Threadless

Threadless is currently holding a contest to make a political parody tee shirt--many of the designs right now are either too mean or too off-the-mark, so I decided to take the leap and submit a design for the first time! Here's the cleaned up linework, and I'll update more as I add!

Revisiting Baby Gaga

Sending this to a friend of a friend of my aunt's--we'll see if he likes it!

Continuing my YA illustration trend...

Tithe--the first book in another damn good trilogy by Holly Black. Just a little character sketch.

BRONZE ADONIS. AKA another HG character.

Finnick, the gorgeous fisherman/victor from District 4. He's a huge flirt.

Continuing my obsession with The Hunger Games...

This is Katniss, the narrator.

Aren't you all glad I wasn't interested in Twilight? (At least, not GENUINELY interested--I'm plenty interested in it's entertainment value for bashing.)

An actual ART UPDATE.

Since Harry Potter is drawing to a close, I need to find something else to occupy the literature-obsessed part of my brain. SO, I read all three Hunger Games books at the end of this summer. One of my favorite parts of the series is how vividly you can visualize the characters, particularly the grotesque residents of the Capitol of Panem, the book's version of post-apocalyptic North America.

One of my favorites is Caesar Flickerman, the host and interviewer of The Hunger Games. This is a bit of a work-in-progress, but I'm pleased with what's come out so far. He started out a bit differently--I imagined him obnoxiously tan at first, but then I reread and he's supposed to be coated in white makeup, so I adjusted. He began as this:



And ended up as this:





In other news, I'm moving to New Jersey this weekend! I'm a little scared to start over, but I'm really excited to be closer to John and to start making our lives together! :)

Job Searching...

I've made the official decision on moving to New Jersey, both to be closer to John and to New York City, which has far more to offer me, art career-wise, than Sewickley/Pittsburgh, PA does.

So, here I am, loaded up on browser tabs marking about a dozen design/illustration jobs around NJ/NY that I qualify for, and I'm drafting several cover letters. (I must say, even if it's tedious, I'm pretty good at cranking them out.)

I also decided to jump-start my art, so I'm going to start participating on Illustration Friday! It's the motivation I've needed after a decidedly uninspirational summer.

Of course, nearly simultaneous to this decision, our newly-installed scanner died.

So, my interpretation of IF's prompt of the week--Proverb--will have to wait. More soon!