12/20/12 My Caged Raven Line

My Fashion Illustration Final: 

Inspiration Board:

 Customer Board:

There was a lot of blood, from the chicken wire turned barbed wire, sweat, from running around trying to find all the stuff I needed, and no sleep for two entire days... Let's just say I started to not be able to function. But trust me, it was so worth it. I love this baby. <3 I hope to make it into an actual line one day. Whelp! Another thing for the portfolio!~

And now.... WINTER BREAK!

Now that all of this shenanigans is up. I have a lot of posts to catch up on! ;)

10/16/12 Fabric Sample Sketches

For my Fashion Illustration class we have to draw different fabric samples. Meh, they came out pretty good. I just really hate the third one over passionately hehe. In fact I changed it up a little bit before I turned it in. Gotta work on my woven drawings. Started from the top left: Lace, Large Knit, Woven, Sequins, Fur, Small Woven, Printed Woven, and a Ribbed Knit. I'll start updating you guys with my fashion illustrations and my sewing class. I just finished a cute messenger bag that I'll post pictures off. My next project is a pair of black and white stripped pants. <3

8/9/12 DIY Nebula/Galaxy Shirt

To make this...

You will need:

Optional: Sponge or paper towel and thin paint brush.

1. Lay the trash bag within the shirt so the bleach or paint does not seep through to the back.

2. Pour bleach into the spray bottle diluted with water.

 3. Spray from a distance with the bleach bottle and twist the shirt to create spiral galaxies.

 4. Let bleach dry. (You can wash the shirt of the bleach after it drys).

5. Prep acrylic or fabric paint.

 6. With the tooth brush, wet with desired paint color and flick bristles to get paint splatters on shirt.

7. Paint star patterns over shirt. In the right picture I made a mistake so I made it into a star haha.

 8. Damp sponge or paper towel with paint and water and dab over shirt for effect.

 9. Let dry.

10. Wash by hand and hang dry.

For this shirt, I added a little embroidery of my name on some fabric and sewed it on the bottom. <3

 Happy 19th Birthday Keith!

Enjoy your shirt. ^-^

5/14/12 Spring Bloom

Chris took these pictures for one of his photo classes. They turned out really well! I love how the flowers have a little brown spotting from imperfection of nature. Also, I like how the clouds are visible in his vintage Ray-Ban sunglasses and of course the model it alright. ;)

<3

5/7/12 Salton Sea Photo Diary

Luis and I on a couch we found in the sea.

Make yourself at home. ;)

Brian, Luis, and me exploring the beach.

Fish skeletons cover the ground with which it is made of.

Luis and Patrick chilling. 

My homeboy Luis!

Luis, Brian, and I were watching the tube.

Photography by the wonderful Ray Nikpour and Patrick!

Background story! Okay so my friend Ray is competing in an environmental video contest and I was his actress! We took about a three hour road trip out to the Salton Sea in Palm Springs during the weekend of Coachella (It's funny cause we went to Coachella without actually going to it hehe). After we arrived to an abandoned community, getting out of that car literally took my breath away. The air was no longer inhale-able burning my throat and noise with each breath of stinging pure salt. Anyway, after getting over the air and extreme heat we wandered the area and took the video. Did I mention there was no sand on that beach? The white sandy looking stuff surrounding the brown water is actually entirely made up of crushed fish bones and dead barnacles. NO LIE! Nevertheless, I cannot wait to see the final video though by Ray because I think the trip was so worth the apocalyptic scenery and the fact that I had a blast with my friends. <3

1/8/12 Art Show

(Chris and I standing in front of A Plank for Every Pirate)

        Last night my boyfriend's family invited me to go with them to Glenn Kaino's(bf uncle) art showcase in Culver City LA hosted by Honor Fraser's gallery. Chris has shown me a few pictures of his uncle's art in magazines before so I kind of anticipated some unusual pieces. It was interesting to think that he throws together all these pieces, puts them on display, and actually go out there and sell them. I saw him explaining to a group of people his work and I thought you must be a really good salesman to get all this publicity and earn a living from it.
        This was the first time I've gone to an art gallery other than the community art exhibit near my house. It was pretty stressful because there were so many people...and dogs haha. I love dogs. :) But I get pretty anxious when there are people trying to walk here, then there, and taking pictures of the art over my shoulder so I didn't really take any pictures with my camera. Chris, on the other hand, had his camera around his neck and took a good amount of lovely photos from last night. So as soon as he emails me the pictures I'll post them up.
        Chris is wearing transparent wayfarer glasses, a plaid shirt, Sovereign Code bow tie, Sabit varsity jacket, blue jeans, and Mario Nike's. I'm wearing my sisters gold colored necklace, Renuar white dress and sheer top that she got in Israel, a pin striped grey blazer, over the knee heather grey socks from Target, Mossimo suede wedges.
<3
Oh! And we saw Lisa Edelstein (Cuddy from House) there! She had gorgeous baby blue eyes and she was much shorter than I expected. But AH! I LOVE HOUSE!