Crash

Hi there. I'm Crash, and I'm a fresh green noob. I've always wanted to do swaps, but didn't really know how to arrange such a thing. I can't believe it took me so long to find swap-bot...

I'm just your run-of-the-mill weird chick. I love to learn and create and evolve and indulge in various quirky habits. I love to make and collect cutesy, pretty things, but I also have a soft spot for the creepy and the surreal. I like to experiment with new styles and techniques. The only thing I never do is realism.

I would place my skill level at "intermediate". I'm certainly no expert at any art or craft, but I take pride in what I create, and would never send anything that I had only given a half-@$$ed effort into selecting or creating.

• painting
• multi-media
• drawing
• sewing
• art journaling
• polymer clay
• collage
• digital art

At the moment, I'm particularly fixated on collage and soft toy making. :)

• almost anything by Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, John Wyndam
• classic sci-fi and fantasy novels
• anything about psychology, astrophysics, quantum physics, cosmology, mycology, neurology
• anything about shamanism
• art books, both instructional and books displaying the works of artists

I frikken love books.

• The Dark Crystal
• The Cell
• City of Ember
• Fight Club
• Snatch
• Boondock Saints
• Princess Mononoke
• What Dreams May Come
• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
• Stigmata
• the original Star Wars trilogy
• The Princess and the Warrior

• color, and lots of it
• anything shiny or glittery
• anything kawaii (does NOT have to be popular name brand)
• the weird, the whimsical, the unique
• anything with raw emotion
• anything themed with Cardcaptor Sakura, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Princess Mononoke
• anything with goats

PLEASE DON'T RELY HEAVILY ON THIS LIST. Only refer to it if you're having a bit of trouble coming up with an idea or direction. I'd really much rather have something that is genuine to the artist and his/her style.

• cliches or over-used "inspirational" quotes incorporated into artwork
• anything that advocates for a particular politician or political party
• anything where purple is the dominant color

• old postage stamps, wide variety
• fat quarters, eighths
• some lovely 12"x12" scapbooking papers
• buttons