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Daniel and I have a hard time coming up with creative date ideas, so we usually just end up going out to eat, putting on our PJs, and watching a movie. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s not like we’re going to look back in twenty years and reminisce about one of the 1,000 times we ate and watched a movie together.

Over the weekend I was cleaning out my studio a bit, and I found a bunch of blank canvases. I decided that it would be fun to make a painting together. I chose three paint colors so we wouldn’t end up with a big rainbow-y mess, and we rotated the painting every 10 minutes or so to make sure we both worked on every part of the canvas. Considering that Daniel doesn’t have any painting experience, we only spent about an hour on this, and we did no planning whatsoever, I think it turned out surprisingly well! It was entertaining to see Daniel wielding an artist’s brush and worrying that our paint palette was “getting to be such a mess.”

We enjoyed ourselves, and it was a great way for me to loosen up for once and not stress about how the finished product would turn out. I definitely recommend doing this if you are itching for an out of the ordinary date night!

From Wit & Whistle, one of my absolute favourite off-tumblr blogs. I wonder if I could get Chris to do this with me…

Toxik by *falvie

Also neon green + the biohazard or radioactivity symbol is always really really rad.

Subway by *falvie

I saw a confession about hating Falvie’s art which reminded me about how much I adore Falvie’s art.

I have a boner for bright colours and I’m not sorry.

Winter Bride by =joteivv

Ghast pumpkin!

I modified the design to be a mesh of the normal and attacking skins, and painted the middle of the mouth like fire to signify the launching of one of it’s fireball attacks. c:

Piece one of two commissioned by Eat it Twilight on Gaia Online.

Uploading here rather than deviantART because I’ve been having problems with it not letting me upload correctly lately. >:T

(Source: abakkus)

So yesterday I went to the National Harbor.

There was a small but very nice gallery there called Art Whino. Weird name right? But every single one of the pieces there were amazing. They were featuring the work of someone called “Woes,” (I later found that their proper name was Angry Woebots/Aaron Martin) whose works were centered around stylized pandas. I was instantly hooked. It was all so inspiring. The work was amazing, the ideas were unique. I felt humbled, and talentless in comparison.

Here’s a few of the pictures I took, in thumbnail form. Click them to go to their twitpic page.

See that last one? Yeah, I’m coveting it for the rest of my life. I loved it the moment I laid eyes on it… but the pricetag was a painful 1,100$. TT___TT;;; Needless to say, I’m in love with this guy’s work. Maybe someday in the far future I’ll own a piece. <3

Anyhow, finally having time to sit down and look him up this afternoon, I did so. I found his website—a splash page that led me to none other than a tumblr blog! Awesome, right?

I’m probably gonna spam a bit of his work in the next few minutes, so you’ve been warned! ;D

abbyheartsit:

in un istante solo by =agnes-cecile

(Source: deviantart.com)

Moonblossom in a Kimono by ~Abakkus

I’m so proud of this piece—even better that she adores it. She posted it on her awesome blog, and had some really kind things to say. I’m grinning like a dork. ; u; <3

I spend a lot of time on an internet community called Gaia Online, and I’ve met many incredibly talented artists there. I mostly collect artwork of my little avatar on the site, but every so often I find an artist whose style and skill urge me to ask them to do something a little more exciting, and I commission them to draw me in kimono. I thought it might be fun to share some of them.

Today’s is an incredibly cute and fun watercolour by Abbakus. I think her art style worked really well with the graphic vintage feel of the outfit that I wore to ToyCon October 2010! She was a total sweetheart to work with, very careful to work with me to make sure all the details were accurate. It’s making me want to wear this ensemble again soon. XD

To see a larger version, you can click the image or click the link to view her DeviantArt gallery.

Everyone should really go check out her blog </plug#2>; her collection is astounding. ♥

Caught Red Handed by ~Abakkus

Ink + watercolour on sketchbook paper.
(It’s really wrinkled IRL! XD)

Painting of one of Chris’s many rabbit/jackalope characters, for Chris, as they often are. A lot of stylistic experimentation went into this, though it might not be apparent, and it was so much fun to do~