What's in a Name?

Some of you readers and browsers who happen to come across my blog, or even if you are a regular reader---you might wonder where I got the name Foxy Art Studio? well, my last name is Fox--yep, that is correct---my name is : Aurora Fox! what some folks don't know is that Fox is not my family's name, or my "maiden" name, or my married name...this "last " name came from a dream I had. Since I was in the midst of a divorce---and I had taken my then-husband's name when I married (I was very young--the women's movement was just beginning then ;-) and for various reason's I didn't want to go back to my family's name (really my father's last name)---so I decided to just pick my own last name. Once I legally changed it, I was surprised when I checked my local phone books and found so many folks with Fox, or Foxx as a last name--this is a pretty common last name, it seems. Once I assumed this name--the fox dreams stopped coming at night, but I have seen several fox in the wild since then. One fox I saw seemed to be laughing at me....

Quote of the day: "I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it." ---Jane Wagner

Playing around in Adobe Illustrator today I created this "pop" self-portrait thanks to this post by Terry grant of Portland, Oregon--she directed viewers of her portrait to this great quick tutorial "how to do pop portraits".



this was fun--and the "pop" aspect--with minimal drawing allows me to appear nice and young---like going back in time some.

I have been taking classes in both Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Illustrator CS2 at the California School of Professional Fabric Design, where I am a currently studying to be a designer. A year ago I would not have known how to do this--to draw this in Illustrator (the basis was a digital photo)and save the image for the web, and upload it to my blog...
Now, thanks to the Fabric Design School computer classes I am exploring more and more creative ways to use these great design programs.

And for more practice (and fun!)I also created this pop-portrait of my partner, Larry...the quintessential folk musician.