Giant powdered wig

I have been developing a bit of an obsession with ladies with big powdered wigs lately. Maybe it's all those commercials for the Marie Antoinette movie that were airing not too long ago. Maybe I'll develop this into an illustration for Cinderella, or some other fairy tale.

I Shop Indie Gift Guide - buy handmade for the holidays!

With Black Friday fast approaching (the day after Thanksgiving), I wanted to post about the new I Shop Indie Gift Guide!

Instead of the rampant consumerism that characterizes Black Friday, consider buying handmade this holiday season. The I Shop Indie gift guide has gift suggestions for Guys, Girls, Mom and Dad, Coworkers, and more!

Illustration site back up!

My illustration site was down for a few days (stupid webhost!), but it's back up and running again.

New purses!

I just finished a whole slew of new bags which will be posted to the website soon!

Manga version of Pride and Prejudice

Whoa. There's a manga version of Pride and Prejudice coming out in 2007. Here's the preview:
http://mentacle.rusticeye.com/PAGES/artpages/pride&prejudice.html

Pride and Prejudice, pages 12 - 14

The next installment of the saga. I know it's a bit hard to read, so I recommend looking at it over at Flickr:

Spot illustrations

Nutrition can be fun! Just finished this illustration project for a nutrition chart.

Girls' Revolutionary Army Paintings

Here are two of my paintings in the Girls' Revolutionary Army series. I just recently put them up on our website.

Spam is weird

Not spam the food product, but spam the email, although spam the food product is equally weird.

But, here's something I've never seen before: Pride and Prejudice spam! I just got this in my email. Of course there was some mysterious attachment. This is the text of the email, in which there are vaguely recognizable phrases from P&P, all jumbled up in a totally incoherent manner. Is this just to make it past spam filters? But then, I ask you, why would I be compelled to open a strange attachment associated with this email? The answer is, I won't, which is why I am boggled as to the efficacy of such a bizarre spam scheme. At least I enjoyed reading this spam message. It's like a puzzle - spot where this sentence comes from in the book!

"assured her that darcy was not less answerable for wickham's absence than if her first surmise had
elizabeth felt that they had entirely misunderstood his character, but said nothing.
dispatched, and its contents as quickly complied with. mrs. bennet, accompanied by her two youngestdared not believe it, and could not help saying so.

elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention! were the same fair
"i will not trust myself on the subject," replied wickham; "i can hardly be just to him."business. on finding mrs. bennet, elizabeth, and one of the younger girls together, soon after
arise in six months!"
but the attention of every lady was soon caught by a young man, whom they had never seen"most willingly."
as soon as they entered, bingley looked at her so expressively, and shook hands with such
"i am afraid you do not like your pen. let me mend it for you. i mend pens remarkably well.""which do you mean?" and turning round he looked for a moment at elizabeth, till catching her
"i shall depend on hearing from you very often, eliza."discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from clapham. it had come with a fare
"that is capital," added her sister, and they both laughed heartily."both," replied elizabeth archly; "for i have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our

Tosa and Lix

Those lovable scamps Tosa and Lix are back, in their 4th installment, "Look Who's Gone Bananas!" In this riotously funny, laugh-out-loud adventure, Tosa and Lix discover the inconveniences of having a chimp in their lives!

Quiet! Illustration

Are you ready to rock???

I made a little 8 page book the other day. Here's two of the two-page spreads from it.

Opening at Nancy

So, remember those girl scout paintings? There's an opening at Nancy on this Friday, October 6th from 6 - 9 pm. Come see it! I'll be there!

Nancy
1930 2nd ave Seattle WA 98101

Tantrum Illustration

Chemistry

Baseball illustration

Just finished this, not sure if I like it.

Illustration Friday - Change

Alright, so I missed last week's I-Friday topic. But, here it is anyway, one day late...

Girl Scout Paintings at Nancy

Three girl scout paintings are now up at Nancy, a new store down on 2nd Avenue in Seattle. It's right next to the Moore Theater.

Illustration Friday - Farm

Here's this week's illustration for Illustration Friday "Farm". I am trying to round out my illustration portfolio for children's work in a more consistent style.

Dragon kite

Here's another children's illustration portfolio piece that I just completed.