Tegaki lady

There's something about Tegaki that makes me want to experiment with styles and such. So, yeah. But more importantly:

New hat! Thank you, E!!!

Looks like rain

My latest Tegaki E post. I had in mind how I want to learn fashion illustration to maybe get a job in that field. The long proportions are fun to draw.

The Lost Circus - A summary.

In short--IT WAS BRILLIANT.

We personally did not get any photos, but you can see some press ones here: Metromix (E and I are #43) and Time Out NY (E and the Doubtful Guest are #8). And the lovely Babs got some beautiful photos of the bands Copal and Vagabond Opera. Check out her blog here.

Speaking of music--phenomenal! Copal was haunting and beautiful. Vagabond Opera was hilarious and had everyone groovin'. But... but... then there was Sxip Shirey. And he blew our minds.

There were SO many stunningly dressed individuals and couples at the Lost Circus. I was at once in love and nervous as hell. I did manage to chat with a few lovely folks without feeling like a total social failure. But, guh--so many personalities. I mean OH MAN the magical photographer. I do believe it was between sets, E and I were standing around, when a young man stood near us and kept glancing over. He finally asks if he could talk a photograph; we of course agreed. The best part though... He had been carrying a suitcase around this whole time. He then asked me to hold it out for him to open. It was set on my outstretched arms, then he snapped it open and... and MAGIC!! A light from within the case cast an eerie golden glow on his face as he pulled out a very nice and old camera. And he was very quiet the entire time. It was just such a thrilling moment.

I wish I was better with articulating verbally, but... yeah, I hope you get the idea that The Lost Circus by Gemini and Scorpio was an absolute blast. Here's to many more fabulous parties in the future!

The Lost Circus--antici... pation.

I'm super excited about this event tonight. It's been so long since I've gotten all dressed up with friends. Most of Apartment Jones will be going, plus our lovely Babs. I'm still not sure what to do about my hair. I have so much of it!!

Anyway. The Lost Circus offers to be really amazing--music, burlesque, bellydancing, aerial acts, contortionists--so.... eeee!! <3 Hopefully there will be a follow-up post with photos.

Tegaki background doodle

I like Tegaki's background option, though you're limited to the Tegaki canvas. So, I went with something that would look more or less "natural" since images are automatically justified to the bottom left of the page. Check it at my Tegaki blog, and write/draw to me if you're on there! =)

Living in NYC has been okay, except for me being wiped out by a cold. Everyone else in Apartment Jones seemed to get over it with little difficulty. But nooo, I had miss a bunch of days due to notable fatigue and increased sensitivity to motion sickness and anything that I consumed. I dislike missing so many days of work. I fell better now, but the cough always takes so long to go away. Boo.

Dapper Cat Comics #18 - "Being a Grown-up"

Sometimes, I'm good at capturing the likeness of another. Other times... well, we just don't speak of those times. I'm so sorry, E.

Just some irregularly scheduled blog tweaks

The look of the Dapper Cat Carnival blog may be a bit of an eye sore for x time as I learn how to make layouts and set code. In the meantime, I hope you're rocking hard in this summer heat. \m/