What's more limited?

I saw this on the subway in NYC today. Have a feeling it wouldn't go down so well in say, Texas.

I especially like how they've added an "anti choice" badge, just incase there was any ambiguity.

I saw Hillary Clinton yesterday!

Having wandered into Grand Central Station to have a look at the building, I saw a big group of people huddled around a bunch of cameras pointed at an unattented podium. I went over to see what was going on and, after asking a few people who didn't know what was going on but who were pushing to get to the front anyway, I found out that Hilary Clinton was going to be there!

I waited about 5 minutes and she popped up and started talking... I managed to get right to the front of the crowd but there were still lots of security people in the way and lots of middle class ladies wanting to get through to see her so I stepped back and went round to the other side of the crowd where I managed to get right to the front again and had a pretty unobstructed view! She gave a talk about the transit system as I think she's just come up with a plan to give loads of money to it. Then a few other people spoke and then they had questions. It was so cool to see! She was obviously a very good speaker and conducted the questions really well. She was wearing a hideous orange pantsuit.

The crowd was pretty appreciative altogether though a few people tried to start up a chant of "obama obama". Someone asked a question about Sarah Palin and how inexperienced she is, something along the lines of how does Hillary feel about the comparisons with sarah and one of her colleagues said "It's obvious that Sarah Palin is certainly no Hillary Clinton" which got the biggest cheer of the whole thing! Then she did a few photo ops for the press, signed a framed photo collage some fan had brought along and shook hands with some people. As she walked out, she came right by my side of the stage and shook hands with members of the crowd so i got some good photos then. One guy she kissed on the cheek and, as the crowd broke up and started to follow her to the first class lounge where she made her exit, I heard the guy overexcitedly saying to his friends "I french kissed Hillary Clinton!" and "Who needs Monica?!"

Natalie Portman

Managed to go back and pretty much finish up this Natalie Portman piece

Headband

Yes, I am chronically unable to finish a proper painting piece. This one, however, was just for fun... drawn freehand, it was fun to do :)

Natalie Portman

Another work in progress. I realise the sketch of the arms is out, proportion wise.

Katie Holmes somewhat stalled

Well here's where I'm up to with the Katie Holmes piece. I've started on the skirt (out of shot here) but I think I'm going to leave this one here for a little while.



Here's a bonus 100% shot of the face

I'm starting work on a shaved-head Natalie Portman piece now... we'll see how that goes.

In other news, I was on hold to virgin internet for 20 minutes today. They made me choose from a list of 5 different genres of hold music. Missing the point by about 6 miles, they let me choose between "pop", "soothing classical", "blues" etc. Do you want to tell them it's not the type of music that's annoying, it's the 20 minute wait... or shall I?

Katie Holmes Work in Progress

Still working on this one, it's hopefully going to be a full body piece in the end. In the source pic she's wearing a gorgeous balletic dress made of a net material that is bound to cause some problems in drawing!



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Print Sales!

I've started selling prints at www.etsy.com!

Etsy seems like a super artist-friendly platform to sell from. It's also extra fun for buyers to surf around, with options like search by colour, where you're given a funky bar of colour that pops out little bubbles as you roll over it and Treasuries, where etsians can put together little themed lists of products from other sellers. The whole site is cutely designed and put together to provide an enjoyable shopping experience full of kitsch.

Have a look! Here's a selection of things I've currently got for sale :)

Chinese New Year

I'm a bit behind on this post. A couple of weekends ago I went to the chinese new year celebrations in the centre of London. There was a photography competition going on so I was there with the camera and tried to get some nice shots. I have a feeling that 99% of the photographs entered into the competition will be of the red lanterns that were strung round everywhere and, honestly, it was a bit difficult to find anything to photograph beyond that which would "capture the day".

I don't think I'm going to enter any of these, but here they are anyway!



Crispy duck! Yum!






Shop and restaurant windows

Welp, that's it!