tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59299162336501547882012-02-15T23:56:10.856-08:00sometimes i prefer the company of crayonsdionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-36281531795145253562011-04-28T14:03:00.000-07:002011-04-28T14:07:38.980-07:00I get those apparently. Sometimes the holidays hit and you forget you have a blog for, oh, about a half a year. Sheesh. Here are some more black-and-white starlet portraits to update the blog since it's been a while:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EDeR-DMM8_I/TbnW3DQXjtI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/ETmPs1uXg90/s1600/rita_sm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EDeR-DMM8_I/TbnW3DQXjtI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/ETmPs1uXg90/s400/rita_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600743852867030738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rbc1AKSdlfc/TbnW9PlBIYI/AAAAAAAAAFY/Gyv9sXYc2KI/s1600/jane_sm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rbc1AKSdlfc/TbnW9PlBIYI/AAAAAAAAAFY/Gyv9sXYc2KI/s400/jane_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600743959254081922" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-3628153179514525356?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-65148253447220831672010-11-18T17:07:00.000-08:002010-11-18T17:08:56.704-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TOXOHTMr4iI/AAAAAAAAAEc/QMHy_4q-afQ/s1600/strawberry.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TOXOHTMr4iI/AAAAAAAAAEc/QMHy_4q-afQ/s400/strawberry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541061541357150754" border="0" /></a><br />...is rather berrylicious, no?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-6514825344722083167?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-45953846186896245982010-08-02T17:49:00.000-07:002010-08-02T17:52:04.731-07:00Woohoo! I'm off to Hawaii for the rest of the week. In honor of the mini holiday, am offering up this quickie luau pig. Thanks for dropping by, kiddies! (Or should I say, "mahalo???")<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TFdn7GPn1aI/AAAAAAAAAEM/jJSaIJthums/s1600/luau_piggie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TFdn7GPn1aI/AAAAAAAAAEM/jJSaIJthums/s400/luau_piggie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500979734842430882" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-4595384618689624598?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-11568015423396146432010-06-25T11:05:00.000-07:002010-06-25T11:15:44.739-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TCTwawgf_zI/AAAAAAAAAEE/CjXxE9Nn6N4/s1600/audrey.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TCTwawgf_zI/AAAAAAAAAEE/CjXxE9Nn6N4/s400/audrey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486774588532588338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Still learning the ropes as far as painting goes. Still enjoying it. :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-1156801542339614643?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-11295824824094545812010-06-22T15:36:00.000-07:002010-06-25T11:15:57.148-07:00... I get it. No one in the world will ever see this blog except me. I am totally aware of this. Nevertheless, I shall post on. If only for me. And on that note, here are two new paintings for, uh, me to enjoy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TCE_faNRM0I/AAAAAAAAAD0/EL4fHNEhxZc/s1600/amelie1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TCE_faNRM0I/AAAAAAAAAD0/EL4fHNEhxZc/s400/amelie1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485735629957444418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TCE_mCJhR3I/AAAAAAAAAD8/ID3hZZgwM9A/s1600/29947_10150205426980311_693540310_12734315_1586978_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TCE_mCJhR3I/AAAAAAAAAD8/ID3hZZgwM9A/s400/29947_10150205426980311_693540310_12734315_1586978_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485735743758354290" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-1129582482409454581?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-74472010815781130512010-06-01T15:59:00.001-07:002010-06-01T16:08:08.338-07:00...but I'm having so much fun I don't care. It's so different from my Illustrator work, I'll have to learn to find a way to get the two styles to meet. Practice, practice, practice... I'm sure. At any rate, here are a couple of studies from my lessons:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TAWRjWHVBrI/AAAAAAAAADs/oIbFl-stj1U/s1600/man_study.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TAWRjWHVBrI/AAAAAAAAADs/oIbFl-stj1U/s400/man_study.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477944558183843506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TAWRddmrz5I/AAAAAAAAADk/ypyrDEoY0Us/s1600/girl_study.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/TAWRddmrz5I/AAAAAAAAADk/ypyrDEoY0Us/s400/girl_study.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477944457115193234" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-7447201081578113051?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-41678020323272476982010-05-13T14:16:00.000-07:002010-06-01T16:05:47.316-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S-xtA3X71DI/AAAAAAAAADc/cmixkJ6ou4g/s1600/jam2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S-xtA3X71DI/AAAAAAAAADc/cmixkJ6ou4g/s400/jam2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470867508980077618" border="0" /></a><br />...one more post. This one's an "art jam" assignment from a few weeks back, but I couldn't resist posting it seeing how Betty White is such a hot commodity at the moment. If the "Golden Girls" were an animated series, I think it'd go a little something like this. Or not.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-4167802032327247698?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-4483966120413413042010-05-13T12:16:00.000-07:002010-06-01T16:06:22.417-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S-xlAnmz2DI/AAAAAAAAADU/uo4m84DcqLQ/s1600/droop1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S-xlAnmz2DI/AAAAAAAAADU/uo4m84DcqLQ/s400/droop1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470858708654479410" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...or was that just in film? I forget. At any rate, here's a little Illustrator quickie in honor of that golden rule.<br /><br />I have been learning how to digitally paint and couldn't be more excited about it. I cannot explain how great it is to work in another "medium" after playing solely with nodes and gradient fills for so long. Now if I can just learn how to come up with a creative idea or two... mwahahahaaaa...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-448396612041341304?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-64509542612623047992010-04-27T11:16:00.000-07:002010-06-01T16:07:03.300-07:00"I'm going to start an art blog. It'll be great motivation to start drawing again."<br /><br />Cut to almost two years later... nada. Sheesh.<br /><br />Guess I should actually post some art to this art blog, huh? Here are some Japan-themed scribbles. Because I'm sort of missing Japan lately (but only the food, really... not the crazed, homicidal geishas):<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S9cs7bwVRgI/AAAAAAAAADE/e99qws-FKSQ/s1600/evilgeisha.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S9cs7bwVRgI/AAAAAAAAADE/e99qws-FKSQ/s400/evilgeisha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464886072411768322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S9csO1Ub8wI/AAAAAAAAAC8/e4Ov3aDD4BQ/s1600/fatman.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/S9csO1Ub8wI/AAAAAAAAAC8/e4Ov3aDD4BQ/s400/fatman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464885306179973890" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-6450954261262304799?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929916233650154788.post-20110394213083255092008-01-31T15:50:00.000-08:002010-06-01T16:07:25.409-07:00<div>...so I will post a picture of a fat kitty here:</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/R6Jg6symJCI/AAAAAAAAAAc/UYGbB3OHh2M/s1600-h/fatkitty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_kDDiXqC_gwg/R6Jg6symJCI/AAAAAAAAAAc/UYGbB3OHh2M/s320/fatkitty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161794684492063778" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Huzzah for uninspired starts!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5929916233650154788-2011039421308325509?l=dionalinardo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368705297407757731noreply@blogger.com2