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For some reason I felt like doing a post about some paintings I’ve done in the last six months or so.

“Sisters” (Theresa and Amanda)
Rasterbated photo on canvas.
36″ x 24″

In this one, aptly titled “Sisters,” I’ve started with a photo from my friend Amanda’s MySpace. From what I can tell its a professional photo that has been photographed again with a cameraphone so it could be put on MySpace. The photo dimensions are approximately 640 by 480 pixels which I’ve enlarged to about 24″ x 36″ using a program called Rasterbator. The image was affixed to the canvas using Mod Podge. This is currently hanging behind a closet door awaiting the inspiration to add paint, either black and white or color.

“Misti and Lisa”
Rasterbated photo on canvas.
24″ x 26″

Again, working from a very small camera phone image of a very dear friend, Lisa, and her friend Misti. I rasterbated the image to be as close to 24″ x 36″ as possible. This time I had it printed in color and affixed to the canvas using Mod Podge. I have started working on skin tones using liquid watercolor paint to tint additional layers of Mod Podge. After each layer of color I’ll add a clear layer of the ‘podge.

“unknown title” originally by Kurt Halsey-Frederikson
36″ x 24″
Rasterbated drawing on canvas.

This piece started its life as a 4″ x 4″ pencil drawing originally created by Kurt Halsey which I rasterbated to fit my 24″ x 36″ canvas, attached it with Mod Podge and painted using Mod Podge tinted with liquid watercolor paint. Still awaiting the nerve to finish the skintones and the “plus/cross” thing after which I can call it done.

I’ve been away for quite a while but I think I’m back.

For the last week I’ve been in sunny Panama City Beach, Florida, getting my vacation time in. Having a job in the tax industry I do more work in four months than most people do all year…nevermind that I work 10 months straight.

But anyway, I started my first sock on the drive to PCB. After a lengthy search of the Ravelry patterns I decided on the Broadripple pattern since I had sz3 double points and two balls of Cascade Fixation yarn.

And thats what it looks like. I still need to weave in the ends but for now I’ll call it done. One minor change I made was to make the cuff/leg not as tall as the pattern called for. The intended recipient of these socks is well, a bit on the short side and if I had made them to pattern they would be knee socks on her. They will most likely be sandal socks for this fall when it cools off.

I started the second one in the middle of World Wide Knit In Public Day and had finished the heel flap by the end of the day. I took a day off from knitting on Sunday to unpack from the trip, give the hands a rest and deal with the ants that moved into my apartment in my absence. I hope to have it finished by the end of the week and to acquire some more Fixation in different colors to make some socks for the rest of the nieces.

I also attempted the Arizona Flip Flop sock while I was on vacation. It turned out, hmmm, okish? The pattern was a little vague in one place that pretty much ruined the experience of the sock.

AZ Flip Flop Sock pattern edit/note:
At the end of row 50A you need to not only cast off but break the yarn and weave in the end. Then you will need to tie back on and pick up with row 42B to complete.

I’m playing music again. I’ve been practicing with a guy I’ve know for about 14 years, working on some tunes and getting all the gear wired up correctly for 2 guys to play multiple instruments through the wonders of live looping and sampling. When it all comes together it should be something similar to “acoustic techno” for lack of a better term. We are playing all the instruments, even live, but will only play them for a short bit to get a loop made and then move on to another instrument.

In the process of getting back into playing music I’ve hooked up with a couple of DJs that would like to see me back behind the wheels of steel to throw down a set of my famous mashups. I have a few mix sets ready to upload as soon as my server stops being a jackass and lets me upload them. I’ll post a link when I get them up.

The article that headline comes from can be found here. This is my response to that:

Watching Firefly made me fly a small, relatively obsolete, space-going cargo vessel around the the galaxy looking for odd jobs and whoring myself out as a mercenary of sorts, all the while having a winning personality and a complicated but overall non-douchey moral code.

Do a quick search of the article for the word “parents”, “mother”, “father”, “family”. You will get zero results for any of those words. Where were her parents? How does this happen?

Just another day of being baffled be people and the media.

Listening to: Agalloch - Our Fortress Is Burning III: The Grain
via: Winamp 5.5 Bento