Hey, Look! I'm Finally On Etsy!

I have started up my Etsy shop with some fabulous shoe designs! There will likely be more to come, but I am very tired and this is good for now. Take a look at the fabulous pictures!

Check it out!

Taking orders ;)

The Resume is Dead, The Bio is King

I found an interesting article that made me think back on my own bio on my website. I keep wondering how I should balance the personal vs the professional persona. This article had some good tips on how to craft my bio, and I think I translate some of it to my cover letters, too.

The Resume is Dead, The Bio is King

I don't know that I would completely replace a resume with a bio, however. Most traditional job postings still ask for your resume, and I think they would look at you askance if you handed them something else. This is a useful guide for more of a website bio, personal letter, or elevator pitch. Typically these things would come into play in less traditional job-seeking settings (which I am sure many creative professionals are familiar with). Still, hold on to that resume, I'm sure it will come in useful at some point.

Happy Birthday To Me

My fabulous camera, arriving at my door, with impeccable timing, on my birthday! I'll have to take some better test pictures than a picture of my sister's birds, though it's already loads better than the crap camera I have now. I can finally start to compensate for my awful photography skills ;)

I feel like a pro. Now to start acting like one.

Doodle #2!

I honor of the wonderful weather (at least the few minutes of it in between all the rain) I have come out with this second Doodle!

I know I said I would make a Doodle every day. That was a bit of an exaggeration. I have other projects, too, you know. Still, I will do more and more and more and I will never stop until my efforts finally work!

Nikon Coolpix L120

I ordered a new camera today! I know, it's not quite a DSLR, but it's a damn sight better than the camera I am working with right now. And in my budget :) Isn't she sexy? I'll have to wait until I actually get her before I decide what to name her.

The problem with taking reference photos when you have shaky hands lies in having a camera that waits a few eons and then decides to move the shutter. Hopefully this baby will be quick enough to compensate for my awesome jitters. I had pretty much stopped taking my own reference photos because my photos always sucked so much. Hopefully I can get back into the habit. And maybe I'll get some lovely bar mitzvah memories too.

All In A Row

My sister wanted me to paint some wooden spoons that she could use as garden markers. Though it hasn't become my next career direction, I think they came out really cute!

I was going to try for an old naturalist encyclopedia kind of look. Sort of. In the interest of them showing up bright and clear I mostly just painted them. They shall be varnished and then put to delicious use.

In other news, I eventually plan to open an Etsy site for my shoes. It's on my list, along with five hundred other things, to do!

Masque of the Red Death

I think I am done here. It's late and my eyes are tired, so I might come back to this with fresh eyes later, but what do you think?

Basically trying to convey a lavish extravagance combined with pestilence and time running out. And obviously a mask.
I had each of the "eyes" as mirror images of each other, using the fancy scroll thing, and then I changed it. Should I change it back to being symmetrical?