New Items for sale.

New products for sale at my new online store- ipod covers, laptop skins, cards, prints, etc. Buy now for Easter!

Craft Lake City 2012

I'm applying for Craft Lake City 2012... wish me luck.

T-shirt design

I've been asked to do some t-shirt designs for Lime Ricki and here is what I came up with. Their logo is a bulldog- hence the reoccurring dog.

France mural.

Finished the mural for Cafe Terrace last week- opening was Friday. It was tight deadline, but I finished at 5 am Wednesday. Whew! Painted over 70 little characters- it's of a scene in Belleville where I stayed last time I visited Paris.

Go visit the cafe and have some crepes. They are excellent.

et cetera.

Ink, pastel, on paper. For this.

He Is Alone.

Ink on watercolor paper

- Belleville- Paris, France.

Mince!

This is a nice way of saying, "Merde!" in French.

Mixed media.

These were fun to do. Paper, magazine clippings, ink and charcoal.

Meeka

New character, Meeka. She lives in the woods, speaks to the trees, and lives off blackened tree tar and bark.

Feathered Antlers.

One of my friends said this woman's feather headdress looks like pony-tails.. but really, they are supposed to be a headdress.. not pig-tails... but they also could be. So. You pick. Though pig-tails looks kind of ridiculous to me... like.. OH HEY I'm so sultry! Look at my flying pig-tails!

It just doesn't match.. ah well.. C'est la vie.. or.. c'est l'art vie. Sometimes it just turns out.. the way it turns out.

Chinese woman.

Quick portrait. I like her expression, and her cheeks. Ink, watercolor, some digital color on sweater.

Freelancin'

Some illustration logos for a health company. I haven't done a ton of botanical drawings, so it was kind of fun to go this direction.

Chinese if you please.

Chinese woman in robe. Charcoal pencil, colored pencil, ink, on toned butcher paper. I've been loving this lately.

Vampire Circus.

This woman was inspired by a subconscious circus obsession that I have. Slash... a vampire. Slash... Tekkonkinkreet, which I watched recently. Excellent movie if you have the chance.

Nine Foot Long Dominoe Dog.

The other night I had a dream about a nine foot long dog. He had a dominoes pattern on his back. And there were some puppies for sale too. I was going to get one, but the thought of having a nine-foot long dog around the house seemed a bit too much for my transient lifestyle. So I thought the better of it, and didn't get one.

Sigh.

Zombie Amphibian.

A friend and I recently have begun drawing more together, which I, of course love. We decided in this particular drawing session to draw zombies. This was my result. Complete with red speedo.

Salty Streets Market- August

New Salty Streets Flea Market poster. It'll be a good one, you should probably go too.

Peek.

New happenings.... stay tuned....

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Salty Street Market- July

Don't miss The Salty Streets Flea Market this month!! (And not just because I did the poster...)

Salty Street Market Posters.

My co-worker Karamea Puriri is putting on the annual summer Salty Streets Flea Market. Don't miss it.

In the spirit of Easter...

SOMETIMES IT IS!

Happy Easter x

New Moleskine.

I always do new covers for my moleskines.. so this is one I liked. Kind of a self-portrait, though it doesn't look a ton like me.

The blind to see.

I have a blind friend. Her name is Melissa. She is quite a character. We are going to eat this week, and I suggested a park. She said, "Well I don't want to see any cigarette butts or beer cans around, those are just gross, and they smell bad too,"
She's been blind since birth, but doesn't let it define who she is. She doesn't want to be babied, or talked to like she has a disability. Sometimes she gets very angry and put out if you help her at all. She has a will inside of her, that I feel will allow her to do things most blind people will never be able to.

She sings. And loves music. And uses the words, "I see," frequently. Because in essence, she really does see more than most.

Salutations.

I was listening to The National's song "England" and for whatever reason, this kind of just happened. I think subconsciously the song's lyrics kind of created the image. It just felt right. The song is about lost love, and this girl portrays both the courage and acceptance of that lost love and her faith in the future. I picture both the color and b&w version.

I think we all feel in the same boat at times.

Life goes on and we keep growing and learning.

Safety Comic.

I went to Liberty Park Sunday.. there was a creepo man there in a yellow hat that was bending a branch and coming towards me who asked me if I ," Had a minute?" I said NO! and biked as fast as I could away from him...

Why did he want me to have a minute?

Whatever it was... it gave me uneasy feelings.

Comic is to illustrate... also may exaggerate. But deal with it.