Friday Fun

So when The Princess and the Frog came out I was super excited to see it! And it was fantastic when I saw it back in January! This week I have really gotten into the music from the movie! It's just so much fun, and great to listen to. Here's a couple of clips from the movie:

(This one's the best =P)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etsj86d2EIQ





This week I have really been artsy crafty and I have accomplished quite a bit =) So here are some pictures of things I have made/works in progress.

1. I make encaustic art (paintings made of wax onto card.) You do it by getting the card, placing it on a flat surface, then you get your wax and spread it onto a hot iron then place the iron on the card. It's pretty tricky to get the hang of, but it's heaps of fun =) In high school we had an art/craft night and I sold some of these pictures and some hand made cards. It was a good night.

2. All my sewing materials I have at the moment. I love the material. Most of them are carpet samples. I also have a bag of stuffing sitting beside me. =P

3. Some cards I used to sell. I really think handmade cards are better than store bought ones.

4. & 5. Some character designs/doodles in class. Maybe some ideas for my narrative....?

6. Today I took my little abstract creature to class to show my team it is possible to make creatures for our stop-mo. And Frank asked me to make a cat (and Rachel asked me to make an octopus), so I thought I'd give it a go! So here's the WIP for it so far. I love the buttons for his eyes.

7. A while ago a friend of mine made me a calico bag. It started to fall apart but I absolutely love it! So sewed it up and added badges and pockets, and extra beads to it =) Now it is a very styling bag.

My week was very creative, and I managed to blog it =)
Expect more blogs!

Paper Creatures

Working around with character ideas for our community project with Reverse Garbage =) We are doing an animation for them and at the moment are deciding on the medium. Flash? Stop-mo? Both?

I quite like the idea of doing a stop motion animation using materials and artwork from their store. I also really want to make some plushies. I have a few ideas for creatures that I can make so I'll give it a go!

If you haven't heard of Reverse Garbage visit them online here.They're in Brisbane (West End) and they get materials from business from all over Brisbane and sell them at super cheap prices to the public. Great for art materials! You can get fabric, wood, paper, plastic, computer parts, old bikes and all sorts of bits and bobs.