Baby Orihel

Meet Baby Orihel.  Baby Orihel is a commissioned piece for an expecting mommy.  To go along with the little alpaca (which is a custom Mini Raffy) are baby blocks with the mama-to-be's last name :)

cake pops

cake pops! the newest "art form" i've been playing with lately. here are my first three attempts.  babies (design from bakerella), zombies, and super mario.  they make really cute treats, but are unbelievably time consuming. those mushrooms took up an entire day to make. i'd say they're hard to make, but i can't decide whether or not i'm confusing hard with time consuming. a lot more practice and maybe my cake pops will look amazing and not so lumpy !

ultrasound artwork

my cousin came to me and told me how she has seen ultrasounds taken and turned into artwork. she asked if she could commission that as a present for a baby shower. i thought it would be a cool and unique idea to have the actual ultrasound printed on canvas and to paint on top of that, which i didn't know it that would work, but i did some mini tests (to be posted). fortunately everything worked perfectly.  she basically wanted just a pretty, pure, and classic border around the edges. it's a girl! but no pinks! i think the outcome is pretty neat and the ultrasound on the canvas looked awesome, even pre-paint. after doing this project, i have a million ideas of painting around photographs, something i've actually been wanting to do for a while. painting the border was fun, but there are endless possibilites of what i could and want to do with this concept. fun!!