quickity quick quick

Quick drawings of some dudes/dudettes, and an even quicker color study of another dude I'm gonna start tonight. AND I finished another dude, so, picture of him tomorrow. He's part walrus, part man, ALL AWESOME. You will love him, like I love him.




'Til then, friends. Keep it classy.

Cloff G. Hoffernoff and DC

First, some photos from our trip. The rest are going on facebook or perhaps into the ether, as they didn't turn out very stunning. Lots of pictures of us looking tired. However, the city is wonderful, very clean, easy to navigate, lots to do, highly recommended.





Now, my new friend Cloff G. Hoffernoff. He's a good 2 and a half feet tall, took me, oh, a solid 2 weeks to finish him up. I'm going to start moving in this direction, this weird absurdist direction, for my new plushies. Big and beautiful and weird. Trying to put more personality into the faces, you know how that can be.

come & get it

Plushies up at Munky King!

They just added a bunch of new guys to the shop, so check 'em outttttt.

Munky King & PlushYou!LA

So, PlushYou!LA was a big hit! Justin & I went to the opening last Thursday at Munky King, which is a super cool little gallery down on Melrose. I was one of only 65 artists from around the world that was chosen for the show. It was super awesome to be able to be apart of a show in town that celebrates plush.


Here's an article about the show. You can see my dudes at the bottom there in the gallery slideshow.

If you were interested in seeing what is still up for grabs, you can check out Munky King's gallery/shop right here. There's a lot of variety, so check it out!

In other news, Justin and I are off to Washington, DC tonight for the Labor Day weekend. We'll be visiting lots of museums, monuments, and memorials, gettin' our history on. Hope everyone else has a wonderful extended weekend, and I'll post pictures soon of our adventures!

P.S. Tiki Con was great, I sold some miniature tiki guys. I also have some available in my store.

jumpstart on halloween

Meet Frankenteenie and Eyegore, my pieces for PlushYou! LA.

tikis and plushyouLA

So, I'm super busy the rest of this month! I have a tiki show in San Diego with the talented Mr. Parpan the weekend of the 21st, and my group show at Munky King for PlushYou!LA opens August 26th, 7-10pm! It runs through most of September, so no worries if you miss it.

The tikis below are some sketches for pins and hairclips for the tiki show. The bottom sketch is of my frankencreatures I'm making for the PlushYou! show. They'll both be on sale, and I'll post pictures of them when they're in a better state of completeness.

c is for city

Working on some prints for a show I have coming in November, here's the first roughed out one. (The city is San Francisco.) I'm not sure how I feel about it so far. It feels too clean to me, but maybe that's okay.

Finn, Rico, and Freddy

Rico, Freddy, and Finn, three tiki dudes on a mission to be Awesome. Developed these over the last few weeks. Probably going to do a big version (these are about 8 inches tall) for PlushYou! LA at Munky King in October. Should be super colorful and possibly, quite rad. Who knows?

Since I magically lost both my HD memory card AND reader for my rebel, you're stuck with shitty photobooth pics from my Mac. Sorry.





In other newst, I've been sketching and collaging in multiple sketchbooks. I'll post that stuff soonishly, too, if I don't get too busy. And by busy, I mean forget completely. Also, I'm working on a HALLOWEEN COSTUME IN JULY (because I'm crazy) and this year I'm going as Velma Dinkley, from Scooby-Doo.


I've always had a soft spot for Velma, because she's basically the secretly sexy nerd girl we all want to be, AMIRITE? Plus she's one of the few characters in the history of animation that is, ahem, short and wears glasses (otherwise she is practically blind), JUST LIKE ME. Maureen is going as Daphne Blake, so if anyone wants to complete our set (Freddy? Shaggy? Maybe even a makeshift Scoobert?) feel free. We're gonna nerd it up.

COMIC-CONNNNNNNNNNN

It's that time again! Heading out to sunny San Diego tomorrow morning to set up for the San Diego Comic-Con 2010! If you're going, make sure you stop by and say hello to Justin and myself at Table F8 in the Exhibitor section! We'll have prints, shirts, magnets, books, puzzles, and high fives galore!

Here's a map to help you find your way around the main exhibition hall.




We're also conveniently located near the exit, bathrooms, and food area! What more could you need?

Indianapolis Zoo

I've been super busy helping Justin out with Comic-Con (we'll be at Table F08 in the Exhibitors Section, by the way) so here's just some random photos from the Indianapolis Zoo. We recently visited my super awesome family in Indiana, and visited the zoo, the art museum, and blew up a ton of rockets and mortars. Best birfday ever. Everytime I go home, it makes me miss Indiana real hard when I get back. At least this time I took pictures of my family.