"All of time and space everywhere and anywhere..."
If you're not a Doctor Who fan (I'm sorry for you), the quote was taken from it.
*These photos were taken in frame, so please excuse the glares of light, and poor photo quality.
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Current Projects
This year I've been trying to work on more projects, committing more time to creating. One is a year long endeavor: a photo a day of Soren. January 1 and 2 didn't go so well, we completely forgot, but since those days, I've remembered to take a picture of him. It seems like he's getting the hang of it, because he starts smiling when I put him on the rug by the window.
Then I've been working on this Doctor Who Illustration. I recently got into Doctor Who and loved it. I might be a little obsessed. I love Matt Smith as the Doctor. I know so many favor David Tennant, but Matt Smith is just so quirky and is right in line with my sense of humor.
Tangent. Tangent. My illustration is farther along from when this photo is taken, but I don't feel like it's complete.
I also am going to try to illustrate a scene from each of my crazy dreams. If you have known me for a long period of time, you may have heard one of my ridiculous dreams, and I just felt that I should have an illustrated record of them. I haven't gotten very far with those, so I don't have much to show, but I hope to be able to show them soon!
Illustrating
Drawing is one of my favorite things to do. Unfortunately, I don't take the time to brainstorm many ideas. I just wanted to share a couple of my favorites.
Before Daniel and I started dating, I drew him a photo of a man in a top hat. Soon after we were dating a lady with a parasol came about. This is the first of many "Daniel and Mallory" drawings that were made.
I really wanted to draw something with a lot more detail than I normally put in, and I love birdcages. Thus, the birdcage body was created.
A Quiet Focus
I've been quiet. At first I was lacking inspiration and motivation, but since I've been illustrating. It's been good. I'm going back and forth on a poster design for making pumpkin pie. I have focused on illustrating the ingredients and have not worked on an actual design yet.
Yesterday and today I'm working on Christmas cards. I'd really like to design for specific people, but in the mean time I'll work on ideas in my head. I have a plan for my family's card, but I need to scope out a place for a photo.
Eventually I will show you a graduation announcement I created for a friend. I need to take some photos of it.
I hope all of you are getting ready for Thanksgiving and excited for a very full December.
Do you have favorite traditions?
Running Thoughts
Looking for a job these days is hard enough, but when you decide to become a freelance designer you can be at a loss. How do you find contract work when your one of your previous employers is asking you for volunteer work, and the other doesn't pay vendors? How do you use your contacts when you mostly know teachers? I'd be lying if I said I have complete confidence in what I am attempting. I have goals for the next year: buy a car, go to the Mediterranean, make extra payments on my house, and many others. And I'm not one to have debts, so when I consider all of these thing, a tightness fills my chest.
In my 6 weeks out of work, I have remained calm, kept worry at bay, but it's starting to haunt me. But I have faith that God provides and He will provide enough for us to eat and live. So, I push that worry away not to disappoint Him.
If you need a wedding announcement, baby announcement, invitations, or anything creative...a piece of art you'd like created...you can contact me. My portfolio link is to the left, check it out!
Home Is Where Howl Is
I created this drawing in April or May of this year, and I can easily say it is the one I'm most proud of. I spent time adding detail to it, and I was inspired by one of my favorite authors, Diana Wynne Jones, to create it. The book Howl's Moving Castle is great, and the movie based off of it is beautifully illustrated. To reference the book, I placed "Howl" in the drawing.
So, go read the book, watch the movie...will you be swayed to watch it, if I tell you Christian Bale is the voice of Howl?
Do you have a favorite author?
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Mallory Nicole is a Texas based photographer raising her small family and dreaming of travel.
