Thursday Challenge - Autumn.....

well, what do you know. blogger actually let me upload my photo!! yay!! this one is for the thursday challenge which happens to be autumn. seeing as how i live in southwest florida, the only way we know the seasons are changing down here is the drop in humidity! so to give this picture that i took over the weekend more of an autumn feel than just a couple of pumpkins, i decided to add some faux fall leaves to it. enjoy!

Illofriday - smitten......

what do ya know, i did an illo today. i wasnt planning on doing one and as of yesterday i only had some ideas along the lines of portraying how one would think about how much they love someone or something. seeing as how it was a slow day at work, right before i left for the day i sketched up something quick that i thought about maybe using. i added some finishing touches and some color to it once i got home and decided to use it. its quite the mixed media piece too - some pen, pencil, crayon, marker, and watercolor. so here it is nothing extravagant but i seem to like it alot. hope you will too. enjoy.

Thursday Challenge - Glass....

well as promised here is a new picture taken with my new camera for this weeks Thursday Challenge, which is glass. as soon as i heard the topic for this one the idea just seemed to come to me and it came out exactly how i had pictured it. this was taken in my backyard and given a little pizzaz in photoshop. i love how the glow on the glass turned out. enjoy!

Thursday Challenge : Shiny...

ah a thursday challenge. beautiful. however, i have lied. i said the next photo i put up would be a new one from my new camera, but i had this one and saw the theme and thought how perfect it would be. next time, dont worry! this is a close up of one of the cows of the Cow Parade they had around Boston back in June. this one was just completely covered in these stones, sorry i dont have a full picture of it. these cows were everywhere and they were all done by different artists. all monies made from auctioning off these cows in the area benefitted the Jimmy Fund. enjoy.

oh and ps. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my mom today!!

Thursday photo challenge - light....

my first submission for thursday photo challenge.....and it is an old shot. never fear though, i will definately have some new ones freshly taken for you next time. this is one that i took at busch gardens and it is one of my personal favorites. the light comes through and hits the flowers just so, fitting the topic and making my photo a success in my eyes. enjoy.

photos, photos, everywhere!!...

so seeing as how i just made a recent purchase of a new Nikon digital camera (which is actually my early birthday present from my mom), i decided to join a few of the photo sites that are along the same lines of illustration friday, but you take photos (pritty self explanatory, right?). there are two that ive been checking out, thursday challenge and photofriday, both which will have different topics each week. i might toggle back and forth between the two sites or i might just even surprise you and do both. i have been slacking on the illustration fridays due to lack of creative ideas lately so maybe doing some photo work will help me get some new ideas from seeing things in a new light. to your surprise you might even see an older picture or two that i have taken, depends on the theme. these sites will give me a chance to share my photos with you as well as my artwork. i love to take pictures and now that i have a camera at my dispose any minute of the day - watch out! so keep checking back!