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“sometimes when we hold on to things, we cheat ourselves”

catherine — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:37:36 +0000

kind of appropriate these days, but hey - no rest for the whiny. revisiting a recently put-away CG work, featuring some minor edits and major filtering… you’ll remember it from this post:

Lighting’s pretty dark here but the contrasts make it work.

In other news: Someone requested another private commission with a jazz/blues theme. That makes 3 in the last 6 months so I have to ask- is this a fad or making a come back or what?

I love jazz, love the blues even more but… the timing between all 3 requests seems odd.

Guess all things come in waves.

We that are true lovers, run into strange crappers…

catherine — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:44:11 +0000

That’s right, crappers.

Tonight I was domestic with the cleaning up and the making of roast beast in a big pot with po-ta-toes. The world is lonesome and… tender.

BTW – Skulls eating horns in the 11th dimension of swirly, psychedelic doom… with amps and guitars and stuff. If only you knew how many incarnations this thing went through:

good morning heartache, what’s new?

catherine — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:17:32 +0000

still no luck, but I’ll confess – I’m loving the monkey bones:

work in progress

catherine — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:26:43 +0000

attempting art that involves bone-like things… going back to near-gothic roots is a little intimidating. so far, it’s looking more quirky than gothic:

color and other ideas tomorrow

grouchy oscar

catherine — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:06:03 +0000

Some day I’ll have to accept that there are some things I just cannot do. Until then:

Somewhat failed attempt at tattoo designing the famous puppet, but it was kinda fun giving the cartoony thing a real shot. This is a modified version but I’m done tweaking now. Say bu-bye Oscar…

dragonfly intro

catherine — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:23:29 +0000

The dragonfly was chosen to represent Kazerin because of its symbolism in the far east. Japanese legend claims Japan used to be called Akitsushima – Isle of the Dragonfly. They revered the dragonfly as a symbol of strength, enlightenment, success, and happiness.

I see it as a symbol of transformation and light… which just might be the best path towards accepting change and maturing because of it.

It is said that people who have the dragonfly as their totem have had emotional and passionate early years, but as they get older they balance their emotions with mental clarity and control. The dragonfly symbolizes the process of going beyond limiting self-created illusions toward a mature sense of self.