Trick or treat!!!

i had a vision last month...
(an awsome Halloween costume idea)
to be a mystical creature, a purple unicorn <3
...and so i went to Michael's and bought all that i considered important factors in a unicorn.

rhinestones, fur-like cloth, dreamy wings, glitter, gems, purple spray paint etc etc...
but a picture is worth 1,000 words :)

Party of one (& her orbs)

yes, i believe in orbs. & specially in energy.
these +/- energy spheres have no smell or color (at least to the naked sense) and are best seen in pictures. personally, i get the feeling that these orbs are concious energies that once lived as concentrated physical forms, got divided into unequal parts at "death"...& trough time, eventually, they shape back into physical form.
in pictures, they look like dust clouds but believe me when i say they are NOT.
Soffi knows she's got company... and its concerned b.c. she did not prepare enough PB&J sammiches...on the record player is Frank Sinatra
-don't worry soffi, they just wanna mingle and dance.
On this note, once i (casey Arauz) die, i would love to become cosmic powder and simply shiine, shiine, shiine! The only way i can think for this to be possible is by first cremating my energy into dust and then on a starry night be tossed into the air. i must be tossed far away from any body of water in case the dust (me) sticks to it. like cinnamon on a cup of coffee...that would make it nearly impossible for me to leave this planet and that's NOT part of my will!

i should also suggest locating where the "crack " in the ozone layer is this way i could fly right out ; )
just saying...

"take only what you need from it" MGMT

i guess they don't grow apples in any other planet?!

46 days left for my birffday

1,104 hours left of being 22 & then BAM 23! i get so excited to get older. it feels like i'm getting rewarded a star sticker or lollipop for my good work after a doctors appointment and just like in my elementary years the more the merrier lol.
On a serious note i can’t wait to turn 30 or 50 and even 70. i truly embrace change and for this i must thank mi abuelita Susana, my dad’s mother, who still at 75(total guess) can say she has never covered a single grey hair. i myself plan on never covering my age by buying expensive lardy creams and overpriced undergarments that hold the physique in place. i want to experience what time does to my existence. the older the wiser. & that's a fact!
last year i spent my birthday at the planetarium with two of my closest friends, Valerie Duardo and Katherine Trewin, where a DJ played electronic beats to a 3D laser show display.
this year i am not sure yet since i’m in Orlando and my peeps live in Miami…but believe it when i say that i’m working hard on it ;)

lust

wake up and smell the coffee!

call me a coffee addict if you must but just let me have my daily dosage of caffeine.
coffee is vital to my productivity and concentration span. without it i would nap for hours (more like knock out) and slug my way around life.
but not only do i abuse its benefits i also enjoy its flavor. my taste buds know quality.
the backbone:
my grandfather, Nacho Arauz, was the biggest coffee grower of his time in Matagalpa’s history. abuelito nacho is cosmic powder now,but the coffee farms remain.

a no brainer for my appreciation.

lower case

i love to write in lower case.
metaphorically speaking it feels like everything is on the same level.

My favorite color is c000c0

there is a universal code for every color. these codes are used to match colors on the web and its often referred to as a color picker. i learnt about the color codes back in 2006 when i was managing a real estate website which no longer exists (www.1390fortune.com)
the picture shows what this color picker usually looks like.
on the blank box next to the number sign reads a number as the pointer is moved inside the larger box to its left. Every shade is coded.
my favorite color is c000c0 the phunkiiest purple.

Something about us - Daft Punk

It might not be the right time
I might not be the right one
But there's something about us I want to say
Cause there's something between us anyway
I might not be the right one
It might not be the right time
But there's something about us I've got to do
Some kind of secret I will share with you
I need you more than anything in my life
I want you more than anything in my life
I'll miss you more than anyone in my life
I love you more than anyone in my life

plastilina 3D

meet my molding/sculpting side.

recently at a job training my company placed Legos and Play-doh buckets in the middle of the table along with loads and loads of candy. the function for this in my opinion was for entertainment & distraction since the training would run most of the sun hours in the day, but i also think it served as decoration :) . from the second i saw those bright yellow buckets i knew art sat inside... & my hands started to itch from of curiosity. hehe. the first clay chum was "Terriie" the purple Terradactyl which was a total hit, along came "dreamiie " the orange unicorn but the real commotion was made from "Rina" the pink Rhinoceros.

(haha... Rina was my childhood best friend's name)

it's the right brain in me...

photoShop rocks!

photoShop is truly something else! a tool for the artistic mind to innovate ideas. these pictures are some of my simple work. i don't know much about layering or rasterizing but i do know how to play around with features & brushes. i like to think of myself as a self-taught photoShop rookie. one day (hopefully in this life time) i will be able to cruise layers with great ease. lol

pictured is Jose Manuel Espinosa, lead vocalist and songwriter of nicaraguan band Sossimo.

sofii goes acrylic

as most of you know, my doodles are only on computer graphics or on pen & paper so i decided to take my art to a different level and paint sofii with acrylics. At first it seemed easy to just slop paint on a blank canvas, specially on a 28" X 16", but as i got into it i realized that the style i was aiming for required detailed strokes and loads of patience. the painting took me a week (about 10 hours in total) not a bad outcome for a first time painting.

creating a logo/signature for catastrophunk

somewhere along the "vital sign" concept is what i have in mind. the first picture spells out catastrophunk (designed by me) and below of it is an picture of what i believe to be a actual medical vital reading. the neon purple lights is my color of choice. the second to last picture also shows the shadow effect i wish for it to have. for the development of this "logo", if you may call it such, i reached out for the help from my good friend Baughto.

miami-native Baughto is a Painter/Photographer/Graphic Designer and or multimedia enthusiast. http://www.baughto.com/

iin.house beauty parlor

i have been meaning to illustrate on graffiti but i have not found the time.
instead, of course, i have been doodling my heart away on paper. this one was one of my faves as of lately. “iin.house.beauty.parlor” sofii is a huge flirt bug! she loves mirrors and spends a lot of her time in front of them to assure that her bows (in this case just one bow) are in place & that her dress is spotless. her favorite fragrance is daisy by marc jacobs & let me tell you that its a hit among her peers, specially the boys.

Sugar high

OK. I am UP!
a Skittles, starburst, Laffy Taffy, Nerds & Pixie sticks meal.
WooooooHoooo!
Back in 5 minutes. Gone cartwheeling.
YAY!!
Hello Mrs. muffin how may I help you?
10 blueberry muffins? no problem.
Yes, one moment I will check you out Mr. chubby cloud.
Welcome back Ms. lolly I will be with you in just a sec. Like you asked Mrs. Muffin here are the 10 blueberry babiies.
Here is your change Mr. chubby cloud, come again!
Ms. lolly here is the contract please sign on the dotted line.
You can call me the multi-tasker Queen.
Zank you.
wooohoo....zzZzzZ...hooo
must...keep… eyes… OPEN
ZzzzzZzzzz

goodbye september....

for an unknown reason the month of September was of no creative inspiration to me.
instead it served my soul as 30 days of restoration.
i was able to re-align myself, to step out of my "box", and analyze all that should be changed or needed to stay the same.

two of the most significant outcomes to this was a new job at apple & well i found my best friend/loviie :)

hello October.....

Acrylics strokes

i guess...

ill shut my mind quiet and hear the whispers of my heart.

google Casey Arauz

i googled my name for the first time in 8 years. last time i wrote my full name on the address bar my computer froze and almost broke down from the lack of minimum information required to run. today it was different, thanks to social media i was able to read my name on several pages on the internet. not only did my facebook account show up but my real estate license status, scholarship award, college program/internship with Walt Disney World, Crayola's proposal letter, eBay account and websites i had no idea i belonged to like classmates.com among others did as well.
my point is that i now exist on the web!
i must optimize myself & link thousands and thousands of key words to my name in order to show up everywhere and hopefully become as strong as a virus.