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The infamous Circus Show piece.

This is.. a little different than what I usually do. Certainly a lot more colourful. But I was finishing it up in my kitchen tonight and two of my roommates gave me their approval, so I'm feeling pretty okay about it (someday I'll stop beating myself up over everything).



Just a reminder, this will be part of The Circus Show in Sacramento on September 13th.

I'm too tired to add anything else to this post, sorry! Also, this scan is extra-shitty and I'm too tired to do anything about that either. Sorry x2.

I'm changing the sheets but I'd rather change your life.

Pre-show preparation was scowling at the rain outside and having ridiculous conversations with girl-love that included things like HERE I'M TAKING AN AWKWARD PICTURE PLEASE TELL ME IF MY DRESS IS TOO SHORT.

The show itself was.. well, everyone's bags were fantastic (okay, maybe three of them made me go "..."), there was a different crowd than what usually shows up at ellO, and my bag even sold. But you see, and some of you know this already, every so often social anxiety kicks my ass. And my typical show buddy/sanity was out of state, my bike nerd forgot that I existed.. I'm so, so thankful that Leah came for a while and let me escape with her for coffee, because otherwise I probably would have snuck out well before the show ended at 9. The worst part is, I probably come off as a huge snob at these events, but the truth is, I'm just bad at approaching strangers and I kind of hate talking about my art.

The photos aren't up yet, but I'll definitely be sharing them with you when they are. My roommate turned her bag into a dress, which I have been in awe over since February, watching her work towards the end result. I do have this for you, that the wonderful Leah took:


The bird looks a little blobby here, but I swear it isn't irl, and what you can't see are the two other birds on the back, and more filigree on the bottom/sides/inside.

Today I drew this for fun, I think maybe I'll get it someday:

Still in progress/I'm quite tired.

This is a (terrible) scan of what part of my BaileyWorks bag looks like so far. I don't hate it, and even more surprisingly, I haven't messed it up yet (I rarely paint, and to be honest, it doesn't come as naturally to me as drawing). I still have hours of work left on it, and both this and the last of the Re:Format work needs to be done by Monday afternoon.. I don't know if I can do it. I think I might have to drop out of the Re:Format show. I don't want to and I'm going to be disappointed in myself, but I can't miraculously add more hours to the time I have left for all of this.

All of that white stuff on the bottom right is a glare from my scanner. I'll have pictures soon instead.



To be added: More swirly things, birds, and a drawing on the inside.

Secret:

It looks like I'm doing another show at ellO in March - consisting of animals/skulls/things that I lovelovelove drawing more than anything. Ahh, so excited!