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Sasquatch 500: THE RETURN OF NEIL

2011-12-20T03:00:00.000-08:00

First things first, here's some Sasquatch for you... this takes place a bit after the last comic with words, the illustration I posted of Sassy and Neil walking (and talking) in the forest is actually intended to go between this. (hit the Sasquatch tag if you have no idea what I'm on about.)

Also look at what I did:

I designed this pattern for Dear Raccoon, the design co-op that my glorious friend Kate Hall and I are starting up.The pattern is going to need some tweaking but I'm pretty proud still, making patterns is pretty intense, just so you know.

My yearly oops...

2011-12-14T08:58:00.000-08:00

First, have this pretty (well, my Mom says it's pretty) picture of what I wore:

Nextly, OOPS.

Sorry I failed you. I didn't finish comic a day October... but I did give it some semi-good-but-mostly-okay effort.

I've been kind of focused on other things, but the good news is that come New Years I'll be all reinvigorated and I'll probably try to post here weekly again. Fingers crossed.

Also, my last "what I wore" drawing made it onto the "What I Wore Today" blog.
Which you should check out. Unless your name is Amy, because then you were probably the one who informed me I made it on the blog.

019

2011-10-19T20:30:00.001-07:00

Someone listens to Usher...

018

2011-10-18T20:32:00.000-07:00

... okay, this isn't exactly how it happened, but it's funnier like this.

017

2011-10-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

This story becomes really embarrassing really fast. it is worth like 20 billion laughs.

015-016

2011-10-16T20:12:00.001-07:00

Not too long ago my friend Walter sent me a link to this story about invisibility cloaking for tanks. I told him i would make him a comic about it, and that comic was the request I chose to accept for skipping yesterday. I didn't do the idea any justice.

sorry

014

2011-10-14T20:06:00.000-07:00

I've been doing this for two weeks! Yaaaaaaay

013

2011-10-13T12:28:00.000-07:00

Taking a bit of a break from the baby comics and onto more personal stuff because that is how I'm feeling right now.

the saga continues: 012

2011-10-12T21:04:00.000-07:00

I'm surprised I've kept up this story line for so long....

Day 011

2011-10-11T19:25:00.000-07:00

Okay, this was kind of cheap...

010

2011-10-10T11:31:00.000-07:00

Ten whole days!
also, if you don't understand what's up here this is relevant

Baby comics: 009

2011-10-09T18:30:00.000-07:00

this is an actual story line guys! let's see if I finish it!

008

2011-10-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

it's like yesterday's... only different-ish

Bad First Date Comics: 007

2011-10-07T11:25:00.000-07:00

No, this is not based off of a true story...

Behind the art: 006

2011-10-06T11:24:00.000-07:00

This comic is a HOOT: day 005

2011-10-05T20:31:00.000-07:00

004

2011-10-04T19:51:00.000-07:00

Daymn: day 003

2011-10-03T17:40:00.000-07:00

There are no words to describe how much fun this was to draw... it isn't even interesting.

Things will get worse before they get better, day 002

2011-10-02T19:41:00.000-07:00

Well, there goes my career in art...

Comic-a-day 001

2011-10-01T19:06:00.000-07:00

Greetings friends!
Our first comic is a bit self conscious... I promise they won't be this depressing in the future, but
dammit, let me feel my feelings.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

2011-09-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

Comic A Day October rules:
- each comic must be at least 3 panels
- comics must be posted by 11:59pm Chicago time
- no stick figures! (unless I'm drawing someone drawing something as stick-figures)
- comics may be sketchy, as long as it isn't stick figures.
- stories may be carried on from one day to the next
- content is whatever I choose, whether it be a comic diary, or a legit story.

Now here's some incentive for you to help keep me on track...
if I miss a day, you guys get to tell me what/who my next comic is going to be about*
plus, every day I miss means I need to add 3 extra panels on top of the minimum 3 for each day

so if I miss 1 day, that means my next comic is at least 6 panels
I miss 2, 9 panels.. etc etc

*failing that, I will use a random word generator

What I wore...

2011-09-15T08:14:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posting, I've been ... I don't know.

What I've Been Up To.

2011-08-02T14:12:00.000-07:00

So I've been M.I.A. from this sketch blog again. My life has been a crazy whirlwind of things, all of them awesome.

The big announcement though is that my amazing friend Kate and I have decided to start a business together with the focus currently on doing Jewelry and Invitation/Stationary designs for weddings.

Here's an example of an invite made by yours truly:

and in cream/green

Oh look...

2011-05-31T15:13:00.000-07:00

Oh look, stuff

Summer

2011-05-17T03:00:00.000-07:00

It felt like summer for a few days here in Chicago. I was really enjoying it.

It's cold again, but hopefully this will bring that summer feeling back:

Fairy Tales

2011-05-10T07:43:00.000-07:00

I've been doing sketches based on Grimm's Fairy Tales:

The Six Swans

The King's Son Who Feared Nothing

The Rose

Also, I think we're going to switch to just tuesday updates for now, I cannot get my act together on this whole Friday thing....

Awful Comics

2011-05-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

these are just bad...

Why no update?

2011-04-29T21:17:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the lack of update, the art is made I just need to scan it and as I was one of those crazy women who stayed up all night to watch a wedding between two people I don't know, in a country I don't live in, I am horribly sleep deprived.

so, sorry... I'll get back on track soon I hope!

Back from outerspace...

2011-04-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

It's been a hard move but I'm back in Chicago...

I don't have much to show you... but let's start with this background pattern:

And then we have this doodle of me now vs me in high school:

?????????

2011-04-02T06:21:00.000-07:00

Where did yesterday's post go? I think Blogger is playing a trick on me...

Ghosts

2011-03-29T03:00:00.000-07:00

1. I am super sorry that I forgot about last Friday, I will make it up to you somehow internet!

2. I may be moving back to Chicago in April, so there might be some interruptions in our regularly scheduled updates

3. Here are some ghosts in various hues:

Stuff is stufflike

2011-03-22T03:00:00.000-07:00

I have nothing to say.. here take these:

nothing good

2011-03-18T03:00:00.000-07:00

nothing good comes from my brain this week... I give up

Mooooooon

2011-03-14T16:09:00.000-07:00

Inspiration Friday

2011-03-11T12:13:00.000-08:00

I have some stuff I'm working on, but it's been a busy week so I thought I'd mix it up by posting some music videos:

Caro Emerald has a lot of amazing videos, but I particularly like the use of primary colors in this video.

This video is what made me start listening to Andrew Bird in the first place I love the bugs and the animation aspects of it.
and speaking of animation, another Andrew Bird video features parts of a stop motion animation by Lisa Barcy, who taught at SAIC while I was attending: check it out

I love a good narrative song, and narrative videos, they make life worth living. Also for something more crazy and *ahem* empowering, see Amanda Palmer's Map of Tasmania

And because I can't stay serious for too long:

WTF? Does Doro think she's Harrison Ford? That's the only way I can describe this video...

Posters for Gigs that will Never Happen

2011-03-08T03:00:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago I pestered my friends for band names so I could make gig posters... because I've always wanted to make some, and none of my friends are in bands.

I have more names, so I'll probably make more at some point.

see you friday

Sketch Friday

2011-03-04T09:58:00.000-08:00

This is not the post I planned on making today, but then I read this and got scared that everyone I draw looks the same.

So I decided to test this with the cast of the comic that was once a comic, that has an entire expanded universe in my head, that will probably never be a comic again.

The female cast turned out okay:

The male cast runs into a bit of trouble in that they are all standardly good looking...

well... except the old one....

there are stylistic issues too.. that is why this will never be a comic again.

The First March Post for 2011

2011-03-01T07:49:00.000-08:00

Welcome to March! I think I did pretty OK on the Feb posts, don't you?

Here's some conjoined mermaids who may or may not show up again:

Some ladies doodled in brown pencil:
And a little doodle of Yvaine from Stardust:
See you Friday!

Friday sketchdump

2011-02-25T03:00:00.000-08:00

Sasquatch and Neil:

Some sketchbook stuff:

Dr. Sketchy's

2011-02-22T12:23:00.000-08:00

The other night I went to Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School in Denver, the theme for the night was "Gender Fuck" ... it was a total blast!

Next Two Strips

2011-02-18T03:00:00.000-08:00

as promised, the next two Sasquatch strips

Sasquatch Surprise

2011-02-15T03:00:00.000-08:00

Annnnnnd, he's back:

more to come friday m'loves, keep your eye out

Happy St. Valentine's Day

2011-02-11T03:00:00.000-08:00

I know it's not till monday, but what good would this do you on tuesday?

Will you be my valentine?

Not everything matches

2011-02-08T10:25:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Campers,

here's what we have on the menu today...

A dumb unicorn:

two chicks in various states of undress:
a naked blue haired chick:
and a neat-o vintage wrapping paper pattern as a bonus:
see you Friday.

Greetings from the Mountain Time Zone

2011-02-04T09:26:00.000-08:00

I made it through the snowmageddon that is Chicago and am now setting myself up here in Denver...

but enough about me, here are sketches

So.

2011-02-01T03:00:00.000-08:00

As you read this, assuming you read this the day I post this, I am on the first leg of my journey to Denver, Colorado.

Anyways, I don't think I ever showed you all my final Sasquatch painting...

here he is in all his massive 6x4ft glory:

I don't know if i'll be able to update on friday... we'll see where I am as far as unpacking.

My sketchbook, now in COLOR

2011-01-28T03:00:00.000-08:00

I've been playing an absurd amount of Katamari Forever:

(textures, once again, are from lost & taken)

Also, I drew a terrified woodsman.
Tuesday is the big day.. tonight I party

Planning?

2011-01-25T03:00:00.000-08:00

I've started re-sketching Chapter 1 of Here,After:

Don't get over excited though, I do this a lot.. I need to find a way to motivate myself to actually continue on... it's like I can plan forever, but actually getting a finished result is like pulling teeth.

I guess I'm just a planner? I should become a travel agent... they do a lot of planning...

anyways, here are a couple sketches that were alongside these panels (I have a huge sketchbook)

ps. a week from today I move to Colorado! Holy Everything!

Finally another update...

2011-01-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

I know I've missed two updates, but I'm moving to Colorado in a week and a half sooo life is getting in my way...

Anyways, on to the arts

I started playing with colored pencil again... this is some demon girl:

And here's some blonde chick
and here is a "Here, After" related sketch...
my next post will be entirely related to "Here, After" sketches I've been doing.

Different Textures...

2011-01-11T03:00:00.000-08:00

Playing around with photoshop

I'm kinda going through a texture phase, forgive me...

Photos, say what?

2011-01-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

Oh look, photos of Australia:

I love a good landscape...

Surprise!

2011-01-04T02:00:00.000-08:00

Bet you thought this hiatus would last forever... well I'm back with this:

because, you know... valentine season is just around the bend.

textures via Lost & Taken

and the font was found on DAFont

I'll catch you cats later

APRIL FOOLS

2011-01-01T03:00:00.000-08:00

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Hiatus

2010-10-08T13:52:00.000-07:00

hiatus... that dreaded word...

well i'm on one.

with all my jet setting, show having, and life living I'm not exactly doing all the art scanning I should (I'm drawing still, yes, I'm just not scanning or finishing it.)

until I get back you can follow me on twitter and pray for random updates

also I'll be in Australia so there may be some photo updates while I'm there.

maybe.

When a plan comes together

2010-10-01T21:22:00.000-07:00

Remember this?:

Meet planning stage two:
and when that's done I'll find my way to home depot for a panel, because I'd like to do it large.

Oh and then there's the finished version of this:
Hopefully I will be getting a new camera around x-mas so that my images will be of better quality... I'm tired of how grainy these are.

Also I'll be at the Ravenswood Art Walk tomorrow... and maybe I'll remember to take pictures

T-T-Tuesday!

2010-09-28T20:50:00.000-07:00

hey ya'll, this is a doodle:

And this is possibly an idea for a painting... possibly:

AND

I'll be in the Ravenswood Art Walk this week!

Come and check it out! My Sasquatch painting will be at #30 on this here map.

I better see you there!

friday sketchdump

2010-09-24T07:13:00.000-07:00

Oh so many doodles...

So sorry

2010-09-21T07:40:00.000-07:00

I've been in India, hence the lack of posting.

normal schedule resumes friday

Dunna nunna nunna nunna Batmaaaaan

2010-09-07T20:35:00.000-07:00

short comic for you...

Post-It project

2010-09-03T23:30:00.000-07:00

I did about 20 of these so far...
basically I got guys on craigslist to send me their pictures and I did a very quick doodle with a pen on a post it and sent it back to them... each man is identified by his favorite sandwich, if he listed it... otherwise I made shit up

Today is Tuesday...

2010-08-31T06:32:00.000-07:00

behold, progress:a doodle:
Sorry for the lack of Friday post, I'm going to India soon and I'm running around like a chicken with her head cut off...

Not Much to Say...

2010-08-24T03:00:00.000-07:00

work in progress

The Return of the Return of the Sasquatch

2010-08-20T08:05:00.000-07:00

man... it's been forever guy, how are you?

Slapdash Tuesday

2010-08-17T06:36:00.000-07:00

I feel like a kid who wasn't prepared for his english test... here's a quick tablet sketch with no hope of finish for you....:

And this is the massive painting I'm working on for a show I will be in in October:
details to come later, sorry for the low quality cell phone pic.

Sunday is Today!

2010-08-15T03:00:00.000-07:00

First, a page from my sketchbook...
Second check out these blogs by people who are way cooler than me:
Ginger Curls
Kassandra Heller
Jenspiration!

and if you are wondering how I find other arts to look at... well usually it begins with me googling something completely unrelated and then I magically find myself on some blog and then I think "gee wiz, this sure is a swell place" and then I eat some candy.

Friday the 13th

2010-08-13T03:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday the 13th, try not to get killed by any weirdos!
let's pretend these are comics....

sketchdump tuesday

2010-08-10T03:00:00.000-07:00

So sorry for the lack of Friday posts for the last 2 weeks... this is unforgivable and I shall flog myself... or maybe just feel guilty... anyhow, sketchings:

I promise I won't forget Friday this week... and maybe I'll even give you a Sunday post.

playin'

2010-08-03T18:25:00.000-07:00

thinking about thinking about painting (yeah that's what I said)

I don't need to say anything... it's tuesday

2010-07-27T05:09:00.000-07:00

Friday Plans!

2010-07-23T10:32:00.000-07:00

I went on a photowalk through Joliet to take pictures of the old houses for reference material for
that graphic novel thing I'm still in the beginning stages of working on.
So I made this little photoshop mockup as to what acertain characters side of the street looks like:
that's all carry on!

Tuesday Sketchings

2010-07-20T03:00:00.000-07:00

Gave colored pencils a whirl:Petra doesn't enjoy being fancy:
and at some point I was feeling like drawing fantasy stuff.

see any of you nerds who care on Friday Friday Friday

F-F-f-friday

2010-07-16T14:42:00.000-07:00

just a doodle
Also I choose a different theme, I liked the black but it didn't match my website... this is closer but I really need to do a full overhaul

And so it begins

2010-07-13T03:00:00.000-07:00

I am extremely sorry for the lack of posts last week.
I knew I was missing, but I was more concerned with other things

anyways, started working on the first of the paintings:

this one's working title is "the commute"

planning

2010-07-02T08:07:00.000-07:00

It's about time I start painting things again.

I haven't done a painting series since I worked on the monsters, so it's about time.

here are 3 concepts for what I'm hoping will be a 5 painting series
I don't have a title for the series as a whole yet, though I've been throwing ideas around.
each concept has a working title along with an assigned color scheme, the other two will be yellow and violet

I'm going to make them in watercolor first and then if I'm still feeling up to it I might give oils a try.

Happy Tuesday

2010-06-29T03:00:00.000-07:00

Sweet, Glorious, Tuesday!
it is so nice having power... let's hope no more storms knock it out

More Harpies:
they're grossly off model, mostly because I didn't have the original with me for reference sake

also, here's an elven princess for your troubles:

Nature is my apology

2010-06-24T19:56:00.000-07:00

Within the span of 5 days my power has been knocked out TWICE

so I have temporarily stolen my dear friend Marija's computer to apologize for lack of posts...

I don't know when I will get the power back but hopefully I'll be able to post by tuesday.

Harpies

2010-06-22T21:29:00.000-07:00

bet you thought I wouldn't post today... huh?

Type?

2010-06-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

I've been working on typographic portraits...
this is George Lucas:
I'm also doing Hayden Christensen & Billy Bob Thornton...
my theme is "people I would enjoy punching in the face" :D

Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday

2010-06-15T05:22:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking about intestines recently:

Oh, and vampire babies:
the skill block continues... :(

Friday Sketches

2010-06-11T03:00:00.000-07:00

Why hello there kids
here are some sketches .. in order from "most annoyed with" to "kinda okay"

an awful resketch of some characters I found in my very first sketchbook:

some dudes:

Sassy:

I think maybe I need to get back to watercolor to rid myself of such a funk
also I miss figure drawing

The Escapee

2010-06-08T03:00:00.000-07:00

I wrote a short story about this guy which can be found here.
see ya'll on friday!

Coming at 'cha with a comic

2010-06-04T08:58:00.000-07:00

here have a short comic that's not about drugs:

quick note

2010-06-03T05:27:00.000-07:00

Going back to the old tuesday friday update schedule!

arts tomorrow kids!

Flowers, everywhere.

2010-06-01T06:40:00.000-07:00

Considering turning this into a legit watercolor painting....obviously there would be more flowers... yeah.

creativity wise my brain is chock full of ideas but right now my hand doesn't seem to be cooperating, this is entirely frustrating and I really don't know what to do about it.

ugh.

What's going on here

2010-05-27T03:00:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of tuesday updates... I just suck

anyways these doodles don't make any sense... which leads me to ask...

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

picture 1)

Picture 2)
Picture 3)

what's going on here is a little game I have decided to play with my writer friend Marija (a.k.a. Rish) she's fab and when I get her response (if I get her response) I will be sure to post it up!

Also, feel free to play too... because I'm confused.

Me Tarzan You BIC Pen

2010-05-20T16:09:00.000-07:00

been drawing with a BIC pen lately...

not exclusively obviously, but you know...

Yaaaaaay

2010-05-18T03:00:00.000-07:00

Celebratory naked girls for being done with the huge pile of work I had:

wooooooo

the saga of the tree

2010-05-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

Trying to nail down a look for my (eventual) book...

Let's look at the same tree over and over!

this one is kinda tacky...

These two are much better:
really... I'm having a hard time deciding

oh and here's the original before any work was done:

I used a single round sable brush for most of the work... and came in for some details with a micron... and yes I did use crappy copy paper... how could you tell?

Also going to test out pens with nibs, charcoal, and pencil believe it or not.

YES I'M SORRY

2010-05-10T20:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the complete and utter lack of posts.

It's Finals time... and not just that, I'm also super busy

writing a graphic novel*!

I probably won't be making my official on time posts until

next week :/

Until then read some web comics:

Sailor Twain (or The Mermaid in the Hudson)

Go Home Paddy

(Don't get worked up I'm still on the outline guys

Although you have seen a bit of the concept art)

Concept Work

2010-04-27T03:00:00.000-07:00

A lot of this concept work lately

hrrrrrrm... I wonder what it's for

(obviously I'm just teasing you... I know what it's for and I'm not telling you yet because I am a mean mean mean girl.)

So yeah...

2010-04-23T07:13:00.000-07:00

I guess I'm just running late this week... but i feel like the important thing is that I'm not entirely forgetting my artistic duties to you (whomever you are... ) by still giving you two updates a week.

A quick forest scene in photoshop.

HOT DOG!

2010-04-21T15:52:00.000-07:00

Sorry for no post yesterday but I was dying of tiny kitten disease

to make up for that I made you a hot dog:

chicago style of course.

something AWESOME this way comes

2010-04-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?!

Yes this is just a teaser, but something awesome will be coming to this blog very soon!

I'm not sure when the super official announcement will be up as I've been stricken with a terrible case of tiny kittens. But believe me as soon as it's ready I will be posting that golden information every which where!

Happy Tax Day

2010-04-15T03:00:00.000-07:00

Happy tax day!

Here are the concept sketches I promised:

Mattie and cats

Martian vs. Earth anatomy

I really don't have much to say... but hopefully I will have an announcement up on Sunday so stay tuned!

What time is it?

2010-04-12T20:21:00.000-07:00

Clock concept, because I'm amazing like that:

But seriously, concept sketches on thursday.

Back to robots...

2010-04-08T15:04:00.000-07:00

I've been working on writing more than drawing this week...

but hey it's a robot.

Matilda and Joliet

2010-04-06T03:00:00.000-07:00

Largeish post today!

First, concept sketches:

Meet Matilda

I might tweek her a little more to make sure she looks her age, but personality wise I think she's there.

"Mrs. T"
She needs a lot of tweeks... mostly in hair and fashion. She's a witch

generic stuff:

And remember how I said I'd take pictures at the Joliet Area Historical Museum? Here have these!

Harvey working in one of the storage rooms.

The piles of wedding dresses we were sorting by era. Tulle was the bane of our existence.

A veil from the early 1900's

Yes I have more photos, but I haven't had time to resize them. Well that's a lie, I *did* resize them, but I didn't save them and the photoshop crashed. Too lazy to do it right now.

Exciting!

2010-04-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

I can't remember the last time I had a post with this many sketches... maybe never?

I'm just excited because I have a new sketchbook I guess.

ANYWAYS...

Sasquatches:

Old original characters, two of whom are related:

I guess this is supposed to be a siren?
oh look! an attempt to do a cityscape... awwwwww

Also, it's April Fools... so as per tradition:

"I have cancer"

.... Fooled you!

(yes I know cancer shouldn't be a joke, but I have said that I have cancer every april fools day since I was in grade school, it's an awful tradition but I'm keeping it.)

Where can I get more time?

2010-03-30T06:27:00.000-07:00

Instead of doing what I am actually supposed to be doing this week... I played around with Illustrator some more:

in a way I guess it's good because I need more practice, but on the other hand there is a ton of stuff I need to take care of. Specifically I need to work on 1) actual school work and 2) comics...

In other news, I'm going to be heading out to the Joliet Historical Museum tomorrow.

My lovely friend Harvey (who was my model for the snow white project) is an intern in their collections department and will be sorting through a menacing pile of old wedding dresses.

Obviously I'll be there for emotional support.

I'll try and grab a few photos of things to post here.

See you on Thursday.

Animation how I miss thee

2010-03-28T19:12:00.000-07:00

What? a post from me not about myself or featuring my "art"?
NO FREAKING WAY! YOU'RE KIDDING RIGHT?

No, I'm not, shut up and check out these awesome animations:

The Oscar Nominated "The Secret of Kells"

I cannot wait to see it!

Also check out "Kirikou and the Sorceress" (Kirikou et la sorcière):

Watching things like this really makes me want to get back to my light table!