Valerie's Artwork

NOTICE: MOVED

2010-12-28T00:40:00.000-08:00

Just so you guys know I have moved. You can see my recent artwork at VallieGurl@DeviantArt, and/or follow my blogs at VallieGurl@Tumblr and ValHouser'sArtwork@Tumblr. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via email or on any of the blogs. (:

Feature #4 - Photography

2010-05-04T13:42:00.000-07:00

Monthly feature! (: I'm a sucker for eyes. ;D Enjoy the beautiful pictures!

Click the teeny pics for the biggies!

Hey! :D

2010-04-28T13:11:00.000-07:00

Hi! Welcome to my new followers! Thanks so much! Feel free to ask me anything: ASK ME or VallieBabe@Formspring.
♥

A Pretty Face

2010-04-24T22:36:00.000-07:00

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"

2010-04-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

Going to see a Pride & Prejudice play tonight! :D Girl's night out!
Alright! So, here are some more of my artwork, a comission and doodles! :)

Art Dump #1

2010-04-18T23:47:00.000-07:00

Click the picture!
:D

A Glance

2010-04-13T15:38:00.000-07:00

Doodles & More

2010-04-03T17:08:00.001-07:00

Art! I haven't posted any in a while, sorry about that. I've been busy with work and life. So, here are some doodles I had done a while back. :D They're very sketchy because I did them all on one layer. It was scary, I like having lots of layers so I can undo something or whatever so I feel more in control. It's good to get out of the comfort zone, though. (:

(I really like the second girl's hair)

These are finished drawings. I've been doing mainly art with color pencils because I don't have time for other stuff right now. However, it's helped a lot with not being so afraid to color on Photoshop! :D

Digitalness!

2010-03-25T01:13:00.000-07:00

A preview of what I'm working on.

:D

Feature #3 - HP

2010-03-20T23:54:00.000-07:00

Well, it's close to the end of the month, haha. ;) Monthly features that I have been slacking on. It feels like this is the month to do a Harry Potter theme, especially since the movies have been playing on TV. xD Enjoy!

Click the teeny pics for the biggies!

Peaceful

2010-03-20T13:04:00.000-07:00

"I heard there was a sale on color pencils...I'm TOTALLY in!" NERD ALERT

2010-03-18T01:55:00.000-07:00

I doodled these online with Mr.doob. It's really fun! I recommend you try it. :D

This is a preview of what I'm working on right now. (:

Formspring Q&A #1

2010-03-08T18:12:00.000-08:00

Yay! Some questions. :P

Cats or Dogs?
Hmm, dogs. They are very loyal and instead of thinking that they are the owners, they adore you for taking care of them. (:

What was the happiest moment in your life?
Having not been with all my family for almost 5 years or so it was during Christmas when everyone came. <3 If you could be a star athlete in any sport, which sport would you pick?
Snowboarding! It's SO much fun and it would be wicked awesome to do some crazy flips.

Which TV character would you like to be and why?
If I was a dude I'd be Zuko from Avatar: the Last Airbender because fire would be awesome to wield.
8D
Buuut since I'm a girl I'd be Toph (she's my favorite character from that Avatar show); it'd be awesome to create designs in the dirt/sand without having to really use tools. :D

If you were a general and had a soldier captured and ransom demanded, would you pay the ransom, possibly leading to more kidnappings, or let the soldier be killed?
Neither. I'd pretend to pay the ransom while secretly going to rescue the soldier.

which is more interesting? the ceiling or the floor? by sudama
The ceiling. I'd have to work at staring at the floor but I can just lay on my bed or the floor and look at the ceiling. It's like clouds :P you can pretend there are different shapes in it!

Would you rather be really hot or really cold?
Really hot! I hate the cold, especially if it isn't raining or snowing...what's the point of cold then? Haha, I've definitely been raised in the desert.

If you had one wish what would it be?
Hmmm that's a hard one. I wish that all my friends and family lived close. :D

why would you want something like this?
Because it's for fun! :P

If you could have been the author of any book, what would it have been?
Return of the King by JRR Tolkien. xD AMAZING story!

If you won a million dollars what would you do with it?
Give most of it to charity and a TON to my parents and whatever is leftover I would get art materials. :D

Would you rather own a luxury yacht or a private jet?
I'd rather go with private jet, because I could get to places faster. :P

March Madness

2010-03-05T21:07:00.000-08:00

It's MARCH!! My favorite month of the year. ;) My younger brother, who's off at college in Wisconsin, is coming home for his spring break! I'm really excited; him, his twin bro, and me get to celebrate our birthdays together. I really miss him a lot, it will be a blast!
Drawings from February and March! These are the colored ones. (:
The digital pictures were done when my sister's boyfriend came to visit. :P One night while everyone was playing video games, he and I doodled on Photoshop with my tablet, it was really fun! He's pretty good at drawing.
I have a job! So, it has taken up a lot of my time. I am determined to at least draw once a day if at all. There are at least 2 hours of break when I'm at work (I'm a babysitter/nanny and work 10 hrs a day) so I've been bringing all my pencils and color pencils along. :D It's perfect for when the kids want to color.

formspring.me

2010-03-01T01:03:00.001-08:00

Ask me anything http://formspring.me/valliebabe

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T14:16:00.000-08:00

Speed Painting for Susanna

2010-02-06T05:46:00.000-08:00

Speed painting of my picture Susanna. It’s unfinished in the video, and she starts out quite hideous, but with the great critiques from my Mom and sister I fixed her. :P

Speed Painting for Lazy Summer Day

2010-02-06T05:41:00.000-08:00

I was trying out the CamStudio recorder for fun. Speed coloring of my picture Lazy Summer Day. (:

ART!

2010-02-06T00:09:00.000-08:00

Some new artwork! :D I've been trying to break loose and not be so afraid of coloring. I don't know why, but I prefer everything in black and white (at least drawing-wise) but I LOVE color. I'm weird. :P
Hope you like!

Improvement Meme '03-'09

2010-02-02T17:42:00.001-08:00

Got on the bandwagon for the improvement meme, it was really fun to see all the older drawings and the improvements. xD Makes me want to draw a LOT more! Haha.

Progress #1

2010-01-30T03:22:00.000-08:00

This was done a while back, but here’s my work-in-progress for iFriends. :D

A Storm Is Coming

2010-01-28T13:02:00.001-08:00

White Fence

2010-01-28T12:57:00.000-08:00

CA Sky

2010-01-28T12:52:00.000-08:00

Yellow Dress

2010-01-16T11:08:00.000-08:00

Finished this picture. (:

Previews

2010-01-15T01:49:00.000-08:00

These are what I'm working on. (: Trying to experiment more!

More Art! :D

2010-01-13T02:56:00.000-08:00

Did some commission work, and these were the really rough drafts (:

The first one was just for a whatever, I was trying out a video camera with it. :D

Art Trade #1

2010-01-03T15:28:00.000-08:00

I did an art trade, with GriffinMyth, for the first time. :D It was really fun!

I also have been scanning in my drawings and I found a bunch from '06-'08...o.O It's a lot, I scanned in a bunch yesterday and when I had gone about an hour and a half into it I realized I had only done 1/4th of it all.
Haha, insane!

For Fun

2010-01-02T04:13:00.001-08:00

First new doodle for 2010! (:
I hope you all had a blast on New Years!

Merry (belated) Christmas!

2009-12-28T15:16:00.000-08:00

I would have posted this sooner, but the internet connection I get in the mountains is spaztic.
I hope you all have had an amazing Christmas!

New Art

2009-12-02T20:09:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's December already! The time flies by really fast, it's kind of scary!
I've been working on a couple pieces, I rather like them. ;D

Website!

2009-12-01T03:36:00.000-08:00

I've got my site up! xD
Val's Illustrations
Please take a look!

2009-11-20T14:08:00.000-08:00

Artwork! :D

2009-11-04T16:22:00.000-08:00

Here are some artwork that I have been doing, using traditional and digital tools. (:

Click the lil' pics for the biggies.

Also, I was working on my lil' banner and added a black border around. :P Did I ever mention how much I love working with charcoal?? It's so messy! xD

Feature #2 - Illustrations

2009-10-28T12:34:00.001-07:00

End of the month feature! (: Enjoy!

Click the teeny pics for the biggies!

\m/(>_<)\m/

2009-10-20T21:45:00.000-07:00

Woot! Finished my Associates today!!

Awesome lil' emote by Paco-Mexicano

Closer

2009-10-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of my sketches. (:

Also, I have a lot to do this week! It’s my last week for the AA! and then onto my BA. xD I am SO excited!! Lots to do, places to go, so little time!

Sketches

2009-10-07T00:58:00.001-07:00

Working on Life Drawing. (:

Feature#1 Sketches/Drawings

2009-10-02T17:29:00.000-07:00

Yay! My first Deviantart Feature. :P These are some of the works that I really admire on deviantart. Enjoy!

Click the teeny pics for the biggies!

:D

The Only Exception - Paramore

2009-09-30T16:05:00.000-07:00

Aah why do always I get addicted to songs? (: This one is interesting cause it kinda reminds me of my life, haha.

THE ONLY EXCEPTION

When I was younger
I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart
And I watched
As he tried to reassemble it

And my momma swore that
She would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love
If it does not exist

But darlin,
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception

Maybe I know somewhere
Deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways
To make it alone
Or keep a straight face

And I've always lived like this
Keeping it comfortable, distance
And up until now
I had sworn to myself that I'm content
With loneliness

Because none of it was ever worth the risk,

You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception

I've got a tight grip on reality
But I can't
Let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving
In the morning when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream

Oh
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception

And I'm on my way to believing
Oh, and I'm on my way to believing.

Beasts - Slow Moving Millie

2009-09-29T01:12:00.000-07:00

This could be our fairy tale
They play the villians for our sword
I could be the Alice to your Wonderland
And find they where the beasts are lain
Where was the dragon slain?

This could be our fairy tale
We’ll make them all disappear
I could be the rabbit to your magic hat
And find where the beast are lain
Where was the dragon slain?

This could be our fairy tale
We’ll fight them all to the end
I could be the arrow to your leader’s eye
And find where the beasts are lain
Where was the dragon slain?

And find where the beasts are lain
Where was the dragon slain?

Must be a Saturday!

2009-09-25T23:20:00.000-07:00

Saturday! This week has been strange and rather long. Glad it's here, and about to be gone, haha. Got to catch up on some of my favorite shows: Psych, The Office, and NCIS (OMG A MUST SEE).

This month has been weird and good. I got a job interview, which was really good. My teacher had recommended me to one of her former students who owns a business so he gave her his information for me. So, I called him today and he asked me to send in some examples of my work. I did and he promptly called me back. I was really excited and went to the interview the next day. The guy said since I was inexperienced (true seeing as I never had an official "real" job) he would give me one job to do. If I did it in a short amount of time and a good job on it and he liked it he would hire me as a part-timer. He was supposed to have given it to me a week or so ago but something came up. Oh well, we'll see. I'm going to keep my eyes out for other work. (:

I'm on my last class for my Associates!! I'm really excited about it! XD It's Life Drawing, which meant it's supposed to be drawing nudes and whatnot. Thankfully I talked to my teacher and he gave me a different schedule so I will come in once a week and show him my work. I've got 50 pages of artwork to do. I'm looking forward to getting that much and some more. ;P

Well, going to my friend's house in the boonies this weekend, can't wait! I miss her. :P She's moving about 20 min away from my home around in January, I'm so excited for her! XD

Ah yesh, and here are a few of the graphics I've been working on lately using Photoshp CS3 and Illustrator CS4. ^_^

WEEKEND. Enjoy.

Never Forget

2009-09-11T14:03:00.000-07:00

REMEMBER 9-11
8 years ago, today, we were attacked by Al-Qaeda who targeted the Pentagon and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
Don't forget those who died during the attack and their families.

Steady Now

2009-09-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it gets really hard to be as a family, to be friends, to be anything.

~

There’s an air everywhere
Of inconsideration and despair
I don’t consider you
And you don’t consider me
And it’s well understood
We don’t care

chorus
You know we don’t have to wait until the end of the night
Just to say that something’s wrong and maybe nobody’s right
We’re all victims in a battle
We never had to fight
It’s ok it’s alright
Steady now
we’re in this thing together
We’re in this together

I regret that I forget
Confessions always seem to stay unsaid
And maybe I worry that you’ll forsake me
Use my shame as a weapon
And go on and break me

chorus

Cause I want to take the time to say
I’m sorry I haven’t loved you the way I should
Do you think that you could forgive me
Just try to hear me
I need you with me now

chorus

~

My sister’s bday was today! She’s 23, getting up there! Haha. Almost all of us kids (see, can’t even stop from saying that cause I’m so used to it) are out of our teens, just three left to go! Two will turn 20 next year. :P Scary! I made her a bday card and we baked her her favorite cake, German Chocolate. XD

This weekend was pretty awesome cause I didn’t have to go to school on Monday. Went back to school today, though, and was completely ADD (I’m not really, but I like to think so)! I have a storyboard due tomorrow, about 5 of them. Also! I’ll be doing presentations on the 15th, to the whole school because I’m moving on from this class. I will survive, it’s just that I have to explain to each person what each of my pics mean, why I did it the way I did, what tools I used, etc.

It’s going to be an interesting next two months. :D

The Minute in the Hour of every Day...(: Raaaandom

2009-08-31T22:53:00.000-07:00

Heya! I'm going to be getting my AA after this next two classes! Going to finish this current one on September 16th, and then the next class is Life Drawing.

Here are some stuff I've been doodling with. :D Plus I'm working on some watercolor, scary! Haha, to me at least. :D

Also, I was rewatching one of my favorite youtube videos, haha. :D It's quite hilarious!

Must Be Dreaming

2009-08-06T23:10:00.000-07:00

School has been intense! I'm really excited, I will be getting my Associates in September!! A lot sooner than I thought I would. (: I've been thinking about what I will be doing for my BA, there is web design or animation. Not quite sure which one I will be choosing, probably animation because that involves more drawing than web design. I am majoring as an Illustrator, graphic designer. We'll see how it goes. :D

Well, here are some doodles I did while at school (after finishing my schoolwork of course) ;P

Anything is Possible...

2009-04-21T00:44:00.000-07:00

:D Wow, long time since I last wrote! School's been going good, almost done with the Illustrator class, it ends in two weeks. Next class is Photoshop! looking forward to it. :P

Here are some doodles I did recently while waiting for my Dad to finish work. I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone and try scenery. :P I can't draw trees very good so been trying that.

Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

Random Artwork - Recent

2009-03-24T00:19:00.000-07:00

Yay, more artwork. Been keeping busy with schooling so I haven't had time to put these up sooner. Just finished the InDesign class! It was really fun to put some of my artwork into layouts and make a promotional package. :D
These are random drawings from my recent sketchbook. Was trying different ways of doing portraits and filling up pages for school. ;)

Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

The last 5 pictures were for my schooling. We had to take a business and make a poster for it and then the picture of Anakin was to make a poster of a movie we liked and color it out. That's the "thumbnail" version. ^_^

Old Artwork - Randomness

2009-03-12T23:36:00.000-07:00

A few random pictures haha. (: The first picture is of Cinderella and the Prince. ;P I am not used to drawing guys just because I never really have drawn full grown men, just little boys so I was really happy about that one. The second picture is the Cookie Monster (it's actually a pretty recent drawing)! Haha, one of my friends requested that I draw it for him because his nickname is Cookie. :P

Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

The third is of a friend of mine, she's one of the sweetest and calmest people I know! I wanted to try my hand at drawing people by looking at them. Nonetheless, it still turned out cartoonish. The fourth is of the Goober baby! SO CUTE!!

I drew the Ariel picture while watching the DVD, it is one of my favorite movies! And she's my favorite Disney Princess. xD Last but not least I freehanded a profile of Simba from The Lion King.
:D Hope you enjoyed!

Old Artwork - Animals

2009-03-06T14:00:00.000-08:00

Animals! Some are really old and some are from like a couple years ago. :)
Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

Old Artwork - Harry Potter

2009-02-25T23:54:00.000-08:00

During my school a couple years ago I drew some Harry Potter characters, haha. :P
Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

Old Artwork - Random Girls/LotR

2009-02-23T17:31:00.000-08:00

:) Here are some more! The fourth picture was done when I was 16, I was influenced by some of my Korean friends who drew really cool. :D
The last picture is of the Lord of the Rings swords, etc. Saw those in the little book that came with the third movie, selling those items. :PP
Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

Old Artwork - Random! :P

2009-02-22T22:24:00.000-08:00

The model drawings I did while looking at some magazines because I really wanted to try to draw realistic and I think I achieved with those! :D
The piano picture I made for my piano teacher for one of her recitals. I did not know how to draw hands very well back then so the right hand looks kinda funky, lol.
I LOVE drawing curly hair, I haven't a clue why...it's just so much fun.
The second to last two pictures I was drawing based off of some of Avril Lavigne's poses, haha. I wanted to see what kind of hairstyles I liked. ;P
The last picture I drew because my sister-in-law was pregnant at the time and she just was so cute!!
So, that's all for now, more posts to come. Enjoy!
Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

Old Artwork - Spider Man!

2009-02-21T14:01:00.000-08:00

All of these are old. I drew them basing a lot of them off of soda cans I collected. :) Enjoy!
Please do not take any of my work without my permission.

A New Beginning...

2009-02-20T22:42:00.000-08:00

Hey! I started this to post all my artwork: drawings, photoshopped images, etc. :) Enjoy! Please do not take any of my work without my permission.
My other sites are:
valliegurl@deviantart.com
valliegurl@livejournal.com

~Val