two important things

...that I just wanted you all (all being the, maybe, three people that read this) to know.



Number One:

IT'S CHRISTMAS.

Yeah. Black Friday marks the official beginning of the season. Which means that as soon as I got back to Miami yesterday I put up my fucking adorable Christmas tree, as pictured at left.





and Number Two:

I MET RICK ROSS YESTERDAY.
Yes. The real Ricky Rozay. He was on my flight from ATL to MIA. Travelin' real incognegro like, ya know...no security, no bling, not even any luggage. Hmmm SUSPICIOUS MR TEFLON DON. Anyway, here's me and the big man himself:



Uh yeah wtf. Awesome. I should have tried to show him my hats...oh well. I'm still hoping maybe he'll respond to my tweets to him haha.


So yup, that's all. Just a random update. Hopefully I'll get to work on some more hats before winter break, but first I have to get through two and a half weeks of academic hell. So in the interim...merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

major milestone

I have officially crossed the threshold of true (if still not very legit) bloggerdom...I HAVE A FOLLOWER WHOM I DO NOT PERSONALLY KNOW! I'm exhilarated. That's all.

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EDIT (five minutes later): Just wanted to make it clear that, as excited as I am about this faraway follower...I could still use more. In case for some reason you thought maybe I was happy with my two followers and didn't want you. That isn't true. So. Ahem. Back to regularly scheduled programming.
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In other news, I am going to continue with my lame-ass habit of posting old artwork when I have nothing new and good to show for myself lately. So I guess that isn't really news. Anyway though, here's an old illustration I really like:



papi naturo (as I originally called it...which I now think is lame but I don't really have a better idea so for the moment "papi naturo" it is)
summer 2008?
Bic art markers on sketchbook paper











ps. For those of you who haven't realized it yet, Halloween week is now over, which means that tomorrow it can offically be considered THANKSGIVING!!! MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY EVER!!! YES!!!!! So HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, and to all a lovely chilly autumn night!

a new era

...pun entirely intended. (So I hope someone else got it.) I feel like I am kind of starting a new era in my art though; I'm starting to figure out what's really my type or "genre" or whatever.

Anyhoo - two new hats are in the works, both of which I'm really excited about. Here's me wearing them as pasties:



The red and purple one is for my friend Jackson...I'd explain the symbolism of the whole deal but I don't have the energy. I sleepy. Soo I'll do that when I post pictures of the finished hat. Here's the in-progress:





The other is going to be a TOTORO hat! This one was thought of totally on a whim, but I might give it to my sister for Christmas (assuming I finish it by then). Here's its done-in-a-hurry, kind-of-ugly, going-to-be-softened ground painting:



So, ja, das ist all. Just wanted to share where I am. I apologize for the shitty quality, btw...I just did a lot of work on the H-Town one and decided to just snap a few Photobooth pics before I went to bed. Hope ya like em anyway doe [Kat Stacks voice], feedback appreciated.

goodniiiiighttt

OH. NO.

Some extremely disturbing information has just come to my attention.

Once you've posted over 200 photos on Flickr, if you do not have a Pro account (i.e., if you're in college and poor and not planning to pay $30 to put pictures online when you and everyone you know has a Facebook), you will only be able to see the most recent 200.

WHICH IS INFURIATING! GAHH. I'm so mad. I just uploaded something and got a little notice that said "We noticed that you have reached 170 photos in your Photostream. Once you get to 200, you'll only be able to view the most recent 200. Nothing will be deleted. Would you like to upgrade now to a 1-year Flickr Pro account for $27.99?"

You wanna know what I said?
I said,
NO BITCH! I'M PO!

Yeah. That's right. That's what I said. I really am pissed. That's really NOT a lot of pictures, and the whole reason I have a Flickr is because it's a free, well-organized vehicle to show my art. So clearly, if that's why I'm doing it, I don't want to pay for it! Who do you think I am, Flickr? Why do you think I don't have a Pro account? You wanna know? BECAUSE I'M NOT A PRO! I am, in fact, quite the definition of an amateur! Don't you think I would LIKE to have a Pro account? Obviously. But if I don't, there's most likely a good reason. WHICH THERE IS. Beef. That's what this is. Me and Flickr are beefin'. We're not on good terms right now.

In other news, my boyfriend Jake broke his ankle today. Actually, that's euphemistic. He is in New York on a trip sponsored by our school's marketing department and got hit by a car this afternoon and broke his ankle. And obviously, I am in Miami and can't go there because I have to go out of town tomorrow too. So I am stuck here while my baby's all lonely in a NYC pediatric hospital ward (why? I don't know. I assure you he isn't a minor). Fuck. Bad evening.



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EDIT [some five minutes later]

Some good news! Jake just woke up from his surgery and called me, his ankle isn't actually broken. Yay! That just boosted things a little. And it probably should be sleepytime now so byee.

travel log

I am very belatedly adding to my Flickr the pictures from my trip to Ghana in March. (I was going to put them up in June but ran out of space, and then in August but that was when I had my little loss-of-Flickr-login-info disaster.) So, thought I'd share a few. Check out my Flickr to see more.

piece de resistance

...it really is. My piece de resistance, I mean (should that phrase have accent marks in it somewhere? Probably). I just wish photos did justice to these hats...that sounds really cocky, I don't mean it like they're that incredible, but you just don't get the full effect. Anyway doe [Kat Stacks voice], for what it's worth:

YAY! I'm so proud. Seriously. Check out my flickaaa for a wider range of pictures and pics of my other hats.

Working on the design for the next one...keep ya eyes peeled for updates

death by school

I


HATE




painting still lifes.





honestly, someone tell me how you get good at it. what the HELL is interesting enough about a pitcher and a tea kettle to have even the slightest desire to paint them in detail? this assignment is making me suicidal.