New Art

It's been a while and I wanted to blog about some of the artwork I've been doing lately. I learned about LiveTrace in Illustrator from a friend of mine and have been going a little nuts with it lately. How come I never learned about this amazing tool in college?! I'm better at drawing by hand than on the computer, but I love the freedom that the computer gives me when it comes to changing size and color...Enter LiveTrace - the perfect way to combine the joy I get out of drawing by hand and the ease of editing work on the computer! I'm trying to get Shoebox Greetings to hire me as a freelance artist so I sent them four card samples for them to look over. I hope they like them! If not, I might have to print out a few copies and stick them in the card aisle at my local pharmacy!

March 27th: Sweet Thang

I'm currently on a road trip, living in an RV. Living on the road is great fun, but eating healthy can be challenging. I try to eat healthfully as often as I can, but everyone likes a sweet treat now and again. Thank goodness for cotton candy in Tupperware. My friends traveling with me and I are making it a point to acknowledge the genius of cotton candy in to-go form by eating it often. For some reason cotton candy in Tupperware just insn't as friendly as cotton candy on a stick to me, but then again, cotton candy on a stick can be a bit off-putting if not approached properly (anyone who has challenged themselves to remain clean while eating a freshly twirled cotton candy can vouch for this). Thus, the inspiration for my doodle today.

February 3rd: Getting Glassy

Here's an old wine glass that I rescued from the recycling bin and painted.

December 6th: It's the Holiday Season!

It's official the holiday season... which means that most people are hustling and bustling around trying to get all of their shopping done. This year I have decided to give handmade - inspired by Etsy's "Buy Handmade" pledge. I have been busy working on items for family and friends and have decided to extend my handmade pledge to my immediate family's Christmas cards. I have been making card for a long time now, but I have never actually designed my family's Christmas card! I have even made Christmas cards for school projects (don't ask me why) and for contests, but never for my family!

Here are three designs that I have made in the past. I want to choose one to use for my family. Which do you like best?

December 1st: Threadless

I'm trying my hand at t-shirt design through Threadless.com. I would love your feedback on my design!

November 23rd: Warm Up!

Here's a hat that I made for a craft show that I had a table for this past weekend. I'm new to the whole sewing thing (yes, I know that this is a knitted hat...), but I have been considering taking on more sewing projects and eventually opening a store of Etsy. I think it could be a fun way to mix my current state of unemployment with my current desire to craft.

October 6th: What Now Wanderers

Today I decided to design a banner for the blog that I contribute to, "What Now Wanderers". I was looking at a lot of Matte Stephens' work before I started to draw and his influence is easily notable in my work. I hope you like it!