travel
04.03.05 22:24
Life is as full as a piñata lately, so I am using a painting I made last year for the Illustration Friday theme of the week, travel. One of these days I would love to take a long walking trip like this birdie. I would spend my days searching out the tiny things, and moving slowly across the land.
new kids
04.09.05 20:23Here are a couple of newish sites that I think are just awesome. First off Green Girl Art, made by my good friend Wendy Crabb. She is an amazing artist, and a great friend. Wendy always has a remedy or a solution for just about anything, from a scratchy throat to sewing yoga mat bags. What a lady!
Also new on the block, is Unsound Records. This is an amazingly simple site with so much to offer. Two great bands are on the label, The Pages, and The Diminisher. The third artist on the label is yours truly! Some of you may be surprised to learn that I play the ukulele, and that I make up tunes and sometimes paint things to go along with them. If this sounds interesting to you, check out my song series, or take a listen to some songs in the Hanner section of Unsound Records…
re-invent
04.17.05 19:35
Lately I've been listening to a million books on tape, and I've heard one to many about freaky future experiments gone awry. The kind where everyone is on the run or sick or hurt and helpless and people have to eat old soy sausages to stay alive. So I really hope this science guy with the greenhouse, knows what he’s doing. He looks really sweet and concerned...but I think it’s best to keep an eyeball on anyone who is tinkering with giant plants in their pajamas....
big fish
04.23.05 14:30The weekend is here and I’m putting together the last odds and ends for my portfolio and book dummy review on Monday for the SCBWI illustrator’s conference. I’ve sweated and toiled over the details for months now and it feels so weird to have finished it. I’ve noticed lately that when I finish a project like that, it doesn’t always feel like the Fourth of July, high fiving, margarita drinking finish that I expected. Instead I feel like a crabby dolphin, poking at fishing boats with my nose and looking forlorn. And listless. And slightly grey and slippery.
In bigger fish news, I did stumble onto this fantastico site. What a great place to get some beautiful mother's day gifts..not to mention an amazing organization. Go! Now! Purchase!
jet plane
04.28.05 09:27I’m shooting outta here today…homebound for Oregon for the weekend to hang out with my folks and my sisters. Hurrah! I can’t wait to melt into the furry airplane seat and snooze. This week has been one hectic enchilada.
This SCBWI conference was terrific! I had a portfolio and book dummy review that went pretty ok…even though my stomach was doing the spicy hula dance all morning. The rest of the conference was great. I learned a lot, talked to some talented illustrators about pressing issues,(like paper weight and the trickiness of drawing eyebrows) and ate a lot of cheese from the end of a pointy toothpick. Awesome.