January turned out to be quite a busy month. My projects included business logos, wedding invitation designs, a ton of typesetting, some new sketches, a mountain of new ideas and a new print up in the shop. I'm happiest when I'm kept busy so it's been a wonderful start to my 2012.
Now, down to business...
Valentine's Day is just a few weeks away! This year I am pleased to offer an upgraded version of our Octopus friend. The Valentine version of Poulpe avec Coeur comes in a set of 5 and is matched with deep red envelopes. Each card is hand-glittered with superfine red glitter.
I personally LOVE these cards and use them year round when I really need to make someone smile. I hope you love them too!
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This year I intend on staying in better touch with you darlings.
I get occasional emails asking me the story behind some drawings. Sometimes people want me to write a little something about it before they gift a print to their loved/loathed ones.
First of all, I appreciate that those of you who like my work totally understand that each and every single drawing has a story behind it. Every figure has a name and each animal a history.
And second, I'd love to start sharing those stories with you. So stay tuned for that.
I love reading blogs that include a lot of photos of an artist/writer's life. While I've long wanted to do that on here, I am a terrible photojournalist. I mean, I have digital photos from 10 years ago that I've never organized or printed. It's pretty bad.
However! I've realized that my mobile phone is ripe with the bizarre and the boring from everyday life. You can tell a lot about a person by the photos on their phone, no?
Tom is the oldest/craziest of our household and still lives (and drinks) like he's 21. So he needs occasional surgery.
He comes out better than new. I mean look at that smile.
Modigliani's Young Woman of the People. One of my absolute favorite pieces from LACMA's permanent collection. Whenever I visit, there are specific pieces I have to drop in and see when I'm there. She's usually the first. No matter what changes in my own life, she is always there.
It's no secret that I love drawing texture more than I love drawing forms. Sometimes I start sketches just so I have a ton of fur or hair to draw. My flatmate Miss Maus O'Liam said this guy looks like "David Bowie playing Nikola Tesla in squirrel form."
The need for creative storage is constant at the House of Black. My easel is currently home to a black feather boa, East German officer's hat and many many hairflowers & facinators.
Original version of my Peacock. Print now on sale in the Etsy shop.
I tend to have a lot of projects "in the process". This is one of them. I hope you guys like dead girls!
I bake a lot. This is a Coffee Cake with Mexican Chocolate & Cinnamon swirls topped with a Bourbon Vanilla glaze. At least two people wanted to marry me after eating a piece of this.
I hope the month has treated you as well as it's treated me!
Cheers.
current sounds: Kayne West - Gold Digger
current beverage: water
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