I recently was given a Pentax k1000 and have been fooling around with it. It's wonderful!! Of course the colors are butchered by blogger but you get the general gist I hope :)

These were all taken while tooling around Pasadena! 

Conshepts

Here is my project I've been working on for illustration concepts - they're modified doll forms - all patterned and sewed and hand-beaded and embroidered by yours truly! (with the enormous help of the lovely Matt Reading.)

She's lookin' at YOU! 

The latter image is actually the first one I made - I know it's kind of creepy, but that was the intention. These are just meant to be fun/silly/sometimes creepy toys for adults - like "uglydolls," but weirder and prettier at the same time. 

This one's flannel, pleather and glass beads. The first one pictured is flannel, (hand-pleated) silk organza and glass beads. They're both hand-embroidered as well. They're stuffed with poly-fill with armature wire inside the arms and legs to maintain the pose. 

They're buddies :) They don't really have names yet - it's tentatively Sally and Pat. Any suggestions for names?

Also - these are still works-in-progress so any comments or things I should add would be greatly appreciated.

Moooore

Another photo from the Langham hotel in Pasadena. I like this one cause the negative got crinkled, and it kind of looks like an old postcard or something. Looks almost too perfect to be real.

Some Photoze.

Was in the mood for posting some Photos today. These are all from summer '10

Mobil on Lake Avenue

Craft Fair in Downtown Los Angeles

My Parents Bedroom in Pasadena

Abrupt Freeway Intersection in Whittier Narrows

Langham Hotel in Pasadena (at ICON!)

Both these were taken with my little point-and-shoot in Los Angeles. 

I did some sketching in my little "YOU'RE NEXT" sketchbook from ICON :) Unfortunately, it was not under the best circumstances, as I sketched my grandpa in the hospital bed and my dad in

the waiting room.

dad

grandpa

It's nice to try to get documentation of things other than photographs. 

Here's a little thing I did over spring break to keep my watercolor chops up... also it is a birthday present portrait for my grandpa. Funnily enough, it's not a school assignment but it's one of my favorite watercolors i've done yet. I'm slowly learning.... :)

I am going to photograph some of my portrait drawing work soon and post it here... it's some of my favorite work that I've done all semester.