Here's a pixelized style drawing on an online art post forum when I was 12, inspired by a flamenco poster from Spain. I just loved the bright colours of vivid yellow, orange and green.

Let me start off by saying that I am very blessed with an entire family of talented artists - so my life growing up and Christmas may not be typical. Often times we gift each other hand-made cards and paintings as we can appreciate the amount of time and concentration that went into producing the one of a kind item. So it was with great joy on Christmas to open the present box and discover this amazing doll inside!  Not only is my sister Corinna Jasmine a very talented illustrator and painter, she has picked up the skills of fashion design and is able to figure out complex crafting as shown in these photos. The Doll arrived set up in a beautiful box with several accessories such as a Peineta (Spanish hair comb), Miniature red flowers (shown in one of the photos below), a Mantilla (Black lace shawl to wear over her head) and even a beautiful crushed velvet purple flower for myself to wear. She came with a detachable wig so I can customize her in the future. Can you believ...

Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël! During the holidays seems to be the time I find most to catch up with side and art projects, and also take the time to reflect on the last year and plan on the time ahead. I'm excited to start using the latest Google Sites creator - after many years of creating websites using WYSIWYG editors, the UI of Google Sites is by far the most intuitive I have used and has great potential. It may not have all the features I need at the moment, but looks like they will be continuing to roll out updates that will allow for even more customization. Hope this will inspire me to post more often!