I recently adopted a rescue german shepherd that I named, Soja, after one of my favorite reggae bands that have some pretty inspirational music. Soja has been a dream come true to me. I've grown up always wanting a German shepherd. He's incredible. Every time I look at him, I feel as though he popped out of a movie screen or from the TV show K9 cops, he's that stinkin' gorgeous.

Here's some photography of that handsome boy.

My midterm finals for Graphic Design: We had to create three abstract designs that convey a mood. There were many studies involved when doing this (about 100 designs). I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in creating the designs, and never felt like it was homework. These were the top three chosen from myself and my professor: Hesitant, Calm, and Anxious

Some studies for my Graphic Design class that I've been working on. I'm having a ton of fun using Adobe Fireworks and Photoshop. There's still much I need to learn with design as it's a work in progress. This semester has been nothing but fun.

More art projects from my Art: Design & Color class, and Photoshop class. First two are the most recent: The Lion King one is a movie poster I created and painted for my Design and Color class. The second is for my Photoshop class where we had to create a magazine cover. Mine has my dog, Prissy (R.I.P little lady), as the model and a photograph I took of Torrey Pines State Beach in the background. The third one was a project for my Design & Color class by, well obviously painting many tiny dots to create the image. And lastly... a picture of me on the left side, and on the right, a warped picture of myself that I drew. Fun! This semester blew by so fast.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a quick little post. I did this project for my Photoshop class. I'm having a lot of fun learning CS6, and can't wait to do more. This took me about 3-4 hours to do. Happy Halloween!

Pretty much a project of Dan's silly face. Turned out pretty cool. I used acrylic paints. :)

Mine and Dan's newest obsession is spray painting. I have found a new love for creating stencils and using spray paint on canvases. It takes hard work and dedication (like all art) that leaves you with a creative reward in the end. I'm loving it, and hoping to create a side business in the future of my own T-Shirt company. I'm thinking way ahead too quickly as I have a lot I still need to learn, but it's always fun to dream and take action. :)

PS. That tree and skyline stencil took 9 hours to cut with an xacto knife. Left my fingers feeling bruised. TOTALLY worth it!

I got to paint my first pair of shoes. I grabbed a cheapo $5 pair of white canvas shoes from Walmart and didn't know what to do with them for about two weeks. Finally, I just went for it. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, but I need to tape them up better so I don't get paint on the edges, and also not leave the tape on like Dan said because otherwise it leaves a sticky residue over time. Looks like I'll be needing to buy Goof Off. Oh, and add to the list: black laces. I used the black laces on my running shoes because I was too impatient and wanted to see how they'd look RIGHT away, but they're way too big. ;)

I got to try out some spray paint yesterday for the first time, and it was a lot of fun. I must add that I was trying to make the spray paint drip on the top, but it didn't go as well (at all) and I felt I was just wasting the paint. End results in my opinion: looks like the painting has hair. Haha. Oh well, it was fun! :) I want to start designing and cutting out my own stencils, then just put whatever on there. Need to buy my own colors as well since Dan only had those three.

This weekend has been wonderful going out to different beaches in San Diego and hiking around. It felt great to take my Canon out since it had been a while since I used it.

These first two photos are from Torrey Pines State Beach where you can hike the trails before heading to the bottom where you end up at the actual beach. The second to last photo was hard because I had to level my camera on the cliff and set a timer. I seemed to be the only one who didn't jump in time. :( Still a great photo, though. ;)

























Here are some photos taken the next day at La Jolla Cove. Beautiful beaches, just smells like fish and seals. I don't care, I LOVE it there! The second picture looks like it could be half the earth.


















After the cove, we headed down to check out the Ocean Beach Tide Pools and the pier. It was gorgeous, the beaches were richly blue, and I almost felt like I was in Hawaii. Dan and I want to get our friends together and spend half a day at this beach. There's a little secret area where you have to go through a cave to get to the other side where it's a more private beach with cliff diving. Photograph of me on the other side of the cave was taken by Dan.





Later, we ended up walking the pier. Beautiful views, great tans. ;)