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lookingland) wrote2008-06-30 08:15 am
lookingland) wrote2008-06-30 08:15 am
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the waning summer ~
it's july tomorrow and the summer is already one third over (which is great because the weather has been tolerable ~ this time last year it was excruciating!). but i had wanted to do stuff this summer that i haven't even begun to think about and i am worried that time will run out.
i had wanted to maybe learn how to ride a bike (don't laugh, no ever taught me!), or take horse riding lessons, or take a class in something fun/artsy. but the summer schedule at the U was crap (we get free tuition there), and i've got no one to teach me to ride a bike, and i'm too poor for horses. so all of that's gone south.
that doesn't leave me with much of a list to work on outside the usual goals for writing and reading. but i realized this past weekend that i had meant to do more paper doll work and i really haven't done much (some here and there, but nothing very organized or concrete ~ like most of everything else i flirt around with).
i want a paper doll blog. mostly to annoy my loving cousin![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
babalueye, but also because i just think it would be cool to have something i could consistently build on. i am inspired by Anna's klippdocksblogg which has some wonderful artwork (looks like colored pencil, i think ~ i don't read swedish, alas. she also has a website here), and Liana's paper doll blog, which is fun because she had various movie/tv themes, etc. her blog has been a little erratic lately, but when she gets on a roll, it's a joy! other paper doll sites i like are David Clauden, and Brenda Sneathen-Mattox, who i forgive for making her website so nauseatingly pink because her artwork is so incredible.
today's picture is one of the weirder things in my paper doll collection: The Physionotrace, reproduced by the Getty Museum. this was a parlor game of that time-honored custom of judging people by the shape of their face (noses were all the rage in the early decades of the 19th century, as you can see). anyway, it's hilarious and comes with several sheets of random noses and hats. who says history is boring?
anyway, so that's where my thoughts are this morning. i feel like my drawing is at a place where if i really put the right kind of effort into something, it has a good chance of not sucking, which is great!
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happy monday all!
i had wanted to maybe learn how to ride a bike (don't laugh, no ever taught me!), or take horse riding lessons, or take a class in something fun/artsy. but the summer schedule at the U was crap (we get free tuition there), and i've got no one to teach me to ride a bike, and i'm too poor for horses. so all of that's gone south.
that doesn't leave me with much of a list to work on outside the usual goals for writing and reading. but i realized this past weekend that i had meant to do more paper doll work and i really haven't done much (some here and there, but nothing very organized or concrete ~ like most of everything else i flirt around with).
i want a paper doll blog. mostly to annoy my loving cousin
babalueye, but also because i just think it would be cool to have something i could consistently build on. i am inspired by Anna's klippdocksblogg which has some wonderful artwork (looks like colored pencil, i think ~ i don't read swedish, alas. she also has a website here), and Liana's paper doll blog, which is fun because she had various movie/tv themes, etc. her blog has been a little erratic lately, but when she gets on a roll, it's a joy! other paper doll sites i like are David Clauden, and Brenda Sneathen-Mattox, who i forgive for making her website so nauseatingly pink because her artwork is so incredible.today's picture is one of the weirder things in my paper doll collection: The Physionotrace, reproduced by the Getty Museum. this was a parlor game of that time-honored custom of judging people by the shape of their face (noses were all the rage in the early decades of the 19th century, as you can see). anyway, it's hilarious and comes with several sheets of random noses and hats. who says history is boring?
anyway, so that's where my thoughts are this morning. i feel like my drawing is at a place where if i really put the right kind of effort into something, it has a good chance of not sucking, which is great!
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happy monday all!
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I am very sad about no horses for you,however...:(
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maybe horses in the fall. i have a friend who is interested and if there's an equestrian class at the U we can take it ~ for FREE!
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I love your paperdolls! It's nice to have stories behind them like yours do -- mine are just blank, neglected clotheshorses. I like Sid especially.
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thank you for taking a look at my work!
and there's certainly nothing wrong with a "blank clotheshorse" (hardly neglected, seeing the size of the wardrobe!). it certainly gives you lots of versatility ~ and i have always loved one doll with many many clothes vs. many dolls with few.
thank you for posting! did you track me back from my link? that was fast!
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well thanks again for stopping by. feel free to friend me if you want ~ sometimes i put stuff under friends-only.
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p.s. every time i see that avatar of yours, i just get mesmerized by it ~ hahahaha
Getty blog links to you!
(Anonymous) 2008-07-01 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)Thanks for your comments about the Physionotrace. We've posted a blog post that links back to here plus have linked to the interactive site where you can play with this and many other parlor games. It's at http://gettylens.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/interactivity-before-the-digital-age/
Best regards,
Vicki Porter
Web Manager
The J. Paul Getty Trust
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thank you!
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