MINIONS!
 
Whomever gave me the 12 month membership I love you! Thank you so much! No one has done something as nice for me in such a long time. I really appreciate it and I'm so grateful to you!

So to pay it forward in January I'll be doing a print giveaway of Valkyrie - It'll be hosted on The Book of Face Page www.facebook.com/nianluain so make sure you all like it to get the updates!

NAMASTE

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MINIONS!

Thanks so much to for the feature



Behind the Scenes You Tube

As artists (especially those of us that work at it professionally) I think its very important we have a outlet to the constant sitting on our fit balls.

My outlet was working my dog in IPO then the FIDIOT went and did his leg in and is now retired. So I had nothing for a while to get rid of ...well lets call it frustration at a lot of stuff that happened in my personal life this year. Losing a load of weight I didn't have to lose, my Mum in a very bad horse riding accident and looking after her, The Recession at al. seriously put a damper on my inspiration and any motivation to do art (that wasn't being paid for).

At college I did Ashtanga yoga and I rediscovered it in September (those on my Instagram will be following my funny poses!) and I'm a bit OCD on it now. Like its "E ENOUGH OF THE YOGA!!"

Anyhow I thought it would be a fantastic idea to do something arty while using yoga. Thats where the Pranada Amrita series came from. In yoga the poses we do are named in Skanskrit but then they have the literal English translation of what the pose is. Pincha Mayurasana is the Peacock for instance. Then you've the cow, horse, crow, dog, lion, mountain, tree, firefly....Then I had a LIGHTBULD moment and thought it would be a fantastic idea to embody the pose into a model and MAKE them that pose.

So hello

VRKSASANA



There will be plenty more in the series.

So any visiting models (male or female) to Ireland in 2014 and are interested in taking part let me know!

Please don't rip off my idea folks - I know a lot can probably do it better - but better yet go get your own inspiration!

NAMASTE

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MINIONS!

A THIRD DD!!



and yeah



See I've had a rough enough year - its why I'm not as active as I used to be. I can just get my commercial work done (as its the priority) and no real enthusiasm for my own stuff (probably because I'm shattered by the time I get that done!) - so sometimes I see a image and just SEE it. This was the case here for



I was perusing for a commercial work and image caught my eye. At the time I was buried under 4 books to get out before the Holidays. See the problem is once my head see's something it has to be done and it annoys me, and annoys me and ANNOYS me until I actually do something. I can safely say this took 2.5 hours as that's all I had to spend on it. It was originally meant to be the other way around (as in upside down - don't ask!)

Anyway like I said amazeballz that it got this wonderful feature and I cant thank enough for setting 2013 up to be a good year all round!

Here comes the Oscar speech:

I'd like to thank everyone that supported me this year. Some of you know whats been happening, for those that don't its just a multitude of LIFE getting in the way. So to any new comers I usually tweet stupid random stuff, and post more on my Facebook.

I'm doing a lot of my own photography work now for the simple reason I hold the copyright. I did a wonderful shoot with a young model, Courtney and hopefully in the next few weeks you will see the results. It really was just so special, when everything come together right kind of thing. So any travelling or Irish models or designers that want to do a bit more creative work let me know. I'm planning several shoots with Sevlene (who happens to be a best friend and is Emmy nominated hair dresser for stage and film) minus the gin and me having speed wobbles with the camera! They should be good and really out there!

Cheerio minions! May all our dreams and manifestations come true in 2013, year of the water snake!

PS: Spike says hello!

Hi minions!

I'm doing  a blog tour! Why not swing by and have a look! There's also a load of goodies to be won at the end!

December 8 - Allison's Nook deebestbooks.blogspot.ie/                                      

December 9- Peace, Love, Books readingpassion03.blogspot.ie/

December 10- Steve Emmett steve-emmett.com/                                  

December 11- Tamara's One Stop Indie Shop theindieshop.blogspot.ie/

December 12- Jessica Bradshaw www.jessicabradshawwriter.blog…                              

December 13- YA Book Addict youngadultbookaddict.blogspot.…

December 14- Delphina Reads Too Much www.delphinareadstoomuch.com/                

December 15- Just Me, Myself, and I purpleshadowhunter.blogspot.ie…

December 16- Ever and Ever Sight everandeversight.blogspot.ie/                            

December 17- Tammy's Tea Time tammysteatime.blogspot.ie/

December 18- Jenna Roads www.jennaroads.com/                                        

December 19- A Little Bit Of RnR www.alittlebitofrnrreviews.com…

December 20- Books, Brownies, and Brownies www.booksnbrownies.com/          

December 21- Jean Booknerd www.jeanbooknerd.com/

   December 22- The Library At The End Of The Universe libraryendofuniverse.blogspot.…

Happy Holidays to everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful season and wishing everyone the best for the new year.

I still don't have much time to get on here - ahh the life of a freelancer. Can't beat it!

2011 has been a year of it eh? When the world economy go down the swanny here I am making my way in life. I was told it would take 4 years - I've done it in 2. How - most will ask? Hard work, graft, no bitching online about ANYTHING work related (hair does not count coz its HAIR!), being your own artist and developing your own style. That's how. Oh and a healthy dose of old legend Jazz and rockabilly music to keep you pottering along.

The last feature of 2011 and first of 2012 is out in Photoshop Creative Issue 82, Page 11. Nice way to end 2011 and start 2012. Here's to us all being fabulous darlllings this year.

Thanks to Simon & Co at PC for the interview and feature.

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