A Business Bumblebee

This bumble bee can't handle it

As many of you know, I have been busy attempting to achieve my business degree. During the semester, I have no time to work on my blog/requests because I am so busy studying for Managerial Accounting, Business Law, Business Calculus, etc. However...

The hiatus is soon to end! 

I am not taking any classes this summer and I'll be spending all of my time working at the Library, meaning I will have all the time in the world to draw everyone pictures, until the Fall semester starts up again. That being said, there will be some changes to the way I post the blogs.

I'll only post once a week 

This will allow me ample time to draw requests, prepare for future blog posts, and possibly pile up blog posts for the future so I can (hopefully) keep updating the blog in the future.

Stories!

I'll do my best to include any juicy stories of patrons I run across. Generally, there aren't any issues but I can always include stories from the past. Can't guarantee they'll be interesting, but hey! It's worth a shot. 

So what about this bumblebee? 

This bumblebee, specifically this bumblebee that can't handle the high-octane life of business, was requested by Vincent, the wonderful Australian friend who has requested such pieces as "Underwater Smoke Break" and "Fluffy Sheep with a Silly Hat"! I thought this cute picture would be a great way to start back up my blog because this semester has got me pretty down about majoring business. But more on that another day! Please feel free to send me your requests at MSPaintAtWork@gmail.com ! 

Forest Fairies and Bumble Bees

High Quality Work Ahead

My boyfriend requested a very difficult piece for me. A woodland fairy atop a speeding bumble bee. Thinking this would be a pretty easy piece in the beginning I was proven wrong when I tried to make the wings of the bee opaque. I actually had to work on this one at home, because MS Paint on Windows XP and lower doesn't have an opaque coloring tool like Windows Vista and higher does. I ended up having to color in each individual background color of the wings to make it work and took about an hour and half to complete. That being said, I probably won't do opaque wings again. Another difficult task was making sure the fairy was perched on the back of the bee correctly. I wanted to make sure you could tell he was on top of the bee rather than drawn in on the side, and it took a long while for me to figure out the best way to place him. Overall, I am pleased with this drawing, it just took longer than expected. Thank you again Stanton!