New Digs!

Well everyone, it took me about two days total, but check out the new layout! Ooh aah, right? I've even got PAGES up there (which I haven't put any real content on yet, hahaha). It took me AGES to figure out how to get a background image behind them, holy moley, but I can say I learned a few new things about CSS today. Still a few things to fix, but I think I like this layout a lot.

One of my New Year's Resolutions was to take a photo every day, and so far, so good, but I dunno, I think I had better go on an adventure or two sometime soon because taking photos around the house is pretty boring. Although I did get to start my new year in Seattle, so I have a bit of a variety, photo-wise.

New Digs

I finally finished my ceiling mural! I couldn't lift my arm for a full day afterwards, hahaha! It's really impossible to get a good picture of the whole thing, since my room is quite small and my camera lens is not at a very wide angle, but there it is, both hemispheres complete, glow-in-the-dark stars and all. I'm relatively happy with how it turned out, but I think it's safe to say that I doubt I'll ever feel the need to do it again!


Also new, and going along with the completed ceiling, my new room is finally all moved in and finished! Complete with new desk, Napoleon poster from the Louvre, and signed Harry and the Potters poster from their latest tour, I think I'm going to be getting out of this art rut very very soon. I already feel more creative than I have in a while! I wish I didn't have to work today so that I could stay home and draw!

Last but not least: a question for the readers out there. I'm looking for a scanner that does at least 9 x 12 scans, anyone have any ideas? I'm so sick of scanning my images four times and piecing them together in Photoshop! It's maddening! Any help would be much appreciated :)

That's all for now, adios!

Secrets Revealed

So this is the 'secret' project I've been working on this month - a couple of posters for a local Seattle band! These are just the roughs. Done in ink, ink, and more ink. I haven't worked with actual ink washes in so long that this was really fun to do! Plus I love it when someone requests a drawing that has "skulls, crows, steampunkery, and gears." Talk about an awesome assignment.


Also, there's now an 8x10 print of Fatal Attraction in the shop! I'll probably start offering the cards again soon, but I've run out of envelopes! Whoops!

It's stormy today, and I just finished doing some yoga so now I'm sippin on coffee and planning out future projects. Gotta start using all the new canvas I bought at Blick!

Super Secret Project #1 - REVEALED.

That's right - now is the time to reveal one of the Super Secret Projects I've been working on lately - Marlinespike Design! My friend and I started a jewelry design etsy to sell new things we're working on! They're all made from black acrylic for now, lasercut to perfection and looking nice and shiny! So far we only have 8 online, but rest assured, we have a LOT more designs up-and-coming. Including a series of Sherlock Holmes-inspired necklaces.


Oh, so exciting! Go on and check them out! There's also some rad squid and whale designs!

I'm still working on another Super Secret Project, and I've been working on new tiny paintings! I've done so many that I've run out of tiny canvases. I'll have to go buy more!

Hope everyone had a spectacular weekend, and a great Valentine's Day tomorrow!

80th post!

Have I shown you all my new business cards?


Aren't they the cutest? I needed new ones so badly, and I whipped these out in about an hour, and I love them!

I've been sick lately, but I'm finally feeling better and today we're going to work on filming our short film that might just end up being submitted to some film fests! We're pretty stoked about it, and I have to say, I think it's pretty funny and cute. We still have so much work to do on it, though, and almost every shot has some level of special-effects so it is a LOT of work for a very small amount of footage. But it's fun, and that's what's important.

Also coming up is my super secret project that I'm working on with a pal. Actually TWO super secret projects now! Busy busy! But for now, I have to hop to the post office to deliver an order.

I love doing wax seals. I wonder if I should do a tutorial on them sometime soon? I only just recently learned, when I was working at the art store. They are so much fun, but so easy to mess up if you don't know what you're doing! Obviously I am not a pro at them yet, but I'm working on it :) It also doesnt help that I just started a new stick of wax so it drips all loosey-goosey... Anyway! See you soon, everyone!

The Warmth of the Sun

I'm in Santa Cruz right now hanging out with my Mom, who I have not seen in forever (okay, since September). Having a blast! The weather is amazing and the beach is beautiful and we have been drinking all the Verve coffee we can. So good.

About to start painting - I think it'll be a whale, maybe a jellyfish... Lately I've been all about small canvases. The biggest one I brought with me is 8x10. It's nice when they're smaller because I don't feel the pressure to make something absolutely amazing, like I do with larger canvases. Smaller ones make me feel more relaxed, because if I don't like what I paint, I can always gesso over it and not waste too much gesso!

Since I have no amazing photos right now, I shall show all you fine kids this:

We like to dress Roman the dog in ridiculous outfits. This one was an aviator. Naturally I thought we needed a movie poster to go along with it, so I made one lickety-split around midnight. The fruits of my boredom!