Frog and Mouse

Sketches from my "Frog and the Mouse" book dummy. Every year the seniors Book Illustration class make picture book versions of traditional folk songs. This year we're doing an old English version of "The Frog and the Mouse". In which a frog and a mouse court, marry and through a big party with lots of food.

salvaged item: Monkey Ballerina

Item type: stuffed animal
Obtained through: moving out day salvage.
Modifications: removed t-shirt with company logo printed on it added home made tutu and bow.
Current Use: decoration. It looks really cute with my other dolls :)
Notes: I got the material for the tutu at a church yard sale. I was volunteering there and the woman in charge said I could take home as much crafts material as I wanted since they weren't selling too well anyway.

salvaged item : pink plastic crate

Item type: two pink Yaffa brand storage containers.
Obtained through: moving out day salvage.
Current Use: shoe rack
Notes: Found lying by the dumpster on moving out day at U.H. dorm. It seems like about half of the junk that gets left behind on moving out day falls under the category "plastic container"

Dinner at my parent's house.

Quiet day

The top of my roommate's dresser. She had this idea to open up a tea shop. I think if she ever does I'll help with decorations.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Ok, everybody Listen up!
October is Breast Cancer awareness month. Serious business jah? This is a message to everyone out there who wants to buy key chains, snacks, toys, shoes or any other amount of various stuffs with little pink ribbons attached. It's great that you care about cancer patients, it's heartening that corporations know you care about cancer patients. But in all honesty their main job is to sell you Barbie dolls and yogurt, not provide health care and research to help people suffering from serious illness. In actuality a sizable portion of your purchase will go toward making more little trinkets with cute pink ribbons. So do your homework! Find a legit charity that benefits breast cancer patients and send them a check. No you won't get an adorable teddy bear or delicious fat free yogurt, but that wasn't the important part anyway.

... uhhh

I had a lot to do today. And this weekend will be busy too. So I'm spending tonight staring off into space.
Oh and J came over for hot chocolate. He's a pretty awesome guy and we should hang out more but he forgot to take my phone number when I wrote it down for him.
I also saw some cute raccoons on the walk back home. It was over by this little stream that connects to the Hog river. Three of them, a mom raccoon and two kits, ran across the path right as I was going by. I guess they were trying to escape the rising water level. It's been raining all afternoon.
I like it though. Rain is relaxing and the cold didn't bother me too much because I had my wool coat and the scarf that Mom knitted for me. I actually really love the fall, when everything is just winding down and getting quieter and colder everyday. there's a peacefulness to it. Especially when you can stay inside through the worst of the rain.

24 hour illustration

here it is again after another evening of photoshop.

Me, wearing leg warmers,in the met, with a head cold.

yeah that's pretty much it

Figure Models in Clay

yes it's been a while since I posted any naked ladies. This one is a study from a figure modeling class

Advertising illustration project 1 "winter carnival"