So, I've finally finished this epic piece of digital art. O. MY. GOD!!!! *collapses*
I dare not think about how many hours work this has been haha. Bonnie I never want to see your blue face again I'm sick of looking at it ;P (Just kidding, love you really!)
At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like this piece or not, but now it's all done & come together (nearly) as I originally envisioned; I'm very pleased with the results ^_^ so yay!
Thank you to Bonnie for being such a awesome muse & for being so patient in waiting for this to be finished (we shot it months ago!) & thank you to Sam for helping out with the shoot too *hugs*.

This piece was collaboration between me & Bonnie where we were both inspired by the Hindu Goddess Kali (obviously). We wanted to do a modern take on her image & also relate it to Bonnie personally as opposed to just a direct depiction of Kali herself.
The name Kali derives from the Sanskrit word 'Kal' meaning 'time' so we wanted to create an image that conveyed this. We decided on a theme of using 6 different objects to be held in the multiple arms that represented the passage of time from birth to death & which also symbolised life & death in general. We chose a (live) snake, flower, egg, heart, (dead) crow & skull.
We were fascinated with using Kali's image for this project because both me & Bonnie both have a interest in this deity & we liked how she also tied in with the themes of a divine mother figure (Kali ma) & dead animals (Kali is said to carry away the spirits of slain animals). People who know Bonnie will know that she does taxidermy as a pastime; so all of this linked together nicely to create a personal piece for us both.

I'm looking forward to 09 being a bit less manic than 08 & having more time for art & projects... So whilst I'm in no hurry to tackle any photo project that requires this much shopping any time soon, I am looking forward to doing more photo projects in general that I've had on the back burner for ages. So many ideas, so little time.

So yesterday I was really bored & decided to stab myself up & take pics...as you do. Mmmmm for play piercing, Great fun but rather addictive!
I'm quite pleased with these pics & want to do a lot more around this theme...any volunteers? As I don't want to just self-shoot... O Bonnie my awesome photography muse; I know you'd be up for it so this applies to you lol ^ _ ^ Will be fun!

Anyhoooo enjoy:

I'm currently trying to finish a lot of half done art but I'm finding it hard to be motivated as I feel in a bit of a rut & all arghhhh about living here etc...It kind of leaves me in a state of having all these ideas but then not being able to physically apply myself & get on with it -_- it's annoying the hell out of me! Guess I'll just have to force myself & then hopefully it should all flow a bit smoother from there.
I have lots of things to update about life etc blah blah but cannae be arsed....so maybe another time :P
Other then that I am ill atm which is shit as wanted to go out tonight to see David play @ queen charlotte with Leech Women & Animal Dying Sounds...grrrr fucking stomach! Not pleased >_<

xDDx

I did a botch job photoshoot with Blossom on Thursday evening.... I wanted to use my new canon cam, but alas the memory card I bought for it hadn't gotten there yet (& still isn't here! grrrr) So had to use Blossom's Nikon which was sadly a tad blurry & had a fair amount of noise in the images -_- But luckily did manage to get one good shot from it so I'm happy ^_^

Here it is:









Would have been much better if it was crystal clear & sharp but I'm still very happy with how this came out. I'm the master of salvaging photos :D *high fives*

Love ya Blossom, hope yu like it. Yu look like a pixie ^_^