Pretty On The Outside

Flipping Out. Jeff Lewis and his lips.

Right now I'm supposed to be completing some illustrations for a poster promoting what will certainly be a very fun upcoming event in Hollywood mid next month.  I'll share the poster and info about that evening somewhere in the next two weeks.  I'm taking a few minutes off from that project though to do this posting because I'm a giver.  So.... as I've been illustrating my fingers to the bone--- a marathon of Bravo's  Flipping Out has been playing in the background.  My guy and my oldest sister like that show quite a bit and I've watched an episode or two but it's never quite grabbed me.  Sure Jeff Lewis's enormously inflated lips are dazzling to behold and I love his maid Zoila but...... I'm afraid this program is a no for me.  In my opinion, reality TV shows are like songs--- either you're hooked and want more or you change the dial.  About a half an hour ago, I couldn't listen to one more minute of Flipping Out so I grabbed my remote as Jeff was mid-bitch during a confessional scene.  I hit pause and this is what I saw.....

I couldn't not draw that.  His lips are magical as is his head of hair.  His eyebrows are kind of magical too.  Oh hell..... does this mean I'll be doing more drawings from this show?!?!  Damn you Bravo!  You're the drug I just can't quit. 

OK, back to my poster.

Drawing of Jeff done with ink on 9" x 12" hot pressed watercolor paper.

If you enjoy looking at my drawings online, the next step would be having one or two or three in your home.  Interested?  Click on over to my etsy shop and take a gander.  And your credit card.  :)  Much appreciated!

The Real Housewives of Atlanta. I'm going to stop talkin' to you right now before I get blowin' up on your ass!

Above is Kandi delivering the best line of the night which I used in the title of this posting.  I'm totally on team Kandi by the way.

Pretty Links

Funny Australian toilet cleanser ads.  Oh La La Mag

It looks like Lil Kim's face was injected with that toilet cleanser. Sorry.  Crunk & Disorderly

By now you've certainly read/ heard the unbelievably repulsive bombshell Mackenzie Phillips dropped about her sexual relationship with her dad!  Unreal.  More details here....    Kenneth In The 212

After that last link I think a good palette cleanser would be these adorable baby hamster photos.  I challenge anyone to not say ohhhhhh cute! after looking at these.  Cute Overload

If that last link didn't completely erase the MacKenzie Philips story, then this mound of gratuitous hotness should. Nicholas Gonzales is one of my all-time favorites.  He may be yours too.  David Dust

Fergie.

I'd like to take a moment to introduce you all to my neighbor.  In order to protect her identity, I'll be using the name my bff gave her--- Fergie.  Fergie moved in about six years ago and right away, she started coming over to our home.  

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Drag Race.

I plopped down in front of my fully loaded Tivo yesterday evening and drank my body weight in Cabernet as I watched last week's Real Housewives of Atlanta.  OK, that show is ten steps beyond ridiculous with the drag queen makeup, the drag queen wigs and hairstyles, and the drag queen outfits.  This Atlanta franchise could easily add Nina Flowers and Bebe Zahara Benet from RuPaul's Drag Race to the cast next season and they'd seamlessly fit in.  Actually Nina and Bebe would probably seem normal in amongst those tarted-up Georgia peaches.
The housewife I find the most delusional would be HeRee.

I knew it would be a long episode when it began with HeRee working out with his/her personal trainer/exotic stripper and declaring she had the body of a 25 year old man.  I mean woman.  (?) HeRee also had to mention her trainer is one of the most sought after in the city and that he trains all the top celebrities and ath-a-letes in Atlanta because she wouldn't trust her pecs and nut sac to just anyone.  As she spouted off about the kind of man she wanted- I chugged a full glass of wine and hummed.  I find her to be impossibly full of it and can only bare a few seconds of her nonsense.  I also thought she looked like Tommy Davidson in drag when she attended the alter-ego party.  On the positive side, I will say I appreciate that she was working out with a face full of makeup as any good drag would.

Now please don't hate me, but...... I'm falling in like with Kim.  I know, I know it's bad.  Sure she's a giant clueless drag queen who smokes too much and flaunts her excesses which come from her still-married significant other, but there's something in there I enjoy.

Bunnies, bunnies, bunnies!

I've got a thing for bunnies.  I do.  I love real live bunnies, I love bunnies in artwork, I love it when I see people in bunny costumes or wearing bunny ears..... I even call my guy bunny.  I've also got a thing for guys who take photos of themselves in the mirror with their cameras or their phone's camera.  Usually those pix which are taken in various states of undress are for hooking up purposes.  They can also be for vanity, to check progress on gym activities, or they can just be for the hell of it.  Whatever the motivation, I'm into it.  About four months ago, I decided to combine those interests and made at least a dozen of the following bunnies which I'll be posting them here and there.  I've got a bigger project in mind for these but for now, here are a couple to get the bunny ball rolling.

This dapper bunny with an orange Iphone is available as a print here.

This taupe bunny with red Iphone is also available as a print here.

More bunnies to follow shortly.

Hello again!

Testing..... testing..... is this thing on?  Wow, I haven't blogged in forever!  Hope I remember how to do it.  Well, it was nearly two weeks ago when one of my best friends, Michael, asked if I'd like to assist him with a project.  Last minute, he got hired to art direct Mexican pop singer Paulina Rubio's tour.  If you're not familiar with Miss Rubio, have a look here and get all caught up with the Latin Queen of Pop.  So my role was to act as Michael's lovely assistant and also to create any artistic/ graphic elements needed for the show. 

That's Paulina in the opening number from her first show in Primm, NV.  It was early the week before last that my friend and I had our first meeting with her and her team.  It went great, she was extremely nice to us and loved all the ideas that were presented.  And then the next consecutive 12 days went by in a blur.  There were several 17 hour days in a row as I worked to produce option after option after option for various props and backdrops.  I definitely didn't know what I'd gotten into when I agreed to do this, but now that it's done--- I'm thrilled to have had the experience.  My biggest contribution was to design a 24" x 40" kabuki backdrop which is revealed halfway into the show.  I came up with over a dozen possibilities based on the specific requests of her team.  Paulina picked two of the examples and asked that I merge them.  And I did.  Here's the design I created based on her direction.

A short message from me.

Hello again.  I didn't mean to fall off the face of the blog world as I recently have.  A work project came up, I went out of town for a couple of days, and had some guests staying with me.  Blah, blah, blah...... I have a couple free-lance gigs I'm chasing after at the moment so depending on what happens with those--- I may be gone for another week or so.  Blogging is a blast but it sadly doesn't pay the bills.  I will be back shortly..... hope you all will stick around. 
xoxo
Me