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[ellenmillion]

Business as usual

Two big bags of orders in my car to mail today. My studio needs remedial cleaning.


Art and Authoring

I got the artiest, most wonderful weekend. I finished 'Go Around' (but will not be posting it until the calendar is ready for download), I finished 'Green Fairy,' I started a logo commission (draft already enthusiastically approved), I doodled a new piece I'm going to try to finish this week, and I worked on an entry for the latest Torn World contest that I am fantastically, deeply thrilled with.

Have a green fairy:



I (insanely) think I might do a series of these. An angry red fairy, a cowardly yellow fairy, a sad blue fairy... what other colors can I convey without color?


Home and health

I built stairs to the house this weekend and fixed our weather station. This is less impressive than it sounds, since by 'built' I mean I took the old stairs, leveled some pads on the ground, and leaned them onto our new porch, and by 'fixed,' I mean I put new batteries in both units and pushed buttons until they worked again.

I also did a bunch of laundry, scooped the catbox, and cleaned our living room, kitchen and bathroom, which was actually more work, but far, far less satisfying.


Linking

Everything's amazing and nobody's happy I don't usually link to videos, but this is a worthy exception. It's one of those super funny clips that's just a little too true. 'Ungrateful, non-contributing zero' is my new insult of choice.

Comments

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

Regal purple fairy, whimsical pink fairy, sinister black fairy, pure white fairy...

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

You can have a regal purple, non-colored fairy.....I really love that piece.

[curvature.livejournal.com]

I don't tend to think of emotions when I'm picturing colours exactly, or at least not the same ones you've said there. I always think of blue as calm and cool and water, and yellow as happy and warm with sunshine and sunflowers and big straw hats at the beach.

I've never understood the connection with yellow and cowardice - is there some animal or proverb that originates that?

Anyway, here are some visuals for different colours :)

pink: candyfloss (cotton candy?), rosebuds, bubblegum
white: clouds, mist, winter snow/ice, lillies, peppermint
black: the night sky and cobwebs with dew on them
brown: roots, earth, ancient trees, fallen leaves, chocolate, forest animals
Orange: pumpkins, oranges, marigolds, fire, autumn leaves, marmalade cats

Not exactly colours but:
transparent: crystals and bubbles and falling water
polka dots! speak for themselves really

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

That is a wonderful drawing!!!