Ook well I opened back up my REDBUBBLE shop .. Here you can find some Greeting Cards, Framed Prints, Photographic Prints and of course Canvas Prints & my favorite, Mounted Prints! .. Ooh and Posters and Stickers! Stickers are way cOOl! I am slowly rollN out the Stickers .. sO hang tight for me .. And if there is one you want that isn't up yet, drop me a line .. yay! I'm glad I remembered, not may places will do stickers ..
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Ook sO I've been mess'N round with the website and this is pretty cOOl .. I took a screen shot of my shop and what it lOOks like on weebly .. Pretty neat and organized! I actually like the way it lOOks over here vs the actual shop -haha .. Not only can you get my art in prints, you can get them on a bunch of stuff! T-shirts and sk8-boards are my favorite to sale .. Here are some of my personal shop favorites! Click here .. Well shit, I did it again .. Why do I change names sO much .. I'm not sure .. I ask myself this question all the time .. One of my favorite artists once told me 'I hate names' Don't name your pieces, dont name anything .. I dont know how people in the art industry keep the same name going .. it IS the mOst smartest thing in the world to do .. duh, sO many people lOse track if you change your name sO often .. It kinda sucks .. I think I just feel bad just because ONE person said something to me about it and just plain out asked me why I change sO much .. I it as to be a pain the the ass .. sO here I am feeling guilty for doing sO again for the uhmph millionth time .. It's art. And I'm not trying sO much to dive into the art industry .. I'm learning .. While I'm learning how to draw and paint my art has taken many many forms .. it's been changing and changing threw out this whole time .. sO why not change along with your art? I think I am growing in several different ways and art is always growing .. even in my personal life, I'm always changing and learning .. I've lOved all the names I have had .. I think I have taken a name and owned it and then let it go just to move on and become better or stronger or I dont know .. I've been trying to define myself in many many ways this past year .. It's been a struggle .. I feel like some names I've out grown or some just didn't fit my art .. and with my art changing, why not change a name .. I like it, It's been fun to change names all the time .. And yes, it's a pain the the ass but it has been worth it to me .. But If I changed the names of my dogs this much, I dont think they would know they're name! -haha sO in the future I will remember this note in my journal to remind myself and ask next time If it's really worth it .. Ook, well I've been watching some YOUTUBE videos on how to paint backgrounds .. One I didn't realize was the colors to put together like blue, red. purple and brown .. I really like a dark creepy place where the Nymph will appear from the darkness .. not always using black per say but dark colors that bring a beautiful gloom to it .. This background isn't what I was lOOking for .. I think I like browns and blacks and creamy colors for a simple background .. I will keep trying backgrounds untill I get it .. I know it's because I dont understand the colOr wheel .. But I know what I like .. Another thing I realize is that a simple background isn't enough .. Like this water nymph for example .. She could use a background .. But I think in a sense she has a background .. She is sitting on lily pads with a butterfly fish .. there is no pond sO to speak .. Or maybe she's in the sky with a flying fish .. I have one last trick up my sleeve to create a background .. I'm afraid to try it because I have used mixed media .. Acrylic and WaterColors .. sO I can't get the paint wet!! haha it will be tricky but I can do it .. I think she needs to be sitting on a pond .. not the sky .. OOh back to the other thing that I learned .. Adding more to the painting and not just the chica' .. duh .. I know this might sound obvious to someone else but I'm just learning how to draw let alone paint and it's been a struggle to get it right .. before I actually tried to draw something I swear the only thing I could draw was stick people .. But I think I'm doing Ook with drawing, sO far you can at least tell what it is right? .. And if you are going to do illustrations you need to have a story .. most of my painting I dont think tell the story very good and if it says something, something is still missing .. like a friend .. All my Muses need a friend tho I only know how to draw a couple of things I'm still not very good at it and I can't seem to get into the groove of drawing something other than a Muse .. sO I will work on that .. But if I take on too much at a time then my brain will go numb .. sO I think I will work on that and leave the backgrounds on the back burner again .. I just dont think I'm ready to add that yet .. Progress tho, I can finally see it .. I just can't push it .. have to let it flow .. I will come back to the backgrounds at a later time .. I think I still need to practice drawing and painting what's inside of me .. Ta-duh! finished and time to design .. my little water nymph .. I'm really happy with this one even tho I really struggled with it .. I lOve the colors and how it just runs together .. these are some of my most favorite colOrs together!! I dont think I've ever done sO much colOr! I'm likeN this .. Comment if you think of a name :) Thanks sO much for follOwing me .. Cheers! haha did you know I have a T-shirt shop‼ It has been a very long journey trying to find the right place online to print my artwork .. it really sucked but after 2 years I finally found the right place .. I've tried Redbubble. ZAZZLE, CafePress, and a couple of others just to name a few .. I am very picky on shirts for girls why? because Im'a girl! -haha No, really .. I'm not too tall (5'5) BUT I have a very long torso .. all my life I couldn't ever find a Tee long enough to cover me all the way to my waste .. always too short .. Ladies, we've all experienced that brand new t-shirt and after washing it, the damn thing shrinks all to hell .. yeah, that has been a huge issue with my and my closet .. I tried CafePress first .. Ordered a Tee and it's wayyyyy too small but yet baggy in all the wrong places and shrinks like crazy .. And the print wasn't dark enough .. I can't remember what kind of printing method they use .. but they wasn't for my artwork .. Then I tried ZAZZLE .. Their print wasn't too bad .. I liked it but I didn't like the cloths .. again too small and it's kinda hard to make sure everyone knows to buy a larger size .. And I believe they use the same printing method as CafePress, ZAZZLE just has better ink I think .. sO it wasn't perfect printing for T-shirts BUT I do have a Sk8-Board shop at ZAZZLE .. I lOve Sk8-Boards .. I have a tOn of updating to do on the ZAZZLE shop .. sO I dont advertise it much .. With ZAZZZLE, I'm not too impressed with they're customer service .. they are just not nice when you'd like to return or replace an item .. I also tried REDBUBBLE .. now this site is very known for artists to use for prints and other items .. Can I say wOw!! .. REDBUBBLE SUCKS! Like for real when it comes to printing on a TeeShirt .. yeah right .. screw that .. I have a PUGG character I do and REDBUBBLE couldn't even print his face, it came out completely black vs grey .. it's not a great place to use if you paint your art and want it on a T-shirt .. now other items might be cOOl idk I didn't order from them again .. I do have stuff up there for prints but no T-shirts .. Then out of all places I tried SpreadShirt .. BEST printing for my art .. I can't tell you how perfect they are .. the print is very nice .. but the best part is, is SpreadShirt has a tOn of girly shirts AND OOhmigish! the shirts ARE long enough for me to ware!! YES! I found a place to print MY artwork .. see everyone does are different and not all art will work at the same POD places .. But I found the right one for me FINALLY .. holly crap .. PLUS if your like me and like black T-shirts, SpreadShirt is the place for you! girly black shirts .. yup that place is rock'N! .. I also wanted to let everyone know that I didn't realize how high my prices where compared to other shop owners .. sOOO I am still working on it but sO far most of my T-Shirt prices have dropped .. I now sale all my shirts at $23.70 .. TwistedPinUps .. sO I finally finished my commission and is ready to mail off! I did this for Chris O'Mahony a beautiful writer .. i took one of his poems and illustrated it and it is my interpretation of his poem .. A SteamPUNK mermaid .. I also wrote on the piece his poem .. ❝ These clear skies and the blanket of stars we swim below floating on oceans blue and clam, that lull our dreams flow ❞-Chris O'Mahony .. I'm not sure where the steamPUNK came in .. I like different .. who does a steamPUNK mermaid? right .. well to my surprise many artists do and it was a lOvely experience to lOOk at all the beautiful artwork I studied .. I this is piece helped me grow as an artist in a totally different aspect .. I was doing art for someone else .. sOmething I am not familiar with .. I get inspired all the time by other artists but not like this .. I had to soak myself in this beautiful poem .. my first thought was a pondering mermaid .. under the sea, swimming under the night skies .. dreaming away with time .. A dream keeper of sorts that holds time .. we will always dream .. I tried to make her a bit mechanical with her fin .. I hope it lOOks like the way it so posed to .. It was something different that's for sure .. But I enjoyed every minute creating this .. well, today I've been think'N bout shading skin .. I dont want such a realistic lOOk but I'm wondering if I'm missing something .. I have know idea how to shade .. I can't seem to find anything online that makes any sense to me anyways .. maybe an art bOOk would be helpful?? hell idk .. I feel like I'm totally stuck and have gotten to a point where I am no longer growing in my paintings .. tho doing some pro bono commissions has helped me grow as an artist .. What can I change? I'm think'N .. And my natural instinct is to ask you, what would you like to see? But then I remember a good artist doesn't draw for the other artists .. we draw for ourself's .. I am coming to you all for some advise though .. and yes, I'd like to know where would you like to see my art go? what would you do with one of my pieces? I feel sO stuck .. I had another artist tell me to draw other things like little monsters N stuff, which I plan on doing I just haven't been inspired to do so .. I dont know what other artists do but for me, I get this spark that comes from deep within and starts to rise from the inside out to the tips of my fingers and then the magick begins .. If I dont get that spark to paint or draw then I don't .. i dosnt flow threw me and out my fingers, you can't force art .. you have to let it flow threw you and then out and onto the paper .. and go and be open to where it takes you .. Kinda like reading a bOOk .. you can go anywhere if you find your nose deep inside a book into a magickal place .. Well, that's what art is like except I am the creator of the story .. every line and pencil mark and every brush mark has a movement that I can remember sO next time I know how to move to make that mark .. Ahhh now I'm just rambling .. The things that goes on inside my mind .. The magickal place inside my head is only on the tip of my nose and I'm lOOking at is cross eyed .. One step at a time .. and I will learn to focus on the main picture .. HellO! sO I thought I'd do a journal .. I'm really struggling .. On facebOOk I got a very nice comment and I thought 'wow' But I also thought I didn't deserve it .. I'm feeling really stuck with my art .. This is a progress shot of a side by side sketch of the first drawing I ever tried doing something pop surrealism .. and I decided to redo it about a week ago .. I know everyone has seen this, I posted it many times .. I really think I did a good job .. Tho I do not think I have progressed any further since this painting .. sO I know I need to try something new and see where it goes from there .. I am the most impatient person with myself and I'm not where I'd like to be with my paintings .. AH! Thats where I need to start! just come to me .. Ook with that said, Paintings .. I think I sketch Ook .. But I dont think I am painting as far as I can go .. I need to study painting more .. There are sO many colors I dont know how to use or make .. Any bOOks or suggestions on learning the process steps to paint? I don't think I have the layers right .. I've been told to go from light to dark .. I've had a hard time doing that .. But I think I'm getting the hang of it .. I dont think I blend my colors right .. and I dont shade very well .. How do you add depth to your paintings? .. That is what I'm missing .. What do you think I'm missing? Feedback is sO important from strangers when your learning how to paint .. I'll be updating this post with her (needs a name) completed sO keep your eye on this post for later! haha- finished .. for now .. Hope you all have a spoiled rotten night!
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