Back from vacation!

We spent two weeks in Italy - in Rome, Florence, and Vernazza (in the Cinque Terre), and now are back and recovering from jetlag. Here's a few drawings I did, mostly in Vernazza, where we had the most time to sit and draw.

ArtGhost is on vacation

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are taking a short break and will be on vacation from July 12th - 28th. Any orders placed during that time will be shipped after we return.

Show at Essential Baking Cafe

We just put up a show at the Essential Baking Cafe in Wallingford/Fremont:

Essential Cafe Wallingford (The Essential Bakery Cafe)
1604 North 34th St
Seattle, WA 98103

It will be up through August. Go see it if you are in the area. Another reason to go is the bakery's amazing cinnamon rolls. Seriously, the best cinnamon rolls I have ever had. They have lots of yummy, yummy food there!

:::HEY! STUMPYTOWN:::

I just came across this blog though Illustrtion Friday and it's full of really great artwork. I especially like the Florence and Paris sketchbooks. Also, her characters are super cute.
:::HEY! STUMPYTOWN:::

atomic yente

I recently finished illustrating the blog header for Atomic Yente:
atomic yente

Head Like a Kite T-Shirts

If:
a) you are a girl, and
b) you want a t-shirt designed by ArtGhost, and
c) you enjoy indie rock,

Then go get a Head Like a Kite T-Shirt:
http://www.headlikeakite.com/

They're super cute! And possibly your only chance to get an ArtGhost image on a piece of clothing, since we don't produce t-shirts!

A couple more paintings

These are two paintings that were at our show at ArtStar:

Some of Eric's pieces

Some of Eric's newer paintings... he loves robots.

More little paintings

Here's some more of my little paintings:

I Shop Indie

We are part of a really cool advertising collective called I Shop Indie. The idea behind it is that indie craft businesses can pool their advertising dollars to purchase ads that they couldn't afford on their own. The result is a website that is a hub for independent designers, and consumers can click through to individual designers' websites. In the end, consumers benefit from being exposed to a greater choice of goods than they would otherwise, and are also exposed to an alternative to mass produced goods.

This is one of the reasons that the indie business community is so great. Not only are designers creative in the products that they make, but in their overall approach to business. The community is constantly coming up with new ways to spread the word about their businesses, and doing it in a collective, mutually supportive manner.

Anyhow, that's my plug for indie businesses everywhere.

Little paintings

I was going to upload 8 images of paintings that I recently finished, but as I have the slowest internet connection in the world, here are a just a couple. More to follow. This is a little acrylic painting on wood, about 6 x 7 inches.

The new adventures of Tosa and Lix, episode 3

That lovable Tosa and Lix are back, in the third installment of their epic comic saga.

Liz Wong Illustration

So, I just created a new website for my illustration stuff: Liz Wong Illustration. I was hoping to get LizWong.com, but unfortunately with a name like Liz Wong, it's unlikely. Maybe if my name was Gladiolus Humperdinck, I could get gladiolushumperdinck.com, but then I might have some other issues to deal with as well.

The Adventures of Tosa and Lix, episode one and two

The new adventures of Tosa and Lix!
Episode One:

Episode Two:

Alice in Wonderland

I'm re-learning perspective. Here's a little Alice inspired perspective illustration.

Illustration Friday - Spring

It's our first spring out in the suburbs, and birds start chirping at an insane hour of the morning. I always used to love birds, but I guess that was when I didn't acutally have any around. Still, the birds are much better than drunk people outside yelling at 2 in the morning, and construction at 7 am. Yeah, I guess I'll take the birds.

Illustration Portfolio

We have finally gotten our illustration portfolio posted on ArtGhost; it has a slant towards children's books:
Artghost.com/Illustration

More monsters

Aw, cyclops... he's a cute little fella!



Whatever you do, do not sit next to this guy at a bar. You'll never escape; he has a million stories about his old seafaring days.

Monster and clown

More fun with photoshop.

Sometimes life is hard