Completed Project and start of a new one.

This will be just a short post. I just wanted to post up a shot of the framed portal 2 cross stitch and then a quick pick of what my next one I am working on is. Here it is framed:

And here is what I am working on next, its pattern created by Johloh over at the Sprite Stitch blog, which is a really cool blog as well. The pattern link is here. It's been going so much faster than other projects I've done. I've been told its because I'm actually having fun doing this one, unlike a couple other uncompleted projects that don't go very fast.

 

I'm also working on a pattern for my next big cross stitch, well, make that a couple patterns I'm working on, I seem to have tons of ideas and not enough time to do them. We'll see which one wins out and gets started. And with that, thanks for reading and have a great day!

First Project Completed

Hello Everyone! 

I finally finished my first large cross stitch project. I've been working on it for a good month or so in the evenings and it's finally done! It's a late Christmas present for a friend of mine and I only had a bit of it done by Christmas, enough to show him what it was turning into. If you don't know its inspired by Portal 2 (based off this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyLUU3O4zW8). I had seen a couple others using the quote around the internet and wanted to do it for a while, I just hadn't because I was working on this HUGE cross stitch that I'd be working on for a good 6 months or so. That one though began to feel almost like a job though so I decided to put that one away for a while and work on new projects. I found someone who had done the text already, and used most of it and modified what I didn't think looked right. Then I added more lemons to it to create a full border and then created the companion cube pattern for the corners.

And here is how it turned out!

Here is the full cross stitch.

Here is a close up of just the companion cube.

Overall, I think it turned out really great. I really want to do it again so I can have one on my wall, but I think I'll wait a little bit before I do it again. Now the hard part is picking out my next project. I think I know which one I'm going to go with but we will see what I decide. And with that I hope everyone has a great week and has lots of inspiration brought to them.

Ben

First Post!

Ok. So I'm finally starting a blog where I'm going to show off the stuff I'm working on. I figure it might keep me motivated to keep doing stuff. Also, it'll be a way for me to look back on what I've done and hopefully see some progress in my art. I figure I'm mainly going to be using this to show my works as they progress, but I also might post up things that inspire me or things I think others might like.

I guess before anything else, I'll say a little about myself and my blog. I'm currently 26, and I'm going to school right now. As for artistic stuff, its just about everything out there, and if I don't do it, I'm most likely planning to or really would like to try some day. I hope to get better in the art I do as I love doing it, but I've let life tell me I wasn't good enough or that I can't make it in art anyway so why try? That's gone, I'm over it, I'm going to work at it and I will get better. I've also always been a bit anxious or nervous about showing people my artwork, and I'm getting better with that, but I'm sure you don't want to here my go on about that.

As for the name of my blog, Brood Studio, I came up with the title a few months back when I was considering trying to do my own thing freelance in art. That popped into my head at work one day. To me it fits almost perfectly because I am not just one type of artist, I like to paint and draw (both physically and digitally), I went to school for Design in terms of Logos and Ad work (not the most fun to me but still pretty fun), I stitch and I'm just generally a crafty person. So there were so many things I couldn't just single it down. A brood is a group, a breed, or a species, so it fits for me with so many different mediums I like to work in.

And to get this rolling, here's a sketch I've been working on for a friend. I'm drawing a strong cave woman for her blog and got the sketch to a point where I'm good showing it. I've been working on this one probably a couple hours a day over the last week or so.

I've also got a couple other projects going on at the moment, but I don't have any pictures of those right now, so those will most likely be shared in the next day or two.

And with that, I'm going to sign off for the night. Anyone stopping by, thanks for checking out my blog and I hope you like what shows up the future.

I also plan on messing with the look of the blog, as currently its pretty plain to me.