A Venti Caramel Hot Chocolate with Soy Milk and a Triple Shot of Espresso.

Stylized portrait of my boyfriend. What else can I say? "My love for you is a fake size invented by an over-priced coffee company that has dominated the world." I say that's a lot of love.

My Obsession with Aquatic Life

People often ask me about my obsession with fish and octopi. Are you some kind of lonely person who can only care for fish as pets (i.e, friends)? Are you following the current and annoying Indy trend that everything has to have either an octopus or owl on it? Are you some sick freak that's into tentacle hentai porn? No, no and hilarious.

I think I'm just attracted to how they move more than anything else. Sure, the colors you can find in the ocean are fantastical. They have such varying shapes and sizes, forms and habits that you wouldn't find anywhere else. Yet, I realized, as someone who studied animation, it's how they propel and float and slink. This is what makes you sexy, Baby.

So What?

First posts are the hardest in my opinion. Do you wanna hear about me, or do you even care? I guess I'll start in the simplest of ways. My name is Erin Riebel, and this is my art blog.

Everyone these days has a blog. Don't deny it, you know it's true. Your boss has a blog about the fish he catches, your brother about how much he loves KISS, your Grandmother even has a blog about shoe dos-and-don'ts. Actually, can you link me to that one? That woman has some fantastic footwear.

And, this, is my blog. About art, the act of making art, and so forth. So what is so special about this blog? What puts THIS art blog above and beyond some of the more accomplished and famed artists on the web? It's this little secret: the fact that, quite frankly, no one can read it and it wouldn't matter to me. I could have forty thousand followers, twenty, or just my boyfriend. That is because art isn't meant to be simply analyzed and written papers about in class, or the art scene with their white wine and designer clothes in a minimalist opening, acting smug. It's meant to be shared, in any form, to any audience and in any style. So that being said this is my first masterpiece to you: my fat dinosaur. If he can love himself despite his weight, and that no one will read his blog, than you can too.