modern romance
Work is slow, so I’m opening up commissions. Above are some basic guidelines, but any additional preferences are up for private discussion. These prices are for digital files, but if you commission something more complex, which you feel won’t scan to your satisfaction, or if you would simply like to be shipped the original of any commission, we can also negotiate that on a case-by-case basis. (It won’t be expensive, but every situation is different.) I’ll do any character or person you like; just send me reference. I can also do an original character, if you just want something nice to look at. For more ideas of my style, search my art tag, or go here to look at some truly ancient art (I’m better now, I promise.) I accept PayPal.
TL;DR hit me up for arts in my ask or, preferably, at asiasanchezcommissions at gmail dot com
ALSO: if you can’t get anything yourself right now, you could really help me out by getting the word out there. I’d appreciate it!
other reminder
including a reminder that the above examples were done super quickly
and that i promise to put more effort into your commissions
Hey I've got a bunch of new stuff up on Society6
reminder
also if there’s anything of mine you’d like to see in iphone case/greeting card/print form, let me know!
Work is slow, so I’m opening up commissions. Above are some basic guidelines, but any additional preferences are up for private discussion. These prices are for digital files, but if you commission something more complex, which you feel won’t scan to your satisfaction, or if you would simply like to be shipped the original of any commission, we can also negotiate that on a case-by-case basis. (It won’t be expensive, but every situation is different.) I’ll do any character or person you like; just send me reference. I can also do an original character, if you just want something nice to look at. For more ideas of my style, search my art tag, or go here to look at some truly ancient art (I’m better now, I promise.) I accept PayPal.
TL;DR hit me up for arts in my ask or, preferably, at asiasanchezcommissions at gmail dot com
ALSO: if you can’t get anything yourself right now, you could really help me out by getting the word out there. I’d appreciate it!
Photography by Martin Klimas
Photographer Martin Klimas was born in 1971 in Lake of Konstanz, Germany. In his pictures Klimas breaks recognizable objects so they become something else, and stops us just at the moment of transformation. The aspect of destroying is not the most important one in his work. Let’s say it is a catalyst to unleash and study this transformation. The hardest part of his work is to smash so many figurines until he finds one that truly is showing him something new. He is in that sense a sculptor, but he has only a 5000th of a second to build his sculpture.
(via liamdryden)
Bottom Feeder Teapot Two.
Bottom Feeder Teacup and Saucer.
Bottom Feeder Dinner Set.
Big Bottom Feeder Pitcher.
8-Year Letter
When I was 14, everyone in my class had to write a letter to be sent to themselves 8 years in the future. When I walked through the front door today, I saw mine waiting for me. I didn’t expect it, because, for some reason, I thought I hadn’t written one. I guess I had.
So let’s take a look at the highlights reel, shall we? (Some of it is about specific people, so, for obvious reasons, I won’t be putting that on here.):
“Dear Me,
Hey, sorry me, but I totally forgot to write this letter until right now, the night before it’s due, so I’m gonna have to hurry and not be quite as thorough as I wanted to be. [believe me, you guys: never has a more thorough letter been written. i will be sparing you the worst of it] As I see this letter as a time traveling device, aka., [nice punctuating, kid] “blast from the past, I plan to take full advantage of it. The following parts of my letter will be divided in different sections.
[this section consists of a pathetic struggle to list my friends, including many people after whose names I wrote in parantheses “sorta”]
Ages: Me — I will be 15 in about 27 days. 1/10/04 [I then list my entire family’s names and birthdays]
Likes: Art - Drawing, painting, sculpting, etc… Anime [noooooo], Japanese Art and Language, Mangas [what is wrong with yoooou/meeee], Neopets (me GEEKY) [i…i am horrified], Ireland, Irish culture, comic drawing, reading, sci fi, science (the real kind involving theorems on the universe and such.) T.V., Internet, web design, fashion design, battle of wits.
[what follows is a list of my crushes. haha, you WISH i was including that]
Favorites: T.V. Show - “ALIAS”, Sport - B-Ball, Exercise - running, Website - Neopets, Neopet - Aisha, Manga - Fruit Basket [is that even the right name? i don’t think that is the right name], Book - Facing the Lion, Movie - “Catch Me if You Can”, Food - sushi, Animal - turtle (right this minute), Artist - Leonardo Da Vinci, Scientist - Einstein, Living Scientist - Stephen Hawkings [it’s HAWKING, genius], Subject - Art, Teacher - Kelderman [the guy who made us write these. it’s possible he really was my favorite teacher, since this was my first semester in high school. it’s also possible i was afraid he’d read my letter]
Hmmm… what else is there…?
[this is the section where i describe my physique. let the self deprecation begin] Physique: Height - 5’3”, Wt. - 144.2 lbs, Body Fat - 32.8% (whoa!), Hair - still brown and almost to my butt, Shoe size - 9, Pant-size - 7 to 9…Eyes - brown, Skin - dry, tan, olive, zitty, Gut - blubbery and huge, Chins - 2…Nose - crooked, teeth - yellowed and squished, too small, with underbight [actually, i have a slight overbight, silly], Breath - bad [floss!] [here is where i list my best physical achievments, such as mile times. the most boring] Overall appearance - Gorgeous! (Yeah, right!) Wishes: Black, Thick-rimmed, rectangle glasses [because: Weezer!]; all varieties of converse shoes, to be at my ideal weight (about 20 lbs lighter!) [sorry, dude], to have clear skin without dry patches, to get baptised, to graduate high-school with scholarships, to be a songwriter, to play guitar and piano as well or better as I play flute, to feel more confident, to be more friendly, to let people know the real, good side of me.
Hopes for you - You will be about 22 years old when you get this letter. So, I hope that…
You are alive, you are not an alchoholic [had trouble spelling that word], you never took drugs, you aren’t married, finished college or are finishing, have a job, aren’t still living with Mom and Dad, are liked by people, have a best friend, maybe have a boyfriend, are planning to travel, have some money, are still in the truth, are baptised, aren’t fat, still exercise, aren’t a hermit.
Mine and Yours Truly,
Me and You
Asia L. P. Sanchez
Enclosure
P.S. a stamp right now costs 37 cents. Sudam [ugh, sic] Hussein was captured today!
So, Little Me…here I am, 22. I am making fun of you quite a bit right now, and I’m sorry, because that is seriously the last thing you need. I’m actually surprised at how much we still have in common, even though many of our tastes may have changed. I’m sorry I didn’t magically get skinny the second I turned 20 like we’d hoped. I did just graduate from college with a couple of art degrees, you’ll be pleased to know, though my school wasn’t exactly Ivy league. I do want to travel. More than anything. Mom and Dad…well, they’re not going to be together much longer. That’ll suck at first, but you’ll get over it. I don’t live with either of them, but I am far from independent. I don’t have a job at the moment, but I do the odd gig here and there. I don’t have a boyfriend, but that’s very okay. I don’t…I don’t have a best friend. Not really. Sometimes I think I do, but…well, when you’re 22 your friendships are going to mean much more to you than they do now, but you’re not going to be much better at understanding them. And sometimes that’s going to hurt. But don’t worry about being a hermit. I still am, sometimes, but in a couple years, you are going to find your niche. You are going to feel what confidence is, know what it is to shine. I’m sorry if I’ve disappointed you, but I guess all I can do about that now is to make sure my 30-year old doesn’t do the same to me. I’m on it.
Future Asia Out
So weird, I feel like I just posted this, but it was a year ago?? Anyway, some amendments:
Hey, teen me, remember how you always thought you’d get your first serious boyfriend when you were 23? Well, meet Alec! He’s pretty great. Also, I have a pretty okay job, now. I live with a parent again, but somehow it was a necessary step in becoming more independent. As for traveling, I’m going to New York next month! Sure, okay, I’m still kind of a big confused dummy a lot of the time, but I’m a pretty happy one, generally. I’m learning to cook new things, and I rarely turn down opportunities. The weather is always lovely, music is becoming more important, and people are so very much people. This is all a bit cornball, but things are going pretty well. Stuff is nice! Keep going!
PEACE
#space #ship #clock #time #art #sea #ink (Taken with Instagram)
#ink #doodle #art (Taken with Instagram)
jealousadness incarnate #ink #art #wine (Taken with Instagram)
Monochrome sunsets:pretty much as fun as they sound #art #ink #beach #stripes (Taken with Instagram)
guys ok so like you know that drawing i posted? let’s use that as a jumping off point:so something like that would be like $50, yeah?
something simpler could range from, like $10-25
and if you want a background, let’s bump that up to $75-$100, depending on difficulty, cuz i really hate those things but should probably do them more often
ok so yeah! shoot me a message and i’ll draw whatever you want (within reason) for those prices
oh, color, right. um…how about color bumps the price up by %25? okay? okay.
pen and ink. for sale, yo
