Being an artist can be painful. There are days when you think you can’t paint, you’re pathetic and no one cares. There are days when your favorite pink is ugly. There are days when you think you should get back to waitressing, so you don’t have to take anything personally.
On those days, you need to do one and only one thing — make a cup of coffee/tea, sit down at your desk and start working. Little prayer can help.
I haven’t made it to Alt Summit this year, but I promised myself to go in 2013. Some nice description for those of you, who don’t know what Alt Summit is about :
If you’re obsessed with lifestyle, food and fashion blogs, fantastic images, smart ideas and great design inside and outside — all wrapped up with a social media bow — Altitude Design Summit is the place to be. Because we feed those obsessions.
We’ve created a place where design and lifestyle bloggers in all their forms— foodies, photographers, travelers, fashionistas, interior designers, product placers, adventurers — come together, share ideas and connect with marketers. There will be discussions on how to grow your site, how to fund your site, how to keep your site above the fray. You’ll find panels on blogging etiquette and blogging ethics. People will share good advice for creative entrepreneurs.
I admit that the main reason for attending Alt Summit in 2013 is going to be meet fun peeps. I agree with Gala Darling’s advice about splitting the conference into few sessions : for beginners, for intermediate, for advanced. There is a lot of people, who’ve been blogging for ages and many designers understand the concept of good website, so there is no need for them to attend all sessions.
With 35,000,000 monthly views, office in Toronto, TrendHunter.com is the world’s largest, most popular trend community and is fueled by a global network of 89,000 members.
Routinely sourced by the media, Trend Hunter is a source of inspiration for industry professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs and the insatiably curious, has been featured everywhere from MTV, The Economist, and CNN to the personal blog of Kanye West, tweets by Ashton Kutcher and tweets by Paris Hilton.
Today was Lady Gaga action. I think I live in the time of Gaga (btw, my mom’s nickname is Gaga and the most famous band from my home town is GaGa!), so the drawing was needed.
Done. Quite happy, but I want to do one exclusively in watercolor. This one has some gouache and digital. I hope you like it! And yes, my favorite flowers are included.
Watercolor Food — Fruits by Marta Spendowska
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I thought I switch the topic to one that is really close to my heart—nutrition and tell you how to fast safely. Some of you known me as an avid, very passionate vegan or maybe 100% raw vegan. Some of you know me from my times of hanstanding and kale. During 2009 I uploaded so many videos related to raw vegan that I lost track of them. Many needed to be deleted, many should be deleted today, but they’ve become part of my history.
That’s just a quick background for those of you who know me just as an illustrator and designer.
My dream is to illustrate my favorite raw vegan recipes someday. Maybe this month, maybe next. Would you like that?
Today is my fourth day od fast. I’m lucky to have a very open minded husband, who actually has PhD in clinical nutrition.
We used to follow the work of David Wolfe religiously and — since it was r e l i g i o u s l y— you know it wasn’t smart enough. Even though many people try to smear David Wolfe with bad associations, I wouldn’t be where I am without meeting him, crying in his arms (yep!), going through Sweat Lodges and 8 day water fasts. I wouldn’t do anything differently today, I’m glad I had those experiences. At some point my husband and I “left” the very dogmatic raw vegan movement that was exclusive and simply not healthy. Living on greens is not sufficient in today environment, but it can be an extraordinary way for feasting for longer periods of time.
Internet giants like Wikipedia, Reddit and BoingBoing, as well as many other sites, go on strike against SOPA. The sites will be blacked out, inaccessible, between the hours of 8AM and 8PM EST. If you’re unfamiliar with these two pieces of pending legislation, please take a minute to read a piece on Problogger.
This is where you can find instructions about the way for contacting your senators.
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
I have to say, what’s happening reminds me of the time in Poland when you were not able to trust your neighbors. Is this really the America I came to visit and stayed seeing the freedoms and abundance?
It’s terrifying, where it’s all going, so please, take some action.
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Turquoise helps to open the lines of communication between the heart and the spoken word. It presents as a friendly and happy color enjoying life.
In color psychology, the color turquoise controls and heals the emotions creating emotional balance and stability. In the process it can appear to be on an emotional roller coaster, up and down, until it balances itself.It radiates the peace, calm and tranquility of blue and the balance and growth of green with the uplifting energy of yellow. (source).
I’ve been drawing lots of patterns and surface designs. Recently I’m mostly inspired by turquoise, organic shapes and water. I’m trying to find my perfect teal color as well. The latest post on Decor8 Holiday Edition got me jealous, they’re so close to discovering the perfect shade, tone. I don’t know, how enhanced the teal color has been, but it definitely is close to what I’d love to draw with. Perfect spot between green and yellow.
Wishing you the best week eva!
It’s all about ladies this month. Singers, crafters, painters, artist of any bread.
I’ve been working on some illustrations for RedRock Fashion, UK brand. Just yesterday they were published on Illustration Rally. I saw some nice submissions and I was happy to participate. I truly love their clothes; it’s a combo of feminine punk and flower sweetness. Like black + pink — all you need.
Also — thank you Illustration Lounge for publishing my work! I truly adore their picks.
Lastly, if you love seeing space of artists, designers, visionaries, you must check out Angelika’s Taschen on Selby (four).
One—My new RedRock project / Two / Three / Four /
1. The Knife tuckercotter
2. Two Trains Running (Swayzak – Brun’s Duhb) – Audioelectronic Nude Photo Music
3. Silent Shout – The Knife (Marc RMX) Marc Hönninger
4. Bjork – Hidden Place (Orelse Remix) Teaser OreLse
5. David Bowie – This Is Not America (Virgin Magnetic Material Edit) Virgin Magnetic Material
6. The Presets – Anywhere (Xothic Remix) Xothic
7. Le Tigre – Deceptacon felicia Album: Le Tigre – DeceptaconYear: 2010
8. Bjork – Pagan poetry (Experimental feelings remix) Experimental Feelings
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November. Stripes are making me sing. There is nothing more gorgeous than a good set of stripes on your cloths. So I paint a lot of striped girls.
One—My new Striped project / Two /Three / Four / Five / Six /
