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lemmy and zoot to scale

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:02:02 +0000

Project Lemmy and Zoot update! After a little back and forth, Lemmy and Zoot’s mom and me picked and fine tuned the couple from the drawings. I scanned and printed them out to the scale that the sculptures are going to be. Now I have a drawing to work from that is the right size!

Good night!

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:31:01 +0000

Good morning!

admin — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:12:42 +0000

sketching Lemmy and Zoot

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:11:10 +0000

Step 2 in my cat portrait comission: sketches. I filled a few pages with drawings but narrowed in on some favorite features pretty fast. Now I’m tweaking some details according to the cat mom’s specs. Then I’m ready to take it to the 3rd dimension!

meeting Lemmy and Zoot

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:21:02 +0000

And the cat theme continues! My friend Eryn, a great cat- and art-lover has commissioned me to do sculpture portraits of her two adorable cats Lemmy and Zoot. I went to meet the two and took some notes on their physical appearance as well as their character. They both have distinct personalities that are very different from each other (which makes my job easy!). Lemmy is long and thin and very shy. Chubby Zoot is extremely friendly, chatty and snuggly and has a funky tail. The two love each other. Eryn provided me with photos of her darlings and I’m going to start sketching. What a fun assignment!

cat month continues

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:08:19 +0000

I have some more kitties!

big big chad

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:00:26 +0000

I made some big ass letters for CHAD chats, the satirical power point presentations that Mykle is the father of. They were on the stage at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and looked great. Now, where to store them until the next CHAD chats?

my first class reading

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:15:14 +0000

I visited the 1st and 2nd grade students at Trillium Charter School for my first ever class reading. I had recently met their teacher Aron Nels Steinke, who is a fantastic cartoonist and illustrator himself and he invited me to see how my target audience would like the picture book that I have been working on. It was so fun! The kids had a lot of comments and questions. There were lively discussions about the price of ice cream, favorite flavors and about the height that a single cone could realistically be stacked with ice cream. It got even better when Aron asked the class to design the cover page for me, since I hadn’t done that part yet. I always adore kid’s art and they had some great ideas. I was also impressed by the visual detail they remembered from just the one reading. Amazing. Those kids are so lucky to have Aron as a teacher. I really think teachers should get paid a lot more for what they do for our children every day. Thank you teachers!

april is cat month

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:48:42 +0000

When I learned English at school they taught us the expression It’s Raining Cats and Dogs. I never heard anybody actually say that, but I wish they would. Maybe I’ll start using it myself. These kitties are life sized with real cat personalities somewhere between grumpy and smug. I’ll be selling them at Crafty Wonderland on May 11th, one day only.

I’m transatlantic!

admin — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:54:23 +0000

On my way to becoming a children’s book illustrator I just got one step closer. I am now listed on the Transatlantic Agency website! My wonderful agent Fiona Kenshole has joined forces with Transatlantic and we are off and running. I think that is quite fitting, since I am sort of Transatlantic myself. Can’t wait to see all the good things that will come my way! Thanks to Jule for taking that nice picture of me on one of our Sunday hikes! I made her take about 500.