søndag den 8. april 2012

Paintings!

Since I got my own place I have been really broke but in january/february I finally had the money for some canvases! I have been painting quite a lot since then.
This is the first one, I call it "Shot in the Ass". I was really inspired by an avantgarde fashion photo from a magazine I buy when I can afford it. The blond model was really skinny and alien looking, which I really like. I love odd beauty. When I showed it to my mum she said that it reminded her of Lady Gaga in "You and I" in the scene were she sits by the piano with long grey/blond hair and yellow/orange lips. I agree, but it's not intended. It might be something subconsiously, because I love that look. The girl in my painting also reminds me of a youtuber called Bunny/grav3yardgirl, which I'm a huge fan of. I can just watch her for hours!

This one is called "Tempus fugit" which is latin for time flyes. I don't know if that's rigth, I got it from an episode of X-files. The last year I have been sort of obsessed about the 1920's-30's and it's also the inspiration in this picture. The hair, the make up and the dress is all influenced by that era. Her face is youthful but her hair is gray from age. She is looking up with a peaceful expression, like she accepts that she can't stop time and isn't afraid to die.

And the last one for now. I don't have a title yet... I'm very fascinated with greate contrasts, and with this painting it's the contrast between life and death. The face with the healthy, vibrant colours but it's cracking like a porcelaine mask, showing the cold, white skull with the black, empty eye socket. The flowers in the gray hair, even the white shirt with the fun ribbon... It's all about the contrast in this painting. And the green eye is like a piece of hope in all the depressing awareness. That's why she also has a faint smile. I was really inspired by the Día de los Muertos which is a mexican holiday that celebrates the dead relatives. It's a day were you invite the dead family and friends and greet them and food is prepared and given with flowers and fruits. Later the living is eating and partying. I think most people know about it from the parade with fun skelletons and cute ghosts. But it's sort of that spirit I wanted to portray. I wouldn't want my relatives and family to think negative if I died. I don't think that anybody does. I mean of cause it's okay to mourn... Okay, I'm going to end now because my back is really hurting now.

- Snackie ^_______^

Length shot.


The length shot of march 2012.
I have been growing my hair for a few years now, and while I'm growing it longer I'm also growing out old dye and damage. When I started I was at bra strap length. I kind of like the way my hair looks like even though it's a crappy picture. The light is horrible and because of the wind the length isn't really showing dead accurate. But I like it. My hair looks lightweight and flowing, which it is irl but hair texture isn't always showing to well in photographs. My hair type is fine/medium, but I think the strands are mostly fine.  For the last month I have been washing my hair the regular way, with shampoo and then conditioner, and my hair is silky soft and easy to handle, light and my scalp is happy. For a long time I did the conditioner only method and thought I was happy, but I'm not sure if CO'ing is for me... I would really like it to be, because I like the idea of a more gentle way to cleanse the scalp and hair, but I feel like my scalp is suffocating in a mixture of dead skin cells, sebum and conditioner! And it's not that I don't rinse for long enough or don't leave it on my head for long enough or don't massage it enough. And since I started CO'ing my hair has been growing very slowly. First I feared that my terminal length was just a bit past waist length, but now I'm not so sure any more. Ha yeah, and I just bought 4 VO5 bottles, because the were selling it in my store which they usually never do.
And of course my baby Wednesday wouldn't stay out of the picture!

- Snackie  ^_________^

søndag den 1. april 2012

My bastard child!

I'm really tired rigth now, so my writing abilities is not to impressive.
I went and got her on the day of my last entry, and everything went fine. I got a health book where shots and other vet treatments is documented. I also got a free leash in the "deal".
She was quite inexpensive, which is the reason I got her, not that I would buy any cheap puppy. The seller seemed really nice and the quality of the animal's living conditions looked pretty good. I've been wanting a dog since I moved out and got my own place. I felt so empty living without an animal. But those lonely days are over because now I have a very energetic, elleven week old puppy. She is a mix of 75% chihuahua and 25% dachshund. I knew all along that I wanted a chihuahua or pomeranian because their personality really suits my lifestyle, with my illness and all that. But I was just researching the dachshund and I'm not really crazy about what I learned about the breed. I don't know... I'm really determined to fulfill her needs and I'm sure that she will be an amazing dog. I read a lot of bad things about the dachshund, but on the other hand I know what a horrible reputation the chihuahuas got. So I'm not too worried about it.
I named her Wednesday, as in Wednesday Addams, the daughter from the Addams family. I just love that character! ^ ^ Also the puppy is a little evil.