Good things happen....

It feels like forever and a third since I've done anything in my art journals and nothing feels more creative to me then smashing some junk, paint and making something nice to look at.
I have a few projects in mind as you may know if you've been reading my previous ramblings - but I had to put them aside for a second (which is really hard for me to do because I'm very much about finishing what I started before moving onto new projects -but I'm getting better) and let some creative juice OUT.

Unlike most other times I had an idea of what I wanted to incorporate - I wanted to colour someone's lineart and incorporate it somehow. Drawing is not my strongest suite but I have a GREAT collection of line art by others who generously share their talents on my Pinterest page and in my DeviantArt folder (I have hoarding issues but that's another story)....another element that I wanted to have FOR SURE was some doodling. I really miss marking random shapes on paper that look good together.

I had a quote in mind but I didn't know what image I wanted to use; I wanted to use an empowering image JadeDragonne called Vail for this quote:

for this quote as it's something I strongly believe in even though life has tried to prove otherwise to me.  I chose this lineart by

Good things come to those who wait... or those willing to get up and get shit done!

For a long time, I was part of the group believing that good things come to those who wait and while I waited nothing happened but good things were happening to those getting out there and trying something.  So went and tried a few things and while it got me somewhere it didn't get me anywhere quick.  

It finally dawned on my infinite wisdom that, maybe good things happen to those who are willing to put in some work-and have the patience to wait for that perfect opportunity.  You have to be in practice of willing to work otherwise the opportunity will pass to another who is; and if you are willing to work, even if the opportunity you wanted doesn't happen, another will knock and you have to be ready to work for it.   Everything, I tell you EVERYTHING is an excuse; time is something we can all manage, its a man-made concept and the will of a human being is stronger than anything. When and if you really wanted to do something, you will find time in all sorts of places to get it in your schedule. Just change in perspective and mindset.  All this really were in my head as a jumble but the doodling I got done made it into a communicatable sentence.

What you see in the picture BTW, is a tissue paper with this beautiful doodle that I've been hanging onto for quite some time now -it had fallen apart so I am glad it found itself a good home and it certainly kick started my doodling.


Life, God, Divine Force or The Universe - whatever it is that you believe in - truly works in mysterious ways.... in my case so many have passed by that I could have taken advantage of but I wasn't really willing to work and I was to scared to try.  I went through a hiatus where I was sick of what I was doing to make a living and jumped into something utterly different - and came up top - but that probably only happened because I was willing to try something and put forth an effort.  Still, there are some  things I did right and now that I am ready to finally put forth some effort, things are rolling along rather well * knock on wood*.

Hope you liked my bit of wisdom-sharing there, LOL

Love Always,

Shines.

Freebies - Dooberrie

This is another little piece I found that I had coloured when I was following along the book by J "Neondragon"Peffer called "How to draw fantasy charecters" . I love this little pixie - the way she stands and the drapery and the colour. I wasn't a big fan of the smile showing the teeth and the wings were a bit smaller than I 'd like so I made some alterations - which again, makes me feel that I can distribute these as I see fit - and is now available for you.

There is a little story behind this which you may find either offensive or funny - but I found it to be hilarious.
When I was practicing drawing this lil lady on a 5" x 7" card (I tell you there were many a cards wasted, she's a trixy lil' thing), I wanted her to have the beautiful, vibrant blues, pinks and greens...and just SCREAM vibrant in your face; I was having hard time finding a good reference photo until my friend showed me THIS photo of what I understand to be an incredibly desirable state of weed. With all reservations aside ,I have to agree that the  colour combination here is EXACTLY what I was looking for - I would love to live in a space with these colours!!!





  Armed with this....unexpected source of inspiration for colour, I banged out this final verion which you can download.

There are a couple of other line art available for download as well  - feel free to use them :)
http://shynimoonstar.deviantart.com/gallery/35023426

This is what I ended up with.
I was bend on creating beautiful works using inexpensive materials. While I was making this, a friend of mine suggested that this be a fairy for doobs - bare with me , I promise this is kinda funny - she would be like a toothfairy but for doobies (for those who aren't familar, because I wasn't when I first heard this term - this is a small spliff or a joint or a roll of weed). So, how she would work is whenever someone is getting low on their joint, they would butt it out and then put it under their pillow and BAM! a second later, a whole new joint would be there in place of the tiny one.

*shrug* I don't know I thought it was funny, thus named her "Dooberrie." I hope enjoy,  and let me know how your fairy turns out.

Freebies - mermaid

Okay.
I cannot beeeeeliiieve this isn't on here... I came about this mishap when I told a friend of mine to check out the blog for a line art I made a whilllle back following and incredibly well written and WONDERFUL BOOK by J "Neondragon"Peffer called "How to draw fantasy charecters" which I borrowed from the library;my  drawings are all a modified version of her pieces which makes me feel that I can distribute my version as I see fit. In general, I like to give my characters unrealistic amounts of hair because I like working on them and because I, personally, have unrealistic amount of hair according to my hairdresser.

This book was such an inspiration for me to start drawing again, that I would highly recommend it to anyone who  is pondering about picking up that old art kit your parents got you for art class way back when.  Just look at it - it's so pretty I love the colours, the background and the composition.

Although I made a few of the linearts I only ever got enough gull to try to color the mermaid - I coloured it in markers (crayola mostly - the one to the right), water colors and pencil crayons(one to the left). You are welcome to use the line art and have a ball with it as you see fit , like Lynda did here .

Just click on the picture for the lineart:)