bunny putto

Putti (or in this case putto) has to be my favorite art history term of all time and ever. It was pretty much the only thing that got me through my Baroque art history class in undergrad. (From Wikipedia: The putto (pl. putti) is a figure of a pudgy baby, almost always male, often naked and having wings, found especially in Italian Renaissance art. The figure derives from Ancient art but was "rediscovered" in the early Quattrocento. These images are frequently, and erroneously, confused with cherubs.)
From time to time I find myself doodling little bunny putto like this guy here. Not sure if it's technically a putto if it's not human. But it still makes me smile.

new characters?

So today I had this idea for a character wearing a paper bag mask. Essentially a bag head. Something about the monster-ish mask and the striped shirt really appealed to me. Maybe because I've been seeing so much Halloween stuff? Whatever the reason I took my initial sketch and worked on some more finished drawings and here they are for you to see. You can see that I tried to make them a little less creepy than my initial sketch (particularly the one in the dress). I like the weird factor, but not so much the creepy. The pair didn't scan so well for some reason. But you get the idea.

hello fall

I do believe fall is finally here. This last weekend was the autumnal equinox and today I broke out my puffy vest. Yay for fall!

Falling Slowly

So it's been a long while since I posted anything. Not to say that I have not been working, but life kind of took over for a while. Anyhoo... this is my latest commissioned piece. It's for a birthday gift for a friend of a friend who apparently loves Glen Hansard (who doesn't?) and so this is what I came up with. It's a pair of drawings that go together. I hope she likes it. I admit it's pretty silly. But I kind of like it all the more because of that.

Fun at the MCA

New pictures of projects from our fall season of classes at the MCA! Shrinky dinks! Yay for shrinky dinks! My sister and I used to have so much fun with Shrinky dinks. So many possibilities! And Perler beads. I never knew what these were called, but they definitely bring back memories. After doing these samples I am filled with ideas of how to use these old school arts and crafts to make some really cool stuff.

And who doesn't love a tote bag? Come screen print your own at the MCA this fall (Ok so this is a little bit of shameless self promotion, but I am really excited about all the classes we have this fall- check out the full listings here: http://mcachicago.org/)

CAKE!!!!

We are finally working on Spoke this weekend! Yay for cake! Fingers crossed we will have it done in a couple weeks. It is going to be so awesome there are going to be few words to describe the amazingness. Also I am working on setting up an Etsy account so I can sell my work online.

Does that make me crazy?

I can usually tell when I am stressed because the characters in my sketchbook and notes from meetings all start to look a little crazy:





This little crazy guy is the result of me trying to draw a monkey for a friend. Apparently I have a really hard time drawing monkeys, because this looks more like a bush baby or maybe a kinkajou. Or a weird bear with a tale. I'm not sure, but I kind of like how he turned out- even if he doesn't really look like a monkey. I realize in my last post there was a drawing of the king of the spider monkeys. I guess he looks vaguely more like a monkey- but I am convinced that doodle was a fluke.