Arkadia

2010 in review

arkadia — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:56:25 GMT

Here I was thinking that not much happened in 2010, but once I started writing this list, I realized a whole lot happened this year, so following other people's leads, I wanted to do a year in review with pictures.

January:
Started off the year in my home away from home(Delaware) with my East Coast Heterosexual life partner Meredith

Surprised my Grandfather on his 80th birthday

Saw Family

Got my braces off

February:
Went to a food truck food festival

March:
Attended a Mad tea party

Saw some Cherry blossoms

Apologies for these next photos, I just came across them again, and they're way too funny not to post

Aww, what a cute couple...

April:
Felt my first real earthquake since being back in Cali

May:
Went to a local botanical garden for my birthday

Made some new paintings

June:

Ditched work for Disneyland with my West Coast bestie

Saw Chicago in the summer (previously only seen through a haze of snow)

July:
Got my Scott Pilgrim on

San Diego Comic Con

Met Optimus Prime

Ran into these weirdos from Illinois

Found some Predators

Ate Sushi for the first time

August:
Moved into a new Apartment

September:
Went to Japan on a business trip!

A successful business trip

Became pet owners

Fell in love

October:
Four years together

Birthday with mom

There in no Lindsay, there is only Zuul

November:
Baked a pie into a cupcake

Had a California camp fire

December:
Went on a cruise

Went to The Bahamas

Went to Harry Potter Land

Found some Whos

Lost a wonderful family pet

Witnessed to destruction of a Christmas puzzle

While most of my memories of 2010 are positive, there were a few really tough times as well, especially toward the end. What I did realize is that I'm surrounded by some wonderful people and need to hang out with more of them this coming year. I didn't spend nearly enough time in costumes. I did however, travel the most I ever have up until this point, including going to two countries. Mostly I learned to cherish the relationships and experiences in my life and would love to focus on that more as I move forward. I have big plans for the next year and decade, so lets see how things pan out :)

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Another

arkadia — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:51:39 GMT

shoehorn, originally uploaded by lindzart.

Thanks to those of you who commented on my last painting. Seems like the art bug has bitten me hard and I'm going to ride it for as long as I can. I have a cool project I'm going to be working on, but since I already had the paints mixed for this painting, I decided to work on it all today.

This one is a bit smaller than the last, so I had to rely on colored pencils to give me some of the detail I needed. Also, I normally just do hair with paper, but since it looked a little odd on just the hair, I decided to extend the paper to her entire outfit. Hope you guys like it!

Re-uploaded cause it looked different on my monitor, this is a bit closer to how it would look in person.

Art Memes

arkadia — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:22:42 GMT

Ok, so two meme's first this one:

I will sketch for the first five people who comment with their request. Simple sketches only.
The catch is that you must put this up in your journal as well. If you absolutely do not draw, go for drabbles, etc.

I'm not enforcing the drawing/drabbling part if you don't have time. Also, these will probably be pencil sketches scanned in.

Second, there a popular art meme that has gone around called the 100 picture challenge where you're supposed to create an image for each word or idea. Usually there is a preset word list, but I thought it would be more fun people would suggest some words or ideas they wanted to see. Over the next year I plan on creating as many of these as I can if not all. So post away with suggestions, anything you want(and as many)! I'll be updating the list as the suggestions come in until I reach 100.

1. sparkle
2. spork
3. pumpkin
4. vegetarian
5. spoon (verb)
6. nanomachines
7. totally
8. chamomile
9. purpose
10. speed
11. enough
12. personal
13. pungent
14. answer
15. individual
16. why
17. Cowbell
18. Banana
19. Versatile
20. Incredulous
21. Rendezvous
22. Equality
23. Bubblegum
24. Slimy
25. Moist
26. Pungent
27. Disappointment
28. Stress
29. Impressive
30. Brave
31. beast
32. monster
33. dog
34. dance
35. awesome
36. tubular
37. gnarly
38. mellifluous
39. malevolent
40. emptiness
41. left
42. creamy
43. abrupt
44. inept
45. vibrancy
46. simmer
47. propagate
48. engulf
49. quantum
50. droog
51. caress
52. mitigate
53. rambunctious
54. reasonable
55. selfish
56. Stark
57. Shoehorn
58. Onomatopoeia
59. Rain
60. Pinwheel
61. Numb
62. Cinnamon
63. Memories
64. Whisper
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