Paper Yo-Yo

I love fall!

2011-10-14T20:29:00.002-04:00

Power in Numbers

2011-10-05T11:46:00.008-04:00

A few weeks ago, Gallery Nucleus asked me to contribute a cut-paper piece to their Power in Numbers show! It's not up on their site yet, but this is my piece:

yeti!

2011-04-29T00:24:00.006-04:00

domo style?

sketchbook dump

2011-04-22T21:16:00.012-04:00

I got a new sketchbook last week! This is what I've done in it so far:

princess

2011-04-01T18:51:00.002-04:00

I was playing around with my paints, and doodled this princess :)

lineup

2011-03-30T14:52:00.005-04:00

Here is the cast of characters for this version of Little Red Riding Hood:

red

2011-03-28T23:37:00.001-04:00

little red riding hood takes a trip through central park!

Vacation Sketch

2011-03-25T10:43:00.003-04:00

We recently got back from vacation, but it already seems so long ago! Here are a couple things I doodled by the pool:

We also brought back a beautiful little piece of art made from dyed straw stuck to beeswax. If I can tear my eyes away from it long enough to find my camera, I'll try to get a good picture and post it!

Spring?

2011-03-24T13:27:00.003-04:00

Has someone not told the weather that it's supposed to be spring?

Coffee Drawings

2011-02-13T22:52:00.004-05:00

Last Friday I went across the street and drew some people! I had to shake off some of the rust, but it was a lot of fun! I'm looking forward to going out again tomorrow. Here are a few pages from Friday:

The Good Fairies of New York

2011-01-20T23:16:00.008-05:00

I read the book The Good Fairies of New York a while back. It's a wonderfully strange book, with some really interesting characters. Last weekend I decided to paint a few of them!

Kerry:

Kerry's apartment:

Morag MacPherson (a punk-rock Scottish fairy) :

Heather MacKintosh (another punk-rock Scottish fairy!) :

hi adam!

2010-09-18T14:23:00.003-04:00

sorry i haven't posted in awhile :)

family camping trip!

2010-05-12T00:13:00.004-04:00

road trippin' in a little red car :D

fire breathin'

2010-05-10T23:18:00.005-04:00

it's no big deal, she does it all the time.

i'm not quite done with the whole thing, but i thought i'd post a crop of it since i haven't posted in awhile :)

Guess Who?

2010-04-23T19:36:00.011-04:00

It's been awhile, but I made this guy last weekend! I wanted to try making a paper frame again - I haven't been able to find a shadowbox type frame that is deep enough without feeling bulky, so I think I'll keep making them for now.

Barnes & Noble

2010-02-20T20:30:00.003-05:00

I did this today at the Barnes & Noble Cafe while Matt worked on programming:

2010-02-17T23:02:00.004-05:00

more persephone designs for fun!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T00:28:00.005-05:00

here's a doodle :)

I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day! I'm definitely enjoying this three day weekend so far!

The Pomegranate Seeds

2010-02-07T23:23:00.004-05:00

I used to love reading my mom's old copy of Tanglewood Tales, and "The Pomegranate Seeds" was one of my favorite myths to read. I'm doing some designs of the story for fun, here are some of Persephone:

Brownstones to Red Dirt

2010-02-05T11:33:00.009-05:00

This postcard is going to be part of an auction, with proceeds going help the children of Freetown, Sierra Leone and Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn!

From the website:

"Two colleagues at Blue Sky Studios, David LaMattina and Chad Walker, have created a feature-length documentary about a pen pal program between a group of at-risk sixth graders living in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn and orphans from the war living in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This Postcard Art project is an extension of the their film "Brownstones To Red Dirt" which features children from both schools. The kids in both places have inspired us all to want to do more and so we're putting together an art auction of original postcards based around the same central theme of the film in a fund raising effort to build a school for the orphans in Freetown, Sierra Leone and create a library for the youth at their school in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn."

For more information:
http://www.brownstonestoreddirt.com/

To see all of the postcards, with more info on the auction:
http://btorpostcards.blogspot.com/

Maddie's Monsters

2010-01-31T22:57:00.006-05:00

This is my extra assignment for the final lesson:

I'm probably going to make a few more tweaks, but I thought I'd post it. This class has been great and I've learned a lot from the lessons!

bigfoot!

2010-01-24T00:38:00.004-05:00

I finished the last assignment! We were given a pencil sketch of the creature, and for assignment 8 we had to do a rough color/lighting sketch. So this is the final piece!

Now I'm working on finishing up my extra assignment.

new and improved!

2010-01-19T21:37:00.007-05:00

I got some great feedback from Bobby on this one. Here is the new version!

Lessons 7 & 8

2010-01-11T12:16:00.013-05:00

Here are some more assignments from the schoolism.com class I'm taking. This first image was from the assignment. We were given a sketch of the cactus to start from, and used vectors and textures to make this piece:

Then I decided to try the project again with a sketch I did awhile ago. It was fun!

This was the next assignment - the first part of a two part assignment. We were given a sketch of the bigfoot, and had to put in the color scheme and rough lighting. For the next project we will be finishing this color rough.

I wanted to try the lesson again with my own idea, so this is what I came up with. I will finish this piece along with the bigfoot for the final assignment!

I'm excited!

Happy Birthday Eric!

2009-12-30T23:21:00.021-05:00

A little while ago I made a cloth book for my friend's son. It was hand stitched, so it took a little while, but it was so much fun to make! Each page has a different activity - zipping, snapping, tying, buttons, and velcro. I had a lot of fun with it - here are some photos of the final thing!

And thank you, Jen, for taking such great pictures! :D

schoolism!

2009-12-29T21:39:00.014-05:00

I've been taking an online class at schoolism.com for the past few months (taught by Bobby Chiu). It still has a few assignments left, but I figured I'd post the ones I've done so far! It's a really cool program and I've learned a lot of new techniques. For each assignment, we are given a starting point and then we apply whatever technique we are learning about to the piece to finish it off. So the first piece of each image is what we are given, and the second is of our finished work. So it's not necessarily about how to paint, but more about tools, techniques and tips to use while painting - which is perfect for me, and I've learned a lot so far!

Sorry for the image overload! I'll be posting the rest as I finish them so it won't be as crazy!

Don't Mind If I Do!

2009-12-15T20:50:00.005-05:00

As much fun as the paper frames are to make, there's something very cool about setting these against a real glass frame!

I got a few interesting mats the other day and have a bunch of new ideas - if only I had more time!

rocking horse!

2009-12-15T00:01:00.012-05:00

I just made this!

Yay!

Plus, a sneak peek of something I'm just about finished with:

Blix on guitar

2009-12-09T11:49:00.004-05:00

The band is complete!

Günter on Accordian

2009-11-23T14:41:00.005-05:00

Sing Song Print

2009-11-20T10:04:00.005-05:00

I just got some new gocco supplies in the mail, so last night I made this!

Printed on a 6" x 6" square. It's now in my shop!

Hank Plays the Banjo!

2009-11-18T19:23:00.008-05:00

This is the first in a series of three. I'll post his instrument wielding monster friends as soon as they're finished!

hello!

2009-11-07T22:08:00.003-05:00

just in case anyone was wondering about my lack of posts - i've decided to spend more time on each piece instead of doing something quickly every day. so hopefully i will have something to post once a week or so!

cat!

2009-11-03T22:34:00.006-05:00

ribbit.

2009-11-02T21:32:00.002-05:00

your friendly neighborhood pegasus

2009-11-01T22:14:00.002-05:00

I started off drawing a giraffe and ended up with this instead...

happy halloween!

2009-10-31T18:02:00.003-04:00

i made it for you!

2009-10-30T23:45:00.001-04:00

wind

2009-10-29T22:45:00.003-04:00

window

2009-10-28T20:53:00.003-04:00

i love this season

2009-10-27T21:46:00.002-04:00

inspired by our drive to work every morning :)

trick-or-treat!

2009-10-26T23:55:00.005-04:00

The studio's family Halloween party is tomorrow - I can't wait to see all the kids in their costumes!

ms. pacman

2009-10-25T21:32:00.002-04:00

DJ

2009-10-24T23:14:00.002-04:00

Purrcasso 2009!

2009-10-23T23:04:00.010-04:00

I'm donating two pieces to Purrcasso this year. I'm really excited about the event and wish I could be there to see all the great pieces!! A little information about the show from the website: "Purrcasso is an art and craft auction and gala that benefits the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society in Berkeley, CA."

For more information, visit their website!

I'm sending these two pieces off tomorrow morning:

The first is the final printed version of this post, and the second is the cut-out paper shadowboxy type version of this design.

flutterby

2009-10-22T23:19:00.002-04:00

shadowboxes!

2009-10-21T21:07:00.005-04:00

I had so much fun with a shadowbox-type piece I did for Purrcasso (I'll post it soon) that I can't wait to do another like it! I think this will be the next one :)

color study #3

2009-10-20T21:25:00.003-04:00

one last test before i start the final:

it feels pretty boring to me, so i think i'll probably go with one of the others.

color study #2

2009-10-19T19:33:00.002-04:00

(the white box is where text will go)

color study #1

2009-10-18T23:16:00.008-04:00

(the white box is where text will go)

EDIT: this is the sketch i did from a previous post of brainstorm thumbnails:

now i am working on color/lighting schemes for the illustration.

oh, you!

2009-10-17T21:41:00.005-04:00

quick sketch

2009-10-16T23:46:00.003-04:00

doodle

2009-10-15T23:23:00.006-04:00

100!

2009-10-14T20:56:00.002-04:00

this is my 100th post :)

long hair

2009-10-13T22:33:00.001-04:00

gossiping giraffes

2009-10-12T22:37:00.003-04:00

you know how they are...

i wish...

2009-10-11T19:34:00.003-04:00

that i could lay around in the grass all day!

weekends are never long enough

it's saturday!

2009-10-10T20:53:00.002-04:00

happy weekend!

tired

2009-10-09T19:07:00.003-04:00

getting in the halloween spirit

2009-10-08T23:43:00.003-04:00

it's only 23 days away! but who's counting...

cat doodle

2009-10-07T23:51:00.005-04:00

edit: i changed the cat to black - i think i like it better

oops

2009-10-06T23:08:00.004-04:00

cassie

2009-10-05T22:22:00.002-04:00

sarah

2009-10-04T23:52:00.005-04:00

ideas...

2009-10-03T21:19:00.003-04:00

surprisingly, this all makes sense to me :)

sweater vest

2009-10-02T23:58:00.002-04:00

once more, with feeling

2009-10-01T22:13:00.005-04:00

I developed the sketch from yesterday a little further!

nightly stroll

2009-09-30T23:40:00.002-04:00

round two

2009-09-29T22:52:00.004-04:00

I addressed some really good notes from the first version, and did a bunch of experimenting. This is the newest version, so I thought I'd post it!

slow and steady

2009-09-28T23:21:00.005-04:00

He moves so slowly that flowers like to grow on his back :)

the lost fingers

2009-09-27T23:51:00.005-04:00

I saw The Lost Fingers play tonight and drew this of the bass player while they were playing. I drew it blind (clearly) since it was too dark to see the page, but I kind of liked it anyway. Maybe I'll turn it into something!

can we keep him?

2009-09-26T23:50:00.006-04:00

I'm thinking of submitting this to the Purrcasso art auction - any crits or comments are very welcomed!! I'm already thinking of going back into her jacket/sweater. Any thoughts, let me know!

snow white

2009-09-25T23:17:00.005-04:00

baboon

2009-09-24T23:52:00.004-04:00

I got my computer back from being fixed today! I like sketching, but I missed color!

soccer

2009-09-23T23:51:00.001-04:00

critter

2009-09-22T23:48:00.002-04:00

summer is over :(

2009-09-21T23:47:00.001-04:00

more sketching

2009-09-20T13:13:00.003-04:00

sketch!

2009-09-19T23:38:00.003-04:00

flight 958

2009-09-18T23:43:00.001-04:00

sketchbook

2009-09-17T22:45:00.001-04:00

jane

2009-09-16T21:22:00.003-04:00

more sketchbook

2009-09-15T20:54:00.004-04:00

blastoff

2009-09-14T23:43:00.004-04:00

have you seen my arms?

2009-09-13T19:30:00.003-04:00

heads

2009-09-12T23:53:00.001-04:00

jester type rhino guys

2009-09-11T19:21:00.002-04:00

quick doodles

2009-09-10T23:57:00.001-04:00

hamsters and muppets

2009-09-09T23:29:00.006-04:00

playblasting doodles

2009-09-08T23:04:00.007-04:00

dogs

2009-09-07T21:55:00.001-04:00

mermaid

2009-09-06T23:52:00.001-04:00

watch out!

2009-09-05T23:16:00.001-04:00

mmmm... cake!

2009-09-04T23:32:00.003-04:00

moosey fate!

2009-09-03T22:37:00.001-04:00

Hansel & Gretel

2009-09-02T22:53:00.004-04:00

just some quick fun head designs

archaeologist x4

2009-09-01T23:49:00.004-04:00

under my umbrella

2009-08-31T23:24:00.005-04:00

i think i'll clean this one up and take it further later :)

i can seeee you

2009-08-30T20:43:00.006-04:00

aliens

2009-08-29T23:12:00.002-04:00