Sketch: Spaghetti and Mutt-balls.

Published on November 6, 2012 in Cartoon, Digital, Humerous and Sketch. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

I think we can all acknowledge by this point that I love a good pun. I can’t help it! Good word-play, however groan-worthy it actually sounds once the joke is made, makes me tick. Manipulation of the English language into humorous forms is just plain awesome. And it is often really hard to explain when trying to teach it in another language.

Oh, there are puns incorporated into humor in other languages too. It isn’t that uncommon to see a joke confusing ‘hana’ (meaning flower) and ‘hana’ (meaning nose) in Japanese, for example. But trying to explain how, ‘A horse walked into a bar and the bartender said, ‘Why the long face?” is funny to someone who doesn’t natively speak English and isn’t aware of the cultural context surrounding the traditional role of the bartender-as-therapist in Western culture is something else entirely. Even after explaining how the joke works, even in English you’re likely to still ask why someone let a horse into a bar anyway. Surely that violates a health code or two.

So yes. I make no apologies for my pun today, groan-worthy and lame as it might be. Puns may not be the height of humor, but they’re still pretty awesome to me.

Sketch: I’m in a bit of a bind…

Published on November 1, 2012 in Cartoon, Digital, Kitties and Sketch. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

It could be yarn, it could be rope… hell, I think it could even be spinach-infused spaghetti in pesto sauce. Either way, I think it’s cute, and that’s all that really matters, right?

I decided, at some point, as I was sketching this, that the kitty would be a Siamese. I have two kittens of my own – one is a blue Tortoiseshell, and the other is a medium-haired lynx-point Siamese cross. Penny (the lynx-point Siamese cross) is probably the least likely cat I know to end up in a situation like that, and yet… she became my spokes-kitten anyway. Despite the fact that my other cat (her name is Lolita, in case you were curious) is just about the most likely to end up like that. I swear, I’ve never met a more natural bondage-kitty. She likes to get herself tangled up in everything!

Sketch: Dinocorn meets Dinocorn. Love results.

Published on October 31, 2012 in Cartoon, Digital and Sketch. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

And they lived happily ever after. Aww!

I had this thought yesterday, and I could not help but want to draw it out as soon as I thought of it. You see, I have a friend. She loves dinosaurs. I have several other friends who like unicorns. So naturally a combination of the two would be adorable, right? I figured that a dinosaur and unicorn hybrid probably already existed in the creative mind of some other individual/s out there (how could it not?), but I had to draw it anyway.

But I had a problem – an ever so slight one. What to name this mystical creature? Unisaur? Dinocorn? Dinosauricorn? Obviously the last two were better, but as soon as I said them in my head, the thought of a dinosaur made of corn could not be shifted! Thus, ‘Dincorn meets Dincorn’ was born.

On a slight side-note, my Facebook fan page now has over 100 likes! I am incredibly stoked to have met that milestone. Hopefully that number can keep moving up, and I can shoot into internet stardom, hey? *grin*

Body Art: Some more playing around with face painting.

Published on October 26, 2012 in Body Art, Photos and Portraits. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

I’m still trying to get used to these paints! They’re very fun to play with, without a doubt – but they’re definitely different from working with my favoured styles of paint. For one, the amount of water to paint and how often to reload the brush is a balance I am only just starting to get a feel for. Erin was kind enough to let me use her as a human canvas again today, so I wanted to try something with a bit of a peacock flair.

Annnnd I was lucky enough to have another human canvas last night! This time I went with a cherry-blossom inspired piece. Nothing wrong with a few florals, right?

I really love the way the blue, green and yellow blended for the background. I think I’m going to have to try that again soon!

Body Art: Getting into some body painting.

Published on October 25, 2012 in Body Art, Photos and Portraits. 0 Comments

Most of my my body art, up til now, has been created using sharpie markers. I love them for that purpose! They produce clean, precise lines, blend well, and give a finish not unlike a tattoo (albeit a bit shinier). I’ve even used them for facial art. I definitely won’t be giving up sharpie markers as a medium for creating body art any time soon.

However, I’ve had a project come up that requires something a little different: paint. Sharpies get their due when it comes to creating tattoo-like body art, but paint definitely has something sharpies don’t have: vibrancy of colour that sits ‘on’ the skin to cover it completely. Especially when it comes to white.

Thanks to Erin McNamee for being my canvas here!

It has been a long time since I’ve done any actual, honest-to-goodness body painting, so I am still very much getting used to the feel of the paint. It’s different to work with, as it is water-activated and dries relatively quickly when applied to the body. Getting the right consistency of water and paint loaded onto the brush was a little finicky at first, but I think I’m getting the hang of it.

Later the same evening I had a request from a friend to do a little painting on her back too. I won’t say it is my finest foray into the world of painting on bodies, but every little step is a development of skill, so I’m happy to post the picture anyway! Sadly, because some of the paints used are pearlescent, they didn’t photograph particularly brilliantly.

I will say, I absolutely adore how vivid the colours are, using these paints. When I do have the water/paint mix down right, they’re fairly opaque and with a little practice, I am confident that I’ll get better at using them. I’ll just have to practice more before my super-secret-project that requires body painting skills comes to a head!