Rococo Cocoa

Wee!

I: That is so gross.
Lizzy: Just the combination of bbq sauce and milkshake alone would turn me away

This is a pastel I've been working on for a charity benefit for Save Darfur. I'll post the finished piece on here, as well as pictures from the event, I imagine. I credit them for getting me back into the handmade arts. I needed a push to start again.

To explain the piece, I wanted to focus on the beauty of the Sudan rather than the pain, since, someday, with any hope, there will be happiness there again. The vine like flowers around her are... the scientific name is Utriculara inflexica, and for some peculiar reason I can't find the real name of them... anyone know a botanist?

This makes me laugh hysterically every time I see it. Period.

Click here and here to check out the work of Slovenian artist Frank Grom. He drills holes in eggs! Crazy patience.

Michael K at Dlisted does a hot slut of the day post every day, and today was Trent from Daria. It bought me back... In high school I had this handmade sketchbook I had to make for my art class, and I remembered I did a drawing of him:


And its not just, like, a random little doodle... its a freakin' detailed drawing with like crosshatching and sh*t. Talk about a depressing adolescence.

In other news, I was a pretty good artist in high school. Eh?