ARTS AND CRAFTS, TALENTED CLAYMANIACS

[clayniac4ver]

i have a clay aiken jacket that i made last year

alyse

[Jan]

ALYSE

CAN YOU POST A PICTURE OF YOUR CLAY AIKEN JACKET>??????

JAN

[clayniac4ver]

my binder is covered in clay aiken stuff

i even have belts that i decorated with clay aiken

ALYSE

CAN YOU POST A PICTURE OF YOUR CLAY AIKEN JACKET>??????

JAN

i don't know how and havent taken a pic of it yet

[Clays Cashew]

Okay, where's all the new art, huh???

Jan, thanks so much, glad you like my sketches, means a lot. I carry a little sketch book with me every where I go too. Fits right in my purse and is very handy. Though in that one, I just use my ball point pen, since pencil gets too smudgey on the go.
I absolutely adore the sunhat paintings, if I hadn't already said. They're just gorgeous.

Frankie, Thank you, so glad you like seeing my work. The sketches don't always come out like I want them to, though, is the only thing wrong with it.
Love the ornaments. I've kept mine out all year.

Marilyn, love your work.

Well, here's my latest:

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After meeting Clay, I doodled this in my sketch book and thought, "Okay, I need to finish this." and did just that. Inked and colored on my computer with my computer tablet. Do you get it? I'm never coming off my cloud after meeting Clay. Was really fun to do. This is the small version, since the big one was just . . . way too big for photobucket. It's big enough to print, of which I may do.

I'm going to do a second version with more texture and whatnot, and I'll post when it's done.

Hope you like.

Love and hugs

Carla

[geraldine]

Carla ~ Your sketch of the cloud is adorable!  It speaks so much!  I spotted it on the OCD  and wanted to come here to thank you for posting it.

[Clays Cashew]

Charlene, thanks so much. Glad you like, and you're welcome for posting it.

Well, here is the second version of Never Coming Off My Cloud:

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It has more of a sunset feel, doesn't it? I love how it came out.

Textures I used are from: http://www.mayang.com/textures/

Spiffy site, I must say.

Hope you like.

Love and hugs

Carla

[LadyC]

 

Amazing - everyone.  I am literally amazed at the wealth of talent we have here.  You're all awesome.   

[Clays Cashew]

Hullo . . .

I have doodled Clay as Sir Robin today. :

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I know it doesn't look much like him (even though I used a reference ), but, I still like it. . . . and the costume's the tiniest bit off with the chicken (rooster??? ), but it's just how it happened.

And cartoon me's there, commenting on . . . well, him. And how I didn't get the attraction of knights before him. Version without me is in the OCD thread if you'd like to see.

Hope you like.

Love and hugs

Carla

[LadyC]

Awesome, Carla!   

[fhmmany2]

For some reason I can't post in the OCD tonight (no reply buttons!), but I came over to tell Carla that I love her "Sir Robin" sketch - I think it is her best one so far! 

[Clays Cashew]

Thanks so much, Kris & Frankie. Was fun to doodle. I'm going to ink and color it eventually. . .

Am I going to be the only one posting art again like the last thread??? It'd be so sad if that happened.

Anyhoo, I've come with a new art I've just finished:

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I can't type much at the moment, so here is the description from my Deviantart page:

Well, here is a character I'm currently developing.  He is brand spanking new, just came up with him a couple/few weeks ago, and wanted to sketch him out on the computer . . . then sketching led to inking, and inking led to coloring, and this is what happens.

This is not the final design, it's just how I'm leaning towards.

But anyhoo, yeah . . . He's the main character of a comic I'm working on, and he's this kind of . . . helper angel type thing . . . I don't want to give too much away, but he's not really emo, he's not technically an angel, but he is dead . . . so, yeah. 

I'm not sure why I chose pink smoke for his cigarette . . . I thought it'd just look neat is all.  And I kind of made his clothes colors and the background a bit mute to have his eyes stand out, so you know something's up.

I'm not sure how this will look on some computers, since the one I'm on; the resolution's kind of screwy.  It'll probably look best on computers with the WIDE screens, so, just saying it may look the tiniest bit wonky to some, that's the reason.

All done in Photoshop 7

Hope you like.

And there you go. Was fun to do. He's a bit more dark than most of my characters, which is fun for a change, I gotta say . . .

Hope you like.

Love and hugs

Carla

[Clays Cashew]

Here I am again with a couple things. After this, nothing from me for a while (I don't like posting so much in a row )

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Just a bunch of doodles I did on the computer yesterday. Was fun. Don't you love Clay's big smile??? This is what I imagine my M&G pic will look like. Slightly, anyway.



Then I finished one of the doodles, and really liked how it came out. I don't know why he has a broken heart (as you can see from the word balloon ), but, it looks to be pretty bad.

Anyhoo, there you go. These may look the slightest bit off on some screens, they should look fine on the really wide computer screens, though. Since, that's what I'm on.

Hope you like.

Love and hugs

Carla

[*joemomma]

Carla!!!!

Positively LOVE the Sir Robin! Girl...you are incredible!

Don't stop posting your art....we love seeing it!   

You on your cloud is precious. You are so cute! I had a friend draw me as a caricature once...
but I aint cute like you! 

[Jan]

CARLA

I JUST LOVE, LOVE YOUR SWEET DRAWING OF "COMING OFF A CLOUD"!!!!!!

LUV
JAN

[Jan]

jUST A PICTURE IN WATERCOLOR OF A PUPPY LOOKING THROUGH A WINDOW.
EVERY YEAR THE "SEEING EYE DOGS" SOCIETY HAS AN AUCTION AND I USUALLY DONATE AN ANIMAL PORTRAIT. THE GIRL WHO RUNS IT TOOK THE PICTURE. THE ONE ON TOP IS AN ETCHING OF A GOLDEN RETRIEVER

EVERY THING HELPS AND I DO LOVE ANIMALS.

JAN

[Clays Cashew]

Kim, thanks so much. Sir Robin was fun to sketch, I gotta say. Any Clay sketch is fabulous to do.
And glad you like me on my cloud. Ah, I'm not cute, and niether is my real self. Thanks for the compliment, though. Is that the caricature on your MySpace??? I think it's grand fun. And cute too.

Jan, thanks so much as well. Glad you like. I'm not off my cloud yet, I'm never coming off.
I love the watercolour and etching. I've said it before, if I could do realism with the talent you have in your pinky, I'd be set.
And such a good cause, I must add. You're such a spiffy gal to help out.

[Clays Cashew]

I come with another doodle :

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This style/thing is called a chibi, which is an anime (japanese cartoon) thing, but mine aren't looking very anime-ish anymore.
Isn't she cute? They're fun to draw, I must say.

Hope you like.

Love and hugs

Carla

[Jan]

Happy to report that the University Of Kentucky now has this mixed media in their permanent collection.
It is etching and pencil. Called ON THE STREET.

Jan/Jeanne

[fhmmany2]

  Jeanne - Congratulations!

[Prissy]

Jan,

Just beautiful!  And you can sense that this is someone deep in thought.


Carla,

I always enjoy all of you doodles and sketches.  You are a talented gal!!