Alright, enough playing around. It's time to get serious.

I am quite pleased with the look and feel of this blog now. After spending two days designing this and swearing at the html, (I felt so stupid once I realized how simple the problem was lol) this finally looks like a presentable respectable blog for an artsy whackjob like me. So now it's time to start using it. I want this blog to be more than just a half-assed portfolio. Ideally, it will be at least a weekly updated journal of my adventures in my art. I know I have thrown words like "weekly" around before on other things and followed through for oh about a week but dammit this time is different, (I hope).

So to kick off this new bloggy attitude (wow I kinda hate myself for using the word "bloggy"), here is my current project and goal list. I am hoping this helps me keep track of everything that I start and never finish. I have a habit of having like four billion projects that I plan out and then get distracted and forget about. I have a very short attention span, combined with a mind that is always scheming about something new. Hopefully this will be the kick in the ass I need to get going and take things seriously. The Mad Gypsy is getting her head in the game now.
  Everything I have planned or in the works already. I'm going to try to keep this list as updated as possible.  Expect this list to reappear as things can be crossed off and others added. Items for gifts or swaps that are a surprise will have more detail to them once they are crossed off.

 Project List 2010

1. Belly dancer doll for Belly Dance Swap
2. 3 dotee dolls for dotee swap round 8 (1 of 3 done)
3. Personal swap with Alexz "SpookyPooky"
4. Jar of Whimsy swap
5. Make-A-Friend Package #3
6. Alien tattoo design Commission
7. Halloween Book Purse 
8. Moon Book Purse
9. Beach Book Purse
10. Halloween puzzle piece necklace
11. Halloween altered puzzle
12. repainting the wooden giraffe from Jai
13. Gargoyle doll Commission
14. Large Scale 6ft monster Commission
15. 5 Fuzzy Kitty Lump dolls for Etsy
16. belly dance belt and hip scarf for Jaime and Leslie
17. wooden tree wall hanging
18. Pink monster pimptress sculpture
19. small monster doll for my dad
20. "Witchy Red" Belly dance costume
21. Jai's rainbow "Skants"
22. 25 pairs of earrings for Etsy 
23. FINISH MY DAMN NOVEL
24. 20  cards for Etsy
25. Geisha wall hanging
26. Wooden Castle Jewelry boxes for Etsy
27. Three eyed goddess doll

I think I am going to try to post one new completed piece every Monday, Wednesday I'll post an update about a work in progress, and Friday I'll share something like a tutorial, inspiring art or artists I have found, or  something else that caught my artsy attention. Sound like a plan? I am going to try.


My birthday is in July and all I really want for my birthday is a fanbase.
Well, a fanbase and my flower sleeve tattoo. Let's try to make both of those things happen.

Luna Smile Wall Hanging

This is Luna Smile. She's a wonderful three dimensional wall hanging. Painted molded canvas, 15" by 11"

For Sale

Tiny dolls

I made these dolls for a craft swap. They are all about 6 inches tall.


I call her Vera Rose.My partner who received this shark doll named her Esmeralda.

Eip The Pie Nymph

I'm not quite sure what drove me to draw this annoyingly cute, terrifyingly sweet little nymph but nonetheless, here she is in full blinding tooth rotting color.

Prints available

Cactus Monster

I adore this little guy. He started out as a small doodle of his head shape and eye in my sketchbook that I looked at and thought, "Ehh, this probably won't amount to anything." And so I went about my business. Every now and then I would look back and add a little something here and there. Eventually he grew into this finished little cactus and sure enough, found himself a home among my favorite little monsters I've drawn.

Colored pencil.

Prints available

The Satyr

I would like to introduce you all now to everyone's favorite ladies' man, the Satyr. I made him last year for Valentine's Day for my husband. He stands at about three feet tall. His fur is one of the only instances where I went out and purchased material from a fabric store. Everything else though, is thriftstore, with the exception of his little leather pouch worn around his waist. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good picture of it though. No pictures from the journey this time but I do remember that it was extra creepy working on him before he had his hair because he had facial hair first. In the end though, he turned out to be one of my most impressive. I'm excited to share him now with you all. He's a wild little spirit and I hope you love him as much as I do.

Altus Infinite the Gargoyle

I'd like to introduce you to my most recent doll. This fine fellow's name is Altus Infinite. He was a birthday present for my good friend. I started him only a week ago and he was officially finished on Friday. His whole body is painted six times over, making him a shelf doll not a snuggler. I'm quite impressed with his outcome. This was the first time I had ever included any polyclay detail on a doll and because of how good it turned out I can't wait to do it again. His plugs, horns, fangs and lip piercing were all clay and I don't think he would look as good if they weren't.

And now, some photos of the journey to create Altus

Shakespeare, anyone? Fun fact: Altus was made with one adult size medium gray T-shirt from my favorite local thrift store. His face was (quite poorly) scrawled on his head with marker and then stitched before he was painted.


Skip ahead a bit...This was two days into his creation. No arms and his head remains unattached. 'Nother fun fact: my dolls don't usually have heads until the very end, making dealing with and at times dressing their headless bodies a little unnerving.
His legs were difficult because they seemed to have a mind of their own as far as how they wanted to lay. Rest assured that at this point in the doll's construction I take the time to place the head on its spine stick and see how many times I can spin it. :)



Right after I fashioned the polyclay horns, I realized just how handy they were as a built-in stand. This is how the head was then stored from then on. You can also get a pretty good view of my awesomely sparkly clean desk surface.

Almost there...

The ears were quite a process. I had no clue how to achieve the shape I had in my sketch (which will be posted when I have my scanner set up again) and thus decided to just wing it. I think they kinda look like butterfly wings.

Piercing and gauging the ear

Just for funzies. I'm such a loon.

Kinda creepy and a little dull. This was just the first layer of pure acrylic gray paint. Not to worry, he got way shinier as time went by.

And the rest, folks, is history. What kind of a magician would I be if I gave away all my secrets? :)

The end.