Descisions Decisions....

I can't decide if I want to break my tattoo gun out or not.  I've got an awesome leg piece lined up, but I'm not sure I have the energy to finish it once I've started.  I'm not reay sure i have the time.  It's a fairly large and detaild piece and it's probablly going to take me a few hours to ink.  I figure that since I fell in love with art in general after finding my first ElfQuest graphic novel that as a tribute to the most awesome art of Wendy Pini, I will take a beautiful sketch of Nightfall, my favorite character, and turn it into a tattoo.  Here is the picture I am using...



I kept the stencil as identical to the original drawing as I could...now I must hope my tattooing skills are up for the challange.  I'm pretty confident that they are.  I've been drawing ElfQuest character, Nightfall and Skywise in particular, since I was 15.  No where near as perfect as Mrs. Pini's, but pretty good.  i'm planning on putting this one on the inside of my lower right leg.  Bout the only spot I have left that I can ink myself that's big enough.  It's going to be about 5x3 when it's done.  It took me forever to mix up the right shade of honey borwn for her hair, but again, here's hoping.  At least i won't have to color in her skin.  Wolfriders are fair skinned and my legs are pretty darn white. ;)

Kay

Keeping the Faith

So I decided that I needed a constant in-my-face reminder that I need to keep my faith when things get tough.  So here it is...my latest tattoo.  Done with a 5RT (5 needles in tight formation for a liner) and black ink.  I'm very proud of my line work and this is the best I've done so far.

Now David wants me to work on his dolphins and fill in where the ink bled out.  Probablly gonna use a 7RS.

Kay

I have nerves of steel...and they're poking me to death...

So....it looks like it's going to be an eventful day.  I have to get the living room and kitchen cleaned up before Keith and his mom and brother get here.  She says she misses the boys and wants to see them and his brother is suposed to be looking at the sump pump issue since he's part of the plumber's union.  After I get the rooms clean, I'm planning on going down to the tattoo shop and seeing if I can wrangle an apprenticeship.  I hope this works otherwise there go all my leads.  This is the first hopeful I've had since I started looking.  Of course this all hinges on my ability to actually walk into the shop and start speaking rather than turning tail and running back to my truck as fast as I can.  With the shaking I've been having the past couple weeks, if I can't calm myself down by the time i get there then they'll just take one look at my hands and say "We're sorry, but you shake too much to be a proper tattoo artist." It hasn't interfeared with my work so far...hell, the vibration of the tattoo gun counters the normal shaking of my hand.  So now i just gotta beat the constant sick feeling.  Who know....maybe if I get the apprenticeship I'll start feeling a little better.  That would be nice. 

The shop opens at noon, so here i go to clean and then hopefully to land my apprenticeship.

Kay

The ABCs of Me

 

I saw this memo on a blog I follow so I decided to do it too...

A. Age: 30 for a little while longer

B. Bed size: Full.

C. Chore you dislike: dishes.

D. Dogs: wish I had one

E. Essential start to your day: soda

F. Favorite color: black, green, purple, pink, yellow, orange.

G. Gold or silver: white gold

H. Height: 5’5”

I. Instruments you play(ed): flute.

J. Job title: mom

K. Kids: 2 boys, 9 and 6.

L. Live: Northeast Florida

M. Mom’s name: only initials - GSR

N. Nicknames: pumpkin,

O. Overnight hospital stays: only when my sons were born.

P. Pet peeves: People not listening to simple instructions. Also people who get in the left lane and drive slow.

Q. Quote from a movie: Can’t think of any great ones right now

R. Righty or lefty: Righty.

S. Siblings: one sister by birth I do not speak to and 2 chosen sisters.

T. Time you wake up: 7:15

U. Underwear: yes but I'm not telling what kind.

V. Vegetables you don’t like: pretty much anything that crunches

W.What makes you run late: What doesn’t!

X. X-rays you’ve had: ummmm...a lot....I was (still am) pretty accident prone.

Y. Yummy food you make: sun-dried tomatoe baked chicken

Z. Zoo animal favorites: cheetahs (my zoo doesn't have any foxes)

Feelin a Bit Better

Wow, so suprisingly I actually feel quite a bit better this morning after my 3am rant.  Guess it was a good idea after all.  Physically not so much, but at least I don't feel near as depressed.  Deffinatly still "blah" but it's a start.

Allison came over today to pick up Nick's old tv.  He's in India right now so it's not much use to him but his mom can keep it till he gets back.  Oh well.  One less thing of his cluttering up my life.  The kids seem to be enjoying their newly seperated rooms.  Wonder how many days will pass before Eddie sneaks into Patrick's bed cause he's lonely or scared.  It's rather cute. 

and speaking of cute...David just showed me an adorable video of a fox that I think I'll post ;)