Bamboo FUN!

Hello, it's time to post some things!

First off, this one needs some explaining.  My boyfriend wanted to get me some customized Keds shoes from Zazzle.  I am a bird lover, as shown by the title of my blog.  I have two Cockatiels (who will probably end up featured in my art), so these Cockatiel Shoes seemed appropriate.  The shoes are adorable!  Props to Zazzle designer BadSnorful.  I think the birds know I'm posting about this because as I am writing they are singing away!

The catch to the shoe purchase was that I design something for the side of the shoe that didn't already have a design.  So, here's what I came up with using some of my newly downloaded brushes etc:

Second: Here is a rough Van Gogh's Starry Night that I cranked out as practice getting coordinated on the Wacom graphic tablet.

Fly birdie!

Hello all,

I'm a recent university graduate, class of 2007. I somehow started my career off in the manufacturing/office drama/paper pushing side of the biotechnology industry and found out it definitely wasn't for me. After some interesting timing, becoming yet another victim of this year's layoffs, and after much thought and pondering... I'm setting out on a new path.

I've decided to pursue my true passion - creativity. So, I'll be going back to school to study multimedia arts and technology, more specifically: 3D animation and video game art. I'm hoping to use my combined love of creativity and being a geeky gamer girl to find my new career.

So, once I get all this unemployment paperwork out of the way and straighten out my life, I'm ready to have a good holiday and hit the ground running in 2010!

My plan is to use this space as somewhat of a portfolio to keep track of new things I learn and show my projects and maybe write down a bit of my creative thought process.