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April 28, 2011

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I’ve been a little dormant on the blog, apologies….I’ve been in a bit of a rut this week, which is a bit of a downer. I think I’m a little afraid to make new work (a couple impending projects I’m too indecisive about, and a lot of things and not knowing where to start!), but thankfully I’m still sketching and that helps ease me back into the making spirit. This too shall pass.

I’ve been drawing more beasts. Maybe these are the little monsters that are tormenting me for not working hard enough! The ideas I have for my solo show keep switching and I’m way too indecisive on a day to day basis. I need to make a decision and stick to it, so I’m giving myself the deadline of May 1st to sort this stuff out. I’m really tempted to resurrect my old idea of a fantastical/monster themed alphabet (and do some monster patterns too for some textile stuff), or some mythological artworks. Previous ideas included flora/fauna (that’s still sort of on the table, sort of like a crazy forest of people and animals and beasts), home structures like treehouses and undersea grottos, and some world building but they’re all on the back burner for the moment. I think being an illustrator, sometimes it’s tough for me to do a project when it doesn’t have a tangible end-result— it’s not necessarily a book, or a story, or a product, so it doesn’t feel like it’s ‘for’ anything. Except it is; but I think fine-art is just tricky for me to wrap my head around.

But yeah, sketches! Including some ink wash stuff— listening to Carson Ellis speak and share her work totally inspired me, although hers are much more controlled and delicate and mine are just crazy. I’d like to experiment more. The sketches on the last page I can’t take full credit for— some of them are from lovely sketches by Samantha Kallis that I was practicing noses and lips and expressions with. And then I messed around with them. But she’s so good so you should definitely check her out!

More work soon, I hope!

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