Inspiration in quotes & what to read

What a powerful statement....by Thomas Edison!

I love him...he was quite the man.

Here is another one of his quotes....LOVE it!

Many of Life' failures are

people who did not realize

how close they were to success

when they gave up.

He was full of wisdom and never gave up.

He was not perfect...no one is.

He made mistakes and sometimes they were whoppers.

He went on and focused.

He made the most of his life...I think we should too!

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I got some more books at the Library!

And a couple I bought at the bookstore. 

Here is my collection from the library...it is a great way to know if you need to purchase them to keep. 

I had another of his books earlier....this one is Steal like an Artist...

the meaning is that all ideas come from somewhere...bits and pieces have already been thought up...but

you can learn and steal and make them your own...good book!

Full of good advice. 

This one seems like lots of fun 

Plenty of how to's 

I love Jenny Doh....she makes the best books 

Here is another...gathering up her artist friends....cool dolls 

Like this one by Danita (another fav artist of mine...I took an online class from her....it was soooo good!)

Patchwork city....modern and classic at the same time.

I love all the ideas in it. 

Now onto the books I had to buy for my collection

Kawaii manga.....lets you in on all the secrets to creating cute characters....learning lots from this one. 

Happy School....what a crazy but cute scene. 

Lastly....Hand lettering ledger....I need to practice my illustrated lettering. 

This one will take lots of practice, but it will be worth it.

Hope you enjoyed seeing what I am reading and getting into.

You should go to your library and bookstore too....

learn something new!

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Learning something new!

Boy ...is it hard to learn something new....but it is sooo worth it.

Right now I am learning adobe illustrator.....it is all pretty new to me...complicated ...and yet I am very thankful I know a lot about computers.

I made the pattern above....just to practice.

This is called a repeating pattern....designs used for fabric design and all kinds of other surfaces.

This is a poor shot...just a screen shot I blew up.

I just wanted to show you what I am working on.

The colors are better than this.

When you are working on designs....it is like working on a work table...stuff everywhere.

I learned a lot from Bonnie Christines classes on Creativelive plus in the roost tribe membership she has videos.

I checked to see if my design would fit in any shape...it does!

This is a watercolor painting I did...I took the colors from it to make a color palette for my skull balloon design. 

There is so much that goes into this....very complex.

Having a blast though!!!

Changing colors is the easiest thing...so fun too.

Love the different color combos

Purples...love that color!

So much fun!