I relaunched my website!

Hey everyone! Today is a monumental occasion. I have been planning to do this for months, but you know how it goes...when the inspiration hits, sometimes there's nothing that can stop you.

I redesigned my website!

You might notice I really stripped down the site and I think that's ok. My work has been changing over the years and I currently have a lot of book projects under my belt. It's still too early to add these illustrations to my site, but I'll update it real soon I promise!

A fun fact: I'll be changing these backgrounds to match the seasons.

Happy Halloween #3

I think this'll be it now. The perfect blend of Flash and Photoshop. Have a scary Halloween everyone. I'll be traveling to Philly to see Pearl Jam...but I'll try to be as spooky as possible while in my car.

Happy Halloween #2

Here's a sketch for my second Halloween-y creation. I don't know if I'll end up finishing it, but it was fun to just loosely sketch a scene out. Again in blue pen...then colored VERY loosely in Photoshop. I actually like the blue line better...but I was trying to create a moodier scene than what I'm used to. Eh.

One of my latest realizations is that I don't exactly have a storyline for anything I do. I just draw things and what comes out...comes out. So there must be a story in there too, huh?

WTD?: "Espouse"

This week's "What the Doodle?" word over on Creative Juices is espouse.

"Espouse" (v)

Their Definition:
to adopt, embrace, take up, accept, welcome, support, back, champion, prefer
to adopt or support a cause, belief, or way of life
My Definition:


Blue Pen sketch:

Happy Halloween #1

I've totally been inspired by Jared Chapman to do a series of Halloween illustrations. I brought out the old blue pen again- it's amazing how much more naturally illustration comes to me when I'm not on the computer. I took the blue sketch and photoshopped it to look old and bloody. Totally out of character...but that's what Halloween is all about, no?

Before:

Ship it!

Oh the mayhem...Epson FAIL! The printer ink went and got all dried up. So, instead, I ordered a fine art print from ImageKind. It came out great (and much bigger than originally planned) and with the addition of a frame.- it's ready to ship off to the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society in California!

See ya later, I hope you find a wonderful home.


Timmy already said his goodbyes...and he's past it:

Purrcasso!

Purrcasso is an art and craft auction and gala that benefits the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society in Berkeley, CA. They are currently holding an open call for artists to submit work to be auctioned off and raise money to help animals in need. I am so happy to submit something to this year's gala and hope to do so for years to come!

Visit the Purrcasso website for more info.

I should mention that this piece is based on my real life hungry cat, "Timmy." meow.

Oh my...

Things are finally starting to die down over here. In the past month or so, I've moved to a new town AND finished up the graphic novel project I've been working on at FableVision. (Side note- click on that link to check out our new stellar website)

The other day, I came into work to find a special little Etch-A-Sketch surprise from my friend, Ryan. If you haven't seen the post on Creative Juices Blog...check it out! He is super awesome at Etch-A-Sketching and used a small piece of my art as inspiration. Behold! I gave these little bookmarks away as Valentine's last Feb.

Wow:

The original:

Just about the coolest thing EVER! Thanks Ryan! (I should point out that this Etch-A-Sketch screen is only about 3x3 inches.)

I'll have more updates soon about other happenings. Until then, I can be found playing Beautiful Katamari until my eyeballs pop out and/or sleeping a lot.

OH! And just because I feel like I should add a new piece of art (This may or may not be found in the book I just worked on):