Heidi Schwartz

Another Sci-fi Eye Drawing

2012-02-07T20:07:00.000-06:00

Started work on this on Monday. I started a little while after I got home from work and didn't even realize how much effort I was putting into it until I looked up and it was 10:45pm already. Finished it up tonight and it's brought to my attention that it's been entirely too long since I've really sat down and drawn. My hand was cramping, my butt hurt, you know how it is when deep concentration sneaks up on you. <3

I'd be willing to make it into a wallpaper if anyone is interested. Just let me know the size and I'll see if I can work it out for you.

Bloglovin Now Available for Following My Blog

2012-02-07T15:46:00.000-06:00

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know I've added Bloglovin for when Google takes down GFC (Google Friend Connect) in March 2012.Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Cute Blog Award!!!

2012-01-25T14:22:00.000-06:00

I got tagged for a Cute Blog Award! I've never gotten a blog award before! Thanks Crystal! :D Everybody go check out her blog Nail Noise.

For this award you:

1. Link back to the person who awarded you.

2. Answer the award questions.

3. Tell something about yourself that you haven't told anyone on your blog yet.

4. Award as many blogs as you think are worthy of this award.

5. Make sure to let those you gave this award to know that you awarded them.

The Award Questions:

1. What is your go to makeup product?

- Black eyeliner and mascara. If I'm going to do an errand and just threw on a t-shirt and some sweatpants I'll still have my black eyeliner and mascara on.

2. What was your favorite fashion trend of 2011?

- Well if I knew what any of them were then I might be able to pick one... :P Nail polish I guess, I know it got big last year and that's when I started my obsession. I own quite a few of those big flowers for your hair also.

3. What is your favorite dessert?

- Crème brûlée! Double points if there are strawberries. I also like that not a lot of restaurants carry it, that just makes it all the better when they do!

4. Favourite color?

- Blue. This color blue to be exact. (Yes I just used a car to swatch my favorite color.)

5. What is your middle name?

- Ann

6. What was the last song that you listened to? You Me At Six - This is the First Thing

7. Cats or dogs?

- Both.

Something about myself that you don't know:

Hmmm... well... I read the whole Hunger Games series over the span of about four days (Christmas weekend to be exact) and since then I've watched the movie trailer at least six times. I'm a little obsessed. I cannot wait for the movie to come out in March!

I think I'm so late to this that everyone has gotten this award already, so sorry if I'm tagging you again.

I tag:

NailZilla
nailtopia
Drop Dead Cute
DRINKCITRA

The Chain Nail

The Diary of a Dreamer

Cute-tickle Nails

Lilacs and Butterflies
dandeliondog
Mie's Illustrated Life!

Black & Periwinkle Half Moon Mani

2012-01-24T10:03:00.000-06:00

Below is China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le. I really like how the color looks with my skin. It's pretty much opaque in one coat but this is two coats.

And here is what I tried when I got bored of just one color - it's called a half moon mani. It was a lot easier and turned out better than I expected. All you have to do is use one binder reinforcement on each nail (I also cut a slit in each of them so they would move around easier and therefore stick to the nail better) and then paint on top of the base color. Make sure the base color is completely dry first or the sticker might mess it up. The black is Wet n Wild Black Creme (one coat).

Once again I used two coats of Sally Hansen diamond strength nail hardener as a base coat, two coats Secret Peri-Wink-Le, one coat Black Creme, and one coat Seche Vite Fast Dry Topcoat.

High School Throwback 1

2012-01-19T09:42:00.003-06:00

I've been really wanting to sketch lately but have not been able to find the time. So instead of a new art post, here is a throwback to a couple sketches from my first real sketchbook in high school. Enjoy.

There is an unfortunate streaking incident happening in the second one. It's the scanner's fault, but I'm not sure if it's just very dirty or if there's something wrong with it.

Internet Censorship Protest Black Out

2012-01-18T09:13:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! This is going to be a different kind of post for me.

Today as you may know or have noticed, the internet is on strike. While I don't have the time to figure out and change my blog to be blacked out, I do have the ability to link you to some important information about PIPA (Protect IP Act) and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which I absolutely oppose.

Here are pages about the strike:
http://sopastrike.com/strike/
http://americancensorship.org/

Here are some places you can learn more about SOPA and PIPA:
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

Here is a list of companies that also oppose SOPA and PIPA (though there are many that aren't listed on it as well):
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/community/

And here you can sign the petition against these acts (along with learn other ways to help the cause against internet censorship):
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

Chocolately Pretzel Bites

2011-12-18T14:28:00.000-06:00

My mom found a recipe online for these really simple chocolate pretzel treats and since she's thinking about taking them for a dish to pass at one or both of our family Christmas gatherings we decided to experiment with them to make sure they were actually as easy and good as they sounded.

Ingredients:
A bag of your favorite Pretzels (they sell Christmas tree shaped ones)
Hershey's Kisses (we used chocolate stars)
M&M's (we tried chocolate covered raisins too but the M&M's tasted better)

We threw 10 pretzels in a circle on a paper plate covered in wax paper and topped each with a chocolate star. After that you stick them in the microwave (we experimented for awhile before we found the right amount of time for our microwave) the recipe said 30 seconds we ended up doing 77 seconds. Pull them out of the microwave and shove an M&M into the melty chocolate star.

We ended up needing to put them in the fridge for a while to get the chocolate to harden up again (not that all of them made it that far ;P). They were indeed easy and tasty.
The cooks:

Candy Cane Nails

2011-12-15T19:08:00.001-06:00

I finally gave in a did something Christmasy to my nails. I've been seeing pictures all over the internet of people's candy cane nails, below are mine. This was the first attempt and I have volleyball in like 30 mins so it was a little rushed. I'm typing ridiculously right now even though the Seche Vite is no longer finger-printable. Still, it turned out better than I thought it would.

It looks a lot more cute in person-when it's not so close up lol. You can really see China Glaze Ruby Pumps in this last one. The white is Rimmel French White Tip Pro, and as always, 2 coats Sally Hansen diamond strength nail hardener as a base and Seche Vite Fast Dry Topcoat.

Dilated Sketch

2011-12-12T13:36:00.006-06:00

I've found out that I'm a lot more creative when I have some sort of sci-fi/fantasy movie or show playing in the background. Last night I felt like drawing so I threw in Star Trek (2009) and here we have what resulted. Some of my favorite of my own drawings are the ones that have a supreme realism with just a little tweak to throw it off, like the one below. Enjoy.

First Nail Polish Post!

2011-12-10T15:26:00.001-06:00

You may have noticed I reorganized my blog a bit. Under exaggeration. Let me know what you think of the new style. And today's post:

As someone who always wanted long nails but couldn't stop biting them, I've finally found that keeping them pretty stops me from biting them. So as you can imagine, I've been a little obsessed with painting my nails lately. Unfortunately since I typically play volleyball three times a week I still have to keep them shorter than I'd like so that they don't break off far enough down to make them bloody and painful (which has happened by the way, and damn, ow).

Here are some of the ways I painted them for Halloween this year.

Above: Blood drips. 2 coats Sally Hansen diamond strength nail hardener, 1 coat Maybelline salon finish Go Currant Raisin Sauvage for the blood, and 1 coat Seche Vite fast dry top coat.

Above: 2 coats Sally Hansen diamond strength nail hardener, 2 coats of both green and purple (the green is China Glaze Paper Chasing (which stained my nails REALLY yellow even through the two base coats), the purple is Sinful Colors Let's Talk), and 1 coat Seche Vite fast dry top coat.

Above: Pokéballs to go with my Pikachu costume. 2 coats Sally Hansen diamond strength nail hardener, 2 coats China Glaze french bliss Ooh La La White, 2 coats Sally Hansen diamond strength Honeymoon Red, Sinful Colors nail art Time Off for the black and 1 coat Seche Vite fast dry top coat.

This was the first time I used something other than tape to make a design; the tip of a bobby pin for the circles. Could have been better, could have been worse. It'll take some practice to get better at that.

Flowers, Space and Octopus Heads

2011-12-09T15:59:00.000-06:00

Been a while since I've posted because I haven't been doing much art lately, but here are some random sketches from my sketchbook.

Creepy Halloween Sketches

2011-09-06T15:39:00.000-05:00

How about a creepier than usual sketch dump? Okay, if you insist:

Crawling in My Skin

2011-09-01T09:24:00.000-05:00

New sketches.

Self Portrait and Another (Sort Of)

2011-07-21T12:31:00.000-05:00

Sketchy, Sketchy.

Buffalo Daydreams

2011-06-29T15:57:00.001-05:00

A friend DEMANDED that I draw him a buffalo (I didn't have the benefit of reference). This is the ridiculous result...

Game of Thrones and Self Portrait Sketches

2011-06-22T10:11:00.000-05:00

Here's some more new stuff, I'm reading A Song of Ice and Fire series right now and it's been pretty inspiring in my motivation to draw. The first drawing is sort of based on Daenerys Targaryen, a character from the book series (and it's NSFW: boob) and the second drawing is a self portrait.

Lions and Trees and Ladies, Oh My

2011-06-14T16:52:00.000-05:00

Been awhile since I've added anything new, so here are some sketches I've done lately. One is NSFW, although I suppose if your boss sees it you could always pull the "But it's art!" line.

WINGARDIUM LAMEIOSA!

2011-04-06T14:12:00.000-05:00

Encased in the Future

2011-03-26T19:32:00.000-05:00

So here's something new.

Wallace

2010-12-22T14:47:00.000-06:00

Here's a new sketch dudes.

Face Painting Shenanigans

2010-12-13T22:05:00.000-06:00

Not exactly the kind of painting I was expecting to take place tonight but my roommate (Mr. Green Paint) needed help with a photography assignment so it was only appropriate to paint ourselves and take many pictures :)

Carnival Creature

2010-12-13T15:16:00.000-06:00

And the drawing spree continues! I might paint tonight if my workout doesn't drain me too much :)

Hands of a Creator

2010-12-12T10:43:00.000-06:00

I've been doing a lot of sketching the past couple days and here is some of the stuff that I've actually liked :)This ^ is supposed to be Fargo from Eureka (I just finished the 3rd season).

Silly Giraffe

2010-10-26T09:03:00.000-05:00

Guess who got out their paints, brushes and made a brand new painting?! This girl. It'll be nice to see some color on here again :)

The Future of Retro

2010-10-18T11:10:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, in between pizza consumption and wild outbursts of uncontrollable laughter, I drew this in the two-person-breakout of Studio Sunday that happened in #42 while the main Robots were off in California for APE, otherwise known as The Alternative Press Expo. Note: Run on sentences FTW.

Landscape Silhouette Sketch

2010-10-11T09:46:00.000-05:00

Don't really remember when I drew this, it was last week sometime... I'm working on my first wallpaper, I've been playing around with textures and color with some drawing/vector designs. Assuming this goes well you should see something up here soon.

No Bake Strawberry Creme Pie and the Side of a Mountain

2010-09-30T15:35:00.000-05:00

This is what I made this weekend. No-bake Strawberry Creme Pie, and let me just say, it was as delicious as it looks. You can find the recipe here: http://noblepig.com/2010/07/26/nobake-strawberry-cream-pie.aspx

I made this over the weekend too but it didn't taste as good :)

The Dress That Technology Built

2010-09-16T12:34:00.000-05:00

There's a lot of really awesome looking stuff (clothes, buildings, technology, etc.) in Æon Flux, so sometimes I put it on to try to get myself inspired. Here are the recent results.

Also flipping through a Spectrum is fantastic for inspiration, I was doing some of that too.

Sick Sense of Humor Self Portrait

2010-09-15T15:33:00.000-05:00

I think most of the people who look at this blog are friends with me on Facebook and therefore probably already saw this the other day. But in case you missed it-this was me hanging myself in drawn form to relieve stress at work last week.

Road Trip Sketches

2010-09-12T18:55:00.000-05:00

Character Design: Sassy

2010-04-19T10:00:00.000-05:00

I dropped by Studio Sunday yesterday, I haven't seen the crew in a while so it was great to see everyone and meet some newbies. We got to talking about stuff in the plans for the future and I got to see some of what people have been working on. While I was there I drew what's above. And I've been working on a painting that I started forever ago (at least it seems like that long) and that's coming along nicely, hopefully you'll see in up here soon. :D

The Eyes Have It

2010-04-08T14:45:00.000-05:00

Sketch dump. This is stuff I've been working on recently during my lunch hour. How about we start on a silly note?

Shadow Creeper

2010-03-19T15:16:00.000-05:00

City Roots

2010-03-18T15:30:00.000-05:00

Sometimes when I feel like drawing I pull out my sketchbook and just end up staring at a blank sheet of paper with no idea what to draw. Today was not one of those days, today the pencil practically drew for me :D

Where Shadows Lie

2010-03-14T20:20:00.000-05:00

This (and probably several of the next sketches I do) was inspired by The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook that I got recently. Love that book.

Sketches

2010-03-11T14:52:00.001-06:00

Camera + Photoshop = Na'vi (Avatar) Self Portrait

2010-02-23T14:26:00.000-06:00

Since I'm obsessed with Avatar right now, I took what spare time I had yesterday to change myself into one of the Na'vi.

Creature

2010-02-19T13:50:00.000-06:00

This started as another sketch of Lando (see the post before this one), but I only got his face done before he just HAD to move, so I spent part of my lunch hour turning it into this creature instead :)

Unsuspecting Subjects

2010-02-15T11:09:00.000-06:00

Sketch dump! The feline above (Lando Catrissian) is one of the many cat mascots of Studio Sunday. Last night he was enjoying our company from his perch of random stuffs in the studio. Below are two more people I drew in restaurants. And some random animal-ish things.

Fast Portrait

2010-01-27T15:12:00.000-06:00

If you were in an Asian restaurant in Pewaukee for lunch today and this looks like you-then it probably is!P.S. As you might have realized from what's written above, I was creepily sketching you without your knowledge...

Road Trip Sketches: Hands, Trees, Trucks, Mirrors

2010-01-17T22:52:00.000-06:00

I was in Minneapolis this weekend, but the drive there and back is hella long, and even though some of the roads were really bumpy, the sketching process prevailed! Someday, I promise, I'll have color on this page again...

A Bit Like Leo?

2010-01-14T11:22:00.000-06:00

Yay, forcing myself to draw seems to be helping me get back in the swing of things. I'm off on Monday, maybe I'll paint...

Eyes With Designs

2010-01-13T15:52:00.000-06:00

I took my sketchbook to a friend's house last night and on my lunch hour today hoping that I could draw something, anything... While I didn't end up drawing anything of amazing consequence, I did doodle some eyes (they are kind of a fall back when I'm lacking creativity) and my reddit thumb drive, and a wine glass that was depicted on a menu. Yay arting! Hopefully sometime soon I'll have the time/mental fuel to make something more substantial, with color and paint...

If you're visiting me from reddit-thanks for stopping by!

Bruise Progression (Self Portrait)

2009-12-26T00:22:00.000-06:00

During a volleyball game I was elbowed in the face, and I decided it would amuse me to record the progression of the bruise. As of today, my face has been bruised for two weeks and four days. I stopped taking pictures of it after the 13th day because even though my cheekbone is still bruised, you can't really tell in the pictures.Oh yeah, and Merry Christmas!

Tribal Female Eyes

2009-12-07T14:05:00.000-06:00

I'm excited to start working on the Fairy Tale Zombies more in depth but I only have a basic knowledge (Disney version) of a lot of the fairy tales I'm interested in. I bought a couple Alice in Wonderland books, and I'm reviewing Grimm's tales, and having lots of fun doing research. Here's a sketch in the meantime-nothing special-just something I drew when I got bored.

It's snowing outside, we're supposed to get a bunch more in the next couple days, and I'm listening to Christmas music for the first time this year :D Happy Holidays!!

Fairy Tale Zombies Thumbnail Description

2009-11-24T08:34:00.000-06:00

It came to my attention that even though you can blow up the sketches from my last post-you still might not be able to read my writing. In case you couldn't tell-the fairy tales depicted in the sketches so far are: Rapunzel, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Snow White, King Midas (and the Golden Touch), The Golden Key, Thumbelina, and Beauty and the Beast. I've got many more on my list such as Hansel and Gretel, but keep in mind that I'm staying away from any that have mostly (or all) animal characters.

Fairy Tale Zombies Thumbnails

2009-11-23T20:47:00.000-06:00

Some sketches I've been working on for the Fairy Tale Zombies project. Got a suggestion for another fairy tale?

Spider Girl

2009-11-02T22:54:00.001-06:00

Did I say four? Make that three :D

Update

2009-11-02T14:21:00.000-06:00

I am working on 4 more animal/girl illustrations for the Adorkable Doodles series, and soon I plan on making a calendar available for sale online, keep checking! I'll try to have it done by the end of November so you can give it as a gift for the holidays.

In other news: Studio Sunday has a new project in the works (which I'm participating in this time). We are working on separate(-ish) projects with all the same theme - Fairy Tales! I'm excited to get working on this one so I'm trying to speed up what's left of the Adorkable Doodles series.

Let me know if you want to buy a print, calendar, or book!

Zombie Scribble

2009-10-11T23:40:00.000-05:00

I haven't been to Studio Sunday in awhile but I dropped by today to hang out and sketched this. I thought it was appropriate given the season (I love Halloween).

APE 2009 (Alternative Press Expo) is October 17-18 at the Concourse in San Francisco - Visit members of Studio Sunday and Lovesick Robot Press in booth #414! If you are unable to make APE but still want a copy of Adorkable Doodles-feel free to contact me!

Adorkable Doodles Cover

2009-09-23T16:23:00.000-05:00

This is the cover page of my book (which will be available at APE). I finished it this morning and it's getting sent to the printer today! The price is TBD as of the moment but if you're interested in buying a copy let me know.

Squirrel Girl

2009-09-21T22:21:00.000-05:00

Last one! This makes 8, but I maaaay go for 12 and turn it into a calendar also. That will be later though, because right now I have to think of something to write about my art, like some sort of artist statement or something. O.o

Updated Snake, Wolf & Parrot Girls

2009-09-14T19:53:00.000-05:00

I made some changes to the three most recent of the book illustrations.

Snake Girl

2009-09-13T13:39:00.000-05:00

Well apparently I was wrong about how long it would take me to get this one finished. I love fros :D Anyway, now that I'm looking at these two as a whole, I think I might go back and add some tribal designs to the animals, they look a little sad without them. But that will have to be another day, probably after everything else is finished to make sure that I have enough time.

Wolf Girl

2009-09-13T11:25:00.000-05:00

A wolf! Snakes are next! I'm mostly done with the snake one so after that there's only one left-how exciting! My brother would yell at me for using so many exclamation points! Well I got places to be and things to do today-so keep a watch for Snake Girl and tell me what you think of Wolf Girl.

Parrot Girl

2009-08-29T20:46:00.000-05:00

Oh heck yeah. I've been working all day to start and finish the illustration below aaaand I finished the one that will go next to the Octopus Girl in the book. Yay! Nothing like getting stuff done! Less than half to go!!!

Cat Girl

2009-08-22T23:22:00.001-05:00

I've been feeling like crap since the middle of last night, when I woke up to throw up, so after taking a three hour nap at 5pm I decided if I was going to just sit around I might as well work on something so here is the cat girl so far. As usual it may be finished and it may not. I have to decide if I want to add more detail to the design again. . .
I'm starting to get nervous about finishing my book in time for printing. I still have four more watercolor illustrations, half the cover (which I have no idea what to do with), and six poem/sketch pages (which I haven't been posting here). O.o

Octopus Girl Update

2009-08-22T14:22:00.000-05:00

Updated version. Like it better? Let me know.

Octopus Girl

2009-08-10T19:58:00.001-05:00

Hey guys, I have another new illustration for the book. I'm not sure if I'm leaving this one as is, I might get more detailed with a design on the octopus. There will be another one with cats coming soon!

Butterfly Girl

2009-07-21T22:53:00.000-05:00

Oh my goodness! \o/ Two posts in two days. And I couldn't have timed it better-finish my second book illustration today, and party tomorrow. But this will be a short post because my eyes are slowly drooping . . . Let me know what you think.

Me (with photoshoped blue eyes)

2009-07-20T21:21:00.000-05:00

I cut my bangs the other day, so I was playing around with the camera to satisfy my vanity, blah, blah, blah . . . anyway after satisfying my boredom-this is what I would look like with blue eyes.

From the Sketchbook

2009-07-19T19:39:00.000-05:00

New sketches!! Just random stuff because I was bored.

Fish Girl

2009-07-06T13:20:00.000-05:00

Hey hey. Not too long ago I was talking about a book that Studio Sunday and I will be publishing to sell at a APE (Alternative Press Expo), this is the first illustration I've done that will be included in the book. My plan is to do more on the same concept, but with me (and my decisive prowess) you never know.

2009-06-24T21:43:00.000-05:00

The symbol in the first one means 'Butterfly' at least according to a few sources on the web (so . . .)

2009-06-21T10:31:00.000-05:00

You may have noticed a change in the coloring around here, I got sick of black as a background, and eventually I'll probably get sick of this too.

2009-06-06T11:44:00.000-05:00

I took off work on Friday and had a totally awesome day. Thursday night I spent time working on one of my book ideas, and painting for the first time in a long time-while hanging out with Studio Sunday's crew. Then Friday (after seeing Kung Fu Panda for the time-also awesome) the day was so perfect that we went and hung out at the beach for a few hours.
I didn't scan what I worked on Thursday night, but these are a few more tattoo ideas-I think I've decided the tattoo I'm going to get but I don't want to put it up anywhere so that I can be the only one who has it :D

2009-06-03T21:54:00.001-05:00

Well I promised color and here it is, I stumbled on these two paintings I made in college in my spare time (I had spare time? Don't remember that). The other thing is a t-shirt design I did for the software engineering group at MSOE. I guess they do a t-shirt every year or something. I think that I'm going to tweak it a little and add it as my first design to threadless.

I'm brainstorming trying to come up with an awesome idea for a bunch of illustrations (and maybe a story too) that I can turn into a book. We shall see where it leads.

2009-05-28T18:30:00.000-05:00

I've decided that the next post I make is going to have to have some color in it. But in the meantime - New tattoo design, for anyone who likes birds (I hear swans are vicious, which might be why I like them).

Window Study

2009-05-22T19:20:00.000-05:00

Yay I've been added to Studio Sunday's crew! www.studiosunday.org

I drew this awhile ago with those involved there (and some other people). I was planning on doing a window study series, but so far I only have two. . . and right now only one that I have transfered into the digital world.

Swans & Wrinkles

2009-04-29T21:14:00.000-05:00

These are sketches I did at Studio Sunday this week

Sketches done at Studio Sunday

2009-04-19T22:00:00.000-05:00

I'm so far beyond designing tattoos for myself anymore, now it's just fun to design them at all. So here are some more.

2009-04-11T16:53:00.000-05:00

Even more tattoo designs . . . I'm obsessed!!

2009-04-08T18:26:00.000-05:00

Here's some more!

2009-04-07T20:29:00.000-05:00

I've been wanting to get a new tattoo for awhile now, but I have only a vague idea what I want to get, so I've been playing the past couple of days with a few designs . . . I'm only going to put up three of them this time. I'm digging the third one, but I'm definitely not settled on it.

Bloody Self Portrait

2009-03-28T12:09:00.000-05:00

This has been in the making for awhile now, Illustration Friday's word was "Celebrate" and this is what it inspired in my dark mind. Enjoy.

Tree Swing Sketch

2009-03-15T13:05:00.000-05:00

Sketchy sketchy sketchy. I am too lazy to write a new post so I'm going to copy/paste exactly what I wrote last night on DeviantArt.

So here is what's going on with me lately:

Now that summer is getting closer I find myself with way more energy. Today was spectacular out, which was nice since my/my brother's car broke down about a car length from a super-busy road, and we were sitting in it for about a half hour waiting for a tow with the windows open. That was fun.

On my own: I've been working on a few things. Been hanging out at Studio Sunday - http://www.lovesickrobot.org/studiosunday/ - I'm working (slowly) on one really big project, that could really be seen as a massive amount of really small ones, and at least two other unrelated smaller ones...

At work: I'm designing a logo for IMCO Technologies - http://www.imco-tech.com/ - most promising product (IMCO-STAT).

I really like designing logos, although I've realized that making them for people who have no knowledge of art is practically impossible. For example, I made about 10 logos to start (all similar to the company logo) and the bosses got to talking about changes like changing the type on one to a font that was closer to the original logo. Here's the kicker-I had another logo, the SAME DESIGN with a font that was much closer to the one in the original logo. Totally frustrating.

http://www.heidischwartz.net/

2009-03-09T08:28:00.000-05:00

Dear HILO Martini Lounge,

Two days ago a couple of my friends took me out to dinner for my birthday, after dinner we weren't quite ready to go home. On my suggestion, we decided to go to HILO and get a few more drinks. We waited at the bar for at least ten minutes and though the bartender stood right in front of us, not once did he meet our eyes, and not once did we get the impression he had any intention of taking our drink order. I don't know for a fact that this is the reason that the three of us weren't served, but it certainly seemed that the only reason we weren't was that we were the wrong color.

I just wanted you to know that I am a nice person, so are both of the friends I was with. From now on whenever I think of having a martini, I will think of HILO and how I felt there - I know this, because I haven't been able to push the incident from my mind. I've just turned 23 and I've never been treated like this before. Maybe I was naive to think that we could get past racism, but when I heard Barack Obama saying "Yes we can" I believed him. Maybe he was wrong. Maybe we can't.

Two nights ago you didn't just refuse to serve a young white woman, you changed a world view. I hope that this letter can change yours.

Sincerely,

Heidi Schwartz

Homework Post Logo Concepts

2009-02-18T19:53:00.000-06:00

Look at this! Three posts and February isn't even done yet! Woot. Anyhows, I made this as a freebee for my brother and a couple of his friends at MSOE, for a project they've been working on. It goes like this: they created a website where people in classes there can post homework assignments and talk about problems they're having with them and other such stuff. They wanted a logo so below are the first batch of ideas, and some that happened along the way. The bubbles and the rainbows were mostly a joke. And after going back and forth with changes and improvements-here is the final one:I would like to include the link, but you can't see it on the site unless you register-and who wants to do that?
I think that I may make a few holiday versions too, although I can give no prediction of when that might appear up here...

Ryan

2009-02-11T22:01:00.000-06:00

Twas the day of Christmas and all through the house Ryan was singing, dancing, and performing strange experiments on cookies. I tend to draw at family gatherings-this is my cousin Ryan, who keeps me entertained, and laughs at all my dumb jokes.

2009-02-06T23:50:00.000-06:00

This sketch is something that I've just started brainstorming. I'd like to make "Rex the Monster & Jeremiah Zombie" into a children's book/series of illustrations. I have been thinking about it a lot but have yet to really write anything down as a solid plot idea. Should be fun! The other sketch is just something I drew when I got bored waiting for my ride after work.

Cliff Chick

2009-01-30T19:23:00.000-06:00

Here's something.

So the thing is, I'm not sure if I've put this one up here before because it's kinda old, but I feel like I should have more posts. If it's in one of my earlier posts-here's a refresher course, and if it isn't then-Ta Da!

The Teller

2009-01-18T18:03:00.000-06:00

Weeeell, I've been trying to keep up with my blog (obviously I missed a month) but here is my make-up-for-it art piece. I started this 3 maybe 4 months ago as a self portrait of my face. That was before I got my job and I think that I have finally adjusted to working 8-5 + hours everyday. Anyways, it was sort of boring so I changed some things, after the changes I liked it so much that I decided to keep going with it. I named it "The Teller" and all of the animals have a connection to fortune telling, but since I did the research so long ago-I really don't remember what they were... Sorry! Hope you like.

2008-11-07T23:52:00.000-06:00

I've been working a lot at IMCO Technologies doing their marketing campaign for RSNA, I want to put that stuff up here but I think I should wait until it's been released to the public, which will be very soon after Thanksgiving. It's very different from what I normally do, mostly because someone else is the one making the rules...

They offered me a full time job!! Sweet! I will have health insurance again, and I might be able to *think about getting a car. If anyone has any ideas for a type of car-I'm all ears, all I know is I want it to be small and probably 2 door. I need to spoof up my wardrobe a bit first though, I never realized I only ever wear jeans until it was inappropriate to ever wear jeans.

And I almost forgot the most important news of all - dun dun - OBAMA!! That's right. #2 in the line of presidents that I've been able to vote for, #1 in the line of presidents I've voted for that have actually won. I think it's really important that we keep the excitement that Obama's campaign has created. Americans need a reason to be proud of America. We have been kinda lacking in reasons for patriotism lately, and a person can only 'hope' that Obama can keep it up. I don't know about everybody else but I'm excited to see what we can do...

I guess I'll leave it there for today. Have a good weekend everybody, try to stay warm!

2008-10-15T18:24:00.000-05:00

OMG, my bro just showed me something awesome and everyone has to check it out.

http://www.palinaspresident.com/

Seriously. Alayna, Topher, Jackie you are gonna LOVE it.

2008-10-12T20:18:00.000-05:00

Huraaaay!! My website is finally up in it's entirety! The gallery pages have been missing for awhile but they are up now, yay!! If you wanna check it out the link is at the top of the page :D

Also I got a lot done on one of the illustrations I've been working on lately, so hopefully that one will be up here soon. Keep checking.

2008-09-28T20:12:00.000-05:00

My respect for Obama has grown since another certain candidate for president showed up to a debate not wearing a flag pin and not a thing has been said about it. What a stupid thing to make a big deal about in the first place. Seriously.

2008-09-15T14:41:00.000-05:00

No fun pictures today, just thought I'd throw up an update, since I'm bored and I don't very often. I've been doing a lot of my own little projects lately, but I crave deadlines!! Without them I am too easily distracted... Like just now when you missed me tapping along enthusiastically to whatever I'm listening to on Pandora (Something Corporate), while chewing my nail. I miss school. I liked having homework parties with all of my illustration buddies til the wee hours of the morning... The destination then was easy: Graduate. What's the destination now? Get Paid. It's all about the money now. I hate thinking about money. Subject change it is!

Being a big Charlaine Harris-Sookie Stackhouse fan I've been watching True Blood religiously so far. Two episodes in and here are my big issues-"Sookie" should not have the same pronounciation as "cookie" and are those not THE lamest fang-shooting-out sounds anyone has ever heard? I also think they chose the wrong teeth to put them on-I think they would look better on the next teeth over (sorry if you have no idea what I'm talking about). Thank god it's gory, if they'd messed that up too, I might have had a problem watching.

Now that I've ranted a bit, I really need a scanner!
Later everybody!

Fury

2008-09-04T16:43:00.000-05:00

So here's something new! :D

Max 2

2008-08-21T19:47:00.000-05:00

For some reason it's not letting me add to my last post, so here are the two versions that weren't in it. And F.Y.I. I named her Max.

Max 1

2008-08-21T17:54:00.000-05:00

Well, hello everyone!! I had inspiration in the form of the front cover of Maxim (that I've mysteriously started receiving). And these are what I made, obviously they're basically the same-I played with the colors. It's all digital... There was another way that I liked the colors but I forgot to save that one, so I'll probably get it up here sometime in the future... I like the last one the best.

Ghosts

2008-07-18T12:14:00.000-05:00

What's up everybody? This is another afterlife piece from my thesis. This one is called "Ghosts" I found a story about a culture in Africa where they believe that ghosts haunt cemeteries and live in trees, here's my interpretation.

A Quicky in the Woods ;)

2008-07-12T13:22:00.000-05:00

I've started two new pieces that I'm putting time and effort into but they are both unfinished as of yet, so in the meantime have some art...

This is pretty recent. I started it in acrylic, used watercolor to do most of it, and finished it in Photoshop.

4th of July Self Portrait

2008-07-04T23:39:00.000-05:00

Go figure that I would post on a national holiday... Anyways I was at my aunt's house today for the celebration and I decided to practice my photoshop drawing when I got back. Plus I had the perfect subject since, while having loads of fun while I was there, I also got bitten by about 20 mosquitoes. So here is what I've dubbed "Stupid Mosquitoes."

The Skillful Huntsman Concept Art

2008-06-18T14:17:00.000-05:00

I did character development for the story "The Skillful Huntsman," a Grimm's Fairy tale. Of course, I couldn't just illustrate it strait so I did my interpretation. I set the story in space with a futuristic/victorian style, and the huntsman was turned into a Treasure Huntsman. Let me know if you like what you see.

I'm adding these now because I just made a bunch of changes to the color one and I thought I would get it out here for people to see.

Textured Ladies

2008-05-27T16:46:00.001-05:00

So these three illustrations were my first-time-experiments playing with texture in photoshop. They were done in free time about 8 months ago, I call them the Angle Girls. I'm trying to be better at remembering to add things to this blog, even though the only person that I know for a fact reads it is me. Hopefully one day I'll be a famous illustrator and then people will come here and be astounded that I am a normal person just like they are. Hopefully.

Hell

2008-05-02T17:09:00.000-05:00

Here is another one of my thesis pieces for your eyes to inspect. Have fun! And let me know what you think!!

Heaven

2008-04-21T14:07:00.000-05:00

Or it could always turn into what was memorable about the month or year... haha Anyways I'm now finished with my senior show. I created the concepts, sketched a zillion sketches, painted for hours and hours and was finally able to hang things on the wall that I could be mostly proud of. Awesome.

So there are seven pieces; 2 Heavens, 2 Hells, a Reincarnation, a Purgatory, and some ghosts. Here's a little taste. This one is loosely based on the traditional "streets of gold"/"second paradise" version of Heaven.

First Blog Post

2008-03-07T10:16:00.000-06:00

I suppose the first post should really be something amazing. Seeing as I have no time to make something amazing, this is what you're going to get. This is the first picture in a line of pictures that I'm planning to create featuring whatever was memorable about the day, which will probably end up being more about what was memorable during the week... Anyway, I will make and add a new one when I can.