Illustration Friday: Confined

Initially I thought I'd bore you with some kind of story about being stuck in my house for 7 days without a glimmer of the outside world while getting over the flu last week - but I'm moving on!

Recently I had a huge breakthrough with my art and process that is blowing my mind. It is as if all of the knowledge I've collected over the past 10 years strangely came together one ordinary afternoon. Ideas that had been confined to the deepest recesses of my gray matter suddenly shook themselves loose and made themselves known.

I'm still not quite over the shock, and I am still sorting through all of this new information - but it is an amazing feeling and is infusing me with energy and excitement about art-making again.

More soon....

January Giveaway!

Hi Friends! As promised here is the giveaway from my etsy shop this month, a pack of my TV Thank You note cards, just in time for all of those holiday "thank yous" you still need to write.

To be entered to win, click on the link at right to sign up for my mailing list. If you've already signed up thank you very much, you'll automatically be entered to win.

I'll be picking a lucky name out of a soggy rain barrel on Friday, January 15th!

Illustration Friday: Renewal

Here's my contribution for Illustration Friday this week - right at the last minute.

Where I grew up, there were always a lot of little lizards running around in the summer. Many of my friends caught them and kept them as pets. The whole thing kind of grossed me out - I secretly dreaded the Lizard Catching Season. One day I got brave enough to hold one and the lizard's tail literally snapped off in my hand, leaving a perfect bloody stub. I felt horrible for the little guy, but also sure I was going to upchuck the bologna sandwich I'd been lucky enough to score for lunch.

"Don't worry", my friend said as she slipped the now tail-less reptile back into the aquarium she kept in her room, "he'll grow a new one." What? For reals? And sure enough he did.

The New Year is all about Resolutions - a capital "R" one time chance to start over. But I much prefer the idea of renewal. Continually giving yourself to start fresh every moment of every day - the ability to grow new ideas, new aspirations, and new starts.

Fresh Starts

Hi Friends. I'm down and out with a nasty case of the flu. Not my ideal way to start the new year. I had a great first day of 2010. Went to the studio and started getting organized. Then..slam! The next day I was taken down. So, I've had a lot of thinking time over the past few days in between naps, strange feverish dreams, and movies on Netflix on demand. In a way I feel like I'll get a second 'new year' when I am feeling better - another chance to make a fresh start.

More soon, when I get over this crap. In the meantime - Happy 2010!

Brain on a holiday

Hi friends. I'm feeling a little uninteresting this week, but I wanted to get back to my regularly scheduled posting - even if it is just to say hello. There hasn't been much time for creativity (in the 2D sense) over the past two weeks - so I dove into my sketchbook for a little something to share with you. It is just a random doodle I found from a few years back - but it kind of describes how I am feeling these days: full of ideas and also half asleep. Hmmm, maybe this Red Velvet Cupcake I am eating will help. Or maybe I should just go to bed.

Jing a Ling

Happy Christmas Pixel & Post readers! We've been doing the holiday thing for a week already now. Just thought you might like a little holiday polka from Bobby and Linda. Those outfits...wow. Looks like they got into a fight with a box of discount mauve ribbon.

Hope your holiday is a lovely one!

And the winner is....

PollyB! You'll be receiving a set of 10 Santa Beard notecards just in time for the holidays!

Thanks everyone for playing (and for signing up for my newsletter), and I look forward to announcing the January giveaway soon.