It's been a looooooooooong year. I think 2010 is going to be about 1,276x better. I have a good feeling.
Hope all your holidays were remarkable and fantastic! Thanks for all the love, blog followers. It really does make me feel good about the things I make to know that so many people (mostly complete strangers!) support it. Cheers!
Okay, first I'll give you the small stuff and then we can work our way up to the big one. Here's a drawing I did for some freelance recently to accompany the nooz:
-LOTS of the paintings (and some prints) from my previous show are up at Una Mae's, a really cute boutique in my neighborhood. Support a local institution and a local artista, and go peruse their stylish duds and take home a painting.
-And finally: I'm going to be both writing and illustrating two books for Chronicle. They are awesome folks. I can't give any details yet, but I'm super excited. For anyone who ever doubted that their biggest craziest wildest dream could come true, let me tell you: if you keep hammering away at it, someday it WILL. And on that day your heart will explode into stardust and sprinkle itself all over the universe, covering all those who know you in a glittering blanket of AWESOME. No seriously, that's how it works.
SO, I've been busy, to say the least. Hope all you's Thanksgivingses were grand!
I'm trying to get bolder with my colors, and a little looser with my paintings. I tend to paint really, really, really anal-retentively, leaning over the painting and holding my breath and stuff. I think things come out a little stiff sometimes because of that though! These were small and simple enough that I could just kinda do them without over thinking.
The first one is based on my cat Milo. He was orange and crazy! Now he is a ghost cat.
The siamese is based on nothing, because I never had a siamese myself. Or maybe its based on my awesome vintage TV lamp that Sean got for me... (that is not a photo of MY lamp, but mine is seriously identical)
The actual "making" part is done! Now I have to print em out and test how everything fits. I have a feeling that they're going to be a pain in the butt to cut out...
This is still a work in progress, but I thought it was about time for an update here in blog-land.
She has lots of outfits, and when she's done she'll be in my etsy store. She's also going with me to Unique LA this year, so if you're in the area you can swing by in December and grab one! I'm also hoping to have another paper doll, maybe a tattooed lady, or a flapper, or a 17th century lady. I was planning on having her done in time for APE but I underestimated how time consuming/technical/hard it is to make a good paper doll, so that was a no go. APE, by the way, was not particularly successful for me this year (but I get the impression that it wasn't too great for anybody exhibiting). I'm putting my hopes in Unique LA, hoping that people get into the X-mas shopping spirit by then!
In other news, it's almost HALLOWEEN, the best holiday ever! I don't know about you all, but I can't ever seem to really get IN to a holiday unless I watch an appropriately themed cartoon first.
Sorry for the lack of posts in recent days. I have a really good excuse: I'm getting married this weekend! And I'm planning the whole wedding myself! Does that sound like intense times? Well it is, just busy work and detail-wise. There's so many little variables to plan for, and combine that with the fact that Mercury was in retrograde for most of September and you've got (and by "you" I mean "ME") quite a snarl-ball of logistical and creative stuff to deal with.
When I say that I'm planning it myself, what I really mean is that me and Sean argued about how to appropriately 'art direct' the event, and we made everything ourselves: invites, programs, decorations, the whole she-bang. Then I spent a lot of time+energy making phone calls and writing e-mails and sending faxes to make sure everything got taken care of. I've been drinkin' a lot of coffee!
So here's the image that went on the front of our invite. We took it one morning before Sean went to work. I love that dress.
You shan't be hearing from me for a little while, cause I have to attend to the business of being a bride, but I'll be back soon-ish!
I graduated from CalArts with a BFA in Character Animation in 2007. I like tea and books and general old lady-ish stuff, and I hate it when peoples toes hang over the edge of their sandals.
As someone who used to work in a library, and spent many hours and days perusing books of all kind, I promise to only subject you to ads for books which will improve your life greatly.
