. I actually doodled this lil' something back when Boston was experiencing a heatwave of most sweaty proportions. So sometime in August(?). However, as you're well aware, I'm awful at blogging, and lazy. So this is what you get. Enjoy it. Or don't. Don't sweat about it. I've already done plenty of that.

In other blog news... send me doodle requests. It's not that I've run out of ideas,but I want to know what YOU want to see. Do it. I dare ya.

Expressing Myself

I am a gal of many faces. Well, not really, I've only just the one. But I like to draw it in a variety of positions.
My new go to sketch is no longer a squid. It's now generally a face, usually mine, making weird expressions. More often than not, really awkward ones.

Craft-tastic

As you may recall, I make heating pads, in super cute shapes, that make you want to cuddle them.
It has been a surprisingly successful undertaking, unfortunately though, I don't always have loads of time to commit to making these things. What is especially trying for me though, is making the SAME. GODDAMN. DESIGNS. In massive quantities. I'll usually try and bang out about 10 of these things at a time, until my fingers bleed and I realize that I've run out of thread halfway through a complicated stitch job (it's happened).
This is a visual of how I feel and probably look after one of these crafting benders.

Faces

Sometimes at work, I smile so much my face hurts. Or, I just can't turn off the smile when I'm done work, and I smile at random people on the street. It makes me feel like a robot, but not the cool destroy a city kind. Or the jet pack feet kind. Mostly the smily kind, which is okay I guess. But I'd rather have rocket feet.

JORB!

I have a job now. Awesome. It's at an art supply store! Shocker. Familiar territory indeed. But it pays the bills and the people there are all amazing. Though I do miss the Pearlies.

This is Me

This is my face. Kind of.

Wizards I'm Sure

Just when I thought I was out, the pulled me back in. Last summer, I was introduced to a game. A game that is played in the darkest of dungeons, the dankest of caves and the smelliest of basements. One that encourages tricks, surprises, and ruthlessly destroying your opponent. Magic the Gathering owned me for a good 2 months straight until I came out of the dungeon, blinking stupidly into the sunlight. School had started and I forgot about it. Well kind of. More like I was trapped under a pile of frames and watercolor supplies that made up my Degree Project. So my deck gathered dust, banished to the graveyard if you will.

And then I heard a friend of mine was getting into it, and like a moth to the flame I was drawn back towards it. Though, I'm not going to lie, it's a really fun game, and yeah, it may sound lame, but I'm woman enough to be okay with it. You could say I have
+5/+5 and shroud against ridicule :) In all seriousness though, if I could NOT draw like an eight year old, I'd love to illustrate for them, despite it being a nerdy card game, the illustrations really are beautiful. Even if you hate the game, check out the art.

Best Part of Waking up

An early post?! Woah! Bet you didn't see that coming eh? Me neither really. I'm a usually calm, peaceful person, kind of like Hank, minus the crazy amount of fur, but sometimes, I get frustrated. I also like making funny faces. So sometimes, when I'm in full rage mode, I'll draw funny, rage-y faces. The results usually make me smile, and I hope they do the same for you, so that your morning is better than mine. You're welcome.