Me, You and Fiverr.com

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Christine
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Submitted to Fiverr.com for the $5 Pencil Portrait Series.

I started a new project on Fiverr.com – Where I’ll take people’s photo’s and make them into pencil sketches for $5 each.

I set a goal of 100 – that way I’d have a fun portfolio piece and so that there would be a limit to amount of time I dedicate to this project.

So far I’ve completed 8 with 3 more in the cue.If you would like to participate or even just check it out – follow the link below!

All images will be posted in my portfolio under The Fiverr.com Series

Participate here!

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Oh you pretty things

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Christine

30X40″ watercolor & colored pencils.

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Welcome to the New Year!

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Christine

POTTERY

I have been very very busy.

I started playing with pottery, have picked up a couple logo design jobs and that’s pretty much taken up a lot of my time not including my day job and the holidays. I will post the end results and pictures in a few days.

Today I’ve been organizing my office space and trying to plan out my plan of attack/projects for the next 2 months.

So much to do, so little time. Lately I have more to do for other people then I have to work on for myself! It’s good to be busy.

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$5 off at Society6

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Christine

Click This Picture for the link!

 

Promotion expires November 11, 2012 at Midnight Pacific Time.

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Pencil Portrait Podcast

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Christine

Hi, I finished a pencil portrait last week – it’s a photo of my wife’s mother. Having a big brain idea, I decided to video tape myself while I was working on it. That was the easy part – figuring out how to speed up an hour of video into something short and sweet was something else. Please excuse the quality of the video. It was shot in HD but after being dragged thru Adobe After Effects and then brought back into iMovie… well, I’ll get better at it I hope.

Till then, enjoy!

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Been Doin’

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Christine

I have a little side project on the go. Working on figuring out the right medium to use has been a challenge! I will post progress photos as I go. For tonight – this:

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What am I doing?

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Christine

I suspect I may have lost my mind… I’ve been making embroidery thread bracelets and I just started a cross stitching project. (I didn’t make the one above. I was being lazy and grabbed that image)

Remember when I used to draw?

So, I probably have about 15 *UFO’s hanging around my house. *My cousin uses that term for “Un-Finished Objects” I can’t seem to finish anything lately before getting a bit bored and moving to the next thing.

Is it summer?

Is it boredom?

My desk looks like the craft store threw up all over it.

On the positive side – A co-worker turned me onto a website where you can turn your photo’s cartoons etc. into embroidery patterns. You can choose from 5 – 50 threads and the size Aida cloth you want to use. And yes, (because you thought/asked/dreaded it) tons of people have digitized Edward and that team other guy… what’s his face?

The Gallery was less impressive, but I know someone who is doing an AWESOME David Bowie album cover and obvs. we can’t all be cross stich mensa right?

I would like to attempt this Pink Floyd Album cover to frame, someday:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, if you’re crafty – go to My Photo Stitch and kiss your current or potencial productivity goodbye!

<3

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The more things change…

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Christine

…the more they stay the same?

Well, I don’t know about that.

I don’t think this is a fair comparison anymore.

The past week I’ve been trying to decide if I want to invest in another Mac or get a custom build PC. I’ve always been a Mac person – it was the computer I used for Graphic Design School. It’s been my brand and all I’ve ever really used. I’ve always found Windows and DOS really hard to wrap my brain around. Maybe it’s because I’m impatient and I want things to work NOW and to be able to find things NOW… Mac has always been NOW for me. But I’m a poor artist, seriously – I am! The programs are horrendously priced, the hardware becomes obsoleet quickly and upgrading is not an option OR it’s a nightmare.

Mac – has literally become the computer of the elite.

Last year I bought a little PowerBook to write a little children’s book on. It did the job – I got it done… but when the battery went, the cord went and I had to spend another $200 (added to the $600 I originally paid) it upset me when I couldn’t even watch a Netflix on it.

The OS was obsolete and it’s not upgradable.

I’m having the same issue with my iMac. I paid over $2000 for this computer 7 years ago – I maxed out the ram and hard drive and honestly it’s served me well. But I don’t have $2000 and $2000 won’t get me what I need anymore from Apple.

But – for under a grand… you’d be really surprised what I could get in the form of a custom PC.

I love the sleek, hip and ease of a Mac.

I literally just can’t afford it.

I guess my iPhone will have to update to my new PC and I’ll have to run Adobe CS6 in Windows 7 – I feel kind of like I just broke up with my girlfriend.

This loyal Apple user is having to say goodbye. So much for our 20 year love affair, breaking up is really hard to do…

~sigh~

I have lots of research to do I think.

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In Progress

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Christine
Excerpt from Kindred © Christine Leader. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpt from Kindred © Christine Leader. All Rights Reserved.

Last year I started a graphic novel. I’d originally set a very strict deadline for completion but realized that perhaps I was being a bit too strict with myself. That and the fact that rushing was causing me to do things in an order I wasn’t comfortable with. I worked relentlessly on it for a month and then at the end realized that this was going to have to be a project I was in the right space to complete. I think I’m starting (a year later) to actually get to that place. I’m excited to set up a studio for drawing and inking, to get back to figuring out the flow of what I want to say – most of which is loosely based on my personal experiences of coming out and what life is and was like for me personally as a queer individual. I’m excited to get back to it and I think starting in May I might be able to physically start outputting pages again. Maybe it’s spring, maybe it’s just the dam being unblocked. I’m just excited to be feeling like it’s now the time.

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You Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated.

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Christine

 

Today I am separating blog and ongoing w0rk posts. On the top menu and to the right you will find a link to punch pixel – my blog. I will be posting my daily (thoughts) there and saving this space for ongoing projects and professional blerbage… Blobage? (And words I make up.)

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