Perspective

For some strange odd and stupid reason I can't seem to remember how to properly draw with the use of perspective. This is completely stupid because for a whole two semesters I didn't study anything but perspective. This is so stupid. How could I have ever forgotten how to draw stupid perfectly in perspective cubes? Anyway, I included a page of my sketchpad and attempted to properly put into perspective a wand with a star on top. That did not work out very successfully now did it?
For some reason all of my creative antics went out the window as I stopped drinking coffee. How depressing. I am going to continue to sketch from life because that will probably help spark my creativity. After all it is from discipline that creativity proves itself. And I am trying to surge the creativity within.

I am reading this book that I won at an AIGA guest speaker talk through my school. The book is called "Do Good Design" and it is all about the power of labels and branding and how powerful it really is. There are a lot of random and interesting facts that I learned from the book such as, coke is the second most understood word worldwide. The first is OK! And small towns have Coke brand their towns for 200 dollars just so they can get on a map! How utterly ridiculous is that~

I'm not using this blog as a sketch dump so much anymore because it became so easy to use my phone to upload pictures and post them on the go with Tumblr. This however is my formal blog. (Even Livejournal isn't cool enough anymore!) My Tumblr. In all honesty I really need to keep my pencil moving so I can improve my drawing skills instead of just trying to draw something one day and nothing coming but squiggles! How depressing.

Sickly

I have been through hell and back with this damn cold. I have gotten nothing done for school or for play and on both occasions I find it more than annoying. I have not been sleeping or drawing or playing or anything lately. It's quite depressing. To be honest I have no idea where all my time has gone. All I know is that it is not going towards making pretty things or doing school work. I skipped classes within the past week. I thought I would go to he gym every day but that is a failure and a half since coughing up phlegm and running are a totally perfect combination I promise.

I'm submitting a lot of my pieces to different clubs on DA and that's not working out entirely well but it's the idea that counts. I'm also working on making myself the perfect layout for Gaia and that is not working out very well either. Like I said, with no motivation to do anything but sleep... I'm on a ball for letting shit hit the fan... Although, Thankfully, my doctor called in a prescription today :)

My Begginings and Towards the Future

I started with playing on neopets. And working on stupid guild layouts. And that's how I got into the whole photo-manipulation and putting one image over another concept. From that I started a website called Graphix Nightmare and that lasted give or take 3 years and turned into Wonderland Effect.

Durring that whole spiel I began to adore Vector Art. Those big fancy wallpapers that have little silhouetted islands on them with like swirls and things. And from that I read several tutorials on how to make said vector art. It has only recently been that I have taken the same ideas and applied them to drawings instead of photographs.

When My parents had begun the whole college search with me I had no idea what I wanted to do. It was everything from a Play therapist in a hospital to a Historian. But None of those Ideas worked, It wasn't really until my grandmother had told me that I should be a graphic designer that I had any intention of doing that.

From that I chose a liberal arts school and declared graphic design as my major. It wasn't until this year that I had any formal art classes. And I am planning on taking more.

Although I had wished that I had started art classes in school and that maybe looking back I should have gone to an art school. I still have chosen to make this my career, and seeing every part of the field makes me happy.

Cause Cupcakes Sparkle too!

Yes I am jumping on the twilight bandwagon on this but It's soo worth it. It's a cupcake I made during Halloween and it just so happened to also be a vampire Cupcake! Vampire cupcakes for the win!


Cosmic Cupcake by ~starshinesky on deviantART

Comedy and Tragedy

Today's submission is~:


Comedy and tragedy by ~starshinesky on deviantART

Comedy and tragedy gone sweet. Haha. I guess the tragic side is only tragic because it is melting. More playing with gradients. AND.... I know I'm a dork but guess what!? I figured out how to add a drop shadow to a group in Illustrator it makes my life!~

This was a drawing that I decided to make into a vector by tracing instead of whatevering each line... It's interesting but it turned out adorably~

That sound's like a personal problem

So I'm having such a vendetta with myself. Lately, I've been mass producing the amount of cuteness that I make, and tooth rotting might I add. Practice Practice Practice, plus I'm on such a cuteness buzz that I want to make all of this! But here's the problem, The more I create the less I actually create. For example: My Deviant art submission from yesterday is tooth rotting, and not received well but my blog header/ personal background is so adorable that everyone enjoys it! What's with that.

I mean this is mostly a rant but still! Anyway I am trying to make daily posts along with submissions so here ya go:


Kara Cup by ~starshinesky on deviantART

Just as a side note: That's old and got so much positive feedback in like 3 minutes....

Sweet Tooth

This caused a lot more fuss then love. How depressing. I poured out my heart and soul into it and got a lot of nothing! Boo. But I have a pretty awesome concept for a t-shirt design I guess.


Sweet Tooth by ~starshinesky on deviantART

I also discovered Audrey Kitching today. I am happy now... My life is complete.

Pink Bow!

This is another vector I made ahead of time! I am so discombobulated lately it's not even funny. I need to sort a few things out as far as school work goes. It's kinda hard to do work and make these vector things! Well that's okay I need to learn how to work on a time limit and whatnot!

A few bits of info on this piece. This one was on a drawing I did a while ago. It's very simple. I also think it would look very nice accompanied with someone's name and if someone would like me to stamp their name in some cute flourish thing next to it just ask! I am very much willing to do that since this one is really scrappy.


Pink Bow by ~starshinesky on deviantART

Cloud Scene

Last Night was Halloween and being trapped up in a house that wasn't even mine, handing out candy led to a lot of downtime. Of course, I wasn't on campus so I really couldn't do any of my homework so Instead I made 2 new Vectors. One for Today one for tomorrow! Hurrah. This is my new way of creating vectors. I don't know what anyone thinks about it but I would love some feedback. Not that anyone is watching me... hahah.


Cloud Scene by ~starshinesky on deviantART

Octopus's Garden

Day 2:
So this deviation was rather simple! I had the drawing ahead of time and I converted it into a very cute and simple vector. Lately I've been playing with the idea of a one color stroke and not multiple colors for each object. I think it is giving it a very nice effect! I hope you like this one! I definitely think it is one of the cuter ones that I have made!


Octopus's Garden by ~starshinesky on deviantART

Kick off!

The Quota Challenge!

I am a Graphic Design Major in College, and well I've been wanting to start this blog for a while but I haven't. So here it is! This is going to be a random collaboration of a lot of things. Graphic design, crafts, baking, and so much more. But! As a Kick off to joining I want to take my idea and put it on here. Just to get me a bit active before the calm.

Day 1:
To substitute for my lack of inspiration I am instead going to force inspiration. Like a real Graphic Designer would. So Here's my Quota. One Deviant Art Submission everyday for a Week. I'll start today as Day 1 and That means I have to submit one thing to Deviant Art until the 4th. Which can push me to Finish all unfinished works and so much more! It is also very good for practice!


Crownipop by ~starshinesky on deviantART