sleeping beauty

It's funny to think that ten years ago I drew exclusively with a mechanical pencil.
So much has changed since then. I was reluctant to ever go to art school, because I liked saying I was self-taught, and I was afraid art school would destroy my style and force me to draw like everyone else. This was a legitimate concern because there is a definite difference in works done by someone with an art degree and someone without. After art school, that difference is more apparent to me, and boy, am I glad I decided to go! I definitely do not feel like "they" diluted my "natural talent." On the contrary, I feel like the education has increased my skill and medium versatility and improved my artistic practice.

I'm such an art snob...

turtles all the way down

We have started to address our lack of card selection. We have cards for the major card holidays, but relatively few for other important moments, like when you just want to tell someone that you appreciate them.

This one was obviously inspired by Hindu mythology.
The world rests on the back of an elephant standing upon the back of a turtle.
The question, then, is what does the turtle stand upon? The answer, evidently, is a turtle, and that turtle rests upon another turtle. In fact, it's just turtles all the way down.

In Stephen King's book It he describes the death of the turtle. Pretty creepy, and what a giant shell!

christmas '79

Sometimes, when I don't know what to draw, I open the family album. It's funny how these albums contain more than what's in the pictures.

another show for elie

The hardest thing about New Year Resolutions is keeping them. I read somewhere that the average lifespan for such a resolution is six days. Bummer.

Anywho, I did another show card for my friend Elie. She's much nicer in person than she looks here. This image only resembles her, really. Elie disliked this image so much, in fact, that she only used the text for her cards.. ouch!

Oh well. I'll keep drawing, if no one likes them. *sniffle*

I wonder if I can have 365 drawings done by the end of the year. Is there any way I can "make up" my late drawings? I guess it's up to me.