I SURVIVED THE HOLIDAYS

I just thought you would like to know. I would like to thank everyone who purchased my work over the holidays. I am truly appreciative.

STUDIO 566 was rather prolific over the break and will share the product of said pictorial prolificness with abundant prolixity. My current class is another portfolio class. Yes, ANOTHER portfolio class. The course description should read:

This is the course that you gather all of the projects you put hundreds of hours worth of blood sweat and tears into that other professors deemed  “portfolio ready” only to find that this professor doesn’t like ANY OF IT.

ART STUDENT OWL

FAN MAIL!

"I was just shopping for holiday cards and came across several designs I really liked. And then I linked to your store and found out that most of the designs I liked best were by YOU. Your work is awesome! Especially the rabbit stuff!! I will buy some. :)"

I blushed. Then I laughed maniacally. I'm not sure what that was about.






I HAVE ARRIVED

I must thank God for the politics of my city. It allows for wonderful editorial illustrations and a real life pay check. 

The city's X Mayors (Jack Ford and Carleton S. Finkbeiner, respectively) formed a united front against the current Mayor. Personally, I have no idea why anyone would want to be Mayor of Plywood City, Ohio -- but who am I to judge.

REMEMBER, THE ARTISTS ARE FIRST TO DIE IN THE REVOLUTION.

AROUND THESE HERE TOLEDO
There are a few things around this grand town that just defies explanation. . . and yet, these are the things that the Mayors fight to mayor over and then complain about how each other mayored over it.





I am not sure what role a blow-up kiddie pool plays on an abandoned factory site, but I am so glad our tax dollars went to pay for the yellow slide. That yellow slide sure brightens up the landscape.

Some people feel that the libraries should be given more city funding. Perhaps someone should inform those in charge of the libraries that the furniture goes INSIDE the building--I should write city council with that savings tip.

OH... WHAT TO DRAW… WHAT TO DRAW…
As I watch the insane world all around me, just about anything will inspire… well… just about anything (note editorial illustration and photos above). I hardly used my sketchbook over the break. I do NOT suggest that. Always be jotting notes/images in your sketchbook. My sketchbook was unavailable to me as I would have had to have gotten off the couch to get it. Hey... I was on vacation.  

ARTIST IN REPOSE

CROWS
This crow mocks me whenever I leave my house. As soon as I set foot outside he is there Cawing. As I walk to the parking lot, he flies overhead. He will sit in the tree tops or in the neighbors yard and laugh at my life.

THIS:

I MOCK YOUR LIFE

BECAME THIS:

HE LOOKS SO SMUG

STILL, HE MOCKS

AEROPLANES
Walking along in one of the fancier hotels of these here Toledo, Ohio (no hookers or homeless to speak of) – I spied with my little eye: a paper airplane. In a 4th story window. Across from a balcony. No, I did not put it there.

ANTHROPOLOGISTS WILL ONE DAY WONDER AT THIS

WHEN BUNS ATTACK

CRAZY RABBIT

SHE TASTES EVERYTHING -- INCLUDING THE PAINT WATER

INK/WATERCOLOR ON CANVAS

THE REST OF THE STORY:
Remember the project "LUST"? I finally completed it. It is for sale on products also. Here is the final tentacled beauty...

MOM?

AND NOW THE BUNNIES OF 566

THIS ABOUT SUMS IT UP

BUNNY OF NEGATIVE SPACE

THEY LEFT ME PRESENTS TOO!

BAH-DUM-DUM! TSSSSSSSS.

OH THE HUMANITY!!
INSPIRED BY THE SYFY CLASSIC: SNOWMAGEDDON
(NOTICE THE SNOW GLOBE)

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS GOOD!
DON'T SHAKE THAT SNOW GLOBE!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
OH THE HUMANITY!!!!






CRAZY

MYSTERIOUS A



Based on a woman I knew in high school who is quite the writer/photographer and even has a PhD in science... she is a true Renaissance woman. Her name begins with "A" and the scarlet is no play on Nathanial Hawthorn. In fact, I loathed that book. Of course, upon looking back, perhaps I should have marked it "A+."

DRANO CAT

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I crack myself up.



NEW GAME!
The website www.thesmokinggun.com now features a “time waster” game where the viewer matches various things to the mug shot.  I spent part of my holidays researching this game. I did well with crimes, nicknames and charges.  Finally, it pays off to have trailer park coursing through my veins!

THIS GAME IS RATED:

SPEAKING OF TRAILERS: MY SIMS UPDATE

Just chillaxin with the bun in my underwear, pink chucks and hat... in the snow... next to my gazing ball on a pedestal (I call it ODE TO THE CHROME BALL)... thinkin' 'bout art n stuff.

LOOK MA!
NO HANDS!

What is he doing to her????










THE END

WHO DO YOU ♥?

The sirens were all aflutter today for a tornado warning here in these Toledo, Ohio. I was cowering in the downstairs bathroom with 2 bunnies, 1 laptop and a box of tampons. In the time that we were waiting for the air to clear, I scrubbed the floor. This is the glamorous life of a freelance illustrator/designer. Don't be hatin'.

BARBIE ♥ SCREECH OWLS
Here is the latest project sneaking through the cracks of Studio 566. 

WHO DO YOU LOVE?

The screech owl is in its red phase. I’m not sure what “the red phase” is exactly, but if it is anything like peri menopause, I sympathize. She is probably sitting in her tree hating the rest of owldom, wondering about all the choices she made in her owl life. She wonders why the hell she stays up all night and sleeps all day. 

Did you know that in some middle and far eastern cultures, the owl is a sacred guardian of the afterlife, ruler of the night, a seer and keeper of souls transitioning from one plane of existence to another.
Want to know more? http://www.macrameowl.com/owl_symbolism.html

Having said that, allow me whore myself yet one more time.
Gifts and prints are available at: The_Bunny_Stop - WHO DO YOU LOVE?

As seen on http://escapefromillustrationisland.com

WTF???? (I CAN’T TYPE THE AMOUNT OF QUESTION MARKS THIS NEEDS)

Seriously, WTF? A word of caution: you will either need to smoke a cigarette or take a shower (or both) after viewing. I felt dirty. I had to view it several times before the feeling went away. I shudder to think about whom the demographic is...

BUNNY  ♥  KITTY
Not only are the actions of the bun pretty realistic, the kitty’s brown eye alone kept me cracking up.

Speaking of which, here is a product to cover your pet's embarassing asterix: ( * )

Gotta have the pine tree!

♥ SMALL ANIMAL SQUEE!
As if it isn’t enough I want one of those small giraffes featured in fine American television advertisement, now I could spend a good 5 solid minutes watching this. Maybe I already have. Don’t judge. This is living proof that size DOES matter...

Bahahahahahahahhahaha!

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! This seriously KILLS me!

ILLUSTRATION ♥ SEGMENTATION
This tutorial really peaked my interest. I am considering taking the plunge with one of my raging bunnies utilizing this method. It is odd in that these post modern styles rarely really catch my attention. (I am trying to sound graphically educated here). Post Modern Hippies. Get a real job.If I had a nickle for everytime I heard that, I wouldn't have to work at all!

But I digress...
Here is the illustraion tutorial:

http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=935

 

I ♥ ME

My Childhood

During the most important work of Vanity Googling, I found this signature.

This is not my signature.

This IS my signature.

I can spell

This is the signature of a serial killer.

But I digress...
I was excited to be labeled a “highly gifted seller” on Zazzle.


As it turns out, Zazzle states that about EVERYONE who has a store.  Now, I feel so cheap.

This is NOT me although it IS PENNY COLLINS:

She refers herself to PENOGRAPHY. I wish I would have thought of that.

This IS me:


I gained 40 pounds since then. I guess it is time to diet. Or take photos from the waist up only. Or take photos of me standing behind various pieces of furniture.

MY SKETCHBOOK
Including one of the more bizarre products of my sketchbook is becoming a tradition for this blog. So here is another sketch from the most dangerous place on earth: MY SKETCHBOOK. (See what I did there? Aren't I clever?)

MEDUSA

Isn't she a beaut?