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sillywhims: Got around to buying little canvas boards from...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:47:02 -0700

Got around to buying little canvas boards from Michael’s Crafts. I like working small with paintings, believe it or not.

These are 2x2”, done in craft acrylics. Photo refs used for lighting purposes.

I used pins to paint a lot of the little deets.

sillywhims: Rarely do I remember the first time I saw a movie....

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:59:23 -0700

sillywhims:

Rarely do I remember the first time I saw a movie. But I certainly remember the first time I saw Little Shop of Horrors…It was Thanksgiving in the early 90s at my grandparent’s house. I didn’t catch the whole thing (mainly from when Audrey got attacked onward). But it led to me having one of the worst nightmares I’ve ever had.
In the nightmare, my mom and I were watching tv on the couch (a nightly ritual back then), with my dog Belle on the floor beside us. I look past my mom, down the hallway to her bedroom door. I see it creak open and vines starting to come out. Audrey II starts creeping into the living room. It ends up squishing my dog, and then goes and eats my mom, right before my eyes. I woke up after that, because I certainly didn’t wanna stick around to see if I was next on the menu.

For the longest time, I put off seeing the movie again because I thought it was a straight-up horror film. Until I finally got the guts to see it again. My dad got me the VHS at an old video store (bah, I forget the name! Began with an ‘s’) and so I watched it from the beginning. And then I watched it again. And then again…and again…

It was a pretty bad obsession. Of course nobody at school cared about it, but that didn’t stop me from geeking out about it to them.

Btw, it wasn’t until recently that it hit me that Audrey II came to earth on September 23rd (my birthday!!!)

…..ANYWAY.

I never did fanart of this movie so I fixed that! Lemme say that green is a pain in the ass to work with! The slightest change in hue and it changes the entire look.

PS: I prefer the good ending.

"His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he..."

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:45:38 -0700

“His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via vanished)

DAVID RAKOFF

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:58:22 -0700

Here I am writing because well what else do you do in a situation like this. A man I loved, loved from afar, but loved none the less has died. I never met him and it would be unfair to say I knew him. I wanted to be like him for so many reasons his calm collected wit, the coolness and ease with which he did everything even take about his hardship. There were many things I like about him but I did not have in me, his ability for negative thinking for one. He made me laugh many times and cry a few. Since his most recent book, Half-Empty, which I Liked but not as much as I loved him, I’d been pacing, mentally mostly. I was waiting for his next word. He went on the Daily Show and talked about the practical considerations of losing him arm, then something he had escaped. He looked beautiful and brave as always. I thought then, mistakenly that he had passed through and come out relatively unscathed. I thought that he like many people needed to be through with something before they could go about revealing what it meant to them in earnest. Then This American Life, the place where I first heard David, released audio of their live show Invisible Made Visible. I cried then for David for the lose of his arm and for he beauty and courage of his dancing which I could not see, but knew nonetheless. Even though I had been fooled before I once again assumed that the taking of his arm meant the saving of his life. Of course I found out this week that I was wrong. I can’t help but be sad for all that did not come to pass, but I’m thankful the he wrote and spoke what he dd.

usclibraries: The Los Angeles River at the present-day site of...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:06:34 -0700

usclibraries:

The Los Angeles River at the present-day site of Griffith Park, circa 1898.

life: July 17, 1955: Disneyland opens Pictured: Night view of...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:24:04 -0700

life:

July 17, 1955: Disneyland opens

Pictured: Night view of Disneyland and the Sleeping Beauty’s castle with fireworks exploding over it, people watching silhouetted against light.

usclibraries: Scenes from Disneyland’s opening day on July 17,...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:59:59 -0700

usclibraries:

Scenes from Disneyland’s opening day on July 17, 1955.

Bad Animation is upsetting, even if Gif form.

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:59:40 -0700

Bad Animation is upsetting, even if Gif form.

Photo

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:45:35 -0700

hedda-hopper: Ginger Rogers, We’re in the Money, Gold Diggers...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:16:23 -0700

hedda-hopper:

Ginger Rogers, We’re in the Money, Gold Diggers of 1933 (Warner Brothers, 1933), music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin

This

sillywhims: Salon day for Merida, Rapunzel, and Spring Sprite.

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:12:51 -0700

sillywhims:

Salon day for Merida, Rapunzel, and Spring Sprite.

nprfreshair: Today: Aaron Paul on Fresh Air

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:01:02 -0700

nprfreshair:

Today: Aaron Paul on Fresh Air

sillywhims: NOW IN COLOR!Fun Fact: Reference used for his wings...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:35:32 -0700

sillywhims:

NOW IN COLOR!

Fun Fact: Reference used for his wings was just me flapping my hand in the air and studying that. As I do not have time to watch bird videos on youtube to break it down…

Also, yes I like using this face of his a lot. I sketched it awhile back and I think it’s adorable, haha

Flying Orange Bird

#i don’t even know how to properly respond to this Game of...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:31:12 -0700

#i don’t even know how to properly respond to this

Game of Thrones + Star Wars

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRISON FORD (July 13, 1942). “The actor’s...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:47:21 -0700

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRISON FORD (July 13, 1942).

“The actor’s popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.”

umm wut

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:19:49 -0700

umm wut

usclibraries: Circa 1900 view of Bunker Hill, downtown L.A.’s...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:05:03 -0700

usclibraries:

Circa 1900 view of Bunker Hill, downtown L.A.’s lost neighborhood. The view looks west from the county courthouse atop Poundcake Hill. Broadway is visible in the bottom-left, and at the far right stands the Crocker mansion at the corner of Hill and Court streets.

In the 1950s and ’60s, a redevelopment project cleared Bunker Hill of its streets and buildings and altered the physical topography of the neighborhood. Learn more about Bunker Hill’s development and eventual demise with L.A. as Subject’s latest KCET contribution.

lovelylittledisney: wardkimball: 39. Disney-MGM Studios opened...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:54:20 -0700

lovelylittledisney:

wardkimball:

39. Disney-MGM Studios opened in Orlando, Florida on this day in 1989.

The last four surviving members of the Nine Old Men were invited to a ceremony at the then-newly opened Disney-MGM Studios theme park. Top Image: (from left to right) Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Ward Kimball, Ken O’Connor, Marc Davis. Roy Disney Jr. appears in the bottom photo with everybody else.

When I was there last month I sat in the courtyard touching all their handprints and basically crying

I love them a lot ok

it was really hot out though so I was only there about 3 minutes

The Spectacular Claire Keane (Daughter of Fantastic Animator...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:55:38 -0700

The Spectacular Claire Keane (Daughter of Fantastic Animator Glen Keane)

"She is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in dark, smart night clubs,..."

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:51:09 -0700

“She is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in dark, smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication, toying iced glasses with a remote, faintly bitter expression, dancing deliciously, laughing a great deal with wide, hurt eyes. Young things with a talent for living.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald (via unejeunedemoiselle)