gift times

GAAAAH! I wrote a whole post and then something happend when I was saving it and it disappeared (not – it’s not in my drafts!)
Anyways – I was talking about that I’ve been making some gift cards and stuff. Since it’s spring there’s a lot of birthdays and baptisms (in Sweden the norm is having your infant baptised). The last month has been a really dry period for me when it comes to money, haha ^^;
   Aaanyways – I promised you some pics of what I’ve made and here they come!

This first photo is a birthday card I made for a friend. I tried to match the colors with the gift and what colors I associate with her.
It says: “Congratulations Angelica 26 years”

This second and third photo is of a baptism gift for a little guy called Sixten. I tried to make it look gender neutral, not because I’m a constructivist (I don’t know what I am) – but because I didn’t know how the parents felt in the matter. In the reception everything was blue though, hehe.

Detail

/Mia

5 photos – check

Yesterday I managed to finish 5 images for Ulrika to use in the ceramic project! *yay* And today I got paid for them! *more yay*
   I took loads and loads of photos which means that there’s loads and loads minus 5 photos left over, hehe. I chose to give you a preview! Which actually doesn’t really count as a preview cuz it’s not even close to what the 5 chosen ones look like – it’s just me fooling around, hehe… XD It’s sooo not me – but it’s fun fooling around, haha!

Hehe, please excuse my wierdness! XD

/Mia

mosh plus one

Today I worked on the ceramic project, I took some new photos which I believe Ulrika will be able to use, hehe ^^; It’s hard coming up with themes though! :/
   I’ve also dome some manipulating (when I should have been studying). I hadn’t checked my deviations watch for a while and was I in for a suprise! Marcus J. Ranum behind mjranum-stock had updated his stock gallery with some awesome latex shots of my all time favourite model Mosh (www.themoshroom.com). I felt compelled to use one! And this is what came out:

Mosh plus one

I’m pleased and I needed to create something random really bad today! Might work out some stuff later though… :/
   Hope you like!

/Mia

stuntkidspiration

I don’t know when I first came upon stuntkid’s gallery @ deviantART, but one thing I’m sure of – his artwork is awesome! Sometimes I find myself browsing through his gallery, even when there’s no new deviations from him in my watch list, just wallowing in his artwork, trying to get inspiration for something new. Here’s some stuff I wish I had made :

Rock Monster

Pepto Bismol Murder

I kinda thought of Junko Mizuno when I saw the Rock Monster image. ^-^ Mizuno btw, is one of my biggest sources of inspiration; I’m a huuuuuuuge fan! Anyways – cred to stuntkid! Have a look at his homepage stuntkid.com.

/Mia

me

For those of you wondering – this is the writer of this blog:

The photographer of these images are my wonderful boyfriend and soulmate Robbie Nordin (except the one at the bottom left, that one’s taken by me). Together we have created a homepage called Robbie’s Photo . There you can see many many more photos of me (and others) taken by Robbie.
   The reason I’m pushing this is because I’m worinkg on a few details on the the design of the homepage - which is made all by me. Spring has come and me and Robbie are thinking of new ideas for shoots and it would be nice to update the design a little for the arrival of new images. ^-^
   Please do have a look at the site and maybe comment it. Either here, in the guestbook or the site blog.

/Mia

gasmasks – one of my biggest inspirations taken to another level

DVICE is a blog powered by SciFi that gives us updates and news from the vast world of future tech and design. While browsing through the latest news my eyes just froze upon a picture. It an article about a project by designer Diddo Velema, a gasmask project! Just have a look at these honies:

It didn’t say much in the article, but after a little research I found this little site: designergasmasks.com. Some really exciting and inspirational stuff indeed! ;D

/Mia

insprational chic

Came across taow @ deviantART when he/she got a Daily Deviation on lady death II. It wan’t that piece that caught my eye though, it was this chic:

The deviation is called “chic of 124″ and it has one of those short but lovely stories behind it, taow writes: “on certain days i will get to see this woman on my way to work on the public bus. her dressing is rather chic and she is thin… really thin.”

/Mia

first paid collab a bumpy road

When I joined deviantART I got to know a fellow Swede named Ulrika, the thing I found most interesting about her in the beginning was that she lived and had made a life for herself in England. As time went by I learned that she also was a great artist. I watched her deviations and was amazed every time she submitted new work. She has specialized in sculptures of all kinds – everything from plastic to ceramic! Here’s two lamps in an UV plastic material that I really really would like to own myself.

But to the point!
   A few weeks ago she contacted me with a request – she wanted to do a collaboration work with me for her 3D Design Designer Maker degree. She wanted me to make some images (photos and photomanipulations) to incorporate in sculprures. I was very excited about it right from the beginning and said yes to the proposal! Little did I know what a thing like this would demand out of me. And I think she was as suprised as me over the bumpy road we found ourselves on.
   It started out great and we were both sooo excited about the collaboration. She gave me some instructions as to the theme and style of what she wanted. And I interpreted that after my own mind and propably to what I wanted to make. I think I got out of line though and thought of every image as it’s own artwork of it’s own – since that’s what I always do when I create something, hehe. ^^;
   Turns out that they weren’t really what she had in mind. I guess we were both to blame, hehe. Maybe she gave some vague instructions and maybe I interpreted them in a way that wasn’t in line with what she had in mind. Anywhooo! These coming days I’ll be working to make some new images (I have until mid-next-week). I am still excited about the collaboration – even if it has turned out to be more work than pleasure, hehe. ^^;
   I might be posting some of the images that she couldn’t use on dA and I’ll give you a preview here too! ;D

/Mia

pingback

Jud @ www.simprograms.com came upon this new blog of mine and showed interest in the wraith skin for The Sims 2 I created and made a post about it on the site! <D
   So as a thank you I thought I’d say a little something about Simprograms. I’ve gotten some great tips and learned a lot since I started exploring it, it’s great to have all that great stuff like news, programs, patches, tutorials and cheats in one place! For us who just are too lazy to browse thousands of Sim custom content sites - this is the best place I’ve come across, where all that stuff is gathered, commented and discussed! I am so subscribing to the feed! =D
   Right now I’m digging the The Sims – 100 Million Copies video. I would never had known that 100 million copies has been sold in The Sims franchise if I hadn’t read about it @ Simprograms!

/Mia

this time it’s for real!

Okay, this time you can download the wraith skin for your sims for real!
Just go to http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/member/showthread.php?t=281793 and download the zip-file at the bottom of the post! Put it in your downloads folder and you should be able to make a beautiful, grotesque wraith to feed on your sims!

You know what? I think I’ll update this skin in the future – I made the teeth (not as well as I would want though) but the wraith doesn’t have the feeding-thingie in the palm of the hand! I guess I was excited about it and in a hurry to finish to even think about it – oh well…

/Mia