Monday Mix: Inspiring Videos

Neat things of note... 


♥ Wild Children: This was produced for the most part at one of our now monthly Arty weekends - my friends are so talented! This is an amazing story written (in about an hour, if you can believe it) and narrated by Rebecca McKinnon, with stop-motion animation and voice help by Sian Lewis, and sound design and voice help by Daniel Diaz Brauch. And one voice by me, hehe  (〃￣ω￣〃ゞ

♥ Amazing cut-out art by Mikito Ozeki. 






♥ Some music: Secrets by Bryson Andres. Ahhh, violin makes my heart feel crazy. 






♥ And Dicken Schraeder, with Milah & Korben, Everything Counts. These kids! This song. What a cool dad. 

Wednesday WIP: Joanna Newsom

Working on a portrait of one of my favorite musicians. 

Monday Mix: What Was Missing

Drew this after watching this week's Adventure Time preview for the new episode, What Was Missing: 

I love this show and I love these girls ♥_♥

Monday Mix: Post-It Art, WIWT Blog Feature, and Zelda Music

♥ The Post-It War: Window art made with Post-Its! This reminds me of being in college, when I worked at a newspaper with another artist friend of mine, Chris McAlister (check out his portfolio... I promise you won't be disappointed, he's incredibly talented!) We decorated our shared cubicle with tons of Post-It scribbles, although nothing like this. Makes me want to give some window art a try. 

postitwar.com

♥ My last WIWT drawing was featured on the What I Wore Today blog! I love this group <3 I'm still excited for the book, 2012 please! 


♥ And some music... since David's been playing Ocarina of Time lately, I've been listening to this piano/violin medley of Zelda songs while I work. Give it a listen even if you're not familiar with Zelda, it's absolutely beautiful:  

Look for another Wednesday WIWT this week, and possibly a final on Friday! 

Monday Mix: Wizards, Mermaids, Books, and Björk

♥ Voting is still on for the Imagine Better: The Climate Crisis Horcrux Contest, put on by the Harry Potter Alliance & Splashlife. As of today I'm ranked 5th, but there are still 5 days left to vote, and I would be super unspeakably grateful if you were to send some votes my way! Click on the image or link below to see my entry!

http://splashlife.com/imagine-better-art/expecto-patronum-0

^ link to voting page! ^

This contest is very important to me - the Harry Potter Alliance does a lot of good work for important causes like this. And my work could potentially be seen by some truly awesome people, including Evanna Lynch, Harry and the Potters, Jason Alexander, and John and Hank Green...


♥ Last week I received a gorgeous Artist Andrea Little Mermaid Eco Tote in the mail, from a giveaway through Art School Grad, an amazing Etsy team that I belong to. I love mermaids (I used to be really into them and have a small collection), and I've recently started using tote bags for summer rather than a purse, so this giveaway was perfect timing! Andrea does beautiful work; you can see more here at www.artistandrea.com, or at her Etsy shop. Thank you to Andrea for the tote, and to Allie from Art School Grad for putting together the giveaway :)

♥ The What I Wore Today Drawings group is putting out a book! So exciting, I love What I Wore Today and can't wait to get my hands on a copy... I'm thrilled that one of my drawings was selected to be in it: 

What I Wore Today 5/30

♥ And I'm sure this is old news to anyone who is already a Björk fan, but I'm getting all worked up by her newest project, Biophilia. A couple of songs have been released already and I've been listening to Crystalline on repeat. I love the end.

Illustration Friday: Giant

(giant hair, giant sunglasses, giant credit card bill.)


it's just a quick sketch i whipped up today; i had another, bigger idea for this week's theme, but it involves too many things i am not yet comfortable enough with. exaggerated perspective, landscape, a big muscly man... no chance of finishing it by tonight!