Finally FRIDAY!!

Finally the daily site candy (also known as lookie here :P). Today's is two fold. One is the Art & Ed from Utrecht. This is an art store I frequent when I go into Portland. This episode is on making an Art Journal. Check it out HERE! The next part is a book should this inspire you to make your own. It is called "The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are", if you follow the link it will take you to good reads where you can see other peoples reviews and a little about the book. I had borrowed this book and loved it so much I had to buy my own copy.

"but I can't draw", " I don't have time" or whatever other lame excuse you might have about an art journal are addressed in this book. I really enjoyed it and since I have finished the book I have tried to put something in my journal daily. I have had the pleasure of watching my skills improve. Check out my journal at 1001journals.com. I will be updating it tonight with all of my pages.

Nathan Update

So I wanted to update everyone on what has been going on. Nathan was able to get a hold of his union's shop steward. This was a VERY good call. The Steward was appalled at how the situation has been handled and action is being taken. We don't know what yet but a meeting is being held on Monday when people in power are going to be in. I will keep you all updated. I still find it sad that the union has to get involved when it never had to get that far. I will keep you all updated.

Don't Support Verizon

I should start this story at the beginning. Nathan (my husband) works for Verizon. Everyone in his team had to switch partners in September. Immediately his new partner started giving him problems. Makes rude harassing statements to women that are very offencive. He has threatened Nathan, supposedly teasingly while holding a rusty old scythe. After this Nathan went to his Supervisor. His supervisor told him too bad you will get a new partner in three months. Over the month of October multiple horrible comments and demeaning remarks have be made about and too Nathan. Finally yesterday his partner yelled at him and threatened to "beat his ass with a baseball bat". Nathan rightly had had enough and went to his supervisor this morning and was told BY A SUPERVISOR that Nathan was being a whining High Schooler and he couldn't babysit. Now Nathan is being investigated because he complained. Complained because he was threatened with bodily harm MULTIPLY TIMES!!!! How could a company allow this? And if that weren't enough his partner during the yelling at him part told Nathan that he was told by the supervisor that Nathan had asked to talk to HR. Which is A none of his business and B didn't even have to do with the situation. Not to mention that the supervisor never acknowledged Nathan or gave him the number he asked for. I am so upset by all this. You hear about this happening sometimes but you think that will never happen, my company has a no harassment policy. Yeah well so dose Verizon, apparently that doesn't mean anything.

Half way there Wednesday

Sorry I missed yesterday. I am working with my husband to create our own Magna for fun. We are quite a bit away from sharing it with anyone. But we have mostly created the major players and working on names and I am working on drawing expression sheets and full body shots of the main characters. The story will be based in the IK world by privateer press. The IK world is a steampunk fantasy world with warjacks (steam powered machines that walk and destroy things, or move heavy things). Kind of hard to describe for those who have never seen it but you can visit Privateer Press and check it out. For those of you within earshot of me can ask me to bring my books so you can see. Now the daily LOOKIE is a digital painter. According to his Deviant Art account he is from Italy and his work is FANTASTIC! Most of his work is from the Iron Kingdoms (IK). I wish I could do this! Very dramatic! Check it out! I will share my own miniature painting soon.

Monday Lookie

Well My work week this week is Mon- Fri then I get a three day weekend whoopee!!! So Today's cool thing to see it Woosie at deviant art. Check it out, absolutely fabulous My Little Pony Conversions! She sculpts clay wings and has a fabulous Captin Jack Sparrow one. Very detailed and wonderful work. She sells them too however it is out of my price league. Untill next time!