Daily Creativity: Live Long, and Prosper.

LLAPsmIf you were on social media tonight you would have read that everyone’s Grandpa, Leonard Nimoy has passed, as well as Maurice Hurley (a writer from Star Trek). It hit pretty hard because I’m a trekkie, Spock was my friend, Nimoy was the actor. I had known he was getting involved in photography, but didn’t realize he was the photographer behind the Full Body Project, a project that is near and dear to my heart. One of the pictures was an inspiration for my Love Your Body series. So this is in tribute to him, to the effect his character had on me, and everything. I may be using his photos as inspiration for more paintings too. Painting in ArtRage on the iPad. 2/27/2015

Daily Creativity: Stella & lil Nutty, my friend fiction

StellaNlilNuttysmI have a friend who is a special kid, her name is Stella. She has suffered from some bullies and had a more challenging childhood already. I have told her about my experiences with bullies as a form of encouragement and “It gets better.” The reactions this wonderful child has had always amaze me. She has a great supportive family too, which makes her very lucky. When talking with her mom I said that had there been a kid like Stella in my school I would have had at least one really awesome friend. We’d be this awesome pair, and so I had to draw it. This is called “Friend Fiction” (Thank you Tina Belcher for that term), it’s like fan fiction, only about real people. I hope Stella likes this.

Colored Pencils and Ink on paper. 2/25/15

Daily Creativity: Seiza (from tuesday)

seiza_smTuesday is an aikido night, so I find myself influenced by it when I’m painting. Last night I painted in watercolor a person in seiza, the way we kneel/sit in class. I had fun with this and worked on making it gender neutral. Painting in ArtRage on the iPad. 2/24/2015

Daily Creativity: Love your Body (from monday)

love-your-body-18smAnother painting in the Love Your Body series, and because my fashion group’s theme this week is pink, I painted her pink.  I painted this monday, but didn’t get around to uploading it or making a post for it today. Art Rage app on iPad. 2/23/2015

Daily Creativity: Fatsion February – Lizzy Bennet inspired

RinaAsLizzysmThis drawing is of an online friend dressing as she’d expect Lizzy Bennet to dress today. I loved it so much I had to draw it! Fatshion February is another daily challenge I’m doing, putting together fun looks and promoting fashion for fat people. Each week I drew a fashion sketch of a look that inspired me that week. Ink on paper, colored in photoshop. 2/22/2015