Another Wednesday Gone By

. . . and another Crypt of Doom Update!!

Well, one week left to the South Park Season 13 madness, and believe me, I can't wait to sleep.

I've been contemplating starting to sell prints of some of my paintings in my Etsy Shop for a couple weeks now and I spent all of my day off doing test prints on my Epson to see if it was worth the time or money. I must say, the prints look pretty darn good. I'm still running tests with the 5 Star matte paper. It's supposed to be pretty colorfast, but my ink isn't archival and they don't make that kind of ink for my printer, so I got an archival fixative/varnish to spray on the prints. I'm going to hold off posting any in the shop until I can run a proper 'exposure' test (a test print inside the house and a test print directly in the hot California sun for a couple days should do). After the results are in, there will probably be prints of the two pieces in the ad, as well as one more, up before Thanksgiving.

Crypt of Doom Update

Hey Y'all.

As I've said in the past, when I'm in the middle of a run over at work, I neglect everything. Including family. :(

This last Wednesday was my first day off that I've been able to do absolutely nothing, so I spend the day immersing myself in pretty pictures. In the process I realized that even though I recently put an older painting in a gallery show, it was one I'd never put up on my blog. . . so here it is all framed and pretty.



It's title is simple, just "Bobby and the Banshee". I put it in the Gala Benefit show over at Monkeyhouse Toys in Silverlake, CA. So if you missed it and you'd like to take it home with you *wink, wink* you can head on over to the Crypt of Doom at Etsy.

I also posted my "Green Eggs and Ham" tribute piece over there as well as unleashing "Ferocious Fruitcake" just in time for the holidays. :D

I was feeling so productive that I also finally got up off my dead butt and started the pattern making process for the baby squid apron I posted a design for a year ago. Keep checking back through the next month for updates on that. I'm also going to be posting a third, slightly different version of my spider apron up in my Etsy Shop, a.k.a. the Crypt of Doom before the holidays. In case anyone is interested.

5 Years

Well, five years ago yesterday, my boyfriend and I decided to stick to each other like glue. Through all the good times and bad, we've stuck it out so far and I look forward to many more years with him.

He says I never draw him, so in honor of 5 years, here's a drawing for the Bun.

La La Land

Well, I'm officially in the middle of another run here at work. The first episode of the second half of season 13 airs tomorrow night (Wednesday, October 7th, 2009). We've been pretty busy getting something nice and offensively funny ready for people.

We've been sketching a lot at work lately. We expanded something we started last run called "Kreative KY: Lubrication for Our Funny Bones", so now we doodle for 20 minutes every morning. We've been posting them every week over on the website Issuu. I'm in charge of making sure everyone's stuff is up and pretty looking.

Below is a quick image I made for the cover. I wanted to do one of those flat owls everyone LOVES so much. So here's my weird owly-bird thingy. I would call him "Owlor", but I decided that this is Owlor's little brother Cletus.



On the 24th I'll be participating in another Art Show over at Monkeyhouse Toys. It's superhero themed, and since I'm workin' like a mad lady, I'll be showing the Wonder Woman piece from the "Golden Age of Heroes" show again.

"Firefly" Chairty Show at Monkey House Toys

Another last minute notice type thing, but this weekend, over at Monkeyhouse Toys in Silverlake, CA, there is a charity artshow/sale going on. I'll have an older piece entitled "Bobby and the Banshee" up for sale. If your around, stop by and take a look at the nifty pictures and contemplate donating to a good cause.

"Sweet Streets" and "Oh, the Art You Will See"

Greetings all! This weekend I'll be participating in two more group gallery shows. First up, is "Oh, the Art You Will See" at Monkeyhouse Toys in Silverlake, CA (from 4pm-8pm). It's a group show of works inspired by Dr. Seuss stories. As a kid, my favorite story was "Green Eggs and Ham", so yeah. That's it.



Second, I'll be displaying the "2-D Fruity" guitar in Gallery Nucleus' group show entitled "Sweet Streets". It's a show based on those crazy Japanese kids and their truly unique fashion sense. "Sweet Streets" opening will Saturday, August 29th from 7pm-10pm in Alhambra, CA.

Truly Outragous!

So, I did an all-nighter Monday night to finish this little ditty. It's for another group gallery show, this one at Monkeyhouse Toys in Silverlake, CA. It's just a little get together of some local artists displaying artwork based on their favorite 80's toys. If you're in the neighborhood, stop on by. It's Saturday, August 1st from 4pm-8pm.

Obviously (or maybe not, took the gallery owner at Monkeyhouse a little while to get it) I loved Jem Dolls as a kid. Had Jem, but always wanted Pizzazz and Stormer. Also making a cameo is my very well loved Care Bear Cousin, Cozy Heart. No he didn't have an eye patch when I was a kid, but he had some paint scraped off his eyes and probably should have.

See flyer below:



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