Sketchbook Sunday: It's My Party

I’m not really a party animal but I

do like a good party. I did this sketch

A while back ago when I was stuck in a

Party desert. It had months since the last

Party, and it was starting to take a toll on

My moral.

All I want was a good party even if I had

To throw it.

I might be exaggerating but a good party

Is always appreciated.

Best Wishes. 

Little Scribbles

A while back, I was completely inspired to make children clothes. I plunged 

myself knee-deep with anything I could learn about sewing, pattern making, 

seams, stitches, techniques, and style to make this project happen. As I was 

daydreaming of the collection, I decided to create little drawings featuring 

little girls and the dresses.

The result was a series of lovable drawings of little girls and a pint-sized 

dinosaur. I like the drawings so much that I took them a step further turned 

them into spunky bite-sized Linoleum prints. Flash-forward to the present, 

I have lost my stream for clothes making but have not lost my love of these 

mini prints.

I was (and still am) deeply in love with origami. Being able to cease, tease, 

and fold paper into little cranes, flowers, or even dinosaurs is amazing to me. 

So I combined origami, cuteness, and little girls into one print.

The piece was hand-drawn, hand-carved, and printed by myself. Each print 

is unique in its own right. Each print slightly different from one another and 

is the perfect affordable bite size art for child in all of us.

This was actually the start of my love for small edition prints. I know that 

when I started printmaking, I did not know what I was getting myself into. 

I really did think that my separation issues with my work had been solved. 

With printmaking, I could make thousands of the same design and part 

with them while still owning one myself.

Foolish foolish girl.

Now that I know the amount of time and energy it takes to make a single 

print. I don’t think I will do a huge edition print ever in my life. I know 

my limits now. At the same time, I think I know now the value of a small 

edition print. Linoleum plates do tend to break down after a certain number 

of prints. This break down destroys the quality of the image and the print.

 Plus I like knowing that there are a few of these prints in existence. It’s 

kinda exclusive.

Stop by the Shop to check them out.

Best Wishes.

Sketchbook Sunday: Meatasaurus

I am seeing a definite pattern in my sketchbook.

Movies tend to inspire me. I was watching Jurassic

Park the other day. I love a couple lines from that

Movies but this one might be my favorite.

Meatasaur? Meatiesaurus? Meatasaurus?

It was too cute. So I drew what a meatasaur

Might look like. He might just be a ham hock

With legs, tiny arms, and a big head. He might

Just be a little cocky.

Best Wishes.

Clothing Portrait: Twin Sisters

There is a little shoe ad that is floating about. I don’t care

much for the shoes but I do care for the dresses. I thought

it was a great combination of two blue dresses. I decided to

celebrate the dresses by making individual portraits.

Best Wishes.

Clothing Portrait Update

I think I have hit a rut. I am struggling to work on this

Project right now. I can’t bring myself to focus on it.

Color is not my friend right now. Maybe inspiration

will hit later.

To break the routine, I am working in blacks and grays

for now.

Best Wishes.

Sketchbook Sunday: Musically Hobbits

I am a fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy,

But I do have to say that some people look

More like hobbits than others. Christofer

Ingle from nevershoutnever and gonzo is

One of those people. Also his onstage barefoot

Habit promotes the theory that he is a hobbit.

Or maybe a hobbit hipster. Or a hobbit hippie

Hipster. The world will never know.

I am just being silly now but it is a funny notion.

Best Wishes.

Finito: Postcard project

Another project bit the dust. After struggling again and again to get this 

series of prints right, I am finally done. This series Is inspired by postcard 

and the joy of getting those Pint-sized little guys in the mail. the print is 

very small, the size of a standard postcard. i had the intention of mailing 

the print as a postcard but I have become Attrached to the prints too much. 

Who knew a tiny series could be so time consuming?

This project is a small edition print. There are five different prints. Each 

print is an edition of ten. There is currently only one edition. To create 

this print, I used a photolithography process to create the prints. Just so

you know, the process is a relative to the traditional Stone Lithography 

process.

For those who are curious, let me explain the basics printmaking process 

for this print. Stone lithography is a printmaking technique where the 

image is drawn or painted upon a flat stone. Not just any stone, these 

stone are straight up expensive (often call a printmaker’s stone).  The 

stone afterward is hit with chemicals that allow ink to stick to the design 

(instead of everywhere). The artist then inks the stone with a roller. After 

running the stone with paper though a press, viola a print is born to the 

world.

Photolithography follows a similar pattern. Photolithography uses a light 

sensitive metal plate that is expose with a light machine to etch the image 

to the plate. After developing and proper plate protection crème, the plate 

is ready to ink and print.

 All the designs were hand drawn and hand letter. I was inspired to try 

hand lettering after seeing so many amazing examples on pinterest. I also 

had a secret desire to prove that my handwriting is nice and legible to myself. 

The words come from silly thoughts, songs from frank Sinatra & nevershoutnever, 

and a little show called the big bang theory.

The prints are standard postcard size. I originally had planned for these prints 

to be mail ready. So people could go, slap a stamp, and mail it without any 

trouble. But after all the difficulty I experienced in creating these prints, I have 

developed a strong attachment to these postcards. I decided to not to mass mail 

them. Instead they have become mini prints. I do not think I can bear to send 

these prints though the mail. I do plan to put some prints up on etsy for sale. 

Maybe eventually create a real postcard version.

 Best wishes.