IF: (Party) Time

The whole group

My Favorite (yeah I'm keeping it)

A pretty teal one

A plethora of color

YAY!!! Finally after a year and four months I am hosting a party at my house. I have a new roommate, a large kitchen, a dining room set for 8 and a new couch and chair (which I finally purchased after living without furniture for a year because I was being picky).
So I put myself in charge of the invites. I will also clean, shop and prep but thankfully my new roomie is a chef so he will be doing all the cooking (thank god because if it was me no one would ever come back to my house again).
Thanks to my friend Sarah Coffman and Virgil O' Stamps I have been inspired to reuse cereal boxes for the invites. (And yes, Sarah I did get your Cheerios holiday card ~ thank you).
I started with a ink drawing of a map to my place. Printed and cut them all out (26 so far). Pulled out all of the cereal from their boxes and cut them up. With hot pink masking tape I taped maps all individually to the outside part of the box. I took a cut square from a 1970's pattern's tissue for each one and glued it on the inside of the box ~ well once was a box. I painted a few ideas for the actual picture for the invitation. I decided making a stamp would be a faster, more cohesive way of painting I wanted to have for the piece. Although I wasn't expecting it to take me over 2 hours to paint, trace, transfer and then carve out the stamp for the quicker way of going about things. The whole process took about 14 hours but it was a great project and it allowed me to hang out in my studio all day. Listening to music, creating and sharing my space with friends to paint at the same time.
However long the result its fantastic! and I was able to get it to look the way I wanted and roller on several different colors. To share all of them with you.

Dr. Sketchy SD January 09 Session

Stimul8r as a 70's prize fighter.

IF: Resolve {HAPPY NEW YEAR}

Wow! Resolve has so much meaning. I hope everyone has great success with all their resolutions this year. Happy 2009 :)

re·solve
Pronunciation:
\ri-ˈzälv, -ˈzȯlv also -ˈzäv or -ˈzȯv\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
re·solved; re·solv·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Latin resolvere to unloose, dissolve, from re- + solvere to loosen, release — more at solve
Date:
14th century
transitive verb
1obsolete : dissolve , melt
2 a: break up , separate ; also : to change by disintegration b: to reduce by analysis c: to distinguish between or make independently visible adjacent parts of d: to separate (a racemic compound or mixture) into the two components
3: to cause resolution of (a pathological state)
4 a: to deal with successfully : clear up b: to find an answer to c: to make clear or understandable d: to find a mathematical solution of e: to split up (as a vector) into two or more components especially in assigned directions
5: to reach a firm decision about
6 a: to declare or decide by a formal resolution and vote b: to change by resolution or formal vote
7: to make (as voice parts) progress from dissonance to consonance
8: to work out the resolution of (as a play)
intransitive verb
1: to become separated into component parts ; also : to become reduced by dissolving or analysis
2: to form a resolution : determine
3: consult , deliberate
4: to progress from dissonance to consonance

IF: Voices

I had a drunk octopus recently whisper "trust me, just trust me" in my ear...yeah it was a bit creepy.

IF: Opinion

She thought highly of herself...allowing her to do extraordinary things.

Dr. Sketchy SD November 08 Session"s"

secretary tribute

secretary tribute

ed wood tribute

ed wood tribute

secretary tribute

Some times I'm not sure if I get better or worse attending Dr. Sketchy's??

IF: Wise

WOW...this has got to be the oldest piece I have digitally (uploaded). I believe it is 11 years old and about 4 years prior to my formal illustration education.

This piece is done in charcoal and pastel...and has been hanging in my grandpa's studio just as long.

IF: Vacant

Another page from my blank sketchbook.

Sometimes men and women never fill each others expectations or aren't really interested in one another ~ just themselves........

Pages in a Book

More pages from the blank sketchbook. It's becoming a great exercise on thought process and journaling. I haven't done it in quite a while. My previous journals were endless thoughts poured onto pages until I forgot what I was writing about. This piece is teaching me to put one or so thoughts per page then elaborate with drawings, collage and paint. The way I have always wanted to journal ~ I am training myself to do so........

IF: Repair

Realizing too LATE that I just finished last weeks topic which was 'late', I quickly made this painting of the right topic for the week. If you would like to see the 'late' piece please view my entire blog.