Woo, I woke up at 1pm today :) Guess I was tired, and it's no surprise. Florida SuperCon was a success I didn't expect, and a wonderful experience all around. I got to sell things, network, run around being a weirdo as well as making new friends (*waving at silvertales*). It was also the first con that my parents attended, and I'm glad they saw me, er..thriving in my natural element. XD



( You know the drill: three million pictures under the cut! )

My neighbors' constant doodling inspired me to do the same, so I spent some time sketching what I believe will be my next color piece.



( Cut due to potential N-completely-SFW, depending on your sensibilities. )

Bed now, as I've got work tomorrow. ^^

Still printing, oh gods. I have no idea what's going to happen but I'm spazzing out like a spazzy mad thing. Also, I'm working on completing my display. Not too bad, considering that they're essentially glorified cardboard boxes with laminated paper taped on them:





An earlier design, without the logo.

I've had virtually no time to sit down properly and draw, so I had to make do with my wee sketchbook at the restaurant the other night. Say hi to teenage!Joss. Joss is one of my favorite original chars. Ties weren't actually around back when he was 17 years old, but I was doing an exercise in alternate universes. (yes, isako, he's sporting Sven!hair.) He grows up to be huge and bearded. :]

I showed Paul Potts videos to my dad tonight and it made him all misty eyed--in a good way.

So. First day in, and rumor has it that President Awesome is hard at work in his office, while finding the time to do things like re-take his oath. I'm torn between paranoically reading the news and being excited, and spent some time re-watching the first dance at the inauguration ball. LOOK AT THEIR SCHMOO FACES. Awwwww. And Sasha Fierce Beyonce looks like she's this close to crying. AWWWWWWWWWWW.



Speaking of people in love, here's my random sketch of the day:



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In conclusion: people in love make me happy inside.

Quick doodle of the day, dedicated to isako:



Yep, am making good on my resolution to sketch no matter how little time I have. Also, I can't draw cityscapes to save my life. Maybe I should make it another point of practice.

Anyway. Now that my drawing mojo is back, I'm once again tackling commissions. Plural. I've 4 lined up--my WoW one, and 3 others with deadlines this winter/spring. Between that, prepping for MegaCon, churning out new stuff and moving into a new house, I've got my work cut out. Let's see if I'm any good at time management, shall we?

Oh gods, thanks to the flu and the general holiday madness, I went almost a few weeks without sketching anything new. Remind me to never do that again. I was getting positively weird and uncomfortable and for one crazy moment I thought I really couldn't draw anything anymore.

At any rate, I'm committed to honoring my New Year art resolutions, and so, I vow to sketch something for fun or for practice (no fretting over whether or not this or that will become a finished color piece...) anytime I can.

So this was done at work during my break :)



( See the whole doodle. )

ANYWAY. Now that everything is as it should be, I can start making plans for next week.

Finish current painting, at long last.

Get right back onto the commission train. I have my current one, and one with a deadline for Valentine's day. GET ONTO IT NOW, CELINE.

Remember to doodle!

Just quickly pondering the strangeness that is my life.

Hi, I'm Celine. I'm an artist and I turn daydreams into drawn and painted goods. I'm a squicky clean salesperson 4 days a week, and I love my retail job. I draw during breaks. I cook my own lunches for the week so I can avoid buying stuff at the food court. One of my favorite hang outs happens to be a lingerie and sex shop where my stuff sells like water (or something like it). I ship orders to Hollywood, CA stores.

I wonder what I'll have to say in 5 years. Speaking of years....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO poelaramont

I hope you're enjoying the cookehs! You better have shared with Rose, you cookie monger

And Happy Diwali to those who celebrated it. :D

doortoriver? I never say it enough, but your work continues to surprise and thrill me.

I don't think I'll have time to paint her this week, but here's Anna, my sweet Italian vamp.



Oh, and I'm now on facebook! Took me a while to figure the thing out, but you can now facebook me if you want. :D

Oooh my childhood.



( Existential ponderings under cut )

I'm working on ten things at the same time right now, so here's a something new-ish:



I know I posted a sketch of her before, but I'm likely to be done painting her this week. I'll use watercolors. :D

Shiny to-do list!

Paint!

Keep chucking clutter out of my studio

Start making French version of website

Continue working on current commission

Contact next person down the commissions list

Look up info for Megacon

Go visit the Goddess Store

Call doctor to make appointment

Oh, and Happy Mabon to all who are celebrating it!

Ooooooh, new Prison Break eppie tonight. Yey.

Well, not quite. animiko is to be blamed for this. Drawn in five minutes, half standing on the mattress of a Hilton hotel room in costume during AX. Whee.



..duuuuck.

Also, I went to a cool little restaurant last night. It was a little dark, it was a little hard to see what you were eating (but it was all very delicious and I took flash pictures to make sure they'd served me the right plate...I am almost not exaggerating here), but the decor was nifty and they were playing Gotan Project.

I managed to get a couple of cool non blurry shots, which catered to my ongoing love affair with chandeliers:





This week's marked a milestone in my decluttering efforts. I've brought two big boxes worth of stuff to Goodwill, and tossed away a couple of trashbags full of papers and magazines. When I'm done (which could take a couple more months for all I know), I'll post before and after pictures. Letting go of stuff you don't need feels so amazing.