Perimones

Ha... haha, oh man. Well, ignore that my last journal was over a year ago. I'm still doing the art thing! Though I feel like the only reason I make posts here is to promo my tumblr art blogs, haha. Yeah, a new one, again. Here it is! It's going to be purely an OC art blog though, I'm pretty much done with fanart atm, though if i do draw any of that, it'll probably be on my main blog (a new one, yeah, again).

[/edit OH YEAH Hey, give me all your tumblrs so I can add O;]

But anyways, what I thought I'd do is tackle the 100 themes art challenge again, the same one I started back in 2008 and last updated in 2012, with a total 60/100 completed. Haha, my art was pretty terrible then! But it's great looking back on it, and I've learned my lesson about how to tackle a challenge like this. What I did before was to keep the canvas size to 500x500 pixels because I wanted to make a "quilt" of all 100 artworks side by side at the very end to display the completed project, but really, restricting canvas size was a terrible idea because it's tiny and cramped and there's no use limiting something like that from the get-go when I can just crop and display everything later. The second problem was cherry-picking themes, haha. Basically I did all the fun/happy ones right off the bat and it was great, I drew a a lot. But then all that was left were things like "Dark" and "Seeking Solace" and "Break Away" and man, emotionally draining artwork is slow, nonexistent artwork, haha, there's no wonder why my motivation for the project slipped. But doing it in order, I'm hoping this way, the themes and inspirations and emotions will all be spaced out and I'll be able to keep pace.

I'm going to keep getting better at art too, so no matter how many times I end up restarting this project, it's one I want to see through to the very end, some day!

Are we surprised to see a journal from me? Haha.

'For all of these years, the Huichols have been recording their visions in symbols on beaded pieces like these as their offerings to the gods. As they walked their sacred pathes to the sacred caverns and the other holy places, they dropped colorful little works of art along the trails to please the gods. Because they have no written language, the pieces also told ancient legends, beliefs and ritual ceremonies to help the people remember their history.'

—Symbolic Huichol Art: Journeys of Vision, Judy King.
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Hi, I'm here helping advertise this online shop for my friend located in Mexico. More examples of the art pieces that are sold can be found at the Facebook page here. If the art here interests you, please consider buying one (or more!) to help support her and her daughter. I own one of the necklaces myself, gifted to me for my 18th birthday near one year age, and since then, I have not taken it off. Not only is it beautiful, it holds sentimental value coming from a close friend and the representative colors of the art. Jewelry art like this is specially handcrafted and great as gifts for yourself, family and friends. Please take the time to take a look and see what they have to offer!

(If you can, please help me spread the word by posting and/or linking to this page or the Facebook shop in your journal or other blogging sites. Thank you so much!)

—Ori