All Choked Up

So, I'm trying something new :P

I've never been much of a crafter to be honest, but I've always envied those who are, so now I'm doing an honest attempt at making something beautiful and wearable. I figured making chokers would be an ok place to start. 

This is a silk ribbon choker. The heart is made from red matte velvet with white pearls around the edge. I originally wanted to sew the pearls on, but the velvet wasn't really thread friendly so I used some fabric glue instead. worked out quite nicely actually. Because of the awful light in my apartment the textures of the fabric doesn't really show as well as I would have liked.

I would love to get some feedback on my little project, tips, tricks etc, to improve my technique :P

Awesome gun?

So this is the second time that I have ventured into an ArtOrder challenge. This one didn't take me as long as the last one, but the experience was very valuable for me still. I can't really draw guns of any kind, or more truthfully, I have never really tried. I don't know why though. I like guns, I am a licensed member of Tromsø Pistol club and have been shooting at an indoor shooting range on and off for a couple of years, so really I have no excuse :P 

I'll take the chance to say that I am completely against unresponsible behavior around weapons. One should always have respect for the fact that a gun is a weapon. You can end up hurting yourself or others, or worse you could end up killing people.

But enough of the moral rantings. Here is my entry for the bad ass gun challenge. It is inspired by an old russian Margolin MCM pistol and a Colt Mustang II, with some personal alterations. I kinda like that it looks sleek. After all a gun can still be bad ass without being huge and lumpy. The skull hanging from the handle/grip is a rat skull and I added some feathers and beads and a warped checkered pattern on the handle. I feel it gave the gun a gypsy feel to it so I decided to name it "The Trickster". 

Of castles and lonely girls

Ok, so this is a slightly sad poem. It is not about me or any of my friends. It is simply a story. So don't think I'm all emo even though I might look the part sometimes :P It is just something my hand started writing, so here goes:

Of castles and lonely girls

There's a castle dark and crumbled
hidden within a girl
The halls are empty the windows are broken
no words are spoken

It used to be a happy pretty place
with lights and flowers
Those days are over now and forever
she will find those moments never

Now the girl is gone
only the ruins remain
From the heart flies a bird
with a sad song that should have been heard...

Written by Anita Olsen a.k.a Anita Night

Brave..the poetry inside

The poet within  me has awoken for a brief period of time. It comes and goes. Last night it compelled me to write and the result is this poem:

Brave

My mortal heart is flowing over
with dreams and wishes
of true fulfillment, love and kisses

But at my center something nags
a dark thing spreading doubt
Something I dearly wish I could live without

It tells me I will never succeed
my dreams will come to naught
that all my wars were needlessly fought

But I refuse to listen to the nag
It's not my intention to simply stop trying
to fulfill my dreams I would brave the risk of dying...

written by Anita Olsen a.k.a Anita Night

Submission for ArtOrder Creature Retread

Well I have taken the plunge, manned up (so to speak) and actually tried to participate in the ArtOrder challenge calle Creature Retread. I am terrified to tell the truth.

I know that I'm supposed to become a professional illustrator pretty soon, but that doesn't mean I don't have a little vicious goblin in my head who likes to point out weaknesses. I think everyone has one. Right now mine is telling me that I suck when it comes to digital artwork...Be it true or not that's how I feel. This submission is the first real attempt I have done when it comes to digital work that is even worth mentioning.

Fingers crossed that somebody will actually like it. We will see. I think I'm pleased with it though. I know there are some flaws here and there, but time will not permit any further work on this piece due to school.

2010- starting a new year

Happy new year everybody ^^

Alrighty, I have nothing new to show as of yet... not because I am lazy and haven't bothered to make anything. I can't really show you because all my latest works belong to the monster art exhibition and I wont be releasing any of the paintings before the art exhibit starts.

I can however give you a little taste. One of my unfinished pieces:

This is quite exciting for me, I have never done a skeleton before, and this is sorta going to be my homage to the corpse bride. fingers crossed it'll look good when I'm finished :P

I've been waiting...

Is the title of my latest painting. The girl in the picture is a vampire, she has a slightly mischievous look about her, like she's seeing someone she's been waiting for, an old lost lover, or a human walking into a trap, I'm leaving it to your imagination. I tried to give her a really pale complexion, and play around with lighting at the same time. I'm not really good with lighting. I just paint it the way I think it would look. I gave her clothing and the lamp behind her an old fashioned, slightly victorian look, and made her hair very tossled and modern. I think it gives the picture a nice contrast.

I really like how it turned out in the end. I think I was able to give it a dark ambience, sort of mysterious. The painting was made with acrylic paint and water colour on a regular drawing paper. Please feel free to give me pointers on the lighting or my technique.