Dirty,Therefore I am...

Cupcakes Anyone?

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Sorry.
I'm not baking any.

I'm just gonna paint.
In my case, it's much safer, heh.

The other pair is still in progress, though. Will give y'all a full preview once both shoes are completed!

I have to admit that I was so stoked I only painted one shoe LOL!
The other pair will be filled with assorted cupcakes as well but totally different from the ones you see on this shoe.

This is a really fun project and I'm looking forward to get them done
within these couple of days!

Ask me to bake something and you may have to give the fire department my house address in advance, just in case. Thank you.

Stay tuned, my sweet cupcake-lings!!

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posted by Arth Akal at 1:04 AM

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I suck.big time!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

And this is for not updating my blog often.

I adore those who are so busy with work and their lives and yet capable of updating their blog as frequently as possibly.

What's going on with my life?
Well, nothing interesting, really...

But If you insist. I have, in a way, started on a small side project (as my secondary source of income cos I don't think I'm earning enough from the primary ;p) doing customized shoes and other artsy fartsy stuff!
I am currently working on a few pairs of sneakers, trucker caps and other stuff. Pics will be uploaded each time I'm done with one item,
I promise!

Also, I need everyone's opinion.
Whether if I should upload my crafts elsewhere, like an online boutique to display and sell my custom shoes and all that, y'know...?

Speaking of updating by the way, I find myself unable to focus on blogging, being the woman of the house (part time housemaid y'all!) and work all at the same time, though I did claim to be a 'multi-tasker'
(Maybe I'm not, after all...)

For you loyal Damndirtyangel readers, please bear with me yaa!

However, expect more artwork, crafts and pimped sneakers coming this way.
If you're visiting this blog because of the artworks and crafts, you're in for a treat!

But for those of you who like to poke your snouts into my personal life, I'm sorry.

My life isn't as interesting as it was....

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Oh yaaaaaa.......I almost forgot!!! I was told yesterday that one of my artwork is being used for a very popular PC game, The Sims 3!!!
No shit!!

Many thanks to a person called Robokitty for making all this possible!

The Sims happens to be my favorite PC game especially the first one. I was kinda obsessed with it and collected every single expansion pack of that awesome game when I was like 17-18!
(Don't believe me?? Ask my sister lol)

And then I grew old....

Nanywayss, here are images of my artwork on the characters of The Sims 3 taken from www.modthesims.info

*click on image to enlarge*

If you're playing The Sims 3 and want decorate your characters with tattoos, CLICK HERE to download!

Happy weekend!

Rest In Peace
Michael Jackson, The King of Pop and Farrah Fawcett (~~Charlie's~~ God's angel)

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posted by Arth Akal at 12:29 AM

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Skeleton Shoes: Rad D-bone SE

Friday, June 19, 2009

If you read my previous post, y'all would've guessed by now that I was workin on another shoe project.

Only this time I am commissioned to paint them for my dad's friend's daughter.

My dad's friend from KL saw my red skeleton shoes the other day while we were having lunch together. Amazed by the fact that I painted them myself, he took a picture with his built in camera phone and MMS-ed the image to his teenage daughter in KL.

Anyway, later that evening he called to ask if I could paint 2 pairs of shoes for his daughter.
One would be a similar version of my skeleton shoes and the other pair would be.....

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I'll tell you guys later, yea?

This pair actually took me about 15 hours to complete rather than the hasty first one I made for myself which only took 6 hours.

And because I am hired to paint these babies, I've put in some extra paintwork and details.
Here's hoping the owner would fine the shoes a delight. Heh

This time, the skeleton feet are measured and carefully drawn on the shoes.

I remembered some readers suggested that I paint the back and the sides of the shoes as well rather than leaving them blank.

Well, you asked fer it!

So here goes...

Tiny little bones...

Other angles

So once again, if anyone's interested in getting a pair of customized shoes painted by Yours Truly, write me an email and we'll discuss about price quote, method of payment, designs, shoe size and stuff.

I think I can manage to paint 2 to 3 pairs in a month.

So it's 'first come, first serve' lah.

Ima take a shower now and head straight to bed.

I deserve a long good rest!

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posted by Arth Akal at 12:25 AM

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No tell you what doing is me...

Thursday, June 18, 2009

*teaser*

A picture's worth a thousand words, no?

Deadline's tomorrow so back to work it is!

Blog later...

kthnxbai~

p.s: HELP! does vermilion look red to you?
i think i'm partially colorblind ;p

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posted by Arth Akal at 8:48 AM

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Nothing comes in between mom and her soap opera (Well, this is not entirely true...)

Thursday, June 11, 2009

ink on paper, digital image composite, digital font, photoshop cs2 &
a very sleepy mother.

by
Arth Akal

Lately, dear mom asked me if I could sign up an email account for her. She also expressed her sudden interest in learning the computer and surfing the net.
(We're dealing with someone who has never given a hoot about computers in her a life before)

What do I think?

Two words:
Strangle Me!

The worse that could happen is I'll lose some sanity teaching her how to use her email and the
World Wide Web.
Manning a computer?
Take me to the highest sky scrapper so I can jump off it,
thank you very much!

Okay, perhaps teaching her how to send emails isn't as bad as it seem...

What's next?
A Facebook account??

Let's not go there.

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posted by Arth Akal at 3:18 AM

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Gosh, I haven't done this for a long time!

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Two Saturdays ago, I was ~~made a lab rat~~ modeling for an experiment photoshoot (if you can call it that. heh)
The person behind the lens would be my dear friend, Balqiz, whom is an aspiring photographer.
A freelance.

A couple of weeks earlier, she asked me if I wanted to be photographed as she was looking to experiment on what she called, dramatic portraiture. Something out of the norm for her as she is more into taking photographs of children and the like.

Location of this photoshoot was at skate park in Taman Awam, Miri.
The session lasted for an hour or so.
I am posting just a few shots here and I'll leave it to her to show you the rest. Which can be viewed in her photoblog.

I believe she's still working on the rest of the pics from the photoshoot
so stay tune to Damndirtyangel for updates or you can simply go back to her photoblog to check out her awesome stuff from time to time.

And please do leave comments, yes? I would be glad to let her know
what you think of her work.
Thank you!

click on images to enlarge