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I've been updating my Mac's icons, because that overly shiny bubble look was driving me crazy. There are some really good sites that offer free mac icons, so I thought I'd share them.

Interfacelift has some good system icon replacements, as well as FAQs on how to replace the more stubborn icons. They also have icons for windows machines.

Iconfactory has a lot of icons as well, but many are themed packs and really tacky. They have icons for both macs and windows.

Pixel girl offers proportionately more of the cute critters icons than other sites, and that is fine by me. They also have icons for windows and a lot of random cute merchandise that might interest some people.

Wacky Pixel is too bubbly for me, but they have a LOT of icons. For windows too.

The Mask

This is the final version of that pic I posted a little while ago. I'm really pleased with how it turned out - so much so that I will use a smiley. :)

WAY

A logo I did for the band that my sister and I have - The Way of the Rabbit. This is acrylic paint on canvas paper. It's going on a pair of T-shirts, and I'm pretty sure it'll look good like that. Who knows tho.

Painting

Finished this a little while ago, took about a year. God, I was so blocked on this. And I don't really like it as it is now, but I refuse to do any more work to it. (^_^)b

Testin the new tablet

Here is a little doodle I did my my new wacom tablet. I wanted to try out the different nib types, and you can see that each doodle is labeled with the nib I used. I didn't feel that much difference between the brush nib and the regular nib, but the pencil one was pretty cool. You get some traction and it changes the way you make the stroke. I colored in the girl on the bottom of the page, and once I finish I'll put up a more detailed pic of her.

A Bear Doll

I'm working on some new doll designs. This is the master pattern for the prototype bear doll. Don't laugh at him because he's a little lopsided D:

Here is that princess on acetate that I was working on earlier. Unfortunately, the pic of the coloring in progress didn't turn out, so I'm just posting the final version.


For those of you interested in the technique, here it is. I started with a sketch of the princess, with a basic idea of what the background was. I did this for a contest (which I probably wont win because they'll most likely pick a fan art piece instead of an original art, something that I only found out about after I finished this picture and am infuriated about but anyway...) so I had a basic theme to think about. Then I put the sketch under acetate and inked it with india ink. I had to flip the sketch so that she would come out facing the right direction in the end. Then I used an exact-o knife to cut various origami and Japanese wrapping papers to the right shape and pasted them onto a sheet of hemp paper that I taped onto the underneath of the acetate. I also used some acrylics to make a water color look.

Hey, we hit 200 posts 2 posts ago! Woot!

Progress

Cut out all the circles and stuff! Oh and the rabbit is fully sewed down.

The Lineup

Sketches of my characters all on one page. I focussed on the height, weight and build differences, as well as the distinctive physical characteristics and personalities of each character that would make differentiating between them easy.

Of course, most of them have had at least one design change since then. Thinking about changing the art style too. And I drew this about a week ago.

The drawing gets a little weird around the edges and is not very dark because I had to take a picture of it. The sketchbook by far is the largest I have ever owned and will definitely not fit in the scanner. (o_o)

Japanese princess pt. 2

The next stage: inking on acetate. I've never done it before but it was necessary for the plan I've got for this piece. It is a really weird feeling - at first I had so much trouble with depth perception, but I've gotten used to it now. Eh.

You can see the sketch that I taped underneath, the one that I posted earlier.

I'll post progress as I get further.