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January 29, 2012
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Ribbit! Planning to make some more things, just for the heck of it. Expect a bunch more soon.

Ribbit!

Planning to make some more things, just for the heck of it. Expect a bunch more soon.

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January 11, 2012
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Canines! I’m gonna make some more. Been trying to paint more lately. I’m thinking I might pull out the collage again sometime soon.

Canines! I’m gonna make some more. Been trying to paint more lately. I’m thinking I might pull out the collage again sometime soon.

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September 23, 2011
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Despite waking up with a headache today (too much work! rush project! whew!), I was happily surprised to notice a little something on my Tumblr dashboard. Seems that they’ve teamed up with Olympus to give cameras to a hundred bloggers and also some people on the street, and they were gracious enough to think of me. I was just chatting with some local folks about cameras (specifically the micro 4:3 cameras— perfect timing!) and I can’t wait to play with photo and video and how I can incorporate my work into the world beyond flat imagery on a screen— moving into set environments and the real world. A nice way to make my day. Today’s an enforced day off— time to chop my hair short, listen to some comedy, and maybe even draw something for me. I think it’ll involve girls. Or horses. I’ll be sure to share soon. Happy Friday, everyone!

Despite waking up with a headache today (too much work! rush project! whew!), I was happily surprised to notice a little something on my Tumblr dashboard. Seems that they’ve teamed up with Olympus to give cameras to a hundred bloggers and also some people on the street, and they were gracious enough to think of me. I was just chatting with some local folks about cameras (specifically the micro 4:3 cameras— perfect timing!) and I can’t wait to play with photo and video and how I can incorporate my work into the world beyond flat imagery on a screen— moving into set environments and the real world.

A nice way to make my day. Today’s an enforced day off— time to chop my hair short, listen to some comedy, and maybe even draw something for me. I think it’ll involve girls. Or horses. I’ll be sure to share soon. Happy Friday, everyone!

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June 19, 2011
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I updated the portfolio a bit last night, including some new illustrations for Jamie Magazine. I get to do these illustrations monthly and I love doing them. This one is a particular favorite— I think I was trying to channel old fruit packaging/branding. You know? I miss when things didn’t have to always be realistic— food packages often skew one way in America. Same with science books for kids— there used to be more abstract/stylized work that I know as a kid I got excited by. I wish we’d take some more risks.

I updated the portfolio a bit last night, including some new illustrations for Jamie Magazine. I get to do these illustrations monthly and I love doing them. This one is a particular favorite— I think I was trying to channel old fruit packaging/branding. You know? I miss when things didn’t have to always be realistic— food packages often skew one way in America. Same with science books for kids— there used to be more abstract/stylized work that I know as a kid I got excited by. I wish we’d take some more risks.

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June 9, 2011
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Illustration is sometimes cyclical; back in 2009 I did a portrait of a homesteading blogger for Paste Magazine. (Which never paid me. Which wasn’t awesome.) But it was really fun, and I’ve heard lots of nice comments on it, and it’s always been a favorite. Randomly, I got an email from Storey Publishing a little while ago to work on my first book cover. Which turned out was a memoir written by the very same blogger, Jenna Woginrich. I was really excited to work on it. We went through a few rounds of sketches and eventually happened upon the idea of referencing old seed catalogs— there’s such a sense of glory and splendor in those old illustrations that seemed to fit. They wound up going with a mix of set type and my hand-lettering (here was my old version, 100% hand-lettered) but I was thrilled to work with them on this project and challenge myself! It definitely made me want to work on more book covers, pronto.  I can’t wait to see it in person— wonder if I ought to hold off to put it in my portfolio til I can snap a picture of it in the real world? It’ll be out in January, but you can pre-order!

Illustration is sometimes cyclical; back in 2009 I did a portrait of a homesteading blogger for Paste Magazine. (Which never paid me. Which wasn’t awesome.) But it was really fun, and I’ve heard lots of nice comments on it, and it’s always been a favorite.

Randomly, I got an email from Storey Publishing a little while ago to work on my first book cover. Which turned out was a memoir written by the very same blogger, Jenna Woginrich. I was really excited to work on it. We went through a few rounds of sketches and eventually happened upon the idea of referencing old seed catalogs— there’s such a sense of glory and splendor in those old illustrations that seemed to fit. They wound up going with a mix of set type and my hand-lettering (here was my old version, 100% hand-lettered) but I was thrilled to work with them on this project and challenge myself! It definitely made me want to work on more book covers, pronto. 

I can’t wait to see it in person— wonder if I ought to hold off to put it in my portfolio til I can snap a picture of it in the real world? It’ll be out in January, but you can pre-order!

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January 5, 2011
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Starting out the year well…

Couple of things:

  • Updated my portfolio with some illustrations of Cleopatra for Junior Scholastic! I thought I’d share a page of the character design I came up with for her. Had so much fun working on historical character design— I need to do more of this!
  • Just finished sketches for the book I’m working on, and boy are my hands tired!
  • My shop is replenished with some goodies, including Hello Llama pillows and some open-stock notepads and jotters. I’m aiming to get more going in the next couple of months, including an Alice letterpress print! Please let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see from me in the future.
  • Tomorrow is going to be fun. Visiting Bite Studio, and a drink and draw event later in the afternoon.
  • I’m looking into the possibility of hosting workshops/teaching. The class I was excited to teach fell through, so now I need to brainstorm other options! I could use your help/opinions of the sorts of things I could teach. 
  • Still looking about Portland for job opportunities. Surely there’s a place needing an eager illustrator-type, right? Keep me in mind.

August 9, 2010
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Alice, meet Caterpillar. (More, as usual, on Picture Book Report. check it check it!)

Alice, meet Caterpillar. (More, as usual, on Picture Book Report. check it check it!)

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August 6, 2010
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So I had a whole plan to write my Friday Six out (including tattooes, karaoke, and what I think about when I shoot hoops at night) and actually sketching them almost comic style— but deadlines just punched me in the throat and I’m trying to be smart about it all.

I’ll attend to those ideas next week when I have things under control, but in the meantime, I’m sharing a little photo of the store from Monoblock, showing their awesome totebags, placemats, and yes notebooks! And as you can see, I’ve circled something there…. what could it be?

Could be this. Could just be a product of your overactive imagination though. 

Seriously, can’t wait to see these in person. When I get them, I’ll share with the full insane (I mean it, it broke my brain!) artwork. You’ll love it, I hope.

Have a happy weekend everyone, I’ll be back with more illustrated and sketchy goodness soon.

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