Tattoo Design

My friend Kim asked me to do a tattoo for her. Her mom passed away recently from cancer and she wanted to get something in memory of her mom. The drawing is done with micron 01 and micron 005 pens, and sharpies.

This is more an idea then the actual design. I will post pictures after she gets it done.

Graduation Cake

I made this cake for my Grad Party, this first shot is of the fondant "UC GRAD" lettering I did in front of the cake.


Full front view of the Cake. This is my first fondant cake so it's not as smooth and perfect as I would have liked, but I still think i did a pretty good job. The icing underneath is a chocolate peanutbutter butter cream, and the cake is plain old yellow.


Here's a photo of the back of the cake.


And lastly a side shot

More T-shirt designs...

This design I have messed around with a little bit, this is it in blue. It is for the back of a shirt.


here i added some green, and gave it sort of an older look like some of the previous designs.


this is the same but with green lettering.


And here is the design for the front of the shirt in green.



This design is a simple dragon, with red coloring




i posted this design in the last blog, but here is an updated re-tooled version of it.

Endeavor T-shirt designs

While working for my brother at his gym Endeavor Fitness, I am in charge of making t-shirt designs. I'll be adding more to this blog as i create them. But here's a few samples of what I have been up to.

This first image was created using a program called Gimp for macs, similar to Photoshop or so I have read. It is completely computer graphics, i had never used the program before and was messing around and this is what i came up with. The font is the Endeavor Fitness logo font, and it's called Battlefield.


This next image is a completely hand drawn design I came up with for a women's t-shirt.


This computer Graphic was done using Gimp, and is one of my personal favorites. I don't think it would be that great on a t-shirt, but perhaps a flyer, or another type of handout.


Lastly, this is a hand drawing that I scanned onto my computer, and reworked the colors. The images will show the before and after of the drawing.



Same image with added color, and an aging effect.


Image with added gray background before reworking.


Same image with a color boost, and aging effect.


and in red...

More Sugar Skulls...

These next three paintings were displayed in the art show at my school, kind of as a triptych. Each skull has a different design, and color.

The purple skull I gave away to a friend who was transferring schools. The other two i still have, and i will soon be painting a new one to replace the purple one.







medium: acrylic on canvas board

Dried out Flowers + Acrylic

Back in the day I liked to use flowers after they were dried out and make paintings with them. This painting is one of the only ones that has actually survived. It's really hard to keep them in good condition without framing them.

Sugar Skull Tattoo

This painting was made for my friend Alaina. She had just gotten this tattooed on her foot, and wanted a painting of it.

Medium: Acrylic on canvas board


This is it framed



and here is a pic of her tattoo.

Two Layered Halloween Treat

When it comes to choosing between a trick or a treat, I say treat!
I made this cake for my parents on Halloween. Once it's no longer acceptable to go trick or treating you have to find other ways to spend your time on Halloween.

This is not my favorite cake, but it's simple and cute, and it was delicious.



This was the first attempt at a two layer cake with a filling. Straight vanilla cake, with a raspberry filling, and butter cream icing.

Bang Gun

I made this painting for an art class, and it was displayed in the art show at the college I attend.

Tattoo, or "flash" art is something I am interested in, and that's how I came to create this piece. The bright colors, and shading of flash makes for very fun paintings.



Medium: Oil & Acrylic paint on canvas board.

I am not a huge fan of oil paint, I managed to smear this painting a lot throughout the process. I am more of an acrylic kind of girl.

Rockin' Out, Guitar Hero Style

Who doesn't like Guitar Hero? These next two cakes were created for my boyfriend Tim, a huge fan of GH. I threw him a surprise party (even though he hates surprises,) and the surprise part wasn't enough for me, so I baked.



I again used the acoustic guitar cake pan, but this time I cut and pasted the cake into these guitar hero shaped guitars.
Again it is a butter cream icing, with black cake sparkles, funfetti cake, and cool star candles. (For Star Power!)



To say the least the cakes were a big hit.

Senses Fail

This painting was created thanks to a Senses Fail cd I was listening to at the time.
The side portion of the painting is Pink Floyd imagery, and lyrics.



Medium: Acrylic on stretched canvas.

Sweet Music

Most of my cakes are inspired by mine and my boyfriend's interests, so it only makes sense that musical themed cakes would make up a lot of my cake portfolio.

For this cake I used a Wilton's acoustic guitar cake pan.
I was afraid to cut the cake myself, and the cake pan was a quick fix.



Buttercream icing, with black and purple cake sparkles, and the cake is funfetti. (a personal favorite)

Passion for Pink

I am a huge fan of Pink Floyd. This is one of a few Pink Floyd paintings I have done.

Acrylic on canvas board



My apologies for the blurry quality of the photo. This painting was a gift for a friend, and I forgot to take a picture before sending it.

Hawaiian Themed Surprise

My best friend's mom called me up and told me she was throwing a surprise party for her daughter. I happily volunteered to make the cake.




Another view of the cake



This cake is along the same lines as the pirate cake. Buttercream icing, piping gel, and brown sugar. I used fondant for the first time on the flowers, I think they are ok for a first time, but I am still working on perfecting my fondant skills.

More Pirates...

Keeping with the theme of my last post, here's a pirate painting.
Acrylic on stretched canvas.




Not exactly sure of the size, but it's a large painting.

Pirate Cake....Arrrr

This is my first cake ever. I wanted to do something special for my boyfriend for his birthday. Something different. So I took his love for pirates, and my creativity, and voila...cake.



Pretty generic, funfetti cake, buttercream icing. Piping gel for the water, and some brown sugar for the sand effect.



and the happy recipient..