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Three More Cats
More cats! We’ve got The Cheshire Cat (from Alice in Wonderland of course), Luna from the anime Sailor Moon, and my cat Hailey. I let myself go a little crazy with the colors for The Cheshire Cat, I’ll admit. I always loved him in the books and in the movies. Luna (looking a little annoyed, maybe because a certain Sailor Scout isn’t paying attention to what she’s saying?) was also fun to paint. I loved watching Sailor Moon as a kid so I tried to keep the coloring the same as in the show, hence the reddish eyes. And finally Hailey. She’s the queen of our house and is the sweetest, softest little ball of fluff, but don’t let looks fool you. She’s also crazy, always trying to lick my hair (“No Hailey, I don’t need a bath right now”), or suffocate me with her butt in my sleep. 
Two Cats and Some Mushrooms
Sorry it’s been a bit quiet around here, but now I’m back! With more cats! On top we have internet sensation Maru. If you’ve not seen any of the videos of him playing with boxes (of any kind) then you haven’t really lived. It’s definitely one of the cutest things you’ll see. On the bottom we have my cat P.D. He is the absolute sweetest and best cat ever (at least in my eyes.) And on the very bottom after the break is a painting I did for my dad for his birthday today. It’s some Boletus Edulis, commonly known in English as a penny bun or Porcino mushroom (or as a steinpilz in German.)
A Couple of Cats
Hello all! After finishing the last round of bigger paintings I’d been working on, I’ve now moved on to a series of smaller pieces that I have plans for. It involves doing paintings of cats that I like from all over the place, like books and movies and real life. I’m thinking it’ll become a little zine or booklet of some kind. I’ve started with Frank and Louie, the longest living Janus cat and Mogget, from the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix. He is by far my favorite cat character from a book (or in this case series.)
The Wallpaper Lady
First new piece of 2012! This is actually something I started back in October (I think?) that I kinda had to put to the side for a little while because I was working on other things. But now I finally finished it! This one is based on that feeling you get sometimes when you’re around a lot of people but you just kinda wish you could blend into the wall and disappear. You know, that socially awkward feeling. Anyway, below is the usual process photos and an explanation of the valuable lesson I learned about how not to paint a lot of wallpaper pattern. Read more »
Books for Christmas: A Round-Up
Anybody who knows me knows that I love books. Like a lot. If I could live in a library I would do it in half a heartbeat. So it’s no surprise that I got a lot of books for Christmas. I got a couple of novels, but for the most part all the others were art related in some way. Since I love talking about books almost as much as I like reading them, I thought I’d share a couple of them. Let’s take a look, shall we?
1. Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life by Todd Oldham.
I’d previously only seen this book in the large, coffee table size, but my brother got me this “Fun Sized” edition (that’s how I’ve been referring to it). This is an amazing body of work, containing illustrations of everything that you could possibly think of, from animals to humans and everything in between. There is an elegant simplicity to how he worked that really amazes me. Read more »
Book Project
Finally! I’m happy to present the project that I’ve been working on since the middle of October. As I’ve previously mentioned, it’s a 13 page story set in my German hometown of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It’s the story of a brother and a sister who don’t want to go outside, they just want to sit around and watch T.V. Their parents eventually force them to go sledding which they end up enjoying so much that they want to go again the next day. There’s some really cool stuff that’s going to happen with this that I’ll write more about as it gets worked out, but for now please enjoy the pictures and I hope you all have wonderful holidays!
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Snippets
First blog post in a while! I’m still here! I’ve been working hard on this project for a while now and I’m close to being done with it. I like to take a lot of pictures while I’m painting so I thought I’d share some of these little snippets until the whole thing is done. A lot of these kinds of pictures show up on my twitter, so even if I’m not updating my blog very often, that’s the place to go to see pictures of what I’m currently working on (as well as my usual ramblings.) More pictures after the jump! Read more »
Princess Thounsand Furs: Part 2
Princess Thousand Furs: Part 2 (2011, Acrylics on Illustration Board, 13 X 18)
Alright, here we have part two in my ongoing series. After hiding in the forest the Princess is found by the King of a neighboring country who is out hunting and mistakes her for an animal. He takes her back to his palace and gives her a job in the kitchens. One day there was a great ball and Thousand Furs (after asking the cook if it was alright to go and take a look) cleaned herself up, took out her dress as golden as the sun and snuck in. No one recognized her because of her fine cloths and after dancing with the King she vanished back to the kitchens, much to the King’s disappointment. I’ve got a nice little close up of the dress right this way… Read more »
Princess Thousand Furs: Part 1 Process
A while back I finished this piece as a part of projected 4 part series to illustrate the story of Princess Thousand Furs. I’m currently working on the second part, so I thought I do a process post for this one. Read more »