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By Lil Fish Studios

Off balance and in balance

To pose a nicely balanced character is tricky, and I've seemed to have grasped it over the years, but today I am animating a character going off balance and falling off a tree, now that is DIFFICULT! It seems to be a combination of the character trying to readjust the balance and over adjusting the balance... I'm confused, I will need to explore.

Anyway, a few crafty things to add to this post.


Yesterday I worked on a little booklet I wish to give my sister and cousin (we have a tradition of writing New Years Resolutions together and sealing it in a time capsule to be opened the following year). This booklet is a day to day tracker of our progress. Like next year I wish to:
*Eat a piece of fruit every day
*Do 10mins of exercise every day
*Be thankful of something/someone and say a prayer for them every day
These may be really simple things, but they are things that I've failed to do enough of over the years. I hope my booklet will help my sister and cousin attain their daily goals too. Hmm... my background for the booklet kinda looks like the swirls in soap... I'll do a cute one too with my favourite things.


Artmind, the very creative artist who creates gorgeous little babushkas (want hehe), writes of a 'Secret Project'. As I've recently discovered the perfect solution to embody all that I want for my ultimate project, I wish to do something similar and document a process that will eventually lead to what I've imagined. Cant wait to start. Tomorrow.

Ok, back to animating. Ta ta!

Making Christmas Presents

Today I adapted a pattern from the book 'Hooked Throws' by Margaret Hubert into a little mat to put hot dishes on. My boyfriend gave me the idea after seeing that his grandmother needed something like it to jazz up her table, as well as keep the hot pots off the surface. Needless to say she'll be receiving the first ones :) The sample took me a few hours to make so it's not hard. I want to see if I can make a few extra for the other females in my life.

I dont know about you all, but I find it extremely easy to find presents for my female family and friends, especially when you have to make it (I'm having a budget Christmas but I'm determined to make it the best yet). Somehow the male people in my life just make 'keeping costs low' a little challenging. I wonder what I can come up with for them...

like :)

African Touch necklace by Fleurfatale

Time to decorate

So it's nearly Christmas and I have decided to decorate our rental place this year (it's not something I do usually). There are a few great tutorials on the blogs I've visited.

Beautiful bauble curtain tutorial from Lupin

Paper baubles like these

Advent calender garland from Lupin

I'm excited now, perhaps I'll make some today after I finish writing up a schedule for the next couple of days (I like having a schedule :D).

I went to a friend's lovely wedding over the weekend. The friend was a colleague at my first animation job and he started one day after me. Such a beautiful wedding, the bride was stunning, the groom so happy and everyone was celebrating and laughing. I even got to catch up with a few other colleagues that I haven't seen in over 2 years. Beautiful, beautiful day. Oh and my sister did my hair and I love it.

Well it's back to life in Melbourne, there really isn't anything here for us, but we still love the convenience of everything and we're still yet to check out the city. So we're gonna stick around till the lease runs out and look for something to pay the bills in the meantime. Matt got some freelance architectural modelling jobs and I just found something from a friend. It's a start. Btw, we're gonna look for jobs overseas next year. Wish us luck!

Cool find of the day

cute little bowls :) I love the simplicity and the hearts

A little burst of craftiness

Hello! It's been awhile again, funny how when I'm on holidays time travel extra fast and I end up a bit dazed. Well, since last time I posted I've been doing some homework for my online course and that's turning out pretty good, will finish it today. I've also been going to a few meetings regarding the studio I moved down to Melbourne for (it's quite a mess really, I hope things get sorted out soon, I dont want to move just yet).

I am happy to report that I've also been doing some creating too. It's my escape. I played in Illustrator earlier on in the week, it's going good, though I do need to make the push and finish something. I've also been making some hairclips for christmas presents (and in relation to that, watching my etsy shop being looked at hehe).
Yesterday I decided I needed pin cushions to stop myself from pinning needles into the chair I am sitting on or onto my shirt. It's a disaster waiting to happen. Anyway, I picked two of my favourite things, acorns and strawberries, and turned them into pin cushions. I'm really pleased with them and they do the job nicely (though, true to my nature I put the pins on the background rather than stab them straight into the image). It makes me smile.


I also decided to do something with the clothes I've saved but no longer wear. The green bag was made our of a nice cheerful pair of shorts. I just love the buttons and pockets and the lovely greeniness. I lined the inside with a coat that got a bit old looking and hand sewed the whole thing up. Do you like it?

Anyway, I promise to post more often, my life needs to get back to normal. It doesnt look like I'll be going back to the studio anytime soon unfortunately, so it's either look for more work now or take a break. I'm leaning more towards a break ;) hehe but as I am slowly becoming insane from not knowing where my future is heading, I think I should at least organise some work for the new year. Let's hope it turns out that way and I get something that works out for us.

Star...

Wow! nearly a week went by, what have I been up to? I have no idea... haha. Now, lets see...

Over the weekend I watched some movies,
The World's Fastest Indian => really REALLY good movie, so heartfelt. Anthony Hopkins performance just draws you into his world and make you want him to succeed. Very believable as an essentric old New Zealander.

Stargate (the original movie) => interesting, though I thought I was watching the tv show so I was thinking it was a long episode the whole time. But it was still entertaining and I'd watch the tv series now

Startrek (the recent movie) => hehe well I thought I'd check out what all this Star - trek, gate, war thing was about and the movie was interesting. I kept trying to guess the all star cast and I couldnt help thinking that the actor who played Spock would suddenly turn into his other character Syler from Heroes and kill everyone. The movie was cool though, great effects. But if I had to pick either Startrek or Stargate to watch, I'd probably choose Stargate, the characters are less annoying :P haha

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It's wednesday now and we've had a long weekend with Melbourne Cup yesterday. I had hoped to make something to commemorate the event but I got lazy and just watched the race on tv haha. But today it's back to normal. More Illustrator time today.


Picture I found on the internet that just makes me want to leap and dance (or imagine I could do that haha)

I went op shopping last friday and it really is the first time I appreciated the experience. The people there were so friendly and the items were pretty good. I got myself some pieces to turn into something.