lucy cat

when you wish upon a lucy star...

crafty!

Last week I was at the Stars and Skulls Crafty Craft Fair. I've been a bit lazy in my last full week of work before the holiday so I haven't been in the studio to blog about it. Anyway, I sold a haul and I got a haul of cool handmade things from around the fair including two pretty pairs of Karen's lovely handmade leafy earrings, some sweet zines from the Trees and Hills and other delights from around the fair. I drew some portraits- including the one above, which was for some of the members of the Roller Derby that helped put the show on. It was so much fun, patrons were sweet and supportive, vendors were creative as ever and it was SNOWY! :)

In other news- I was included in a Zombie Feature on DA.

orientation

I recently made an parody of the Lost Orientation videos for the Others.

200 hearts!

sounds like: "how beautiful you are" the cure

The ZR Etsy shop has been selling zines and buttons like mad because they make the best stocking stuffers according to Etsy! Love Letters To Tokyo From Boston was featured on the Stocking Stuffers Holiday Guide!

And... It's a small landmark, but my store just got it's 200th heart!

air kisses

I did some story boards and character design for Bebe Buell's new animated music video (which I will finally be posting some designs I did in a little bit). It is directed and animated by the Nerdy Duo.
Bebe Buell - Air Kisses To The Masses

etsy sale!

♥ Zombie Romance December Sale Starting Cyber Monday! Buy 2 prints and get 1 FREE! All large prints are $8 (savings up to $5 a print), necklaces are $10 (from $12) and select earrings are $5.00! FREE ZR art button with purchase over $10!

suspicious

sounds like: "sur lefil" yann teirsen

nessie lovers

sounds like: "golden" jill scott


Print on Etsy!

rubber whore hell

sounds like: "daphne descends" smashing pumpkins

My friend Nick finished editing our horror film project from Film III in art school that we shot five years ago! It's pretty priceless. Our class had a lot of fun shooting this project. I did storyboards and documented and helped with shooting. I also was Denise's assistant and cleaned her up after the puke scene. We shot this film on 16mm film with an Arriflex camera in 2004... oh and Bacon King Bacon is the best.

RUBBER WHORE HELL
WARNING: Disturbing images of violence and sexual nature. Explicit language.

bardot

Print on Etsy!

mummies!

sounds like: *blake snore*

Some toliet paper mummies I made for a bulletin board at work.

pixel me happy

sounds like: "godspeed" jenny lewis




8-Bit Jewelry On Etsy!

I'll be at the Stars and Skulls Crafty Craft Fair on December 13 in Hadley.

blood!

sounds like: "two turntables and a mic" black moon

Print on Etsy!

friendly toast

sounds like: the fan

with friendly friends.

NOMS

sounds like: "turn! turn! turn!" the birds

Print available on Etsy!

Werism

sounds like: "the landlord is dead" do make say think

Print on Etsy!

LET IT OUT

sounds like: "monsoon of perfume" dengue fever

print available on etsy!
Drawn at NYAF!

NYAF AWESOME

sounds like: "just like a bird with out a feather" samuel l. jackson

This past weekend Blake and I attended the New York Anime Festival in the artist's alley and we had great time and met up with lots of cool people both new and known. I drew around 50-60 portraits (I forgot to tally a few of them), sold a few of my spankin' new prints and a lot of perler bead jewelry. The very complimentary and kind Jorge Solis of Fangoria stopped to talk to me a little bit, as well as a lawyer who was looking for a copyright job and showed me his resume (turns out he was a contestant on Beauty and the Geek and mentioned so on the bottom of his resume).

Afro and I... he's so mighty, he blurred the picture.
Amazingly enough I forgot to take pictures at the convention, even of my booth. I did get one on out way out of the convention on Saturday night (with Afro Samurai) and a few of the very famous and affordable hotel we stayed in.


Shout outs to all who stopped by and said "hi," and/or made a purchase or two!

CYOA #4 VOTE NOW!

VOTE NOW FOR SONG 4 OF CHOOSE YOUR OWN ALBUM!
Polls Close on Friday!

NYAF

sounds like: "here comes the sun" the beatles


I am going to be at the New York Anime Festival this weekend in the artist alley. I will have brand spankin' new prints available for the first time. They are printed with my Epson Stylus Photo 1400 inkjet printer on premium gloss photo paper. They are also available in my etsy store!

ORIGINAL ART

sounds like: "the biggest grinder" kid cudi

When Will It Stop!

sounds like: "yoda" weird al

Vote now for the next Choose Your Own Album song! Voting ends Friday!!!
This week's song is METAL!!!!

coping mechanizm

sounds like: "only one" judy and mary

antennae galaxies

sounds like: "can't you hear me knocking" the rolling stones

Paper Girl Project

sounds like: "chief rocka" the lords of the underground

The Northampton Papergirl Project is running from now (since Monday) until September 11. Five venues are featuring a slew of paper works from various local artist. I have four submissions hanging, two in the Thorne's Marketplace Basement Gallery and two at Glamorama! Closing reception is in the Thorne's Marketplace Basement on September 11.

SOUTHPAW VOLUME 1

sounds like: "in particular" blonde redhead

SOUTHPAW n. SLANG a left handed person

Introducing SOUTHPAW volume 1 (Be Well, Darling), my first collected art zine. Features 24 pages of my art pencil and ink drawings in quality black and white print on glossy paper. Artwork ranges from tidbits from her sketchbook to her more calculated large format pieces. Includes ink drawing used for the first illustration of the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ALBUM project.

AVAILABLE IN MY ETSY STORE NOW!!!
Get all of my zines for cheaper with the SUPER ZINE THREE PACK MEAL DEAL!

CYOA VOTE NOW!

sounds like: "daniel" bat for lashes
ARE YOU READY FOR AN ADVENTURE?

VOTING FOR THE SECOND SONG CLOSES ON FRIDAY 5.5.09! VOTE NOW!
www.CHOOSEYOUROWNALBUM.com

effoffplz

sounds like: "the way (live block party)" jill scott

won't last a day w/o

sounds like: "fourteen rivers, fourteen flood" beck

featured

I have a few features on Deviant Art. Still Smilin' featured my work in an article, while Manicouch and Catzilla featured me on their journals. Thank you ladies!

Choose Your Own Album Song #2

sounds like: SNAKES ON A PLANE!


CHOOSE YOUR OWN ALBUM SONG #2 UP FOR VOTING NOW!
Voting ends Friday, September 4!

le peuple en suisse

sounds like:

to live your life is bolder, to waste it is a crime.
let no one detain you, there is so little time.
- nina simone

zombiegirlfriend

sounds like: "stupid" the long winters

tennessee

sounds like: "walk on by" cake

We just got back from a road trip to Tennessee!

THROWN INTO THE OCEAN

All good nerds grew up reading Choose Your Own Adventure books... Now there is a musical project by The Thungs drawing inspiration from such literary nerdage: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ALBUM!

The first song is posted today and has an illustration by me!!

Check it out: http://www.thethungs.com

connecticon!!

sounds like: "run's house" RUN D.M.C.

click for annotated picture

This past weekend Blake and I attended Connecticon 2009! It's been a LONG time since I've been to Connecticon, I may have attended the first one in New Haven at a college. This time it was in Hartford at a convention center.

I met quite a few awesome people this time around, where as at AB, I never put down my pencil long enough to truly talk to other artists (as well as being flanked by empty tables). This time I had awesome neighbors, Machine Gun Angel and Loki-Chan's Ducks.

Andrei-818 asked me to draw in his two jam sketchbooks. One was a free style and one was of the theme: twins with glasses and turtle-neck sweaters.

I drew my Zombie Princess for the free draw and my conjoined twin characters Daisy and Rose for the twins. :)

My two favorite commissions where of dogs. Both con-goers commissioned multiple portraits and their final ones being of their dogs. The first was for this guy who was super awesome and had me draw him with his Filipino Hello Kitty McDonald's toy. Apparently in Asia all the McDonald's toys are really hi-quality and BIG. Then he had me do a picture of his pit bulls (but i forgot to take a photo). Another con-goer, who got multiple works done, commissioned a portrait of her beautiful tiger-striped Boston Terrier who she got some sad news about. I put all my love into this portrait and hope the best for her and her dog.

Over all, we had an exhausting, but really fun time making new friends, hanging with old ones and gawking at cosplayers. :)

connecticon!

sounds like: "people in love" 10cc

I will be at booth #35AB in the Artist Colony at Connecticon this weekend!!

the loophole

New fan video for the Others' Lost season 5 finale song "Jacob Loves You"

100 SALES!

My etsy store broke 100 sales today! Huzzah!!
Thank you to all my customers and followers for their support! :) :) :)