the green man

I posted some progress pictures of this the other night, and here it is finished. I just need to put a protective glaze on it and I can ship it out. I'm pretty pleased with it.

icon tattoo retail

Since doing the Icon Tattoo Holiday fair, I was asked to put some of my pieces in their retail space for sale. If you're in Portland and you'd like an opportunity to check out the pieces in person (and see how small they are, haha) you should head over there and take a look! And the space is really lovely. It's located in the former photo studio of one of my college professors!













They sell all kinds of nice, hand-picked stuff in their retail space, feathery jewelry, fancy flowery head pieces, small art objects. And the ladies are really nice, and you can get a tattoo there too, duh. http://icontattoostudio.com (p.s. that nest isn't mine, it was just in the window and i thought it was pretty.)

from my office tonight

I got a request for a drawing that I was really excited to draw, and the rough sketch looks really good so I'm going to post it here. I'm chillin in my office with a blanket over my lap, drinking pints and pints of chamomile tea, listening to songs: ohia (and kid cudi, alternately) and inking in this wood block. a+ monday night, if you ask me.




This was my "you can putcher weeeed in it!" stashbox a million years ago, now it holds my conte crayons and charcoal.




teeeeny tiny little pencil:


edit: and then i put ink outlines on it and erased some pencil, and now i'm going to bed.









normally i hate stopping in the middle of a drawing, but for commissions over ten bucks i'm willing to put more time in, haha. 8x10" wood blocks are 50 bucks including shipping, fyi.

stuff

Wreaths and stuff, stuff and wreaths. I should probably get better at keeping them symmetrical, right?

bugs, ladies, you get the idea.

i've become addicted to the white conte crayon, and suddenly the drawings no longer look finished without it. it's like how i used to just use micron pen and then i started adding more graphite shading. SLIPPERY SLOPE.









i think i meant to post this lady, but then i forgot- but i really like how this one turned out. i know i did another lady with her eyes closed like this one, but this drawing is better, i think. i just like it more.



here's a detail on the face:


here's what i see when i'm sitting here at my desk:


and here's what my desk sees:


i did myself the small favor of removing my fluffy bathrobe for the photo. it looks stupid but WHATEVER IT'S COLD IN HERE. endless cups of chamomile at my fingertips while i doodle.

GOOD NIGHT!

recent stuff

i wanted to take some photographs of some even newer things, but my camera battery was dead. usually it lasts for DAYS AND DAYS AND DAYS because my camera turns itself off automatically, but the thing is over 3 years old at this point so it's bound to poop out sometime. alas. anyway here's some stuff:

a drawing day with my son:



a snail and a belly dancer lady:



an awesome beetle with a wreath:



here's me, toiling:


more to come tomorrow. thanks for helping me pay my water bill, strangers!

notice a theme?

If you know me, or you're paying close attention, you'd notice that I have a tendency to stick with a theme that I like until I've kind of exhausted it. Right now the theme is wreaths. I like the wreath/insect combo a lot, I'll probably do a few more and save them all up for a show. This drawing is already sold, but if I get crazy I might end up listing a bunch on my etsy page even though etsy is always a pain in my butt. Or maybe I'll switch to bigcartel or something, I don't know. I have some orders lined up for the first time in awhile so I'm about to get back to drawing commissions. I really like this conte crayon on the brown paper, too. I'm going to keep using that.