A Freelance Heart

She’s got a fantastic DIY sensibility and incredible pastel hair to boot.

Check out http://love-aesthetics.blogspot.com/ if you have time.

High-res Notes: 6 9/5/12 — 1:57pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCySqpnPn Filed under: #blue hair #fashion #fashion blogger series #illustration #ivania carpio #love #love aesthetics #pen #watercolor #blue #portrait

Q is for Queen Michelle (and Queen Marie!)

Kingdom of Style was one the first fashion blogs I properly followed. After zeroing in on the DIY movement freshman year of high school, I stumbled on KOS while trying to find out how to make an Herve Leger knockoff. Queen Michelle’s endless closet makes me believe that I won’t ever have to sacrifice fashion with being an adult and her fearless fashion sense has since informed my own love for eclectic styling.

She is also the reason I got obsessed with Black Milk back in High School {back before they even made an online shop}.

Check out Kingdom of Style, which Queen Michelle co-runs with Queen Marie. They both have super distinct senses of style and are equally adorable and amusing.

High-res 8/29/12 — 1:58pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCySOKZzG Filed under: #fashion blogger series #fashion #illustration #watercolor #pen #jaggy nettle #queen michelle #queen marie #iwantyourskull #pink hair

The past week has been full of tea drinking, trying to catch up on SoS, going to work, going to my internship, trying to quell the random flood of secondaries (mostly for schools that just want my money) and watching too many movies.

So far I’ve watched Dark Knight Rises (in IMAX!!!), Cabin in the Woods, Submarine, Crazy Stupid Love, Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, Galaxy Quest, (500) Days of Summer, and Attack the Block. This is getting out of hand.

High-res Notes: 11 8/20/12 — 5:15pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyRpugT4 Filed under: #tea #lipstick #illustration #watercolor #I need to stop watching so many movies #most of them are re-watches too #I need to stop this #This needs to end #I'm getting lazy with my illustrations #also I might start a fashion blogger series #does anyone actually read all of these tags?

In a creative rut, once again.

Notes: 3 8/13/12 — 9:08pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyRNdgS0 Filed under: #watercolor #illustration #drips #plaid #I need to get inspired. #so much blue

Best pair of heels I own.

{Nine West Aroundtown in Teal}

If only I could wear them everyday. Oh wait, I do…in the privacy of my room.

High-res Notes: 3 7/31/12 — 2:56pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyQV0N6P Filed under: #Illustration #blue #heels #platform #studying for MCATs is testing my sanity #teal #watercolor #I will hopefully be back and not updating through a queue soon.

Seahorse illustration loosely based off of this photo.

High-res Notes: 86 7/24/12 — 4:31pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyQ1R3nU Filed under: #drawing #illustration #pink #seahorse #underwater #under the sea #watercolor #ink

Newest DIY project: Vanishing Sunnies

High-res Notes: 3 7/15/12 — 1:59pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyPQ3tNh Filed under: #watercolor #drawing #illustration #sunglasses #diy #project #grey ant #the foundry #shades #sliced

Enjoy celebrating your freedom fellow ‘Mericans!

BRING ON THE FIREWORKS…

High-res Notes: 3 7/4/12 — 5:56am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyOgs2nr Filed under: #watercolor #drawing #Illustration #captain america #fourth of july #freedom #'merica

And by the end of Clash of Kings, House of Stark remains my favorite house, without a close second.

{All of them: Arya, Robb, Bran, Catylen, Rickon, Ned (when he was alive) and most of all Jon Snow.}

High-res Notes: 83 6/29/12 — 3:46pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyONuAB8 Filed under: #watercolor #drawing #Illustration #direwolf #house of stark #clash of kings #song of ice and fire #I want to name my next pet Nymeria #winter is coming #I'm so afraid all of you are going to die in the next book #please stay alive a little longer

In honor of getting yet another friend obsessed with Doctor Who…

I present a starwhale .gif

{I’ve been holding onto this for a while now, but have been too afraid to let it out into the world. It is time. Be free little starwhale!}

Notes: 5 5/30/12 — 4:57pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyMS9eZA Filed under: #I made this #doctor who #gif #illustration #random creative burst #starwhale #watercolor #they are so cute #very old and the very last of its kind #purple

Presented without explanation.

High-res Notes: 4 5/26/12 — 2:00pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyMBg7pf Filed under: #avengers #hawkeye #watercolor #illustration #random creative burst #Jeremy Renner #I guess I might as well tag him while I'm at it #costume

I’ve been away quite some time. I know.

This is by no means a come back, but I did get a whim of creativity, thanks to the blog Paper Fashion run by the incredible Katie Rodgers. Her watercolor illustrations are flawless and completely inspired me to dig out my own watercolor palette.

I also think I figured out how to make .gifs.

I need to stop doing these things right before midterms/finals.

Every time!

High-res Notes: 34 5/19/12 — 12:26pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZiuXCyLmhzcw Filed under: #lipstick #paper fashion #inspiration #gif #watercolor #illustration #girl about town #vamp it up