Auld Lang Syne

In about 7 hours here in Loveland, we'll be ringing in the new year. And we finally got some real snow on the ground too. In honor of the coming new year, I pieced together a meme from good ol' deviant art that summarizes my art through this past year. It was fun to think about. I did more traditional work than ever before I think because I was so technologically cut off, and have horrible representations of it because of my lack of scanner for awhile. Two pieces are lost to the world somewhere. I hope someone kept them, or found them so they can be enjoyed and aren't getting mashed into nothing in a landfill somewhere.

My resolutions for the year are to eat better, lose weight (like everyone on earth except my boyfriend with his freak metabolism), run the Boulder Boulder and the Philadelphia 8K in the fall, and be an established tattoo artist by next year as well as a more established freelance illustrator. And finish my murder mystery comic. It's going to be good if I ever finish beyond the first page -.-;

I hope all of you have great new year's resolutions with the intentions on keeping them, high hopes for improvement across the U.S, especially economically, and for a better state of the world in every coming year. Enjoy your parties, I'll be drinking some homemade martinis and hot chocolate, enjoying the snow and evening with my family.

Happy New Year!

Dumb like a Moose, Dib! Dumb like a Moose!

This project has allowed me way too many opportunities to quote invader zim. I just sent this guy off to the AD for review. I'm pretty happy with it, plus it's a very appropriate subject for my new landscape. I don't think I draw enough animals in my life. It also helped me discover that I really need to start working at a desk. I have a side cramp...seriously. I'm just glad to be picking up work again now that I'm out here.

What is Narg Up To?

I hope everyone's holiday was great and wonderful. I received a sewing machine and pasta maker along with a cupcake recipe book so i can become the room mother I've always been meant to be when I have kids.

The end of this year is proving to be quite busy. I am working with a new design firm called design moose and they want their logo/branding design ready for production by the first of the year. There's also a bike website I'm in the running for doing and my mock up needs to be in by the 7th. Dead Men Walking is set to be relaunched with my art work (which is not quite done yet) by the 6th I believe, plus I have an interview coming up in the next week or two....and i need to finish my new portfolio for that right now. Phew! I guess when it rains it pours, but I'm not complaining. I'm glad I haven't had a deadline laid on me for the fitness trainer site yet, but the business hasn't really decided what they want to do with it, just that they want me to do it.

I just sent my sketches out for Design Moose so I'm ready to start working on my next project in the interm, but someone got me a puzzle for christmas as well which I became addicted to immediately. I love puzzles...and it's of candy...o.o
For now though, I need to hit the gym for an hour to make sure all those delicious cookies I made don't make my new year a fat one.

Happy Solstice to All!

Also Merry Christmas, again.

So I just finished another creative christmas project. I worked on some coasters, a set of 9, for my aunt's boyfriend as a christmas present. I'm pretty ok with how they turned out, especially the recipe sides. I was surprised about which ones I liked the best we all was said and done. I've got some pictures if the whole set as well as the three I liked the best in detail.




That means I'm freed up to concentrate on redesigning that blog and some other projects. Also, having my sweet new set up means I can revamp my website pretty soon and my twitter, which I'm pretty psyched on.

I also added some links in the side bar of other places around ye olde internet where you can find me, such as facebook, deviantart and twitter. I would like it very much if you followed me in every single one of those places. I demand followers.

I had my first stand up bass lesson today as well. Super fun. I slap some bass big time.

Merry Christmas, Bitches!

Tis the Season and all that. Above you will see my design for the christmas card I'm sending out this year. Definitely feeling a little homesick for philadelphia out here in colorado. It's also the first picture I've ever done completely digitally. Full digital painting in photoshop cs5 with my little bamboo tablet. I did it totally professionally too, with a bleed and everything. Like a real adult artist!

Here's how it works all laid out like a card:
I like it quite a bit.

As for my professional life as an artist, I'm still mainly doing personal stuff. I'm working on my portfolio, a new promo card, and some story ideas. Plus I have a creative project for christmas. I'm making coasters for my aunt's boyfriend. I got the idea from an assignment the design track had to do when I was in college for illustration. I was in the digital track so I only saw the end results but everybody here likes to drink, in the way of being really into wine or whiskey like people are into coffee. The idea is illustrate the drink on one side and give instructions on the back. I have ten drinks and I'm doing pretty basic color schemes so hopefully I'm not killing myself doing it.

I have two jobs right now working freelance. I'm designing a website for a fitness trainer and I'm helping to illustrate an up and coming blog. The blog is in the blog fiction genre and it's about the zombie apocolypse and takes place in philadelphia. Here's a link to it's current state: zombie blog I'll repost the link when it's relaunched with my art, which it desperately needs. But both projects are going to take place after the holidays most likely. Right now it's just me and whatever I want....and also wrapping presents until I die.