Creepy-crawlies

[chantico]

What is it about spiders? I have been dreaming about them so much for weeks. When the trend began, the dreams were more of the AUGH SPIDER type thing, where I would run flailing from it and it would chase me. Now I keep dreaming of them as pets . . . disturbing pets I don't like, but pets none-the-less. Lots of spider imagery around me, too. What do they represent? Does anyone know?

Life going pretty good. Still busy, but not quite as bad. Staying at home more has relaxed me some, thouhg I am SO ready for christmas break. Kind of excited for black friday, which is *ridiculous*, but I had a lot of fun last year, even with the crazy.

Tried out Deadwood on Netflix, and found myself surprisingly unimpressed. It's well written, and very violent and gritty, but I find myself bored before the end of the episode and only vaguely interested in what is going on. And it feels claustrophbic, which is something curious I've never noticed before about shows. The set doesn't really change much, and all of the shots are cramped and dark and closed up. *shrugs* not my thing, I guess. Though I do find Calamity Jane to be a fascinating (if irritating) character.

A couple of things I could use people's help with:

1. I *desperatly* need photoshop, of any year. I haven't painted since August, and I have tons of projects and commission built up. If anyone has a Photoshop CD, I would kill to get my hands on it.

2. I also need a motherboard for my desktop, so I can make it work again (yayharddrivenotbeingdeadIhope). Anyone know where I can get a cheap one?

And hey, more art recommendations.



http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/1580223/ -- A beautifully composed picture and a good example of how much variation you can get with a limited palate.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10577466/ -- I tried using tonesheets once, and will never, ever try again. The technique basically has you gluing done shaded and textured bits of plastic, and shaving them with an exazt to fit your picture perfectly. This is an amazing example of what they can look like, if done right.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10677582/ -- This is not actually all that well drawn, and it is *very* anime and *very* fangirlish, but it is also VERY pretty and sparkly. Kinda like the big gaudy necklaces I like.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10843178/?qo=177&q=by%3Awen-m&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps -- WenM has an entire gallery full of incredible sweet character designs that I highly recommend checking out, along with tattoo, weapon and jewelry designs. The king of clean lines and detail.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/3314956/ -- Lots of you probably know Azhrarn, but if you don't, you're missing out. This is probably my favorite of her pictures, mostly because I love the colors, the atmospheric perspective, and how much it reminds my of a fairytale book illustration-- with decidely more adult look.

Comments

My not unbiased thoughts on those creatures

[laurelwen.livejournal.com]

Weaving, pattern, structure, creation/destruction, Athena/Arachne story (creation as a means to the divine), often seen as dark though not always in a negative way, poison, devouring, traps, vampiric, tenacity, and probably lots of other things that I don't know about. I'm actually fairly down with a lot of the things one associates with them, I just can't get past my unreasoning fear of the actual creatures.

Re: My not unbiased thoughts on those creatures

[tooth-and-claw.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Thanks very much. And I understand what you mean . . . I like Spiders in concept, but getting near them just wigs me the fuck out.