Sh!ts and giggles (updates)

Sorry for no updates/no posts for over a month, literally. My life hasn't been that interesting, especially recently. Anyways, on with the show!

Weather
It's been quite nice, in the upper 70s or straight 80s the whole month of August and September seems promising still as well. We were getting the aftermath of Hurricane Issac this weekend, but it wasn't that harsh...just rain and rain and more rain, in which terms turns into humidity and that doesn't feel pretty. I hope these temperatures stay this way during next week, it will be nice if they did!

Artsy tartsy
Recently, I have discovered I have a niche for photography! With the good help of Instagram app for iPhones/Androids/Smart phones, my next art skill to perfect and get into is Photography. Keep in mind, I have no background nor schooling on it what-so-ever. I could've taken a class on it during high school, but the requirement for it was to have a very fancy digital camera (like a canon or nikon brand like camera with a switchable BIG lens) and well, I didn't have the money for that and my dad's got stolen. Anyways, I couldn't bare for my parents to buy me one for just one class then, so I took other art classes I can afford. As soon as I find a job, my next small goal is to purchase one of those cameras and continue with that skill. Here are some of my examples so far, with water-marks:

 A friend of mine put a request on my Digital Blu Facebook page, to do some photos dealing with trees! I did my best the first round and she told me not to be "afraid" to get closer and show detail. The second round, she loved and I have yet to hear from her about which pictures she would want print outs of. I will remove the water-marks on them and replace them with my actual signature and a price. If anyone would like to put requests, don't hesitate to! Luckily enough, I got great pics of trees when I went on a trip to Michigan with my family and some family members, to a farm there!

This is the base there at the farm, Tree-mendus Fruit Farm. Its in Eau Claire, Michigan, 2 hours away from Chicago and 20 mins or so once entering Michigan. Sadly, this time around all the peaches were gone, since the hot weather got here early...so did the harvest. We got more apples than peaches and from what we heard, the place will be closed earlier this year. Hopefully next year will be better than this year and I will get to take more pictures then! So for now, whenever I get the chance to take pictures of anything, I will to improve this skill. For more pictures and any art updates, please head to my Digital Blu Facebook page to check them out!!


Besides finding out I got a niche on Photography, I decided to create a Facebook page that will display all of my artwork from my past, present and future projects! My portfolio is in there, under the albums and my demo reel will soon be on there as a video, but I do need to change some information that it has in the end of it. For now, anyone can check what I got out, please "Like" my page while you're there to get any updates on my progress on my artwork!! Image below is a link to my page, to redirect you to it! Go ahead, click it...you know you want to!!

Click above image to be redirected to Digital Blu!

I have finished another digital painting and I am proud of it! It is "X-Files" related and I have showed the end result of it on my Digital Blu Blog. So if you would like to take a look at it, go to my blog and enjoy! I have started another digital painting while still working on my "X-Files" painting, but this new one is dedicated to the new Silent Hill movie coming out in October. I can't wait to see that movie and enjoy it while it lasts! Preview for this new digital painting can be seen on my Digital Blu Facebook page as well, so go check it out!!

Halloween is near!
Well, I never do dress up for this event or "holiday", 'cause sadly I was always busy with working or just had no reason to, if there was no one to go with to have fun. This year, I want to get out of my nutshell and usual self and actually have fun during this holiday! In fact, I have decided what I wanted to be...*drum roll*...Heather from Silent Hill 3 game series. Yes, another dedication to the new movie coming out in the greatest time to do this, Halloween time!! I have yet to gather the articles of clothing to buy for this costume, but I figure I should look around in the Goodwill stores for it. If I can't find one or any there, Walmart is second best for this! We'll see how this goes, would've been a nurse, but that's complicated in itself and here is how she looks like:

Ah crap, I need a blonde wig & fake gun!!

And a nice movie trailer for you guys who haven't seen it!!

Lyrics tell it all

Recently I can relate to a specific song I heard that it was becoming popular recently. With its remixes and such, it is quite promising. I especially like the lyrics it has, before I didn't cause I refused to hear it 'cause of its beat, but once I read the lyrics and a recent incident that ties up with it, I have grown to like it A LOT!! I will put the official video of it and then highlight some of the lyrics I can totally relate to now more than ever.

"You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end
Always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over"

This part, I'm sure I was addicted to a certain kind of sadness. I never wanted to be left alone and I had someone I can relate to 'cause not only with similar interests we had in common, but just the way our lives were going...with road bumps, dead ends and cul-de-sac's it wasn't going to go nowhere, but only in circles. Once it was over, I was confused to which direction to take, since I have taken each road before already...staying friends or not being friends and both, didn't work out for me. No matter how hard I tried, it just went like a flat life line. This time round, it's staying that way for sure...a flat life line, so I was glad it was over.

"Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know..."

I read between the lines with fights or situations I get into. Once I'm involved, I get confused and start to make 2 to 3 paths it might be or lead to. I like preparing myself and my feelings in whatever direction it might go. During this life event, I at times felt like I did something wrong, whenever we got into a fight or so. I feared of being let go and abandonment 'cause I "started a fight/discussion", it was my fault right? I started the mess and was stuck in it right? If she started it and all, she's the issue basically. I stood my ground most of the time and had backup for it, but even then...it screwed me over, somehow, I was always the bad guy no matter what. Well, I felt crappy when that happened and I didn't "win" the fight and hated living that way. I don't want to live that way, ever again, and even though this happened in my past and was told so, it happened. I don't deserve this, no one does!! Even when I tried to explain myself, figures....people thought I was fighting with them and "yelling" back. I don't want to live that way and I'll be the someone that you used to know and vice versa!!

Also, don't play with my feelings, don't ask questions that will lead me to think you like me, leave me hanging, ignoring me, thinking I'm putting myself on a pedal-stool in which clearly I said I'm not and clearing my end of the confusion in my mind and don't go say shitty crap that will make you look like a dumb m****r f**ker, 'cause sweety...I'm not the one with a mental disorder, literally and you're no gentleman if you go on saying stuff like that, so quit calling yourself that. Personality is nothing like the past person I was with...not one bit, just your shitty jokes!! That's all I have to say 'cause I can, it's MY BLOG and its a FREE COUNTRY.

Artistic Drive

Well, I'm going to try to make this post a short one. There's not much new going on in my life and I suddenly decided to post up an update on what I decide to do on my BIG spare time that I recently surprisingly received. 

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Writing

This one totally popped up as soon as I decided to write this sentence. I miss creative writing, but more specifically, short stories. I tried my best to get back into this part of my creative side in my life, but with this...I really need inspiration and well ideas. I do have some ideas already written out and on hiatus even, but I don't have the motivation to continue it, yet. I got at least 2 short stories already planned out and well, one even slowly being written in, but I just need that motivation feeling...that drive to continue it and dig in it, for it to be complete. Some of my short stories are already written and well uploaded on my other blogspot page here and here, if anyone's interested in reading them. I'll keep people up to date on this part of my life and if a short story came out of me and well, its completed. Check up here for updates like these or any updates on my creative writing side, heck even updates on my digital paintings here as well. I only like updating my Digital Blu blogspot when I'm officially working on something and have updates to show for it. 

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Mini business

I once before mentioned a small business or two that I wanted to start in my other blogspot. One consisting of digital paintings made through Photoshop and the other was relating more into painting designs into an object most people use on a daily basis or so. If interested in a digital painting, my pricing on them are here and you can always go to the main page to check out some samples of them as well. I really don't want to go into full detail with the second business I mentioned, due to copy cats around and well not sure if it will succeed much as the other. Since recently I have been given more time again, I might jump onto these two mini bandwagons and go into them officially. We'll see what happens with time and a little help here.

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Digital Paintings

Given the surprising time recently I have, I will go back to making more of these and well, completing some that I put on hiatus....due to working hard at my last job and well, not having time at all. I got two paintings I put on halt and will continue with them very soon. 

One is this Jester from a popular video game series called "Devil May Cry". He made me laugh every time he showed up and well is a clever character in the series.

Then there's this picture that I started to paint, but stopped....due to a situation that happened around that time. Since that situation is cleared up now and well, you get the point of that situation, I decided to continue with it. It looks almost complete anyways, at the update shown there.

I already got ideas for 2 other digital paintings I'm willing to not put down and forget about. You may have heard me talk a lot about 2 certain shows that I love and am a fan of.

One is called "My Life as Liz". I love these 2 characters the most, but mainly the guy. His name is Colin "Sully" Sullivan and why you may ask? Because he reminds me so much of my boyfriend....personality and caring that he is. Liz Lee kind of reminds me of myself, in some aspects, but just both of them combined remind me of me and my boyfriend and how childish we can be with each other. I haven't heard yet of a 3rd season of it on Mtv, but I will keep my eye on that. 

The other picture I'm willing to do is of this actor, David Duchovny. You may recognize him from the most recent show called "Californication" on Showtime, but I "met" him on the show "The X-Files". Just the picture alone being in black and white will challenge me in it, but I'll take up the challenge anytime. I like adding shows or actors into my portfolio because it shows different elements of myself and what I can do, but mainly to show what are my favorites on certain things, like tv shows...my personality and favorites. Of course, at times, there are some elements I don't like and I do have in my portfolio, but I do need to show my abilities any way I can.(Heck I have this picture of him as my background on my laptop at the moment, lol).

Well, this is so far my updates on what I will be doing on my spare time. After these pictures I mentioned and posted, I have no idea what to do and heck, I'm not sure if I should pursue those small/mini businesses I mentioned here...I'm afraid they will fail, but I won't think that way without starting on them yet and at all. Just stay tuned on my Digital Blu blogspot for updates on the projects I mentioned here, step by step at times as well!! And sorry, this post wasn't as short as I thought and promised it will be lol, my bad!!