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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Mask Up, Bitches

27 Thursday Jan 2011

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I love long plane rides. It’s the only time I can sit back and watch half a dozen movies in succession. But if you’re to ask me what the movies are about, I’ll probably mix them all up into one mega movie…except for one very distinctive movie. I saw “Kick-Ass” (based on the comic book series of the same name) on a recent plane ride and it pretty much blew me away. I always thought superhero movies are more or less the same featuring a host of unstable individuals with a penchant for tight, shiny costumes, gadgetry, and world domination whose plans are thwarted by someone just as unstable and costume-happy as they are. But “Kick- Ass” isn’t like most superhero movies. For one thing, most of the superheroes are kids. For another, it has a lot more down-to-earth violence than an average superhero action movie. It stuck with me long after the plane landed and here they are:

The kids of “Kick-Ass.”

I decided not to include Big Daddy, since his costume looked a little too much like a low-rent Batman.

Dave Lizewski, who one day decided to order a diving suit online, pair it up with work boots and dish washing gloves, and become a real life superhero.

The amazing Hit Girl. I so want to be her when I grow up.

Red Mist. He’s fun and he’s evil. Is he a villain in the making?

Whew! Now that I got it all out of my system, it’s back to painting cute little hedgehogs and toadstools I go…but not before I play “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us” by the Sparks one more time!

 

Vamoose, Vampire! Faery

22 Saturday Jan 2011

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Are you afraid of vampires?

Fight evil with evil!

Sic this little vampire faery on those pesky blood suckers and you can guarantee yourself a vampire-free existence!

It’s La Croix, Sweetie

16 Sunday Jan 2011

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The hardest thing about doing the Absolutely Fabulous girls was working out which outfits to paint on the dolls. There are just so many crazy ones to choose from! But good sense won out in the end and I didn’t attempt any of the zaniest ones worn by Eddie and Bubble. Still, I had to rest my eyes every now and then while painting this set!

The ladies of Ab Fab

Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stones are over the top, chain-smoking alcoholics obsessed with fashion and pop culture. They turned intoxication into a new art form. Are you a Patsy or an Edina? That’s the question we asked ourselves before the dawn of “Sex and the City.”

One of my favorite Edina accessory.

Edina’s disapproving daughter Saffron.

Bubble, Edina’s ineffectual and inept personal assistant with a bizarre wardrobe.

Edina’s somewhat senile mother with kleptomaniac tendencies.

Television doesn’t get any better than this, does it?

I never ever thought, in my life, that I would paint the Teletubbies…especially in this scale!

And here’s some good news for you Ab Fab fans out there: there are talks of the series coming back this year! Pop a champagne cork and drink up, sweetie darling!

How You Can Help

13 Thursday Jan 2011

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Even though we’re lucky enough to be out of the floods’ way during these terrible times, it’s still awful to turn on the TV every night and watch people’s cars, boats, homes, livestock, furniture, businesses, lives, futures, hopes and memories get washed away. The only thing left to do now is to wait for the water to recede, access the damages, and hope for the best.

It made me feel bad to whine like a little baby whenever I used to see a little puddle of water in my basement after a rainfall.

I have attached the link to the flood relief on the sidebar. A little can make a big difference in these hard times.

Get Lucky…Twice!

11 Tuesday Jan 2011

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You can’t get too much good fortune, can you? So here is set two of the Maneki Neko.

These guys, I think are DOUBLE lucky, since they’re a bit rounder than the last set!

I Pledge of Allegiance…

06 Thursday Jan 2011

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…to the State of Rock and Roll!

(Clockwise from left) The Spaceman, The Starchild, The Demon, The Catman…all here to make sure you rock and roll all night, and party every day!

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