Oh, wow. I have been inactive for TOO long. Blogger changed!? Whoa...

It is sad to say that not much has happened since my last post, I'm still taking my general courses (which sucks out the creative energy in me), so that's fun. I did however discover a new love for poetry. :)

My son is also discovering the magical world of ART.

Reusing an old design to make new art! YES!!! 

I've noticed a pattern in my absence from this blog. I need to break from that.

Shrink Plastic Brooch

My new craft love...shrink plastic. I was surprised to see how much fun these things really are to make! Using just frosted shrink paper, colored pencils, and a microwave oven, creating a customized brooch is very easy. The opposite side is felted, and a pin back was applied to the back.

Free Crappy Portraits

I found out about this awesome site from Kat at Zanni Plain Jane Fashion...

It is called Free Crappy Portraits and it is exactly what it sounds like!

I submitted just a random photo of myself just to see what they would come up with and a few weeks later they sent me my free drawing!!!

 Haha. I love it. 

You should definitely check it out.

http://www.freecrappyportraits.com/

Original photo by Ben Rains

Pinback Buttons

Pinback buttons. www.shaylafish.etsy.com

Gosh guys...I really haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to....and I miss everyone.

I have been super Super SUPERRRRRRRRR busy...no time to do the things I want to do. 

I recently started on a new belt. I love studded belts but I'd rather make my own with different designs. This one I am using a kitsch fabric with purple pyramid studs. It is a hard, long, annoying, and painful process;but when the belt is finished and I wear it out in public, everyone asks me where I bought it. I have the joy of telling them that I made it myself! :)

Sunday Sketches

Summer Lovin

Sticker Packing

Imaginary

SUNDAY SKETCHES!!!!

Rabbits

There is nothing I love more than rabbits. I created these stickers from a drawing I made using a baby rabbit stock image to look off of. I then altered the color in photoshop for a more "vintage" feel and then added blush...because...it just adds to the cuteness!!!

You can visit these little guys here.

Illustrated Plush Stickers

I think I may have blogged about this drawing before. Hmmm...anyways....

These are my new stickers!!! (I am going sort of sticker crazy lately)

These little stuffed animals are adorable! I am selling them as a set of five for $3.00. 

You can view them here.

XOXO

Queen of Rabbits

Yeah, I really like to think of myself as the queen of rabbits. :)

Of course, she is also a sticker HERE.

"The Lovelies" sticker pack

Introducing "The Lovelies"

The Lovelies are a group of four girls who are a bit conniving but by all means fashionable. These illustrated stickers are approximately 2.5 inches in width, the length differs with each sticker due to their hairstyles. Complete with a "matte" finish these stickers would be perfect for anyone interested in illustration, fashion, scrap booking, and more!

View them here


Bad news, my son has destroyed my laptop. Along with the missing keys it now has lines going through the screen and I need to get a new computer for school before next Fall. Saving all of my Etsy sales in hopes that I can achieve my goal.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

....quote by Edvard Munch

This is a collage/pastel drawing/ink drawing in the making. 

Darling, forever is a long, long time, and time has a way of changing things.

An old drawing I picked up and finished tonight.

Watercolor and Ink.

The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create it

My son and I have been stuck inside a lot this winter.

Sick Head Blackened Lungs

I don't like it...I am not feeling very artsy lately.

Illustration Inspiration

(Ricardo Fumanal)

(Esra Roise)

(Martine Johanna)

(Hannah Mullar)

(Justin Bryan Nelson)

(Brett Manning)

(Iain Macarthur)

Her art kind of reminds me of Mark Ryden's work.

(Nicoletta Ceccoli)

(Yukari Terakado)

These sailor outfits are adorable!

(Alexandra Lekia)

I have been obsessed with the recent illustrations I have been coming across for awhile now and I try to mimic certain styles of illustrations in my own work, especially fashion illustration. It depends on my mood of course.

I like to view work by other artists and see how they incorporate hair into their drawings. I also LOVE drawing hair...it is actually what heightened my interest into fashion illustration, along with the different styles the artists use when drawing the female form.

Along with all the amazing blogs and art sites I have posted above, a really neat illustration site is Old Book Illustrations.

It is definitely WORTH checking out!

My tastes in art vary all the time, just last month I was into Art Nouveau and the previous month before that was Magical Realism. I love when my tastes in art change because I learn a lot about what I am into and can share it with my family and friends.

If you have any artists you would like to throw in PLEASE, please, please, do!

Fascinator Girl

Medium: Graphite