WIP Wednesday

Not sure about these "stories"... so here's my first ever attempt in post-form. 🌙 #thermalreactive #sailormoon #space #pins #buttons #etsy #wipwednesday #wip

A video posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Aug 17, 2016 at 8:18am PDT

I got this neat thermal reactive paint and I'm trying to figure out how to use it on button designs. Here's one of last night's experiments. 

Right now it seems like 2 layers makes things milky and foggy looking, but maybe I just need to wait longer between coats. 

All About Holographic Goodies (where I got it and how it's working out)

Moon Crystal Power Make-Up!

I'm a cautious over thinker. It takes me FOREVER to pull the trigger on something when it comes to expanding my little online shop and artist alley offerings, even when I really think it's a good idea.

I come up with an idea, research it like crazy, leave 20+ tabs open in my browser about it for weeks, read reviews, and mull it over for months, sometimes even YEARS before I do it. If I do it at all.

For example, with my button maker. I've wanted one since I was in high school, which was 10 YEARS AGO, and I only bought it 3 years ago. It took me 7 years of research and what made me finally pull the trigger was seeing other artists with theirs in the alley at Otakon. That's insane! Sometimes this over cautiousness works in my favor and prevents me from wasting money of fads and trends, but it also hinders me from expanding my side business like I should. With my button maker I wish I had bought one sooner, but with this holographic film I'm glad I waited.

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Temporary Tattoo Review & Demo - StickerYou

I have a moon on my forehead!

Day 181: Everything is Chaos

Otakon is two weeks away, time to make my work area look like a war zone and stop sleeping!

I made these awesome sailor moon stationary pads yesterday using 60# writing paper, laser prints, chipboards, and glue. They turned out so cute! I think I'll sell them at Otakon paired with a sticker sheet for $8.00 a piece. Does that sound good? I think it does. There are 25 sheets on each pad, and I only have 11 finished pads to take with me. If they sell well there I'll make more and bring them with me to the International Sailor Moon day in Philadelphia next month.

Want a glimpse at my super messy work table? Check it out under the cut.

Day 125: Attempt Number...I don't know...Maybe 12?

Remember that Black Lady doodle I started forever ago and was going to redo digitally? Well I have started and scrapped that project a insane number of times. I revisited it today, and I kind of like where I'm going with it. I still need to put her hands back in and do a lot more stuff to it, but I think this line-art that I have down so far will stay....but we'll see.

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Day 116: Chibi Usa Revisited

I decided to revisit my doodle from DAY 12, and attempt a finished digital piece. It's flat coloring and blocky cell-like shading with some gradients on top. Lazy gradients are lazy..., but I'm pretty happy with it. I might add some textures later, but for now this is as close to done as it's getting tonight.

The flat color version is under the cut.

Day 98: Holy Shit I have a Tablet Again!

First drawing on the snazzy new tablet! I bought it used from a guy who went to college with me, and I couldn't be happier. I haven't had a tablet with working pressure sensitivity since 2005. All of my digital art up until this point was made with a mouse, so I gotta say, this felt awesome. Let's hope this baby will help me bang out some more prints and stuff for Otakon!

GAH! So happy with this purchase.

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Day 70: Doughnuts!

There was a lot of foodie news pertaining to doughnuts today, which I posted about on my Sometimes Foodie Facebook Page, and so I drew a doughnut eating Usagi.

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More Sticker info for Artist Alley and Etsy!

I'll be selling at Otakon 2015 again (whoo), so I placed another order for stickers, and I thought I'd do an updated video since I've been ordering these for over a year now.

Stickers in this video were ordered from:
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I paid for everything seen/mentioned in this video and it is not sponsored in any way.

Sailor Moon Stickers from this video are available in: ♥ My Etsy Shop ♥ My Store Envy

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Custom Spoonflower Fabrics? Neeeaat!

I just made some custom fabrics that are available on Spoonflower, and I placed an order. Once they arrive I'll start sewing some things for Otakon's Artist Alley with my own custom fabrics! How cool is that?

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More Stickers!

Finally! My 2nd mini sticker sheet is finished and ready for sale! It took a little longer than expected, and I'm not sure when larger versions will be available in my shop (Possibly Mid-March?) but the mini versions are here!

Due to the awkward shapes of these stickers, it doesn't look nearly as neat or structured as my first sheet, which is still available, which bothers me, but it's still cute.

These Mini Sheets are now available in my Etsy and Store Envy shops!

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Outer-Belly-Buttons! New Buttons on the way!

I wanted to make some button designs using the sailor moon items I vectored, but I didn't want them to look thrown together, so I whipped up some faux space scenes in Photoshop and came up with these.

I'm pretty happy with them, but I am not too sure how the spacey background will look when it's printed. I'll find out sometime this week when I print up a few sheets for a test run. (I hope the stars show up, if not I'll go back into the files and make them more exaggerated so that they do. I think the stars really make these designs POP.)

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Day 31: ONE MONTH COMPLETE! (Idle Hands)

I started with a Black Lady this month, I thought it was only fitting to end this month with a Black Lady. I just got some really awesome news, which means I have to start making a LOT more art again, so this Draw365 project should really help me out with that. I'll let you all know more about it when we get closer to the summer.

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New stickers on the way! (OMG a non-365 post?)

I've been so busy lately! I'm trying to expand what I currently offer in my shops and conventions, while also sticking to my daily workout routine, keeping up with my draw365 challenge, doing small commission work, AND working my 9-5 job. (All while running a food blog that updates daily.) I am losing my mind, but I kind of like it?

Maybe I finally snapped, but it's a fun little challenge for myself, like, let's see if I can survive this schedule for a year, and if I do, will it make a difference in my life?

Anyway, on a less personal-journey note, I finished up my 2nd Sailor Moon Mini Sticker Sheet. The photo above isn't the finished layout, but I wanted to share it anyway. I'll post a few more photos and progress shots under the cut.

Day 24: I need to practice hands...

My anatomy and hands are so bad. I should practice hands all this week. I haven't drawn figures in ages, I've been cheating and doing busts, but I gotta get back in shape!

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Day 14: Namesake & New Sticker Designs

So I watched the first episode of that magical boy anime that came out, to be honest I can't even remember the name of the show...(I'll look it up later ) It's Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!, but it was awful and terrible and I loved it. The reluctant magical girl aspect to it reminded me of the nurse-themed RPG Maker game my sister's been working on.

Other than my daily doodles I've been quite busy doing a LOT of stuff. I figure I'll put that under the CUT, it's a lot of digital art.

Day 12: Small Lady

Mechanical Pencil #.05 lead

As a child I was obsessed with Sailor Moon, and back then I thought Chibi Usa was so annoying, now? She's my favorite! Snarky pain-in-the-butt Chibi-Usa is the best!

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Day 1: Art 365 Black Lady

Pencil & Faber-Castells. Color added in photoshop.

So I have been playing around with this idea in my head to do a 365 art challenge. I don't know if I'll keep up with it, we all know how Inctober went, but I'd like to try. It might vary from a doodle to a finished piece to a WIP, but I'd like to try and make something every single day this year and post about it. Today I have a drawing of Black Lady.

I am SOOOO rusty at inking, and I haven't done traditional art in forever. Let's hope this will help me out. I gotta get better and I need to start producing things quicker.

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