Informative Update

In the last week or so I have gotten so much completed and yet nothing at all. Preparing for a craft fair, taking on a third job and taking part in projects to get my portfolio updated before I start classes at RISD in the spring.

So for this post I wanted to share the first project ive been involved in. PiBoldMo is a blog that makes weekly posts in november about writing stories for children and young adults. Registration ended the 7th but anyone can still be part of writing a story a day for the month of november and being part of the conversation. If you did register your eligible for prizes. (I would have posted this much sooner but I found out two hours before registration was closed!) Then start 12 x 12 in january which is a project where you pick 12 stories from PiBoldMo and make each into a book dummy. (One each month of the year) Its a great exercise even if half of them turn out terribly. Its really just to get ideas on paper. I hope for those of you who read my blog, will join in the fun too!

Its getting tedious in here.

More Tiny jewelry treats for the holiday seasons. I do need to buy more earring backs and necklace chains but so far I really like what I came up with. Opinions for certain holiday/thanksgiving/christmas foods are always welcomed!

Autumn Post Card (Part 3)

Finally done! Sadly it took me all fall to get to it. So look's like i'll have to hurry for winter and get that sent out before December. Oh the life of a freelancer. Thankfully this painting came out great and I really love everything about it. The minus is most of my work is disappointing compared. So I got my list of things people look for in a Children's Illustrator portfolio and i'm well on my way to accomplishing it. Oh and later this month Im going to start a competition to try and win a pair of holiday earrings I made. I may show a painting such as this and make people guess how many techniques were used and in what order. So keep that in mind when you study this and the other steps i've shown earlier. ;)

Computer Rant

Yes, yes there will be no art work for today. I had a very crazy afternoon the day before. I made a genius appointment for my apple thinking there were issues from the battery. After running a few tests and attempting to look through the hard drive; my computer went threw a massive breakdown of giant red flashing failures. Turns out the hard drive was glitching and refusing to do any tests. To be fair this situation was my fault. A few months back I dropped it on a busy street in providence in a rainstorm. So now the bottom side with the hard drive in it is bent metal.

The good news was my warranty covered it and now my computer is wicked fast an awesome. All my files were transferred over by my old mac and most programs are re-downloaded. Now the issue is cs5. My old one was a download so I may have to look for my cs3 cd's and just deal with an older version till I figure something out. I can't help but think they put a new personality into the dead shell of my computer. Its very sad...and so today isn't just a rant heres a photo of adorable cookie cutters for some winter projects.

Moust-ache Chinese Food

Lately I have been so distracted from all the mini projects I have going on. So today's post is a bit random. It started with the weekly word for Illustration Friday and somehow developed into chinese food accessories.

Autumn Post Card (part 2)

Today's post is the next step in my halloween post card process. It's taking a bit long due to other projects and realizing im a bit rusty in my painting and drawing skills. To see the post card sketch go check out Part 1. Part 2 is the finished painting but the inside of all the frames are going to be collaged and digitally added for Part 3. You can see why that would take a bit of time. Along with it I have some painting practice. Ive noticed i'm incredibly rusty in my skills so I will start up painting food again along with more observation drawings.