Fixing it

I'm not sure how, but recently while clicking around the internet I stumbled across F*X*T Magazine. It's basically all about how manga and comics anthologies in print are beginning to decline, and how sad that is, because having your work up in print is an amazing feeling. I like that a magazine is being founded around such a nebulous idea. I want to be a part of it, and awesomely, they are accepting illustrations. I'm going to try to get in.
Check it out. This is a great article/interview about it.

MSpaint journaling

Hopefully I remember to do this more than once.

Electric Ant Zine and Angie Wang

Because I love Lady Gaga, I found out through multiple sources about the Prison For Bitches fanzine put together by Ryan Sands and Michael DeForge. The fanzine is really great, and when I ordered it I also got Electric Ant zines 1 and 2, which are also fucking great. I'm hoping that if I click enough links and names involved in these zines, I will find more amazing independent things to buy and read.

My favorite artist who has illustrations in all three zines is Angie Wang. That blog I just linked is her fashion illustration blog. I like it because she breaks down the outfits of what her illustrations are wearing.
Also, here is her other art blog. She did one of my favorite Sailor Moon art pieces ever.

I adore the way she draws faces, which (I'm sure are supposed to) reminds me of Ukiyo-e, and her fashion sense which I can't even describe. The colors in the Sailor Moon piece make me think of doodling in Paint back in the day (and sometimes these days too!).

I'm 27 years old. I'm just another tattooed artist wannabe hipster chick in a town full of them. I'm starting art school in August. I'll be the oldest in most of my classes. I'm really excited to finally finally finally get serious about art. But not that serious.

This blog will be about art. I have a lot of personal journals and things scattered across the internet, but I really want some place to focus on art. I'll also be blogging about art school here.

I figure, in the days leading up to the beginning of school, I'll talk about some of the art I put in my application portfolio. I'll also use this blog as a place to talk about new artists and things I find and become interested in.

I did this for my 3D Design class at Portland Community College. My teacher for this and two previous design classes is Kate Copeland, who is amazing and sweet and inspirational and who would not stop encouraging me to go to art school. Anyway, this assignment was to do a relief project with 3 levels of relief. Originally I had put some paper bars over and around her and this was the third layer, but for the photo I just wanted to show the sculpture I made, so I took the paper bars off. Her wings and halo are made of cut paper and her hat and clothing she is holding are made of fake rose petals. The sculpture is made of Super Sculpy and spray painted white.




I really love her.