but my couscous!!

Some new monster plushies I made for the store. I like the green ones expression- his name is Franz.

lolololol-z

A lolcat plush I made for Maureen on her birfday. He is cushy and full of love, and based off my drawings that are now polluting the desks of my fellow JJ'ers.

In other news, I'm going to be posting new monsters and new content in my etsy store. I've been getting some big orders lately, but now that they're all finished I can focus on making things for fun again. I totally hate feeling like an art machine when I get huge orders, but it seems the only way to get them done. (Why don't I do prints like a sane human being? You just have to make it once!!)

Oh, and I'm starting work on a bitchin' holiday card- lemme know if you want one if we don't already penpal.

in the belly of a giant whale

So, I finally got the compilation book from the Crammed Organisms show back in June. It only took 4 months, but whatevs. One of my plush pals was badly injured on the way back to me, his horn has fallen into disrepair, so I have to figure something out for that, but otherwise they arrived unscathed. They will most likely be going up in my Etsy in the coming days.

Anyway, that's (somewhat bad) shots of the cover, with a closeup marking my two plushies, Aldous and the CupCake Girl (woot!) that helped inspire the cover by KillTaupe, and then the two interior pages with my work. Overall, I think the book could have been better designed, but I guess if he was in a rush... and there was a lot of content to include... it was okay. I'm not sure if I'll participate next season, it became much more of a hassle than a reward.

I've also been working on a giant order for the Ringling Alumni Store, so if you're there, make sure you check it out. I got lots and lots of goodies coming their way.


And there's even more stuff to come, soooo... stay tuned!

P.S. OBAMA!!!! Last night was amazing and historic and I cried during his speech and it was fantastic! <3

updations

Sooo... I've been crazy busy lately, and while I've still been (somehow) able to juggle work-life-plushies, it's been a little bit on the crazy side. This weekend I took off for San Francisco to visit Jessica and such. It was an amazingly good time, so much so that I felt bad for the kinda terrible time she had here a few weeks ago. I saw a great deal of the city (blurry pictures soon) including the Academy of the Sciences/museum thinger, Golden Gate Park (+buffalo), and Haight/Ashberry (yay for music and toys.)

On Sunday we hit up APE (alternative press expo) and saw some nice goodies from some very fine folks. If you're trying to picture it in your mind, it's a ton smaller than MegaCon (if you went to that last year) and pretty much just tables, minus the fun extra stuff like Rock Band and such. But I got christmas presents for some people, and I (finally) got to meet Justin's immensely talented brother Josh. If you frequent the JibJab site for halloween things (WHO DOESN'T?!) then you will catch two of his pieces there, as well as on his blog. Good times were had by all. (Or else!)

Ummmm.... other than that, the collage class is going achingly slow, but I'm optimistic. It feels like freshmen year, but at least I can get a grandma-worthy christmas present out of it. Maybe even something for Dad's new apartment... Hooray for tack-tastic wall art?

Plush pictures soon, along with other happenings. I PROMISE.

but only one can win!

Our sweet pirate pad at work, with the addition of the pirate flag I made last Friday. All handsewn, and lemme tell you, this thing is M-A-S-S-I-V-E! Much longer than I am tall (which isn't saying much) but the skulls are like, 3 feet big and stuff, not including the lower jaw. It's huge. But it was super fun to make. I work with the coolest people in the world.

The other photo is of a few of our piratey crew- one of our animators and our technical director. Good times.

Thanks to Dan for hanging the crazy thing and getting stuff all in his face from the ceiling doing it. Yuck.

He always took the time to speak with me

...And I liked him for that.

Something I started/finished working on today. Originally it was for Illustration Fridays topic "Late" but other than that clock... I don't know how it relates. I haven't had time to draw in my sketchbook much lately, but this weekend has been an exception. I want to finish it by Christmas-ish time, so I best start cracking. I also picked up American Gods and Coraline from the bookstore. It's about time I started reading again.

It's about time I started doing a lot of things again.

the skeletons are hidden in the closet

Just some of the postables I made for Halloween at JJ. Felt, twins, George Washington... these are a few of my favorite things. Now that I'm looking at it, we really rolled out a ton of content for Halloween! Hope you like it!

some monstaaaaarz

Welcome to the Space Jam.

I've been experimenting in trying to find a style of plushie I like to make, and I think this might be it. They're fun, even though they take a little longer to make and cut. They feel more cohesive than just makin' any ole thing.





You also just got a sweet sneak peek at my new shoes. They look like penny loafers. It's good times.

he's got stars in his eyes

I really don't have time to update with anything significant, so here's this. It's amazing. I wish I had the time/energy/madness to make something like this.

Also, expect lots of plush business soonish. A super awesome lady from the UK bought like half my store this morning (for christmas presents I am assuming), so I have to re-stock like mad. I wish I had a little sweat shop of children working for me... for cookies. Oh well. WE CAN ALWAYS DREAM.

P.S. I love the fact that my plushies live all over the world now. It's a warm fuzzy feeling on the inside.

"i'm a sincere person..."

Note: Anytime you need to remind someone you are a sincere person, you aren't. Gagggg, Top Design is such a garbage show.

Anyhoot, a zombie lady for the new month/season. The cool kids at work are finishing up our zombie video (which features me and some of my fantastic co-workers dancing the Macarena) so I was in a festive zombie mood tonight. Plus, I haven't sewn anything in a few days (burned out) and decided to draw something on the computer. But now I must retire for the night for fear I'll be a zombie at work tomorrow, so goodnight!