Category Archives: art

Utopia

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Hello, hello! It has been a long time since I have written a post. I’ve shared with you many times on how I don’t feel it’s a good thing to force out a post just to write. I want to write when I actually have something to say. With that said, this still may turn out to be a post of many random thoughts.

There isn’t any one thing that has happened lately and I typically get my inspiration to write something from actual events. There are however, many other things such as thoughts I have on a regular basis. Like I wonder if I am the only one who sees the deceased animal on the side of the road or the trucks full of pigs or cows drive by on the highway and gets a tear in my eye. To me they are a life that has or will be taken away. Or I see a “working dog” in a store and all I can wonder is if their needs are being met. It’s great they can have a job and help but are their needs being met, including feeling loved. Is it being considered that they are feeling beings too.

I will never forget many years ago my mom saying to me that I want to live in Utopia. You know what, she may be right! This actually can be a good or bad thing. On one hand, we should always be striving to make an impact and make the world a better place. I’ll always advocate for animals as well as for people to treat other people with kindness. On the other hand, the Utopia expectations can make you feel let down all of the time. Because things aren’t the way I think they should be I become angry. The key is probably to be somewhere in the middle.

Around those times of trying to make an impact and becoming angry at the world, I feel it’s a good idea to spend time in things we enjoy doing to take a break from those Utopia expectations. I enjoy doing crafty/artsy things and lately watching Lifetime movies (what is about these predictable movies that pull you in?!).

While we may not live in Utopia, we can always work at being a little closer to it.

Now an update on things with me. I am still going to be having a fundraiser for animals but it is taking much longer than I expected to get it started. In the meantime, I have been drawing & painting some. The bee in this post is one of my new characters. Not too long ago I did an animal empathy lesson with some school age children where I had them all sign a kindness pledge and we made donation boxes to collect items for an animal shelter. I also have been enjoying the great weather and spending time with family & friends. Some relatives visited this summer all the way from Norway. And just recently I am looking into getting a Cricut. Anyone have one?

Hope you’re all doing good. Thanks for stopping by!

Kindness is a Superpower!

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Hi all! The fundraiser is so close to being ready to launch. I’ll share all the details when it is. I hope you’ll stay tuned and consider purchasing one of the fun items we’ll have available. A portion of the sales will go towards helping animals (and people) in need.

Choosing to go Against the Flow

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Hello everyone! I have been MIA once again from blogging. As I’ve mentioned before you can’t force a post. So when I don’t have anything to say, I choose to stay silent rather than trying to jibber jabber on about something that I’m not really feeling.

I have been spending time creating some more designs for my new product line. Honestly, I have so many ideas I could spend all my days designing & creating. I wish I could, but with a full time job that’ not going to happen right now.

Anyway, the graphic I am sharing in this post was an idea from today, and so I sat down and made it right away while it was fresh in my mind. I always enjoy seeing how a picture I have in my head will turn out when I try to create it.

This graphic suits me so well…I am definitely the purple fish in a lot of ways! Especially when it comes to animals. The world views animals as “less” than us humans and here for our use however we please. What we are taught, grow up with, and see most of the world doing becomes our “normal.” Then there is so much other “stuff” going on in the world that so many of us just sit and complain about. But the thing is we can choose to do something about it. Instead of just going with the flow and accepting it, we can choose to go against it. We can be the ones to make a difference!

I hope you get some encouragement from this post. Now for an update on my products. A few smaller items such as car coasters, buttons, and air fresheners have been made. The person I am working with debuted my items this weekend at a craft show. I have also showed and sold some items to family, friends, and co-workers. But there are still some details to work out before I can offer them to you all. I also may wait until we have more designs and products available before offering them online. I hope you’ll continue to stay tuned while I figure all of this out.

Take care!

Question: How do you see yourself? One who goes with the flow? Or one who goes against it?

Help Me Caption This!

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I took another try at drawing someone’s pet. Meet Taki!🐾 That pose is priceless! Help me caption this please. Leave a comment with your idea. Thank you!😊🐾

Coming Soon Update

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Hello all! Earlier this summer, I posted that I was working on some of my graphics that will be available on some products/items. Now that we’re nearing the end of summer, I wanted to update you. Production will begin soon and I will be sharing a link with you that will show the available items. This will be a fundraiser for animals. When the fundraiser is ready to launch I will share all of the details with you. Please stay tuned!

I really have been enjoying tapping into a creative/artsy side I didn’t even know I had. Something else I have been trying out is drawing people’s pets. My latest is my nephew’s cat, Oliver.

Cover Photos…What a Pain

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Oh my, oh my…is it just me or are cover photos a royal pain?!

I wanted to change the cover photo on my business Facebook Page because I felt the graphic was outdated. This task turned out to be a nightmare. First, you have to figure out what size to create the graphic as, then you have to know the best way to save the graphic so it doesn’t loose quality when uploaded, then you have to adjust it to fit in the space allotted. Viola! Not so much. You look at it on a desktop and it looks good, then you look at it on a mobile phone and the profile picture circle is covering part of the design on one side and showing more blank space on the right. Back to the drawing board! Blah, blah, blah. Please tell me it’s not just me.

So I finally got it to where it’s satisfactory but if any of you have any tips, please share. Also, if you want me to share some of the things I learned, let me know.

Since I was on a mission to get the new cover photo on Facebook I decided to create a similar graphic for the header/banner on my blog. The other banner had animals that were created by someone else and as cute as they are, it is important to me to have animals on there that were created my moi.

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Coming Soon

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Hello all. I hope you and your furry ones are doing well!

I am excited to share that this summer I will have some new graphics that will be available on a variety of products for sale. Any money earned will not be for me. I am doing this to raise money for animals in need. Please stay tuned, keep checking back, and please consider purchasing something for yourself or an animal lover in your life.

Cartoon Drawing Lessons Day 1

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Hello all!

I‘ve been inspired by a few people to get back to animal advocacy through art. This journey of animal advocacy for me has been interesting and everchanging. It started when I started paying attention to some of the things that we as a society do to animals. In disbelief that this is accepted and allowed I knew I had to do something.

When I was learning Web Design one of my assignments was to start a blog. I knew right away that mine would be on animal advocacy. It is the same blog I am using today. From sharing the graphic details to making it a more appealing and positive experience to attempting to create cartoon-like graphics. I’m still figuring it all out.

I am now learning how to actually draw cartoons through tutorials and classes. If any of you have any tips or resources you can share with me, please let me know.

Today is Day 1 and here is my finished cartoon graphic.

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Reaching Out To Say Hi

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Wow, it has been a really long time since I have written a post. I am not sure how many of my followers or fellow bloggers are still out there but if you are, be sure to leave me a comment with a hello! That will help me know who is still around.

I‘m not even sure how this post will turn out. Sometimes you just have so much floating around in your head you don’t even know where to start. When it comes to animals, which is what my blog is about there is just so much heartbreak and disappointment out there, that sometimes I just have to take a break. I see the semi go by me with a bunch of pigs or cows and I can’t bear the thought of their fate. I hear another story about abandoned cats or dogs left on the side of the road or left tied to a tree and all I want to do is cry. I read about a person overdosing and also overdosing their dog and both being found unconscious, and I want to punish the human who did that to an innocent animal. Then there is the fact that there are so many people that don’t understand your heartbreak or anger about these things. But in your soul, you know this is all so wrong. That is what this blogging community is all about. Those of us who do have the compassion and empathy needed to make a difference for animals.

During my break from blogging, I have been exploring some of my other interests. I have been painting a lot and doing a little drawing. I do cartoon type art which is what I like best. I posted a few of them below.

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Be Kind to Animals Week 2022

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Hi ya all! I’ve been enjoying DIY painting lately. Below is my most recent one. I painted the cat and added/typed the words later for this post.

Happy “Be Kind to Animals Week!”