Happy belated turkey day! Hopefully everyone's gotten past the "itis" part and can get up from the sofa without struggling lol XD

Anyways, I went to the Museum of Natural History to do a Anatomy assignment I missed since I was just too sick to go the day of. The assignment was to just draw 3 skeletons of human or animals. And that's what I did.

I also caved in all touristy-like and bought a necklace from the museum's gift shop.

I like how the orb even has a slight iridescence to it. It looks un-touristy on it's own, and I consider $7 a bargain since this would probably cost $40+ at AG or some other alternative boutique.(｀∀´)

And while we're on the subject of museums, this weekend I went to the Met to do a hurricane Sandy makeup assignment and I had to see the Warhol exhibit. I get the message; that American culture adores commercialized art, but modern/pop art is still not my favorite.
The last room was lovely though, called "Silver Clouds" and it's basically a room with large silver balloons that are blown down to the floor by fans. And the room had Velvet Underground soundtrack! While I love interactive pieces like this one, I hate how it automatically shoots down IQ levels of some people, who think it's okay to PUNCH and bust holes into the balloons and keep doing it despite angry shouting from security.

After all that, I wandered to the Wrightsman Gallery for some late 18th Century French goodies.

 While they're only reproductions of hotels of that time and not Versailles, it'll do.

Not gonna lie, I'm so looking forward to winter break. I'm attending an Eluveitie show, which I'm excite for since they seriously rocked it for Children Of Bodom earlier this year. Then there's Christmas, outings of sorts, sleeping/eating, and of course... my thesis to be worked on. (＞д＜)

thesis sketches

Here they are! They're still in the works since I want them to be really awesome which is why not all eight of them aren't posted at the moment.

 

 

+ a bonus!

I wanted to see if I could paint Antoinette in the style of her time. She needs to be much more pale I think.

So as you can see I've been pretty productive as of late, or at least more productive than I usually am. I originally planned to go horseback-riding this Thanksgiving but parks are still dealing with downed trees so this year's turkey day will be spent hunkering down and art-ing. I've got lots more other goodies coming.

Closet smartphone app urges

I don't deny that I want an iPhone for the incentive of... Instagram. While this photo-editing app can be at times unfair for those who spend a lifetime perfecting photography, the results from Instagram are just too irresistible for me. (><) Just look at that heart-shaped bokeh! lkdjlas
Can't see myself getting an iPhone for real though, even it's just generally a lot more useful than my basic phone where I can't even access my school's website.

I logged into Photobucket the other day to upload some pictures but now I see that the photo-editing options produced some Instagram pretty desirable results.

 I like pretty pictures, yeah.

I won't do the instagram-esque thing in every picture I post from now on but it's just so fun to do. :)

Edited my layout again. It's cute with pink I must say but I will change it eventually to something that is more like my personality~

a rough week for many

If I really knew how scary it could be to have been hit by a car...

I still would have been hit by a car.

The collision with me and a white car on Halloween was kind of unavoidable since things can happen no matter how careful you are. But I'm okay, seriously! I only have some bruises on my arm and leg. I was too worried about if I still had all my body parts intact to worry about getting that bastard's information down, even though he did step out to see if I was alright. I feel like I can laugh about the incident since I'm lucky nothing worse happened.

And because I lost power on Halloween no thanks to the monstrosity that is hurricane Sandy, my belated Halloween illustration:

You should be able to view the fullsize on clicking the image, so do that and check out them details.

Right now, my biggest worry is how I'll return to school next week. Power should be restored to lower Manhattan on Saturday (and to SVA's campus) but there is no way I can get out of Brooklyn easily for a very long time. I could take the shuttle...but wait for hours for the bus and to fight with the many others also needing to get to the city? All of options are not very good.):
In all honesty, I can be very prideful about my home that is New York City and to see it so paralyzed and helpless after a storm really does make me anxious and worried.

I hope those who've lost everything can get back on their feet soon, even when the events were so tragic and happened so fast. <3