Art thievery is running rampant in our beautiful online Garden of Eden and sometimes even worse is siting the wrong artist on the art we post. It is so important to site the original artist when you are posting art onto your tumblr page. or at least having the source go back to the original…
Congratulations http://fanglyfishes.tumblr.com/ for winning my random contest! (and thank you all who entered!) Here’s your sketch prize from me!
You wanted something aquatic and I really wanted to draw something aquatic so it worked out nicely.
I hope you like it!
-Carli
Stripped Self Portrait
Something quick with watercolor. I’m hoping to do a series of these (and I hopefully will get better at them) My Gallery
A very tragic ending to a wonderful Easter weekend. We came home tonight to find our beautiful cat Doodley Boots had passed. He was only 2 and it was very sudden and we are all still in shock. Rest in peace sweet Doodley Boots. You are still our beautiful grumpy boy. I think Natalee said it best when she said, “Hopefully he’s finally able to breath normally in heaven and some kind angel is willing to wipe his goopy eyes.”
Here is the video that inspired the Gif
Tomorrow is the first day of spring! And you know what that means…
Henna season is approaching!
So come to Madison, WI in a year to get a tattoo by me.
Meanwhile in Wisconsin…
This is snow woman I made outside today. Shortly after taking photos of the final product I went to work only to come back home to discover her head had fallen off. I’m still very proud of her though. She is the first full sculpture I’ve ever done. Not too bad
P.S. I had pants on when I sculpted her.
My entry for feline week on the sketchblog! Sorry it’s late, hope it was worth the wait
-Carli
My newest animation (starring my cat Doodley Boots) And this time… It’s colored! 40 drawings in total and it only took me about 15 hours… :P Please check out my Tumblr page orrrr you can see my whole online gallery Here!
Thank you so much everyone!
-Carli
I would just like to take the time to post these old drawings that i did from 2003-2005 (I was 13, 14 and 15) Haha, I hope to God you guys see an improvement in my current work (online gallery)
For those of you who have asked me “what is it like to make a living off being an artist?” I’d have to answer you with a confident “I don’t know” because, frankly, I have no idea what that’s like. I am still struggling to stay alive with multiple freelance and part time jobs and I haven’t even come close to making it yet.
But if ever you are feeling down because you aren’t “making it” or if you are worried about money, living or how the hell are you going to afford your next trip to the grocery store (like I really was today) just take a look back on your old drawings. Drawings from 10, 5 or even 1 year ago.
See how far you’ve come? Isn’t it amazing how we look at ourselves now and feel like failures and yet compared to what we used to be we are everything we’ve ever wanted to be. As we grow our goals are set higher and more out of reach. But when we are able to look back at how far we’ve come maybe your goals for the future don’t really seem that impossible.
Look at how far we’ve come. Can you imagine where you be in a few years? If your 13 year old self met you today, something tells me that they would think you were pretty damn cool.
Just don’t give up, ok? (and that goes for anyone with any goals, not just the artists)
-Carli Ihde
Ok, I’m slowly catching up.
Here’s my final Fighter Character self portrait. I’ve always wanted to fight with a flail. I think that would be an awesome zombie killin’ weapon
Cat art soon to come
My Newest sketch blog post. The theme was to draw yourself as a fight game character (like Mortal Combat or Street Fighter) and honestly I loved drawing this because I’ve always wanted to fight with a flail.
Newest rotoscope animated self portrait.
I made it because my last one was getting some attention (and for me that’s a big deal)
Thank you everyone for all the kind words and support!
Final colors for Gore Week.
Some gore for ya.
I’m honestly no good at coloring (or I just don’t like it) But my “finished” color job will be posted eventually. For now, this is all you get
-Carli
This week’s theme: Gore
YEAH
YES YES YES-
DOES THIS POST EVER STOP
(Source: castielhugs)
Is Bobby cheating on Samantha? Or are her suspicions leading to a “dead” end?
Tune in next week for the “Grave” conclusion of Young Romance.
-Carli
My newest sketch blog post for “zombie week”
