So last week's homework assignment was "Who are your favorite artists? Share some of your favorite pieces by them!" and usually I don't do homework because I've always been bad at keeping up with it :p lol but I saw @torro's homework post on the front page and I knew instantly that I needed to do this one!!! Art is such a huge thing in my life, without my role models I wouldn't be who I am today and neither would my paintings. My room is covered in art, from my own pieces, to prints and polaroids of my favorite SGs, to my favorite artists. Art is the biggest collection I would say I have.
So my first artist I'd like to talk about is Alex Pardee! Just like Torro said, I love his artwork so fucking much. I first found out about him in 2008/09 I would say and I've been obsessed ever since.
(I have this print on my wall, he signed it "for sam" with a heart and drew a monster on the side with boobs for eyes because I told him I like to draw naked girls a lot lol)
I can thank him for my love of watercolor paints, my love for creepy art, and also my love for obnoxious colors. He really is the first artist I looked up to at a really young age with me being only 13/14 when I found him. I have his art all over my room, so many pieces, so little space, I'm going to have to come up with some ideas to make more room pretty soon, lol.
When I met him at New York Comic Con in 2013, I honestly couldn't even begin to explain how important that was for me, he was so sweet, totally interested in what I had to say and drew me my own little sketch. Easily one of the best moments of my life and I really hope I get to meet him again in the near future.
https://instagram.com/alexpardee
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My next favorite artist is Charmaine Olivia..... HOLY FUCK. How do I even begin to explain my love for this chick???? not only is she incredibly beautiful inside and out, she is also INSANELY talented and is everything I hope to be one day. I found her when I was in highschool, not quite sure where it started but the obsession was strong instantly lol. We've spoken back and forth a couple times thru instagram (can't even tell you how hard I fangirled lol) but I hope one day we will get to meet!<3
https://instagram.com/charmaineolivia
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My last artist I admire is Lora Zombie!!!! I can guarantee all of you guys know her artwork ;~) lol that's because she did a bunch of SG paintings and her art is on a bunch of merch, etc! If Alex Pardee and Charmaine Olivia had an art-baby-child, it would be her. She mixes my love for watercolor with my love for female figures and portrays them so perfectly.
and she also does a lot of paintings of Kurt Cobain too... so I mean, how can I not love her???????
https://instagram.com/lorazombie
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SO yeah! Those are my favorite artists!!! I jump on anything that has to do with this topic, I'm so mad I didn't get to this blog post sooner because I seriously am so amped up right now while writing this LOL, art is my life, sad to say but I seriously have so much love for those three people above, I just hope one day I get to inspire people with my art like those guys do for me
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The blog homework for this current week is "What would you wish for if a genie granted you 3 wishes?"and this is incredibly hard. Only three?? You know?? Honestly I wish I could ask for infinite money and infinite happiness and world peace, but I feel like that's too easy, right? So I guess I'll try to break it down some. I'd wish for 1) enough money to live comfortably, not too much but you know, enough to where I could eat and not have to worry about bills...... 2) my own art studio, I can't even begin to explain how badly I need one and how much that would mean to me, and I guess that would tie into me living comfortably, I'd love to be able to do art for a living...... and 3) take away the physical pain of my loved ones, my grandmom, my boyfriend, I hate seeing the ones I care about the most in so much pain, I wish I could fix their bodies, wish I could fix their depression, etc. And not going to lie, being able to fix my own stomach problems would make life a hell of a lot easier. It's hard watching the ones you love suffer and not really being able to do anything for them.
I wouldn't want to go too crazy with my wishes, I feel like those aren't asking for a lot. I really just want to be happy in life, but I feel like happiness is more of a mental state rather than something physical that you can just wish for to happen. So yeah, those are my three no-so-exciting-wishes, and I promise to try to keep up with blog homework more often!!!
