Berated Lime

First Post From the Olde iPad.

Berated Lime — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:00:12 +0000

So. I bought an iPad. Still getting used to it… Love it as a reader. Love it as an on-the-go sketching tablet, though the stylus will definitely take some getting used to. I’m still tapping into the capabilities of the apps. Will definitely be exploring further.

Meh.

Berated Lime — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:02:51 +0000

Lots of things have been happening over the last couple of months. Needless to say, I have lost motivation to do anything, be it work or play… and inspiration for both writing and drawing is basically nonexistent.

On another note, I have fantastic friends – and I feel like I take them for granted far too often. I love them all, and one of the only bright spots I’ve had in the past couple of months has been visiting one of my besties at her home in Alexandria, VA.

So yeah. Basically:

Dear Life,

Please stop sucking.

Regards,

Amber

WTF @ Life

Berated Lime — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:42:23 +0000

Whenever I think I’m doing great, it always turns out to be the opposite.

What gives, life? What else are you going to throw my way?

Lame.

Berated Lime — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:32:04 +0000

I know full well that I’m being lame about the art thing. I WILL get my stuff up. I am somewhat of a perfectionist – and I have been out of practice, so just trying to get back in the groove.

I DID have to change my template though – it’s no use calling this an art blog when it doesn’t even have any art on it. Boo for me.

On the other hand – life is good. Had an amazing weekend, having some amazing weather. Doing well at work, doing well at life.

That’s about it. Hopefully some substance in the future!

Update

Berated Lime — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:10:14 +0000

I’ve been working on a number of sketches lately – still getting used to the Wacom tablet, but I’m finding that I like it very much.

I’m also pretty in love with Sketchbook Pro… it mimics traditional sketchbook paper and drawing tools almost perfectly! I haven’t noticed any lag either. My sister noticed me drawing a character last weekend and immediately started to bug me for a pin-up/cheesecake-style sketch of herself.

So I think, yeah, why not?? It’d be a fun project and good practice. Unfortunately, I forgot that I haven’t ever been able to get her face just right. It could be b/c she changes her style/hair/whatever so often that nothing about her is instantly recognizable. Another issue might be that her face is very proportional… nothing is too large or too small – there’s no marks, no signature THING that I can take and run with.

So I have to figure it out. Practice, practice, practice. I have promised myself that I will practice outside of tablet work. Which, as an artist, I should be doing anyway. So it’s back to lugging around a small sketchbook for on-the-fly ideas and musings.

It’s been over a month!

Berated Lime — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:09:01 +0000

Hmm. I have been seriously inactive on this thing. There are some projects in the works: am building a portfolio… and maybe a website! I just want to make sure I have enough content to put on it before I pay for a domain or anything.

It’s slow going… I’m pretty busy… I haven’t even done my taxes yet. D:

All right, back to work!

Arrrgh.

Berated Lime — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:40:58 +0000

It figures that my tablet would arrive during a week that I’m so busy w/ work I can’t think straight. Oh well, I still have to wait for the Sketchbook Pro to come (though the tablet comes with some free software that I’ll have a looksie at) anyway.

But this weekend, hooooo boy. I’m going to have so much fun learning how to figure it out!! I’m also thinking of buying my own domain, and running an art blog through it that way. And then… who knows!

I’m seriously so excited, I can’t even think straight!!!!

EEEEEK!!

Berated Lime — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:57:34 +0000

I did it! I just ordered the medium Wacom Intuos4 tablet!!! I also ordered Sketchbook Pro… It’s expensive, but my company gave me a $50 gift cert for Amazon for my bday, so I felt less bad about ordering it.

I’m so excited!!!!!!

Shiny New Present

Berated Lime — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:53:23 +0000

Well, I did it. My laptop was dying, and I’ve had my eye on the Macbook Pro for ages…

So I bought it as a birthday gift to myself.

I. Love. It.

Not only is it shiny and beautiful… it’s fast. And wonderful. And it’s going to go so well with the Wacom tablet that I’m gonna get in a few days.

EEEEEEEEE. I never thought I’d be a fan of Apple… but now I can see why everyone loves them. I feel like I should name it… any ideas?

Another year, gone…

Berated Lime — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:50:20 +0000

I don’t really have the time or energy to put my thoughts on turning older into words… but most of you have an idea on how I feel about that anyway. Either way, I’ll let the brilliant Billy Collins take this one.

On Turning Ten

The whole idea of it makes me feel
like I’m coming down with something,
something worse than any stomach ache
or the headaches I get from reading in bad light–
a kind of measles of the spirit,
a mumps of the psyche,
a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul.

You tell me it is too early to be looking back,
but that is because you have forgotten
the perfect simplicity of being one
and the beautiful complexity introduced by two.
But I can lie in my bed and remember every digit.
At four I was an Arabian wizard.
I could make myself invisible
by drinking a glass of milk a certain way.
At seven I was a soldier, at nine a prince.

But now I am mostly at the window
watching the late afternoon light.
Back then it never fell so solemnly
against the side of my tree house,
and my bicycle never leaned against the garage
as it does today,
all the dark blue speed drained out of it.

This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself,
as I walk through the universe in my sneakers.
It is time to say good-bye to imaginary friends,
time to turn the first big number.

It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.
But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,
I skin my knees. I bleed.

-Billy Collins