ATHICA J1

Hello!~ ❤︎⁄⁄꒰* ॢꈍ◡ꈍ ॢ꒱.*˚‧

It's been a minute, and really quiet! Working on a few commissions since AWA and a few special projects I'm not gonna reveal yet until everything is finalized. One is a small collection of drawings, featuring galazies, shiny gold and planets in the form of naked ladies~~

 Meanwhile, this post is in reference to a visit I made to ATHICA last Thursday to see the pieces in their first juried exhibition! I didn't have the funds to submit a piece, but everyone had such interesting artwork. Come check it out by pressing the continue button!

ATHICA 1st Annual Juried Exhibition

19 Sept - 15 Nov

160 Tracy Street, Chase Park Warehouses, Unit 4

Athens, Georgia 30601

(opens on Thursdays, 1pm-9pm / Fridays-Sundays, 1pm-6pm)

Exhibitions : High Museum of Art

Hello there!~ ( •⌄• ू )✧
It's been a minute since I last posted, sorry! I've been busy with con stuff, but a few things fell through (waitlisted at both Momocon and Animazement, work prevented me from going to Hamacon, and couldn't go to Nashicon due to a suicide attempt a week before) but I suppose in the end, getting art done did push me to be prepared for my home con (though financially I wish I was able to get other stuff pumped out such as makeup bags and art books, ahh well).

Anime Weekend Atlanta
25th - 27th Sept 20152450 Galleria Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Artist Alley open Fri 12-8pm / Sat 10am-8pm / Sun 10am-4pm

This year I'll be sharing a table with the awesome-tastic Linda Tea, so come find us! I'll be bringing prints, original works for sale, buttons and glittery original ACEO cards~


In the meantime, this post is about my trip to the High Museum of Art yesterday with my girlfriend. A number of pictures were ones I took, while a few are from the website (either my phone died or we were having too much fun in one particular exhibit, hahaa~). Special thanks to my grandmother's friend Frank for allowing us to use our guest passes with your membership, we both enjoyed ourselves a lot! This was also the babe's first visit to an art museum, so I'm really glad she enjoyed herself~

High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

Love, In All Its Many Forms

Hi there!~ (๑・ω-)～♥”
It's been a long time since my last blog post, I apologize for that. I figured I would be somewhat productive before a meeting I'm attending and update this blog with the post I've promised to a few people.

This year, I've actually re-coloured a few of my older pieces and now I like them again, thank goodness! So one picture I originally did for zozxox's zine "Too Kawaii to Die" (celebrating the art that introduces cute to all things creepy, sad, strange and dumb) was revamped.

How does that saying go...? Out with the old, in with the new?

At the time, a new art shop opened in downtown Athens, called the Kristen Ashley Artist Shop (if you're from Athens and not aware, they sell art supplies, hold classes, do printing services and even has a separate room where you can take photos of your art for print!) and the staff hosted an art show called Love: In All it's Many Forms to celebrate Valentine's Day.We were requested to write what your definition of love was, so I wrote--

"Before you can love others, you need to master the art of loving yourself. It may seem harsh, but one of the biggest steps involves cutting out the negative people in your life. Love radiates best from positive experiences in your life"

About three weeks after the art show, the girl I was dating at the time and I broke up, and I learned at least one thing about myself; I'm not a huge fan of people, but when it's someone I care for, I'm definitely a people pleaser. I try my best to make other people happy, but at the expense, it damages me (not to say dating her didn't make me happy; it was quite the opposite! It's just the aftermath that I'm not really gonna get into). Compile that into work related mess, and I just... haven't been myself for the past few weeks.
Meanwhile! I took a few pictures from the art show, so I thought I'd compile them all to one post~

ATHICA Mystery Triennial

Hello!~ (*´꒳`*)

It's been a minute since I did a blog post! I've been working on a few things, some which are supposed to be kept secret until the event happens (ex. two Digimon collabs for an anniversary) or until someone buys the piece, which in this case is the ATHICA Mystery Triennial!

This is a fundraiser where over 100 artists make a piece, and each piece goes for $60 (or 2 for $100, each piece after that is $50 and if you buy over $500 work of art, the next one is free). The work is anonymous until someone buys the piece (it's to prevent people from buying a piece just because it's attached to someone popular's name, which in turn, is supposed to introduce people to new artists... but it was interesting hearing other people try to guess which artwork belongs to who, hahaa~). The event was really rad and there was some amazing artwork there~ There are still some pieces up for sale, so do check it out if you're in the Athens area!

ATHICA 2nd Annual Mystery Triennial

17 May - 15 June

160 Tracy Street, Chase Park Warehouses, Unit 4

Athens, Georgia 30601

(opens on Thursdays, 1pm-9pm / Fridays-Sundays, 1pm-6pm)

Beverly and I attended the opening night, and I took bunches of pictures. Some of the artwork I took have been sold already (some have the red dot next to the number, and some received one shortly after I took the picture. I'm not sure if mine sold or not, so for now, I'm keeping it a secret), but I'll at least be able to show you some of my personal favourites （人´∀`*）