Run Run Ha Cha Cha Cha Baby She Goes

I feel like I have been running in so many different directions of late between my new job and still adjusting from the move. Somehow I keep adding projects to do to my plate as well! I am learning coffee may be a very needed thing over the next several weeks.

This blog post is semi LadyGaga inspired. I have been listening to Highway Unicorn probably way too much. But as it kept blasting I started to pondering about my little pony. And then I saw a friend create their own version of themselves as a little pony which lead me to not being able to resist in doing the same. 

I have been operating in PaintNet of late. It is not actually a bad program at all (I will take it over GIMP any day of the week). So for a free program, it can be a slight saving grace for someone who has been failing at re-installing Photoshop.

A few things lead to her creation. First the long mane. I cam currently working on growing my hair out to my lower back and have been also pondering tossing in a dark blonde streak into it. We will see if I end up talking myself into that. I made her pink due that being of late one of my favorite colors.  I also added a couple piercings at the top of the ear, but they are kinda hard to see. 

The Leo symbol is not just for the month I am born in but because lions in general are associated with the Strength card in Tarot.( A card which in a recent reading regarding all this transition popped up.) Something I felt fitting for my shiny new life. Especially since on my more challenging days I keep having to remind myself "I wanted this, I asked for this." Which then instantly turns my mood around. To go from nothing to having something can really change your view of life.

On a side note, I am not into unicorns despite Highway Unicorn being the creation of all of this, but I did sit there pondering for some time about adding a horn. I have a feeling I will be coming back to this eventually over time, but until then to many other projects to dive into.

Oh and for those interested:

Wonderland

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? "

 -Alice In Wonderland

 

Sometimes life takes us into what is a various version of Wonderland. I recently entered my wonderland by moving to Moscow, Idaho to attend the University of Idaho for a degree in Virtual Tech & Design. As I have been adjusting to my life, I have come to feel like Alice. There have been moments with this move that things seem to be utter nonsense! I will spare you the details, but lets just say I now know who the plumbers and electricians are in this town now. And I am also pretty sure I keep hearing the Cheshire Cat move around and bat at my furnace randomly.

My adventures over the past few weeks with this move really lead to the inspiration of this Photoshop project. Being back on my own has re-established for me how important it is to follow my own heart. That the only person that can hold me back is myself. I made the choice to be here, and to follow this dream. Of course the decision may have carried me through some places that I didn't expect; but every time I walk back onto campus, I feel my heart race with the excitement of knowing that I have something special. The gift to be able to do what I love.

So over the rest of this blog you will be seeing me post various art and a small explanation of why it came to be. Currently the 3D figure used for this is my Avatar - Dotty Bakerly in Second Life. The program Second Life is used as part of a teaching tool for my degree. So expect to see several posts in the future pertaining to that.

Tools used from Second Life to capture and create this photo are as follows:
Pose = mine.

Skin: Tuli - Sara / Pearl
Eyes: Poetic Colors - Ocean- Blue Surf (m)
Hair: Magika - Brown Pack - Tess
Outfit: Deviance - Alice in Wonderland