Well hello there! I see you have stumbled across my journal. As you see this is my very first entry so I will start by telling you a bit about me, okie doke!

My name is Nickie, but everyone(preferably) calls me Bird. I'm 30, and live here in the state of Missouri in the middle of the US.
I like all kinds of art, music, movies, books, sports, foods, yadda yadda. I have a varied taste for various things. I'm curious about everything and question most things.
I'm straight up honest as well. maybe a bit blunt, but I tell most that meet me that if you can't swallow the truth, pass on by. I'm not going to say that I never lie, that would be BS. Of course I lie, but what I lie about is usually to someone I care about deeply to spare their feelings. And only if it will do more harm than good.
I guess I should say something about my artwork, and process of creation here huh?
I love tinkering with any kind of technique(?) I come across. I draw, I paint(mostly in acrylics atm), I photo manipulate, and hmmm, I can't think of anything else right now.
When I draw, I like taking real life into it. I watch, and study it, and carefully try and bring the paper to life. Pencil, charcoal, and yes, crayon, lol. Hey, it can be fun, and crayon can be manipulated like charcoals but with different techniques.
When I paint, I don't know, it's whimsical I guess. I go into a state of utter blankness. I dip my brushes in to the paint and I'm not sure what will be done until it is finished. My friends say they are good, but I'm my own worst critic. from what I've seen from others on here, that is nothing new!
Now dong photo manipulation... wow... yo never know what you can do there! You can take an ordinary picture of your kid brother from years ago, wolfing down a hotdog, and turn into something so great, so funny, so... heehee well let's just say I use that particular pic as my "black mail" photo!
I think my favorite thing about manipulating pics is that there. you can do just about anything to something simple! My favorite tool for that is photo shop(of course lol). But I hear there are better, different ones out there that I would like to try out.
Now let's see what else should I share......? Hmm, I know, I can tell you that look for more entries soon from me. I hadn't been feeling very "artistic" of late. But I got my brushes out yesterday, so ... I will upload my latest and see what yall think!
Ok, that's it for now.
Remember,
Bird Loves You!

By The Way:
my mood is that only because I LOVE the little emote!