A Witchy Diary

Whelp. I'm still pretty annoyed with my mom, but as usual, she's moved on and nothing has changed. She even had the audacity to ask if she could come out for Labor Day and have Joe cook some pork on the grill. It's like, you want my husband to cook for you after you lashed out at him and then tried to make him out to be some sort of villain. Ugh.

Last weekend I went to Renfaire with her and two of her friends that I met for the first time. Her friends were not interesting, it was hot, and I did not have a good time. For whatever reason, I was annoyed that she didn't even invite Juliet to Renfaire or even think about including her. When I mentioned that next year I'd like to bring Juliet, she acted like it was a foreign concept, even though they have a lot of kids' activities there. I did some shopping for Juliet, and as usual, didn't buy anything really for me, and after I told her all I could think about was Juliet, she then proceeded to shop for her too, and kept asking me "would Juliet like this". It was super annoying.

She asked me later if something was wrong and if I was ashamed of her. I asked her to explain and she said "I'll tell you later" and then never did.

Ugh, I can't even deal with her antics anymore.

Other than that, things are going well. Work is super busy as usual, and now it looks like projects are fighting over me. There's been this whole back and forth between my bosses and the managers of the Caesar's project. My bosses want to put me on the Subway account, and the Caesars PMs don't want to lose me and are scrambling to find the budget to keep me. I thought I was on this project through the end of the year but it looks like they only slotted me for September 14th. In the meantime, as my role in this project is ending, they are fighting with each other about it. It's kind of embarrassing but also kind of awesome they consider me "in demand". It just gets awkward when I'm on a team call and the PMs take like five minutes to talk about how frustrating it is that I'm in demand and that they get calls constantly from my bosses trying to roll me off their project to start a new one.

I'm still blocked on writing, so I hope that changes soon. Also, I haven't had the time. Same for drawing time too. It's just been elusive. Instead, I've been reading a lot. I have gone past my reading goal on Goodreads already.

It also doesn't help that I've been having stomach problems and sleeping issues. After a long day at work, the last thing I want to do is look at a screen. I've tried writing a little on paper, but even then it's rough. I had two migraines last week, one which caused me to miss a work meeting. Thankfully I was able to make up for it though.

I am trying to do more with my fitness. I upped my step goal, and I joined a gym. I'm hoping I can make it to the gym tomorrow if my kid will let me. I think it'll be okay as my husband has said he'd take care of her so I can have some time to myself.

Juliet's daycare preschool is going okay, I guess. Joe and the daycare lady are not getting along, and it's kind of frustrating. So I'll have to take Juliet more and pick her up too since he just can't deal with her. I'm thinking it's a huge personality clash or something.

Bastet the cat has fit well into our household. She's coming out more and doesn't hide in the corner. She eats like a horse, steals food, and begs constantly to be fed. She's a sweetheart though. She and the dog are still adjusting to each other. It helps that Holly is a big wuss.

Other than that, things are going well and busy. We are trying to refinance our home, so fingers crossed on that. I'm hoping the concrete people can get out to our house this week and do the work. WE ARE SO READY. Tomorrow I'm going to finish cleaning the house. Today I just did bills and washed the dishes and then conked on for a nap. I picked up a book to start reading and had a light dinner as my stomach was acting up again. I think I need a cleanse or maybe some fasting. For now I'm trying to avoid ALL dairy and fried foods, hoping that helps.

I hope I can update and catch up with all of you more regularly. I still have TV reviews to add to my WordPress. I did update my new portfolio site though as my old URL expired, plus I didn't like it anyway. I need to make some freelance business cards as my current ones have my old email and old defunct site. Ugh.

In the meantime, here's a meme I've stolen from some friends...

( AO3 Meme )

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Day 11

Share a book/song/movie/tv show/fanwork/etc that changed your life.

A TV show that changed my life? Probably Sailor Moon. Being an outcast in school, I was often OFTEN teased for liking nerdy things like Star Trek and comics and not being into girly things like cooking and boys. I also struggled with my sexuality during my teen years, and felt there was something wrong with me that not only was I attracted to men and women, it didn't matter to me if the attraction was man or woman, it was the person that mattered. Still, in a small tiny farming town, that was taboo. I saw Sailor Moon on Toonami and felt empowered. They were regular teens but had powers. They all had individual personalities and quirks. Sailor Moon was my obsession, and it helped me embrace who I was and who I was becoming. It'll always be special to me.

Day 12

In your own space, create a fanwork. Make a podfic, an icon, a sketch, a meta, or a rec list. Arts and crafts. Cross stitch. Draft an essay about a particular medium. Put together a picspam or a fanmix. Write a review of book you love, a ship manifesto, a you-should-be-listening-to-this-band essay. Create something.

I wanted to try my new copic markers so I did an angsty Rey and Kylo Ren doodle from Star Wars. Sorry for the crappy photo. Done in Markers.
 

( doodle under the cut )

I haven't done commissions in FOREVER, but I'm kind of desperate at the moment. I have some bills coming up and groceries are needed, as well as savings for the upcoming arrival of the baby, and instead of just asking for money, I prefer to give something for them. The Gods gave me an art talent after all, so...

Keep in mind, I AM seven months pregnant, so soon I won't be able to do much but sit on my butt anyway, so I figured this was a good time.

Things I will be able to do:

Graphic design work (1-2 iterations):
- Wallpapers ($3) computer size and lower size
- Banners ($3) No more than 300x400 pixels
- Manips ($5) all sizes
- Book Covers for indie books ($10) - if I need to use my stock imagery account this might include the cost of the stock photo too.
- Logos, icons, other graphics, custom graphics - we can discuss ($3 - $10)

Digital art, fandom or original:

- Pastel, Marker or Colored Pencils 8x10 ($25)
- Digital, Photoshop or Illustrator or Sketchbook 8x10 ($30)
- Black and White ink ($15)
- Coloring Book page ($10)

Pet Portraits:

- Ink ($20)
- Pastel or Colored Pencil ($25)
- Digital, Photoshop ($35)

Here are my portfolios to see my work:

Behance
Website
Deviantart

I've done several big bangs, banners, and original award banners for lots of fandom communities. I've got about 15 years of design experience. Most of my professional work is graphic design, prototyping and web design. Painting and drawing is mostly a hobby at this point but I've done it since I could hold a pencil.
I will give a sample sketch to show you before you pay once we discuss subject matter and terms.

Keep in mind that I will not ask for payment until after the work is complete. I will be using Paypal only. I would feel super guilty if I got paid even a portion and could not deliver.

Please share if you can! Thanks!

PS: Another thing that would help out if you haven't bought my book Unbridled. It's at Amazon.
Even though I don't get royalties until two months later, it would help later.
The e-book is $2.99 and the physical copy is $11.99. If you would like a physical copy signed by me, I can send you one for $10.

Thank you very much everyone!

EDITED: 08-30-2014

ART & FIC COMMISSIONS ARE: IN PROGRESS | COMMISSIONS ARE CLOSED

Here are my current art projects. Stay tuned: ( All my owed fic and art thingies )

No Biscuit - Laundry Logic by ~quirkyslayer on deviantART

It's back, and whoa, I forgot how long these take me to do. Which means I really need to do these ahead of time. LOL.

I'm so happy it's back. WHEEEEE!!!

Please read at The Chic Witch, which has more character information as well.

For fandomaid at Livejournal, I signed up for writing:

My auction for writing

I posted the fandoms I was pretty confident I could write in right away.

If you've forgotten, here's my art auction if you'd like that instead:

My auction for fan art

Please bid if you can!

:-)

Fandom: Doctor Who
Title: The Girl Who Waited
Artist: paynesgrey
Characters: Amy Pond, 11th Doctor
Rating: G
Prompt: "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci
Summary: N/A
Artist’s Notes (optional): Media: Photoshop, Micron ink pens, Photoshop paper filters. Done for the first fest for eleven_pond for Team Amy.


DW - The Girl Who Waited by ~quirkyslayer on deviantART

( fanart under the cut )

My help_japan gifts are complete!

*happy dance*

I'm really happy on how it turned out. I hope the bidder likes it. :)

Fandom: Being Human (BBC series)
Title: Friendship
Artist: quirkyslayer aka paynesgrey
Media: Adobe Illustrator CS5
Notes: For nicole_anell for help_japan.
URLS: Deviantart | Paper Demon


Being Human - Friendship by ~quirkyslayer on deviantART

( Bigger piece )

Tower Prep icons, from "The Rooks" Season 1, Episode 5

Total icons: 35

Preview:



HERE @prism_perfect

MacXPC - No, seriously by ~thedarklordkeisha on deviantART

LOLarious!