Slow & Steady

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

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.

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^)

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^

Hello

Just finished another pattern. It started as a doodle and I liked it so much that I turned it into a bigger drawing.

^Here it is in progress^

^close up^

^The finished main square^

After I finished the main square I split it up in photoshop, printed it out, and filled in the remaining parts to make it repeat seamlessly. Then I scanned it in again and lined up that part to the main square.

It wasn't looking right with full blown color so I decided just to color the lines.

Shrinky Dinks rock!

The first years had a pizza party for the second years this past thursday(as a thank you for the one they threw us in the beginning of the year and a great excuse to relax and stuff ourselves). As a little gift to each person, we each made a Shrinky Dink.

^Here's my sketch on the left and the start of my Shrinky Dink on the right.^

^finished Shrinky Dink^

After I finished drawing it, Nina collected all of our finished drawings and baked them in her toaster oven.

^final baked Shrinky Dink (sandwhiched between Joana's comics piece and

John Malta's cactus)

randomness

Here is a random sketch I did while waiting in Penn station. I never really liked drawing in ball point pen until now. I started because I forgot my pencils at home once and it was the only thing to draw with.
As i mentioned before, this summer I had an internship (a very cool one at that). I interned in the media division at Scholastic. It was the the best experience ever. I was able to work on actual projects the entire time, such as packaging for audio cds. I will also be getting samples of the projects I worked on...YAY!!! I love samples. The team I worked with was so wonderful. They were very helpful and everyone I encountered was extremely nice (we also had cupcakes on a few occasions..and if there's anything i love more than blueberry muffins it's cupcakes).

If you ever have a chance to do an internship go for it....there is no such thing as a bad internship.