Soft And Fleshy

Finest moments

2012-01-26T18:35:00.000-08:00

I've been drawing a lot of drunk self portraits in my sketchbook while on vacation. Here's some that I colored while watching my dad cook lasagna.

Skinny-dipping

2012-01-24T17:56:00.000-08:00

Short comicthing I drew in my sketchbook. I was thinking about summer and the first time I went skinny-dipping. Everything felt weird and new because I didn't have my glasses on therefore everything I saw was super blurry. Clicking on the images will make it clearer and easier to read, with or without glasses.

Test pages

2012-01-18T10:55:00.000-08:00

Here are two test pages for my next comic that I'm working on. I just wanted to play around with the materials and see if it's the way I want to work. I think I'm going to keep figuring it out but figured I'd post these anyway.

And if you missed it, here's a review of The Offering, which you can conviently buy here!

Review and Sketches!

2012-01-10T13:35:00.000-08:00

First up, Optical Sloth did a review of my newest comic, The Offering!! You can read it here! Totally valid point about how I forgot to add contact information in the book. It's something that I've forgotten in basically every comic I've put out.

Just some sketches that I doodled while scanning so I didn't just keep staring at a computer screen. I've updated my Etsy shop and now it has most of my comics up for sale as well as my posters! Perhaps the above review of The Offering will prompt you to buy a copy.

But you're just a baby!

2012-01-04T12:16:00.000-08:00

I bought some Yupo paper-SO EXPENSIVE but I'm kind of in love with it. I drew this super quick comic to play around and experiment with how the paper works. It almost makes me want to do a color comic...almost. Maybe.

Amazon!

2011-12-27T10:00:00.000-08:00

So I recently remembered that I had a book for sale up on Amazon. I don't know why I forgot about it, it was a lot of work to get it up on there, but now I remember so it's all good. It's The Princess Book, which some will remember from my first hand-sewn version and how I said I'll never print it again because it was a giant pain in the ass. But after talking with someone else who printed through Amazon's Create Space I decided to give it a try. I'm pretty happy with the result and have been ordering copies and selling them at conventions but it just occured to me that anyone can buy it, from anywhere, off Amazon.

Now when you search my name on Amazon, two books come up! So Much Sky is a collection of stories about the author, Karen Weir-Jimerson's, life on a farm that I did some illustrations for. It's a fun book and I recommend it! And now The Princess Book, which you can now own for a mere fifteen dollars! While the first edition has a special place in my heart, this version can withstand multiple readings and looks super nice and has a spine! Pretty snazzy!!

Vellum sketch

2011-12-19T13:23:00.001-08:00

Hair lady on vellum

Studio

2011-12-03T08:17:00.001-08:00

Here's a photo of me and a photo of some of the pages I'm working on for my next big comic. EXCITING RIGHT!?! I'm excited!

You can see more photos of my studio, and a description of all the crap that's in it, here.

Christmas

2011-11-30T12:39:00.001-08:00

CLICK TO READ! This year could be the first year I spend christmas all alone so I made a pathetic comic about it. Holidays!

Fight

2011-11-20T07:03:00.001-08:00

A small doodle

Vellum

2011-11-16T09:07:00.001-08:00

More vellum drawings. Drawn while ~~listening~~ tranced to the new Future Islands CD. Pretty much amazing. I'm continually drawn to music with deep rough voices like this band. Name your favorite gruff-voiced, lyric-centric, band!

Tooth

2011-11-13T18:29:00.001-08:00

More vellum drawings! This one is about teeth. I'm keeping a 'body' theme to all of them.

St. Agatha

2011-11-11T22:59:00.001-08:00

Short mini-comic. Man! Drawing on vellum is super duper fun!

hair

2011-11-11T01:36:00.001-08:00

There was one more panel/page to this but now I don't think it works, and I like the last bit as an end. HMMM.

Baba Yaga

2011-11-07T10:04:00.000-08:00

Here are some witches that I've been drawing. MIX was this weekend and it was basically fantastic. I met some really awesome people and discovered some amazing comics/cartoonists. Maybe I'll talk about it further later, but for now, witches.

Minneapolis Indie Expo!

2011-11-04T13:09:00.000-07:00

SO YEAH! This weekend is the MIX!!! Everyone should come! It's free, November 5th & 6th from 10am-5pm! There are also tons of sweet parties and events also going on this weekend so be sure to check out the 'Parties' section of the website! TONIGHT, is the Women Of MIX show at the MCAD gallery from 6-8pm. This is also free and you can see my newest comic, The Offering (page one is below) its unedtied form. I'm working on a few things for the art sale which will be uploaded to the blog soon. See everyone this weekend!

Frances

2011-09-30T13:29:00.000-07:00

Here is some fan art I made featuring Frances from Jillian Tamaki's SuperMutant Magic Academy, an awesome series of comics if you haven't already seen them.

(click it to see it larger, I think it looks better that way)Frances is by far my favorite character and now that I think about it, I should have added a cigarette. I was instantly drawn to her triangle-hair and the bags under her eyes. But THIS comic sold it for me. I'm in love!

The Offering

2011-09-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

HEY GUYS! So here are some random pages from my newest comic, The Offering. It's 20 pages and will be debuting at this years Zinefest!!

Here's the details about Zinefest:This Saturday (the 24th)Powderhorn Park Building3400 15th Ave S Minneapolis12-5!

I'm pretty excited about this comic, it had a fast turn-around and feels nice and loose and was really easy to work on. I think this will be the style that I'll be working on in future comics from now on. PLUS this comic features everything I want to draw! A grotesque baby! An old woman stealing a kiss from a young girl! Innocence lost! Rebirth! Etc! I'll post more pictures soon. I'll probably upload the whole comic up on my website but that may take awhile.

The witch

2011-08-31T10:33:00.001-07:00

The Garden

2011-08-14T21:56:00.000-07:00

I made this for The Soap Factory $99 Art Sale. The show is curated this year and I was able to participate thanks to an invite from MIX! Tickets to the event can be bought online and I expect it to be a grand time. And if someone wants this piece, you can buy it there!

Doodles

2011-07-20T14:07:00.000-07:00

Here's some poorly scanned in watercolor doodles. I haven't really figured out a way to scan watercolors without them become really wonky.

Sketches

2011-07-14T13:25:00.000-07:00

I thought my scanner was broken. And for awhile it was, until it magically fixed itself! Hopefully it'll stay healthy and will continue to let my scan things forever.

Here's a pile or sketches, warm ups, and practice drawings.

Incubus/Succubus

2011-06-14T17:19:00.001-07:00

A watercolor. I have more but my scanner was screwing up and not allowing me to save the images.

Sketches-n-SpringCon

2011-05-24T17:36:00.000-07:00

Here are two drawings of myself on the same day for no reason.

Thanks everyone who stopped by the table this weekend at SpringCon! It was a pretty slow but nonetheless fun convention. Here is a doodle of me reading The Godins, Evan's newest comic. And then a drawing of me reading Penny And Kim.

It was also my birthday and Heather made THESE BABIES for me!

Super sweet! My own art as charms and earrings! I put one of the charms on my phone and am wearing the earrings around and have already gotten lots of positive feedback about them!

Some fancy ladies

2011-05-14T14:16:00.000-07:00

Ladies

2011-05-03T11:01:00.000-07:00

These were tattoos but I basically sold out of them at Stumptown.

Stumptown!

2011-04-30T09:30:00.000-07:00

Stumptown was awesome, needless to say! The tattoos I made basically sold out and both Evan and I got positive responses from everyone who came and looked at our work. Portland was a ton of fun as well and special thanks to Alison Stump for giving Evan and I a home while we were there (and showing us around and hanging out with us in general).

Some of my new work that was for sale was the Guide To Grooming Zine and my new Sailor/Pirate Poster. Both of these things will be for sale at SpringCon in Minneapolis otherwise you can buy them (as well as my other comics as well as The Feast) at my Etsy Shop.

Thanks Portland! Mostly for the donuts but for everything else too!

STUMPTOWN!

2011-04-14T06:19:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I'm off to Portland today and will be tabling at Stumptown! My table will be at A7 so please come by and say hi!

Here is my new poster I'll have for sale, it features little pirates and little sailors.

I'm also going to have my new zine Guide For Grooming.

It should be an awesome convention with awesome people in an awesome town!

Tangerine

2011-03-17T12:28:00.001-07:00

Here's a drawing of my bike, Tangerine, as a girl.

We're best friends. I'm sort of in love with her too.

Guide to Grooming Zine

2011-03-10T09:35:00.000-08:00

Hello! A few things! First, enjoy these drawing from my new Guide To Grooming zine. The first image talks about how shaving your legs takes up too much precious time, so don't worry about doing it. The second one explains that bad breath is a good way to avoid conversations with people you don't want to talk to.

ALSO! Check out my new updated WEBSITE HERE! It's still being tweaked so be patient with it and any glitches you find. It has the competed Onion Mama comic as well as some other cool things you may want to read up on. It was created by Evan Palmer because he's a super nice guy! THANKS EVAN!

And third important topic! I'm doing a new comic/zine thing about periods and puberty for girls. I've found out (from many heart-to-heart conversations and my own experiences) that most girls are not prepared at all for the start of their periods and body hair and bra shopping and suddenly having to use deodorant and all that jazz that comes along with puberty. I'm going to be writing and drawing about these topics with humor and blunt honesty (for example, yes you will ruin some underwear when you start getting your period, but it wont end there. You will be ruining underwear until menopause. It's a fact and anyone who says otherwise is lying).

I'm asking for submissions or stories about your own experiences during puberty ladies. I'm going to be adding 'real life stories' throughout the book so be graphic and honest please. The point is to show other girls-hopefully young girls going through this or about to-understand that it is awkward and embarrassing but it's awkward and embarrassing for everyone. Feel free to submit more than one story (most girls have a pretty good period story, but I'd also like stories about telling your folks about your period, side affects of your period, boobs and bra shopping, shaving, and B.O. ect ect). If you are more comfortable with the story being anonymous that's totally fine, just let me know. Otherwise if you wanna include a drawing or a short comic with your submission (or just a written one, this isn't just for artists) that's awesoommmeee! Email it to me at anna.claire.bongiovanni@gmail.com
THANKS!

Top Shelf 2.0!

2011-02-15T15:36:00.000-08:00

The Feast (the collaboration comic between Evan Palmer and I, that probably everyone who follows this blog has already heard about) is up on Top Shelf 2.0!! <-----Click! Look! Pretty!

I'm so excited to have my story, and Evan's kick-ass art, up on the website next to other amazing cartoonist who I might someday rub elbows with or talk to in person!

For those people who don't know, The Feast is for sale up on my Etsy. If you found yourself so in love with the story and would like a lovely hard copy please buy it for the low price of four dollars. Three pages of character sketches that are not on the website are included in the book!

YAY SO EXCITED! Now I will celebrate by making slow-cooker brownies! They take four hours to cook...I can think of no better use of time!

Mary Stuart Opera

2011-02-04T11:55:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity recently to watch and sketch the Minnesota Opera's Mary Stuart. The costumes were fantastic, the music was awesome, and I was able to sit and draw with a bunch of awesome cartoonists.

Here's some of my sketches!

See the other awesome sketches done that night HERE!!

Kings Cup Rules

2011-02-03T22:20:00.000-08:00

A little doodle that I can print out and hang up so the next time I play Kings Cup I don't have to struggle with remembering all the rules. Easy!

Upcoming things!

2011-01-30T17:53:00.000-08:00

A couple of months ago I swore I'd never do another wedding invitation. They can be really stressful to work on and brides seem to be teetering on the edge of insanity. But people keep getting married and I keep doing invitations for friends! Oh well!

This is for my best friend Kara Goodness! Front and back (click to read it)

ALSO. I have created a poster for Robots From The Future and their upcoming show on February 18th at Memory Lanes! I will be going and will probably be focusing more on whiskey sours than bowling.

Other people should come so we can listen to some sweet tunes and discuss everyones favorite beverage to drink while bowling!!

Moonbaby and more

2011-01-13T17:05:00.000-08:00

For the art sale, I sold a small series of drawings featuring women carrying large rocks with faces on them (I called the rocks moonbabies). I drew some more sketches of these Moonbabies.

Here's some doodles of me.

And here is a doodle of U.P.S. The Useless Psychic Society, a soon-to-be collaboration comic between Hannah, Tristan, Erik and I.

New Years

2011-01-03T19:44:00.000-08:00

New years resolutions written and printed out accompanied by a goofy sketch. It's hanging in my kitchen now.

Gosh.

2011-01-02T17:20:00.000-08:00

So it's been awhile since I've posted. BUT IT'S 2011!!! NEW START!
I uploaded a blog post at Itchy Keen if you wanna read a little bit about what the new year means to me.

Madison Zinefest

2010-10-18T07:45:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago was Madison Zinefest!
I didn't have any new comics but did have a new collaboration with Tristan Jimerson, called 5 Unsent Love Letters. He wrote five fictional letters and I did a small illustration for each one.

I also debuted my first set of temporary tattoos!! Above is me wearing one! This was super fun and they turned out pretty well. They came in a bunch of designs (some old illustrations, some wild girls, a Teddy Roosevelt drawing by Evan Palmer) along with some new drawings as well.

Sketchies

2010-09-26T18:46:00.001-07:00

Everyday Sketches

2010-09-13T09:32:00.000-07:00

Just three little sketches. One is of me at work, wearing my very sexy uniform, including slip-proof shoes and a dirty apron.

2010-09-09T09:02:00.000-07:00

More later.

No real update

2010-08-13T02:20:00.001-07:00

I'll be outta town for Kathleen's wedding (my older sister!) in Seattle for a few weeks!

There's been a bunch of photos of her (and my other sister Elyse and I) uploaded online and I thought I'd share the real inspiration of the wild girls, the princesses, and all those little girls I doodle. I mean seriously, look at that photo above. I feel pretty privileged to have grown up where my sisters and I were rewarded for being ourselves, creative, and different, and-in my humble opinion-we have all grown up into distinct individuals.

Look at em now!

ZINEFEST!

2010-07-10T06:01:00.000-07:00

Zinefest, today!!11 to 5 at the Stevens Square Center For The Arts!

I'll be selling the typical comics, along with some posters, a tiny-winy mini for 50 cents (or free with a poster) as well as some of Evan's new work, including The Feast, our new collaboration!

New Drawings

2010-07-08T07:20:00.000-07:00

These drawings are from my recent solo show! In case you missed it, here they are, conveniently scanned and blogged for your enjoyment.

These are still for sale so if interested comment (or email me at anna.claire.bongiovanni@gmail.com ) and I'll send you info on the prize and size of all the pieces. Most of the pieces cost around 15 bucks.

Dumb drawin's

2010-06-17T11:18:00.001-07:00

thumbing

2010-06-15T08:15:00.000-07:00

Taurus illustration for Blanket Magazine

Also, a thumbnail for my upcoming comic project. Anyone interested in reading over the script and thumbnails and letting me know what you think?

Tiny baby update

2010-06-04T10:36:00.000-07:00

First, I've been interviewed in Blanket Magazine for their Cosmos Issue! It's a pretty cool issue with a fun concept (and I quote from their website): "One very special feature this issue is our artist project ‘Astrology Psychology’ which includes a fascinating study on whether our star signs influence our creative process. We challenged 12 artists – each with a different star sign – to create a piece of art and to keep track of their creative process along the way. We then compared their findings with a short synopsis of the characteristics of their star sign to see the results – and trust me – some of the results were jaw dropping!!"

The issue is only two dollars(!) and if you're a subscriber to the magazine you get 12 printable artists cards for free (including my piece done for this issue). They're also available for a separate purchase if you want.

Second, Good Minnesotan has a project up on Kickstarter.com!!

The project looks amazinnnggg and I'm lucky to have a story in it (the mama onion comic if anyone's seen it)! Good Minnesotan is a fantastic local comic anthology-for those that don't know- and do a wonderful job of showing off local cartoonists. Raighne and Megan Hogan (some of the faces behind GM) are also super sweet and hosted my solo show in their studio last month!

Anyways, take a peek and if you have 5 bucks sitting around, I recommend donating some money to them.

Ps. If you haven't checked out the Good To Know Zine, you totally should:
http://pikaland.com/goodtoknow

Collabs and more

2010-05-28T15:46:00.000-07:00

First, I'm in the new issue of Good To Know Zine! It's full of sweet advice and stories from other artists. I recommend buying it. There's also a preview where you can read my story (it's with the illustration I did of people's shoes). It tell an embarrassing story of my happy ignorance when it came (comes?) to art. The PDF is also 2.50....you have that laying around. I know it.
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In other news, I love collaborations! In celebration of Feast, debuting at SprinCon, I'm posting some old collaborative drawings I did with Mr. Evan Palmer. As most know, Feast was written by me and drawn by Evan. It's about a group of wild girls standing up to a manbeast. It's gotten pretty good feedback so far. Evan hasn't scanned any pages yet so if you didn't see it at SpringCon you'll have to wait. If anyone WANTS a copy, it's three bucks a pop.

Anyways. These sketches were done over a year ago, Evan penciling one part and me the other, then each of us inking the others pencils.

This piggy one was for a children's story I wrote that Evan was going to illustrate. Sadly, it has yet to be born into existence.

And now some of my own art. A drawing that didn't make the cut for my show:

This drawing WAS in my show, but it was transfered onto a painted canvas.

Photo dump

2010-05-21T08:44:00.000-07:00

Lotsa photos from my solo show.

Extra special thanks to Heather Buscho, Alison Stump, 2D Cloud Studios, Erik Schuster Christina Beard, and Evan Palmer for pretty much doing everything that needed to be done for Spring Con.

Oh, and thanks for everyone who stopped by.

SPRING CON!

To the man who bought the princess book for his kids and said he makes up stories all the time, feel free to email me! I love collaborations and I'd love to help make something special for your kids!

First Ever Super Exciting Art Show

2010-05-10T06:11:00.000-07:00

Come to the opening reception of my first ever solo art show! My work will be up all weekend so if you can't make it to the opening, you should swing by another time to check it out!

This is also Art-A-Whirl weekend so be sure to walk around and see the other open studios nearby.

Hours for the show:
Friday, May 14th - 5:00-10:00 p.m (the opening reception).
Saturday, May 15th - Noon-8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 16th - Noon-5:00 p.m .

Vegan cupcakes will be provided at the opening by Heather Buscho. There will also be some wine (thanks Erik Schuster!) that'll probably go pretty fast. So get there early.

The show is at 2D Cloud Studio (1620 Central Ave NE Suite 204, Minneapolis). It's a really awesome location (lots of other neato studios next door) and a really sweet looking space!

Expect some old work, but also expect lots of never-before-seen fleshy monsters/long lady fingers/babies/and praying mothers. Also, it took me FOREVER to name this show, when really, it should have been the easiest thing ever. uhg.

Comics

2010-05-06T18:49:00.001-07:00

Just some quick comics I doodled while waiting for other ink to dry

On a side note, i'm the only person at work who wears an apron with the string tied in the front. It's just easier that way!

Mostly news

2010-04-30T19:38:00.000-07:00

Hey doods! I now have two jobs and have been trying to finish a script so I apologize for my lack of updates.

The script I've been working on has been for upcoming F*X*T Magazine! There's still time to DONATE (well, not much time...so do it fast if you're interested!! Only a little more needed!) Also, fyi, F*X*T Mag is currently accepting illustrators, so if anyone is interested in getting their work published, I'd go ahead and apply!

There was an article written about it featuring a quote and art from me! You can read it HERE.

My sister is getting married in August! I designed these Save The Dates to her liking, and will soon be creating a more illustrative invitation to send out (these save the dates were a rush job...). They'll be made into magnets, which I think is pretty handy/cute.

Also SpringCon is coming up sooooooo I gotta get crackin' in preparing. ALSO AND VERY EXCITING is something that I will share later after more details! But it'll be happening on the same weekend as Spring Con (May 15th and 16th, but the important-est date is May 14th)!

Depression

2010-04-09T13:52:00.000-07:00

Two doodles since it looks like another busyyyy weekend.

Seems like now that it's spring and sunny I've heard more and more people complain/worry about being depressed (myself included). Doesn't that seem backwards?

A lady gossip.

Support

2010-04-05T17:06:00.000-07:00

Submission (words omitted) for an anthology.

Warm-ups

2010-04-02T15:44:00.000-07:00

Obfuscate

First, importantly, I'm happy to say my story was accepted into upcoming F*X*T Magazine! You can read about the announcement HERE as well as more information on the magazine. There's a widget about it also on the bottom of this post (technology willing). This is exciting for MANY reasons, but will mean that I have to write out a 100-ish page script by the start of May.

Also, one of my illustrations appears in Blanket Magazine ! It's just a single illustration that fits into the theme, so don't feel obligated on my part of buy the magazine, HOWEVER it is a very lovely magazine with some pretty kickass interviews from other artists.

Since I finished a short comic last week, this week was lacking in some creative energy. To inspire me and to keep me doodling, I've been warming up by illustrating Merriam-Webster's word of the day. It's pretty fun and challenges me to think creatively.

I'd LOVE to do these with watercolors but I'm out of watercolor paper....as well as bristol...and most of my pens have stopped working....So these were done on cardstock from kinko's with some markers until I get another paycheck (IF EVER).

Nefarious

Puerile

Reprobate

Wanderlust

Comic

2010-03-25T14:09:00.000-07:00

Hopefully will be appearing somewhere else. Soooooo here are the first two pages.

Hopefully will be appearing somewhere else. Soooooo here are the first two pages.

Birdies ladies

2010-03-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

YAY! Spring! I've been bike riding and LOVING this weather! Warm, but still cool enough for me to wear tights. I have a cup of tea waiting so I can sip it on my back porch, read some Sappho, and watch my laundry (freshly washed in my sink) dry.

HERE ARE SOME DUMB BIRDS!

HERE IS A CREEPY LADY!

March is National Woman's Month (or something. Maybe National Woman's History Month) so in celebration I sketched some portraits on vellum of my favorite authors, who all coincidentally are female!

Jeanette Winterson, my all time favorite author (she's got a thing for passion).

Angela Carter, another feminist author.

Sappho. Is there a pattern here?

Anais Nin. Yes, definitely a pattern.

Jillian Tamaki recommends keeping an ink-only sketchbook so I've decided to try it out. Alas, I've had the sketchbook for only a few days an only have a few pages left. I will hopefully getting another soon and might make a zine out of the sketches.

Weird couples

2010-03-02T18:13:00.000-08:00

Here are some weird couples that I drew today.

Quick drawings

2010-02-23T18:06:00.000-08:00

I miss the College Coffeehouse! I used to spend so much time (and money...) there while I was in high school and attending UAF. It's one of the few places in Fairbanks that's open until midnight, which made it a great place to hang out in 11th grade. It's so chill there and completely unpretentious!

Book Book Club....my book club lives on in memory.....

Adrift

2010-02-18T17:16:00.001-08:00

Lady Sea

Monster

2010-02-15T12:50:00.001-08:00

This came to me in a dream.

I'm still trying to figure out my new scanner and how NOT to make it screw up all the colors when I scan in something I've painted.

Cowgirls

2010-02-09T13:55:00.000-08:00

SO, this was SUPPOSED to go into the Foot In The Door show that the MIA is hosting, but when I went to drop it off, the line was incredibly long. People were warning that it would take at least two hours of waiting before getting to the front.

So I chickened out, got a grilled cheese instead, and decided to put this up on my ETSY. I feel kinda bad, because I REALLY would have loved to be a part of this show, but I also didn't want to spend that long in line.

I guess this means I'm not a very dedicated artist.

I'll still go to the opening though! The other work I saw while in line looked pretty sweet.

Hourlies!

2010-02-05T18:29:00.001-08:00

Took me awhile, but I have finally scanned my hourly comics. As you can see, near the end I lost my drive to finish them. I actually think there might be an hour missing somewhere.

More old things

2010-02-01T15:53:00.000-08:00

Doodles

Here is an old comic I forgot about. I'm sure it was going somewhere at the time but I can't remember now. It's drawn on tissue paper too. Fancy!

Doodle and information!

2010-01-27T14:56:00.000-08:00

So I'm digging owning a scanner so I can layer colors with my drawings. Here's something I've been playing with.

ALSO! Finally updated the 30 Day Picture Book Blog <---click! LINK! YAY!

Here's what's on it but you'll have to go to the actual WEBSITE to see what it's actually about.

Pleasure

2010-01-21T14:38:00.000-08:00

FINALLY got Photoshop working on my computer again! Anyways, here you go, a classic image of an older woman/witch seducing a young maiden (my favorite topic to draw!).

Old Comic

2010-01-19T18:03:00.000-08:00

I really liked the idea of this comic (but not how it actually turned out, very rushed job).

Anyways, still haven't gotten my new scanned up and running yet but hopefully will by tomorrow and I just MIGHT have some new work to show!

More Doodles

2010-01-06T01:19:00.000-08:00

The one in color was my New Years outfit! We went to a club, and I can't decide if that club was classy or skeezy.

Outfits

2010-01-03T23:20:00.001-08:00

Sketches from home

2009-12-29T20:37:00.000-08:00

Here are some sketches I did today!

Home!

2009-12-18T12:05:00.000-08:00

Here's a one-minute doodle:

I'm back home for the holidays. It's nice to see that some things never change.

That's me in 5th grade (and pretty much today...)

Art Sale Photos!

2009-12-11T12:19:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more art sale photos!

The painting is actually by Gwen Comings! I posed for it awhile back and it was awesome to see it in the main gallery at MCAD! I believe it's about...5 or 6 feet wide. Anyways, it's large. And, in my humble opinion, very beautiful. And I'm not just saying that because it's of me.

You know what I LOVE?

2009-12-08T10:12:00.000-08:00

Seeing my art up in other peoples houses!!
Thanks Alison for posting up photos of some pieces she bought from me from the MCAD art sale up on her blog <-link!

YAY! Thanks! Please visit her blog to see more photos (also, her blogs pretty cool).

Also, THIS adorable video features my poster on the side! Cooooool!

My old version of the princess poster (the screenprinted one...I should really make more of those) is hanging up at Ed's adorable and affordable apartment in Chicago! He also has two little paintings I did propped up against the window.

I had totally forgotten about those until now!

For Hannah

2009-12-04T08:24:00.001-08:00

I was going to wait to post these, but I figured I'll do them now while I have the time.

First, some more watercolors doodles. The one with the old lady was supposed to be wrapped by a dog with no head, just two tails, but I don't think it's clear.

And then here is Edward Cullen from Twilight in celebration of seeing New Moon later tonight!

Notice his single tear and the crazy fan in the background. I'm soooo excited to see this movie and will definitely be drinking throughout the whole movie. My next drawing should be of a Minneapolis Public Bus. Thanks ahead of time for the ride home!

Weird Day

2009-12-03T19:30:00.000-08:00

Today I had a shot of espresso with a dollop of foam. It was very tasty but caused a little bit of a caffeine rush. Here's some drawings that I did while I was jittery.

Dunno what this one's about. Have fun thinking about it though!

Here are some ladies from lookbook.nu, a fashion website that has some pretty fun outfits on it.

Goofing off

2009-12-01T17:05:00.000-08:00

Just playing around with photoshop and type. I need practice with both.

Poster

2009-11-25T08:56:00.000-08:00

Made this for Elyse awhile back...It worked too! She found her missing waterbottle!

ETSY!

2009-11-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

So I HAVE been drawing but I'm in Branson so no scanner! Instead I have been getting a head start on christmas shopping for my family and friends and I've been browsing my favorite online shop: Etsy! I really love this website, it's such an easy place to discover new artists and some of the art is really affordable and cool!

Here's some really cool shops I think people might be interested in checking out!

White Elephant Collective

They have really cute designs here and this robot wallet is my favorite. Only 8 bucks too!

Elista

UHG! So pretty! The shop is full of affordable prints of original papercuts!

Derrick Velasquez

I just think these journals are lovely. I'm digging how many colors they come in!

Erik Krenz

WHAT! Yes! Erik Krenz has an Etsy! And his work is always awesomeeeeee!

That's all. I have some piece for sale in the ART SALE this weekend and I'm pretty excited about hopefully selling somethings!

Ink

2009-11-15T13:04:00.000-08:00

An ink drawing! Also, I will be in Branson for a week!

Bookmark

2009-11-12T16:47:00.000-08:00

Art Sale!

2009-11-11T08:44:00.000-08:00

Here are some quick photos of some items I will be selling at the art sale! It'll be on November 20 and 21st! I will probably be wondering around the school at that time.

The Boy and the Rat

2009-11-05T09:44:00.000-08:00

Here's some illustrations I did for the art sale. They're 4x6 so very small! Ideas on how much I should charge for them (they'll be in a small glass frame) would be appreciated!

I imagine it's a story about a boy who travels with a rat to the underworld...for some reason. Anyways, I'M REALLY DIGGING THEM! Hope everyone else likes them too!

Yep Yay!

2009-11-01T08:59:00.000-08:00

First up: Happy Halloween! Hope everyone had a good ime dressing up and handing candy out to kids! I was a strawberry!

Next, I have more art up on my ETSY!! <---link! click click!

Third, and most awesome, is that my shop is being featured up on IndieFixx Galleria! Please check out the site HERE HERE HERE
Yep! I'm pretty excited to have it up! Here is a new picture for sale up on Etsy! Enjoy!

New up on Etsy!

2009-10-30T15:18:00.001-07:00

All up on my ETSY now! And expect another blog post tomorrow!

strawberry sketch

2009-10-26T14:16:00.000-07:00

Busy Day SUNDAY!!

2009-10-24T07:30:00.000-07:00

Hello All!

So Sunday is a super-dooper busy day for me. I start off by going to a comics panel for teens in the St. Paul Downtown Library. Come and visit if you want! Here is some info:

Comics Day at the Central Library!
Sunday, October 25, 2009: 1:30-4:30
* Comics Artists Panel: 1:30-2:15 Library Bookstore 1st Floor
Featuring: Tim Arney-O'Neil - http://www.taocomics.com
Anna Bongiovanni - http://www.annabongiovanni.com
Melissa S. Kaercher - http://www.tinlizardproductions.com
Aric McKeown & Lem Pew - http://blankitcomics.com
Michael May - http://michaelmay.blogspot.com
* How to Draw Manga Class: 2:15-2:55 Library Bookstore (1st fl.)
* Movie: One Piece: The Desert 3:00-4:30 4th Floor Meeting Room
* Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta (with Pocky and other snacks)

Location:
St. Paul Central Library
90 West 4th Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
For More Info: http://www.sppl.org/locations/central.html
651.266.7034

Notes:
* Open to all teens and their families.
* No registration required.

I'm excited! It reminds me of SES and my internship, and it always makes me happy when youngsters have an interest in art.
ALSO ON SUNDAY
MPLS Indie Expo is holding an informal meeting on Sunday to discuss the creating of a new comic con here in Minneapolis. They are asking for input, questions, volunteers, and the like.
Details:
Sweeney's Saloon Wine Bar (to the left of main entry)
96 N. Dale St, St. Paul
Sunday, October 25, 2:00-4:00 PM
I will try to be there after the panel, but will probably be late. :(

UHG! so text heavy!! I've been working on stuff for the MCAD Art Sale and some logos for my little sister's radio station at her University (get ready to see some rocking unicorns!)
For now all I have is this baby drawing on vellum which I took a photo of:

Anyways, these types of babies are really fun for me to draw but this one is REALLY REALLY creeping me out and I can't toss it, and I can't just shove it in a drawer somewhere (its a baaabbyyyy!) so hopefully maybe one of my loyal readers will want it? So it can stop haunting my desk....:(

After FallCon

2009-10-15T13:20:00.000-07:00

I had a BLAST at FallCon last weekend! Thank you for everyone who came by and said hi! I made some awesome trades and met some super cool people!
My newest poster, which was being sold there, is now up on my ETSY <--link!

Along with the new poster I also sold a mini comic featuring Penny and Kim. It features four awkward stories about them, here is the first. There are still some left if anyone didn't grab a copy and still wants one, let me know!

If adolescence has taught me anything, it's that nothing can cheer me up like someone else's misery. Still true today.

FallCon!

2009-10-09T13:13:00.001-07:00

FallCon is this weekend! I have a table which I'll be sharing with Evan Palmer and Christina Beard! Yayaya!

For sale I'll have my senior project, The Pure Bones, a few copies of The Princess Book (only a few so if you've been wanting to get some, get some NOW! I'm not sure I'll be making any more!), and the princess poster.

Some new work that I'll have will be four new short stories featuring Penny and Kim, awkward pre-teens on the verge of true teen-dom and all it entails (zits, boys, awkward conversations with parents).

I will also have a new poster, similar to the princess one, but featuring wild girls instead! They're chewing meat, waving around daggers, getting into fights, living off berries in the woods. Hopefully people will get as much of a kick out of them as I do!

FallCon is Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 am at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds! More info here: http://midwestcomicbook.com

It's been super nice being busy this past week! It takes my mind off the looming fact I still don't have a job...

Clothes

2009-10-04T10:28:00.000-07:00

It's Fall! And what I wear shows it as such. And for those that don't know, biking in the cold/rain SUCKS.

Wild Girls

2009-09-30T06:45:00.000-07:00

SO! Fall Con is coming up (more info on that later) and Evan Palmer and I are collaborating on new comic to be released there! It's about a group of small wild girls fighting a giant! It'll be awesome, trust me. We both brainstormed and thought up the idea then I actually wrote it up with some rough layout ideas and he's going to draw it! We're on a time crunch and Evan has to design 15-20 characters so I drew up these guys and named them last night. Now he can base them off these little dudes and the process will go much faster!

Also, I love all their names. That was the best part!

Pattern

2009-09-28T14:48:00.000-07:00

Responsibility

2009-09-25T15:32:00.000-07:00

Not sure if I should put this up on my Etsy or not. I think I'll just wait and sell it at the art sale.

Odosketch

2009-09-24T13:06:00.000-07:00

PRETTY FUN!

Bubbles the bubble!

2009-09-24T12:18:00.003-07:00

For some reason I think naming a bubble Bubbles is a really cute idea.

Probably for the same reason I think AppleBear Mc Wiggles is a good name for a dog.

Fox!

2009-09-22T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here is my fox! It's up on the 10,000 Foxes Project (number 113!). Check out the website, it's a pretty fun idea!

Lady and fish

2009-09-20T13:48:00.000-07:00

A blah day

2009-09-18T16:08:00.000-07:00

I feel icky/gross/lazy today.

Fishy

2009-09-15T14:18:00.001-07:00

He's happy!

Blobs

2009-09-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday

2009-09-10T10:31:00.000-07:00

The word is strong. I'm not exactly sure how this illustration fits, it's sort of more like fear (the opposite!). But I thought about getting over your fear/facing it even if you're not the bravest, and thats what I imagine this girl is doing.

Also! Three posts in one day!