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All About Alex

Or Mx. B(ee) as my students call me.

Funny, now that it’s time for me to write this out (again) I’m at a loss for words but here goes:

Born in September 1989, I have lived the bulk of my life here in Maryland. I completed both my undergrad (BA in Art Education 2012) and graduate (MEd in Art Education 2019) studies at Towson University and am Maryland State Certified for grades PreK-12. I currently teach Foundations of Art and all Photography classes at a high school located in central Maryland.

I’m a practicing artist with a focus on illustration and comics. I enjoy also enjoy musical theater, karaoke, watching way too much Netflix/Hulu/movies/etc, and hanging with friends. I only play Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (poorly) and am a barbarian dwarf in my current D&D campaign. I listen to the same music I jammed to in high school, spend too much time in front of a screen, and am a big beginner of things but not so great on the finishing part.

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I always have had grand schemes up my sleeve and very little follow-through. Case in point- this blog had a short-lived life from late 2016 – 2018 where I only updated twice and then let it fall into obscurity because I really never gathered any momentum. That and to be completely honest, work and grad school quickly got the better of me and the blog took a back seat to life.

Now it’s 2020, I’m done grad school, and it’s time to actually put up instead of just shutting up. I’ve got a couple of big goals this year (my 30th on this earth) including better health habits, focusing on my art, writing and illustrating a comic, and being more productive with life outside of work. That’s where this blog comes in- it acts as a sort of accountability while allowing me to engage in one of my old school passions. (Yes, I was a Livejournal/Xanga kid and I also used to run a now-defunct website called Just Depends back in the day.) By investing in this little piece of web pie, I’m hopefully going to stay more on top of my goals while also getting to share my experiences teaching, creating, and living with the world.

For a more in-depth explanation of this blog, check out my second introductory post here.

So, welcome- hope this rambling about page made some modicum of sense and maybe piqued your interest in the going-ons of this blog. Please feel free to peruse the site or ask questions! Enjoy!

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    Hello and welcome to Ten Paper Crowns.com! My name is Alex and I'm currently a High School Visual Arts teacher located in Maryland. Here you'll discover my love of illustration, bullet journals, and all things media related. Thanks for stopping by my small piece of the web and enjoy! Read More…

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Not a Mermaid is now both a 5 inch and 3.5 inch sticker. Most likely will be finally opening a shop like I've talked about for literal years in the near future. Just gotta figure out best options since Etsy is looking like a no go. If you have any suggestions please let me know!

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    Potential tattoo idea. Not 100% on the design, bal Potential tattoo idea. Not 100% on the design, balance feels off so I might post an updated version later in the week once I've sat on it for a bit. 

Also it's OFMD fanart! If you know, you know. If not and you know me and consider me a friend, I'm unsure why you haven't watched it yet.

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    I made Blackbonnet fan art and then made it sticke I made Blackbonnet fan art and then made it stickers.....

I've got feelings about the season finale and the sooner @hbomax can renew this phenomenal show the sooner I don't have to rely on fix-it fan fiction that include a bearded Stede reuniting and caring for a wounded, still wearing that dressing gown despite getting rid of every other reminder of Stede, Ed. Cause I'm sure whatever the creative team of @ourflaghbomax delivers us will be equally wonderful or even better.

Also while working on this I found out people have also been referring to Stede and Ed as Gentlebeard and I love it. ❤ 

On another note it figures that this show would be the thing that gets me back into making art for myself and not just for work.

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