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is now on facebook. doom is sealed. will never escape teh intarwebs. plz send cute marines. with tentacles. and tea.* yus.

*and chocolate covered pretzels, and little fuzzy creatures with sharp pointy teeth, and spiders, and a green dress. preferably wearing said dress. mmmm...

p.s. also Q.bel crunchy crispy all natural chocolate wafer rolls are yum. yus.

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reader222 and her sweetie had their 15 year vow renewal this afternoon and it was lovely and I got to see people I love and eat bbq. ^__^ yey!

suibhne_geilt drove me and the cakes for the reception down from Madison and we made it with no cake mishaps! ^_^ yay! also, apparently I have not lost my cake mojo the past couple years of not baking. :P

Then awesome folks drove me out of their way to rescue the DoomCar from the mechanic's dungeon. And followed me back to a rest stop so I could catch a nap before driving the rest of the way home. ^______^ so much ♥!

So today was spent with awesome people, insomnia and driving. IS SO SICK OF DRIVING THANKS. D:

I also realized just how stressed I was this past week with my car three hours away in another state. :/ I actually feel like catching up on my commission list and making a few new designs ^___^ yay! (and maybe I'll sleep tonight? I can hope? *sigh*)

Also, I made a very fluffy salmandar for Corin and he made batnoises which for some inexplicable reason always makes me happy. ^__^ Also, I saw Windfarms!! I *love* Windfarms! They also inexplicably fill me with :D :D :D YEY! My perfect house is built near a Windfarm. ^____^

Anywhoo, I have a fabulous armature to put a head on now ^__^ (and some movies to watch while I do so! whee!)

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Here are pics from this weekend! ^___^ I had a lot of fun at the opening. Julie Woodward, the owner was lovely to meet and set up everything and was generally awesome. ^__^ and reader222 was a godsend and fabulous travelpartner. ^__^ Whoot!

And!! The art is fabulous!! Seriously, if y'all are in the Jacksonville, IL area from now until August 7, totally go and check it out!! ^_____^



Here's the window. The dolls are by Oddolls.net I *loved* their teeths! :D and they're huge!

( Massive amount of Pics! omg. )



This is Fox. I finished him up while Betsy drove me from Rockford. I AM IN LOVE. which means I ended up taking more pics of him than of anything else. >_>; oops.

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And this is Mer! Who I also finished along the way. He and Fox are bestest buds, man. ^___^

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Also!! There are the elusive Skellieones. :D Three of them! This guy's name is Skellieone - Black. Descriptive, I know. The other two are Skellieones - Grey and Green. (I was kinda running out of time! D: I don't know what I would have done if Betsy hadn't written out a zillion tags for me! D: D:)

( Skellieones - Black, Grey and Green! )

The show is up until August 7 and there'll be another Gallery Hop then that I will be attending. ^_^ (and then taking my stuff home afterward.) If anyone from around my area wants to come with me then, I'd love the company! And you get to see awesome dolls! whoot! ^___^

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In car news, I called the mechanic this afternoon and he said that the new alternator he put in was toasted and he replaced that and tested it and it's all running and stuff. :/ I hope he's right as I have now spent more money on repairs than I have at the moment. :((

I'll be arranging for a ride out there this weekend when I head back to Rockford for Warren and Betsy's vow renewal and picnic. (Which is going to be Awesome!) Hopefully DoomCar will make it back to Madison in one piece. :/

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Anywhoo, that's the news for the time being. ^_^ I've got other things in the wings, but this post is long enough and it's almost 4am. D: (and I've got stuff to do this morning! ergh.)

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I got home this evening and then went and made art with Artist!Cathy. It was lovely, but I am *so* very tired.

The opening went well, I thought. Betsy drove me and the art there and then drove me to pick up my car. (4-5 hours each way. D:) I managed to drive about 7 miles before the same thing happened again and my car died. :/

I called the cool old towtruck guy again (who greeted me with "So, we meet again!" LOL) and he towed my car back to the shop in Wenona, IL and I went to Rockford where Eric picked me up and drove me home to Madison. OMg so much driving!

THANK YOU!! to Eric and Warren and Especially Betsy for saving me.

I can hardly see straight right now and I think I'm going to sleep for a while now. Sleep is good and posting more is for tomorrow. (and yes, there is more. O____O;; )

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I'm in Rockford, IL atm. I was trying to get to Jacksonville, IL, but my car broke down on the highway at almost exactly halfway there. :/

I get to stop by and see what it's going to cost me tomorrow. Hopefully it's just the alternator and I'll be able to afford getting it fixed to the point that I can drive it home. :/ It was SUPER SCARY, though to be trucking along at 70mph with an SUV on my ass when my dials all went POSSESSED BY ALIENS!! and crazy all over the place and my accelerator refused to work. D: D: I was SO HAPPY I was past the ginormo bridge before that happened. :( :( I ended up stopped on the median in the middle of farmland nowhere (right outside Wenona, IL? That's where my car is now.) and Warren & Betsy were home and drove an hour to come rescue me. (and then drove an hour back! D: D: I owe them SO MUCH NOW.)

And then they gave me dinner and a place to stay tonight. And! Betsy is going to drive with me to deliver the art to the gallery and we're going to stay for the opening and drive back in the morning. SO MUCH ♥! That's a 4 hour each way drive that she doesn't have to do and... and... *clings*

I feel truly lucky to have such awesome people in my life.

I called Mim and Eric too and they played google-fu to get me the numbers of a tow truck and the hotel I had a reservation at so I could cancel tonight and not get charged for it and stuff.

Also, I need to send a thank you to the state trooper who sat with me for an hour and a half while I waited for everything to work out and was rather generous about my surprise suspended registration. ._____. stupid parking tickets. I fail so hard there. :/ so yeah, I'll be visiting again in a month. :/ But he didn't have to stick around either, so I feel very grateful to him for that.

And! the tow place that Eric found for me is a little ornry old guy in overalls with a cheek full of chaw and a Kentucky accent and he was AWESOME. He only charged me $60 to tow my car to a place nearby and was really nice. He said I was lucky as almost all the tow places around there were closed for the weekend and that the place he towed me to would treat me right. I really hope so.

Also (kinda cryptic like) Stacie and Cathy? I owe you so much (you have *no* idea, man) for the help before I left. OMG. You fabulously saved me with that today and I'll totally give you more details when I get back home. O_O

And? for all the fail that today has had, I have some wonderful people in my life and I'm glad. Also, Pan kept me company to whole way and I promised to fix his arm if he stuck around, so I best get on that. ;)

I called Julie from the gallery and she'll be expecting me tomorrow, so tomorrow *better* go better. just saying and all. ^^v

Right now I just want to get some sleep and hope hope I get all the stuff I need to get done on time in the morning. :/ *crosses fingers*

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Me and Baba Yaga and the creatures are going to be at Two Trees Gallery in Jacksonville, IL on July 3 from 5-8pm! Come see us!

There's going to be all kinds of awesome dolls! Check out the other artists who'll be showing their work!

mealymonsterland.com

oddolls.net

karmaveranda

strangedolls.net

apple hill dolls



The show will be going til the end of July, so if y'all have time to check it out, please do!

And if you've got the time and resources (or just happen to live in the area) I'd love to meet you at the opening on July 3. ^___^



So, yus. YAY! I'll have pics of the dolls that will be for sale at the show closer to the date. ^_^

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So the limbs look a little big, but it's just that the torso and head have had a good day's more drying time and have shrunk more. The limbs should catch up soon. (and I'll be carving them as they get harder.)

I didn't get the hands done like I wanted to. So, those get bumped to Monday. Ah well. I'm still doing skellieones tomorrow. ^_^

( And some silly vagina dentada head-like thing I made the other night. :P :P )

So the VDhead thingie is actually having more problems with cracking than the bjdthingie. Which is good because I'm not really invested in it much. It's just silly looking and there to learn on. :D

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Found! -

1. Inhaler! yeys.
2. Camera battery charger! yeys!
3. Matching Socks! yeys?

Today is a marked improvement over yesterday.

^_^

and the bjd2.0 thingie now has legs and arms! and a torso! whoot! Pictures once my camera is charged. So, today I get to make hands and feet!

Tomorrow is too busy with other obligations to work on bjdthingie, but I might finish off a couple skellieones that I owe people and maybe a couple for my etsy store. ^__^ (as it take about 45 seconds to finish them due to them being almost finished. :P)

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So yay! I got 6 hours in on the bjd experiment today. ^_^

I got the torso fleshed out, the head hollowed, eyes and mouth carved out and a bit more detail work on the head.

No cracking so far? *crosses fingers.

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So my workspace is hella messy now, but I'll clean it up before I go to bed. I've still got laundry to fold and I don't want clay bits and dust all over it. :P



I also found some awesome techniques for faux stone and scales. ^-^ I think I'm gonna try and finish a basilisk while this dries. ^_^

Whoot! I'm really tired now. I think I'm gonna go make dinner before I clean up for the day. (and play with wire armatures while I watch a movie. ^_^)

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When I first start a project, I don't usually show the beginning stages where I'm still learning and experimenting and all that. I'll wait I've got a pile of scrap that sits in my closet for five years until I can throw it out and have hopefully also ended up with a finished piece that I'm happy with and a ton of trial and error experience to use on the next twelve projects in a similar vein.

Also, it takes a good 2 years for me to work my way from concept to finished piece if it's in a medium or process that's completely unfamiliar to me. ('cause some of this stuff is *hard* and I'll totally burn through a couple hundred dollars in materials alone learning it and that takes a while to come up with. :P)

But! I'm kinda excited about making ball jointed art dolls. and I know that there are a bunch of people reading my stuff who're thinking about making their own as well, so I'm going to post my progress on this one. (also, it'll keep me posting 'cause I also tend to fall off the face of the planet during this stage, too. D:)

That said, here's the beginning of what I'm labeling BJD-2.0 in my records.





This is about 3 hours of work on the styrofoam armature (seen in my previous post) and 1.5 hours sculpting the head. I'm sure that I gave it too much detail and the clay is uneven in thickness in places, and it's probably gonna crack all to hell, but that's the learning curve here. ^___^ I made it simple, so hopefully when I have to re-make it it'll be pretty quick.

I'm also expecting it to be *really* fragile. I know the ways to reinforce the clay and all this, but this is my dry run and I'm just playing with how the clay reacts and see what I can do with it.

Also, if y'all have any tips and tricks for using airdry clay, I would *love* to hear them! ^_^ 'cause learning is fun, but reinventing the wheel is dumb. :P

So yus! new project! new medium! Hopefully I'll see something come out of it by fall. ^____^

(and I've got a million things on my to-do list to work on while the air clay pieces take a million years to dry. I might also make a top post of that to keep me focused and stuff.)

Oh! and I'm also letting this dry slowly I've got it sitting in an open plastic ziplock bag away from drafts and heat and I'll take it out and let it sit on my bench for a couple hours every day (and possibly add ears before it completely dries) and hopefully that should help it dry evenly. or not. it might just make a mess. :P

Experiments! we <3 them! ^_^v

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First things: I have a computer!! and it works!! YEY!!! ^____^



I now have a half a zillion emails and things to catch up on. D: D: D: My inbox is rather terrifying. D:

Yesterday I cleaned my house and my room. This morning I woke up and it creeped me out, so I did some work. ~_^

( Now it's not as messy, BUT it's productive! ^___^ )

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And!!! I was unable to take good pictures of the Tiptree art I made for one of this year's winners, "the Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness. But!! suibhne_geilt did! ^__^ And he is graciously letting me post them here. :D :D

Here is Nigel with Manchee! :D (nigel_corvix is not Tiptree art, though. :P)

( Todd, Viola and a Giant Cow! ^_^ )

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Next up is an elusive skellione. :D I'm making them slowly but surely. This one was for Kat's birthday. (there are 15 more to come! If you've asked for one, it's on my list. ^___^)

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And finally, Kittehs on my bed. Because it was just that kinda day. ^___^




(omg. I'm never gonna catch up, am I? D: D: D: *panics a little*)

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Laptop is still borked and new one is still on the way. (200ish miles away!!)

But! I just wanted to say Happy LGBT Pride Month!! ^____^

Now I go eat some salad. mmmmmm... salad.

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I am posting in the tiny bit of space I have before my laptop randomly starts blinking and making alarming noises and then shuts down. :/ hopefully I can get this posted? *crosses fingers and types really fast*

I have to wait until Tuesday before I can order another one, but at least I've got the opportunity! ^_^ So for now I'm posting by the seat of my pants in fear of the blue screen of death at every keystroke... :P (twitter is much better for this as I don't type as much and therefore don't lose as much at a time.) This post has been in my drafts and slowly added to for 3 days now. *sigh*

In other news, Wiscon was awesome! and the art show came together so well this year. It was seriously awesome to see so much incredible art all in the same room. I am so proud of everyone! ^_____^ I really think this was the best art show I've had the honor to work on so far. ^__^ *squishes all the fabulous artists* And I got to hang out with so many awesome people I only get to see once or thrice a year, too! yay! I'm totally looking forward to next year!

I am also dealing with my annual bout of con-drop, of course. Fortunately I'm unemployed and therefore have the privilege to not talk to anyone and sit in my room with my sketch pad and kitties and not do much for a couple days. I am happy to say that it's starting to drive me batty and I am now ready to go out and face like, people who expect me to hold a conversation or something. :P :P

Also, last night me and eric went out midnight grocery shopping at Woodmans and it was the fun. :P

So, yus. I post this so people still know I'm alive and wait with bated breath for my new laptop to arrive...

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My laptop is in the process dying. It's been acting funny the past week and a half and tonight the touchpad just died. I'm having to do weird things with the cursor buttons just to post this. :(

So not happy.

It is four years old, so I should be thankful it lasted this long.

But I have absolutely no money for a new one. ;_;

So I'm going to try to borrow internets for the

time being until i can figure something out

my cell is working,

if you need me

argh!

Why inner ear?? WHY??? D: D: D:

Y'all, I will never finish Okami due to extreme nausea after 2 hours play. Every time! I'm only 6 hours into playing. very. slowly. *is woozie* WTF? I can play tons of other games and be perfectly fine! Why's it just this one that makes me feel oogie. :( :( :(

Dear Okami,

You are made of awesome! Why do you make my insides do flip flops?!?

nauseatedly,
Jane

And now? typing is doing it too?!?! MEH I SAY. stupid stomach.

*is oogie*

I got my book in the mail! ^___^ I am previously playing with watercolors, but I think now I shall take my book (yay!) and wander down to the park with some lunch.

Pretty day is pretty!

^___^

Me and dreamling are going out to lunch and then shall be making with the artination! yay!

I'm not sure if we'll be heading over to the studio or not or just hanging out at a coffee shop or coming back to the house. D: That shall be decided once my brain starts working due to a heavy dose of grease and fried things an lots of SmartWater for me. (ow. my stomach.)

But! yay art! I think I'm going to work on some 2D stuff today. Maybe I can scan them in later and share the doodles. *doodles*

In other news, it is gloriously beautiful out and I have the door open so the kitties can enjoy it too! (and my apartment can air out a bit. D:)

Tomorrow I'm doing laundry and heading to the studio to work on languishing projects and hopefully finish the few that have armatures finished! ^__^

Ever have one of those days when words just don't seem to mean what you think they should mean? or just don't seem right even though you're almost sure it's right?? yus. that's this whole week. D: D: AAAH!

Okee. I go to lunch now. yay!

I really need this shirt



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Edit: It says -

Visit Scenic Annwn: don't eat, don't drink, do not make *any* bargains, accept no gifts & *do not offer any* Watch out for the Hounds

:D :D :D :D :D
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Also, I am making applesauce right now and my kitchen smells yum! ^___^


Also also?? I got a music package from ciceqi and... and... *_______* so far I've indiscriminately loved everything? D: D: and it makes for *awesome* work music. ^___^ ♥!

(especially the Laika I didn't have, Radical Face, the Skygreen Leopards and Ekova and hem and eee! ^___^ <3! <3!)

okee. I go check my stove now. ^___^ HAPPYSAUCE IS AWESOMESAUCE.