Hipsters and Their Glasses

Tea Party Under the Sea

I'm working on a personal illustration and trying to get into the habit of planning my grayscale values ahead of time. This is what I have so far.

I started coloring it today and realized it's going to take me forever. I think I may be going about it in a really stupid manner...

I also can never seem to get my chip-to-salsa ratio right. 

I keep getting news about my website and how it will be ready in just a few short days. It's been a long few short days, but luckily I'm not being held up too much because I'm still unsure of what I want to send out for my postcards when my site is ready. 

I'm hoping when I'm finished with this I like it enough to use it for postcards.

*crosses fingers*

Happy Valentine's Day

A few Valentine's I made for 2014.  A lot of people really go out of their way to announce how much they hate Valentine's Day. I don't really get it. It's similar to people who hate Dave Matthews. If you really hate it, why do you feel so strongly about it that you're compelled to make a big announcement about how much you hate it? Shouldn't it be the last thing from your mind?

If anything Valentine's Day is just a nice way to break up the never-ending mundaneness that is Winter. What's so wrong with that? End of rant. Happy Valentine's Day :^)

Sad Mailbox

Just a quick doodle for Valentine's Day 2014. This holiday is kind of sneaking up on me. Not that Valentine's Day requires a lot of preparations, but I was planning on at least making a batch of cookies..

My website!

I'm not entirely sure of whether or not this blog will find itself on my new website. It's currently being programmed and there will be a blog, but it might be separate. Perhaps I will be better about updating that blog :)

I'm in a whirlwind of buzzing activity at the moment.  I registered and was accepted into the Buffalo Book Fair, where I will be selling my alphabet prints. Eep!  It's very scary to me, putting my art out there for the world to see and judge.  What if I don't sell a single print?  I think if I can manage to break even and earn back the $60 that I spent to participate I will consider myself a success at least for the first try.

I've got a lot of marketing ideas in the works, so although the fair is not until April 5th & 6th, I've got a lot of work to do to prepare.

There are some changes I made to this since making this example layout. I toned down the M, the O, the V, and the Z a tad because I thought they stood out a bit too much. I also altered some of the hues to add more variety in areas where needed.

I'm rounding the corner to finish a set of letters for a friend. She wanted to go with a beach-y color scheme. Here's hoping other people will love the prints as much as she does!

IF: Hidden

Just barely squeaked this one in for this week's Illustration Friday topic: Hidden

Is it really only Thursday? Yikes. 

Pumpkin Spice

Although I'm sad to see Summer take it's final stride before disappearing into the cold doom that is Winter, I can't help but get excited for the brief period where Buffalonians like myself get to enjoy the crisp week or so of Fall. Yes...it's very brief; we have a window of roughly 2 weeks before all of the trees are bare and we're sporting winter coats until June. 

What's your favorite part of Fall? The sweet smell of orange and red leaves in your back yard? Pumpkin-scented candles and pumpkin-spice-everything? Leggings with thick knee socks tucked into brown leather boots? 

The turn into a new upcoming season makes me want to kick into gear with my work. I was stuck awake for hours last night with marketing ideas swirling throughout my head. Exciting things to come!