Update

So what the heck! I haven't updated in a long time and just felt like I might as well at least describe what life's been like over the last month or so.
Everything over the last month has been slowly coming to completion over the last week.
Class ended today for the semester - and all I have left is the residual grading,
Our Tv show that we've been filming over the last 5 weeks is ending tomorrow - which is crazy...

We've been filming a show for the DIY network - called "I hate my kitchen" which will air sometime this fall (details to follow).
Francesca and I have been working like mad this last month to get everything under control with Paper Bicycle, and we're off to a tradeshow on Sunday to kick some butts in New York.

I had this great - no - amazing night tonight, where I had this sort of content, but bittersweet moment after class. I got a chance to spend the evening with all sorts of people I really like and admire, and when it was over, I felt a strange sad and happy feeling.

I guess it's probably just my body telling me that I'm on to the next chunk of life. I think it's funny that my time is parceled by semester still - but each time I finish one, I feel like I've accomplished something and that I'm a little older.
I'm not sure what that means, but it makes sense when I say it.

Anyway, that's what's going on. I figure that it's worth me posting about somewhere. I suppose I'd rather post these random thoughts here than my facebook page! Tomorrow is gonna be a doozy.

cross posted : fat bird

here's a goofy painter-painting i made for the super awesome art challenge.
usually i would have done some other kind of fat bird...
i should practice painter more.

sketches of olivia and face parts

I got a book in the mail called Funny Bunny. it's an old big golden book.
it made me want to sketch/paint a funny cat. here is olivia.
i made this tonight for fun.
she has no limbs, except for one foot. HAAHAHHAA





and even earlier than that, I sat around at the tea garden and drew this.




it is a crappy photo, but it was fun to draw. it was originally going to be pieces of a wallpaper I was going to turn in for a contest tomorrow. I am not sure it is contest material quality, but maybe i'll do something with it tomorrow.

Stocking excitement!

i made stuff today and yesterday. here it all is!
stockings for christmas!
one for me, one for chris, one for two dogs, one for five cats, one for dean and one for fish.
I think I am getting the pink flowery one, chris is going to have the spotty one, dogs, the orange one, cats the green and yellow one, and pink - dean, and blue for fish.


















i should have posted a reference pic, chris says they are huge (except the little pink and blue ones) They are bigger than a yellow pages, and about as long as my fingers to elbow.
that is so we can put lots of fun things in them!

11/13 Holiday Patterns!

I am making more holiday patterns! I made the trees one tonight just an hour ago or so!
I love those silly birds...

Holiday Patterns 1

Here are some patterns I made for a client or two!
I am totally in christmas mode!

Christmastime!

Last night I made quite a few ornaments! I had a blast just sitting around gluing things together... a little embroidery... a little painting... a little egg blowing... whatever!
I came up with some really funny things. Some silly birds, my cat jade & a holiday bell!

Sitting in the Las Vegas Airport

With too much time to spare.
So I am here for one day just waiting to get back on the plane to mpls. I had a good time today.
I spent it with one of my clients - who is the best wheeler-dealer hustler I know. This guy got us into 750.00 worth of tradeshows for free. There were times when i was like. "whoa" but there were other times i was like "WHOA!"

in the positives and the negatives! all the way!
It was great though - we went to pool and magic and then finally projects. - all of which were really cool shows. I really liked projects the best. it was like a dream come true.
I didn't take any pics of the tradeshow when I was there because of the restrictions on cameras, but did manage to take a picture of the airport. this is what it looks like behind me right now.


as you can see- i look like crap and am confused by the sea of slot machines.
i guess if i needed to quick get some gambling in before i went home, now would be the time.
only t-minus 2 hrs before i get on my flight home....

Die Cutter

I want one:

pazzle.com

Painting Progress - Giftastic...

I've started a free-time painting and have been picking away at it over about a week so far... now and again, but in between my work stuff.
It's still in the ugly stages before it really looks like anything, but I had fun making a weird gif. I'm hoping to finish this over the next week so I can see it when it doesn't look like blobs!

I promise it will look nice when I'm done.

Table Cards

I spent most of Tuesday night working on some things for the wedding.
I don't want to give all the surprises away... but I guess I can show you just one...
After much thought and some consideration on pricing, I ended up printing my invites somewhere else and without doing the crazy tri-fold thing.
I am actually totally psyched about how they're turning out and am hoping for the best when I finally see the color!

Here is a sneak peek for some fun things that are on the DIY agenda...

I know quite a few creative individuals that will fill this thing out with the words " butts, butt, butting, and Buttman".

... one of those individuals is probably me.

Cold Days on Lake Superior

I've been trying to make something every day and over the last couple days. I guess I've done a couple things... We went to a friend's really pretty wedding at the Lutsen Resort on the North Shore of Lake Superior where I took a bunch of photos. Now, I am not a fantastic picture taker, but there is one that I think is really striking. I was not drawing over the weekend, just photo taking!
Chris put a bunch on his flickr account. Here are two I like a lot.
Look at how grey they are.... Can you find Chris in both of them?
The air looks so cold....

give to me this american cheese!

this is olivia.
and her accurate head to paw to body ratio

Another Apple

Here's another one for printsource!
I like the colors here - Just a simple pattern before bed - I have some changes for some clients to work on tonight still, yikes.
makes me want to make a tiny hoodie out of this and put it on my dog, twink.

Ryan's Tattoo!

When - new internet friend - Ryan asked to use a piece of owl art for a tattoo a while back I offered to draw him his very own owl! Here's the image I did for him and here's photo-proof that it exists in tattoo land!
Yeah Ryan! :)
Thanks for sending a picture to me!!

Fruities Patterns

I finished two new patterns tonight - getting ready to hand these over for printsource!
Woo!
I did the strawberry one on the left last month - and the two new ones I did just to make it a collection so the strawberry one had some buddies in the fruit pile!
:)

Dragonflies today.

I forgot to post this for my Monday art.
I have been trying to be better about posting what I'm doing.
Here is a pattern I did to round out the butterfly group - it's in addition to the ones I made on Sunday! I've got a mini placed graphic there and a simple wavy stripe.
I like the colors on this one. Very preppy!

Making Patterns Tonight:

Catching up on my pattern stuff:
here are some tiny previews of the patterns I made tonight.
(except for the burgundy butterfly and the "be good be green" ones.
I made those last month!)

I'll have to post what I made over the weekend, too.
soon!

Back-dating Bracelet making!

I had a bracelet making party while chris played videogames on Sat -
Here is a silly picture of my weird forearm and a cute picture of Jade, my cat.
She pretty much was the reason for this picture, but I guess I had to put some kind of art in this post!

Cup Paper Banner Project - Process

I Started a project on Friday the 24th - A bunch of friends were at the studio with me working on various projects - and (for some reason) earlier that day I bought an 11 dollar huge roll of red paper.
Here are a couple pics of what I'm doing with it so far.
The end result will soon look like a giant doily!

I haven't done some personal art in a while and it felt really good.
The end thing will be about 20" x 30" and a bright cherry red!
When it hangs on the wall it'll look really neat with the shadows behind it!