I set up a Zazzle.com store (insanely cool and easy) and have stuff in it! Admittedly not MUCH, but it’s late, I’m tired, and so what…I have a store! It’s…it’s…NEATO!
http://www.zazzle.com/vegaslounge
I mean, jeez laweez, I have actual real-life T-shirts for sale! And nicely printed ones, as well! Yay!
It’s been a long time since I participated in Illustration Friday, but this topic was a pretty easy one: I went to Helium Karaoke Night at the Rail Pub last night and, as usual, brought a wee sketchbook with me. It’s kinda sad that my best gesture drawing gets done in bars.
(Warning: The individual images are pretty big, so you’ll want to minimize ‘em in your browser. I’m feeling a tad too lazy to resize them right now.)
My sketchbook now reeks of cigarettes.
I confess, I LOVE doing memes. It has been a hard battle not to fill my blog with them.
YOUR NAME:
Susana Stuart
YOUR FLYGIRL/FLYBOY NAME: (first 4 letters of real name + izzle.)
Susaizzle. Bless you!
YOUR RAP NAME: (first initial of first name, first three or four letters of your last name)
S Stu. There is no way in Hell someone can make “Stuart” gangsta.
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color + favorite animal)
Purple Llama. Purple Llama? That sounds more like “designer Ecstasy tab” than “Detective”
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name + street you live on)
Stuart Althea. While that’s indeed a bitchin’ soap opera name, I think this meme works if you’re actually named by your correct gender…
YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your dad’s side, your favorite candy)
Beverly Jellybelly. Awful as that is, the worst thing about it is that ‘Beverly’ was my grandfather!
YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (your first pet’s name + street you grew up on)
Gin Oaksprings. Ok, ok, technically Ginandtonic Oaksprings.
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name + first 2 letters of your first name)
StuSu. That’s not Star Wars, that’s a Chinatown knockoff of Stüssy!
JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your grandmother’s maiden name spelled backwards)
Trauts Llenrad. Presenting Trauts Llenrad, the only Norwegian Jedi!
YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (second favorite color + favorite alcoholic drink)
The Pink Margarita. Are you sure this isn’t “Your Gay Bar Name”?
YOUR ACTION HERO NAME: (first name of a main character in the last movie you watched, last food you ate)
Conrad Apricot. Wow, that is like the least threatening name ever.
YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (your parents’ middle names)
Carolyn Stuart. Man, I’d be whacked in a heartbeat.
YOUR GOTH NAME: (black + the name of your pet)
Black Max, Black Sophie, or Black Satchi.
YOUR ARABIC NAME: (second letter of your first name + third letter of your last name + fourth letter of your middle name + second letter of your moms maiden name + third letter of you dad’s middle name + first letter of a siblings first name + last letter of your dad’s middle name)
Ubaauit. AKA, the sound made by a Purple Llama.
Many good things have happened lo the past few days:
1) Dr. Sketchy’s December session went off…disturbingly well! Despite the fact that Jen and I were about 45 minutes late getting to the venue, we set everything up on time, our model was early and prepared, the DJ had all her equipment, and there were many new faces. Everything was on time! Cameras worked! People had fun! The Hell?!
2) I got my security deposit back! Yay, monies. Me like.
3) Getting into school seems to be going smoothly.
4) COMPUTER FIXED. Hu-feckin’-ZZAH, baby!
New art to come shortly, I hope.
Bad news: Computer still broken. I picked it up, supposedly fixed, this afternoon…brought it home, danced a jig o’glee, plugged it in, turned it on, and…nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Working the exact same as when I brought it in for repairs. I called the shop, who claimed it was working fine when they fixed it that morning (the battery/adaptor needed to be replaced), and that I was welcome to bring it in to get a look-see: except the power had blown in the strip mall where the store is, as well as in the street, so even if I brought it in there would be no way to check to see if the power was working.
Yay.
I dropped it off, along with the two powercords used to (usually) power it, again and am apparently going to get it worked on first thing in the morning. I want to personally SEE the damn thing charging before I bring it home again.
Sigh. The good news?
I’ve been accepted into grad school!
Having TWO broken computers!
Gah. The adapters on both of my laptops went kaput in the same week. Supposedly the primary computer should be fixed by tomorrow (I can’t get the backup fixed yet, due to that pesky “I have no money” thing). This is, as imagined, incredibly frustrating. I somehow don’t really like having to work on my mom’s computer, as I am right now.
The plus side is that I’m getting pretty productive on the inking side of things– plus, I’m getting to color on my Dad’s laptop (and if you flip it over, you find the kid’s menu!) and have become a WACOM tablet convert. Those things are awesome! I’ve cut at least 3 hours off my usual coloring time with it. I had one in high school but I really disliked it…it does take a little practice, but it’s very natural now.
I’m working on a piece that’s technically for the February Dr. Sketchy’s poster, but I love the design so much I’m goign to submit it to Threadless T’s when I’m done. I could totally see it on a shirt. It’s a little different than my usual style, but I like it. I’d post a preview but for that pesky “I have no computer” thing.
Speaking of Dr. Sketchy’s, the next session is this Sunday, Dec 7th. I’m really excited for this one– it’s tiki themed (so of course I love it) and it’s showing up in several of the local newspapers’/magazines’ calendar sections, so I’m pretty happy my rudimentary mad networkin’ skillz seem to be working.
