Sunday, June 29, 2008
More character art~
The third design in my current CafePress series was surprisingly quick and easy to finish. Here she is:
I haven't made a shop for her yet, though. I might do that later today. I'm also thinking about combining Em's design with Jade's design to make a group design, but I'm not sure if their sizes and proportions will match up enough for that. If it comes out all right, I might also make a combination of Hikari and Rose and maybe even a group design featuring all four of the girls.
I'm getting really excited about finishing this project. The only girl I have left to draw is Rose. :3 I'm planning on putting her in a yellow babydoll dress with a blue trim that will hopefully help connect her to Hikari's design. I might put off making Em's shop until after I draw Rose, depending on what I feel like doing today.
I'm starting to get anxious about VCU again. It's making me restless, and I think that restlessness is turning into frustration about other unrelated things, and somehow I think it's turned into frustration and depression about shoes again. However, I've made a list of things I need to do in preparation for my orientation, and I've planned out some other activities for me to do this week that will hopefully keep me busy.
On another short note, my gradual sunless tanner is already starting to work! :3 I'm not sure how I'm going to like the final results, but I might ask my mom what she thinks when I see her.
I haven't made a shop for her yet, though. I might do that later today. I'm also thinking about combining Em's design with Jade's design to make a group design, but I'm not sure if their sizes and proportions will match up enough for that. If it comes out all right, I might also make a combination of Hikari and Rose and maybe even a group design featuring all four of the girls.
I'm getting really excited about finishing this project. The only girl I have left to draw is Rose. :3 I'm planning on putting her in a yellow babydoll dress with a blue trim that will hopefully help connect her to Hikari's design. I might put off making Em's shop until after I draw Rose, depending on what I feel like doing today.
I'm starting to get anxious about VCU again. It's making me restless, and I think that restlessness is turning into frustration about other unrelated things, and somehow I think it's turned into frustration and depression about shoes again. However, I've made a list of things I need to do in preparation for my orientation, and I've planned out some other activities for me to do this week that will hopefully keep me busy.
On another short note, my gradual sunless tanner is already starting to work! :3 I'm not sure how I'm going to like the final results, but I might ask my mom what she thinks when I see her.
Labels: art, cafepress, characters, orientation, self tanner, vcu
Friday, June 27, 2008
Body Issues and Improvements
I hate having irregularly shaped feet. I always find the cutest shoes online at really good prices, and my problem is always either that they don't have my size, or they have my size but I'm not sure if the shoes will turn out to be too long or too narrow due to size variations, and I can't buy them because the site doesn't allow returns on clearance-priced merchandise. Even if the shoes are only $7-10 plus shipping, I still can't justify that kind of waste of money if they don't fit. ;(
I guess it's better to spend a little more money on a shoe that I know I will be satisfied with or get my money back, but I'm still sad that I can't take advantage of some of the insanely cheap prices I've seen out there. I might try my luck sometime anyway, if I find a pair of shoes cute enough to be worth the risk. At least I could try buying them a half-size larger to make sure the shoes won't be too narrow and then get some insoles if they turn out too long.
I succeeded in finding some good lip products today. I bought a plain lip balm, a colored lip balm, two lip glosses, and a Maybelline lip plumper. I've tried the plain lip balm and one of the lip glosses, and I'm so happy with both of them that I'm thinking about throwing out my old tube of Chapstick, but I'll probably just put it away in a drawer until I run out of the new lip balm. I think I might try the lip plumper a little later tonight or tomorrow, and I hope it works and looks good on me.
I also bought some gradual self-tanning moisturizer for my pale legs. I'm hoping that it'll make them look less flabby because I've heard that tan skin doesn't show cellulite as much as pale skin. I don't want to use it on the rest of my body though, and I don't know if it'll look weird when my legs start to be a little darker than the rest of me. I guess if it looks too bad I can just stop using it because I definitely don't plan on tanning my torso, arms, or face. :\
I hope that by the end of the summer my long-term makeover will be complete. I've been trying to make a lot of little changes with myself in preparation for my new life at VCU, and I think that I'm nearing the final stages of my transformation. All I have left to do is to finish clearing up my skin and getting back into shape. :3
My orientation confirmation arrived in the mail today, finally~ I think I'm going to go start reading the handbook that came with it after I check my email and see how my dad's doing.
I guess it's better to spend a little more money on a shoe that I know I will be satisfied with or get my money back, but I'm still sad that I can't take advantage of some of the insanely cheap prices I've seen out there. I might try my luck sometime anyway, if I find a pair of shoes cute enough to be worth the risk. At least I could try buying them a half-size larger to make sure the shoes won't be too narrow and then get some insoles if they turn out too long.
I succeeded in finding some good lip products today. I bought a plain lip balm, a colored lip balm, two lip glosses, and a Maybelline lip plumper. I've tried the plain lip balm and one of the lip glosses, and I'm so happy with both of them that I'm thinking about throwing out my old tube of Chapstick, but I'll probably just put it away in a drawer until I run out of the new lip balm. I think I might try the lip plumper a little later tonight or tomorrow, and I hope it works and looks good on me.
I also bought some gradual self-tanning moisturizer for my pale legs. I'm hoping that it'll make them look less flabby because I've heard that tan skin doesn't show cellulite as much as pale skin. I don't want to use it on the rest of my body though, and I don't know if it'll look weird when my legs start to be a little darker than the rest of me. I guess if it looks too bad I can just stop using it because I definitely don't plan on tanning my torso, arms, or face. :\
I hope that by the end of the summer my long-term makeover will be complete. I've been trying to make a lot of little changes with myself in preparation for my new life at VCU, and I think that I'm nearing the final stages of my transformation. All I have left to do is to finish clearing up my skin and getting back into shape. :3
My orientation confirmation arrived in the mail today, finally~ I think I'm going to go start reading the handbook that came with it after I check my email and see how my dad's doing.
Labels: appearance, cosmetics, feet, lips, makeover, money, orientation, problems, self tanner, shoes, vcu
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