New beginnings

Sooooo a lot has happened since I've been M.I.A. The past few months have been chock full of changes. They've all been good changes...stressful, but good. Here's a list of the big five. I'll talk about specifics in another post.

1)My classmates and I had our thesis show

Me and the hubby in front of a few of my pieces.

2) Graduated with my masters degree from SVA

The lighting in the theatre was super red :/

3) Moved to Fairbanks Alaska (two days after graduation... Talk about stressful).

This is a shot of Mountains along one of the highways in Anchorage.

4) Celebrated my 24th birthday

We did A LOT of things on my birthday including mini golf.

5) and began quilting.

One block from the quilt i'm working on.

Figure painting

Here's a work in progress. It's from session 1 of a three session painting. I'm really diggin this piece so far. It reminds me of sherbert (in a good way). Is that weird?

im back

I've been MIA for a bit bc I've been super swamped with work and lately haven't been very good at multitasking. Not to worry, I will soon remedy that. I have a lot to post, so I will start from the most recent. This past semester I began my thesis project. I'm doing a children's book about a rather unique alligator named Larry. Here's some progress photos of one of the spreads.

Slow & Steady

Finished the drawings for a new pattern. Working on the color as we speak.

2011 SVA Book Show

The opening reception for our book show is tonight...very exciting. We hung it last week. It was quite an event :

Say hi Marshall!.. Carl and Becca in the back working on layout. Cecilia's piece is on the wall

figuring things out (Dasha's art work to the left and Li Pei's to the right)

Rafa helping Tony D. hang an awesomely gihugic print

Checking out some of the finished books

 

 

 

Cecilia helping Nina position her prints.

Mini Notebooks

Here are a couple of photos of some mini sketchbooks a few weeks ago.

From The Depths

As of late I have been making a lot of different things, but of course I get so excited that I start a new project before posting about the one I just finished. I guess I shall begin at the most recent project and work my way back. I just finished this new (and rather tedious) pattern. My hand will be cramped up for the next few days, but it's completely worth it.

Happy Birthday to Me :)

Today's my birthday and i spent it making a cool drawstring back pack. I used a bit of the two yards that I ordered of the Open UP pattern I created. I got really into it, so there aren't any process photos. I will be making more bags though. Very excited.

You Can Dream

I was craving those orange Popsicles with the vanilla ice cream in the middle (i know them as Dreamsicles...but i could have just made that up), which then turned into a new pattern..I never did satisfy my craving. Oh well...maybe next time.

(^random scribbles..trying to figure things out. Couldn't get this picture to stay rotated for anything. Ugh.^)

(^finished drawing on the right^)

Book Show

We just got word of the dates of the book show for the books we started in Marshall and Carl's class this past semester. Instead of revealing all, I'll just wait to post the e-vite when we get that sent to us. Anywho... my book is about a little girl who is terrified of three porcelain dolls she was given and how she overcomes that fear. Here's a sneak peak:

Fabric Fun

A few weeks ago I ordered fat quarter fabric samples of my two most recent pattern designs (which i uploaded to Spoonflower.com). They came in this past week and I'm soooo happy with how they printed. The colors look great!

^Open Up! fabric sample^

^Gone Fishing sample^

^Gone Fishing close up^

Open Up! (vote for this pattern in the Imaginary Animals spoonflower contest)

Just finished a new pattern it started off as a random doodle on a long drive to Rochester, Ny.

^first few drawings in my sketchbook^

^beginnings of the final drawing^

After i drew the main piece, i scanned it in, split it up in photoshop, printed it out, and then drew some more to fill in the middle.

^Here is a small square of the finished pattern :)^

I posted this pattern in this week's spoonflower contest for imaginary animals...vote for me!
The pattern is called Open Up by call_me_chartreuse.
(they should be posted today or tomorrow).

Gone Fishing

I've been obsessed with drawing fish lately...which spilled over into a new pattern.

^close up before color^

^color version^

^white on black version with a few slight color changes^

Oziana Magazine

The Wizard of Oz cover I created last year was used as the 2009 cover of the Oziana Magazine, a magazine dedicated to all things Wizard of Oz. I just received a copy of the double issue (2009/2010) and it looks great. You can view the cover at John Bell's (edior of OZIANA from 2004 - 2010) here: Oz and Ends: Oziana 2009 Touches Down at Last

kykuit

This past friday for drawing on location we went to Kykuit. It's in Tarrytown and is a part of the Rockefeller Estate. They didn't allow us to go inside the house and it was pretty chilly for most of the day, but even so, it was absolutely beautiful. I had a great time roaming about.