SHEW!

SHEW! WHAT A WEEK! Finishing the set coupled with the web design I'm trying to finish made for some really late nights this week--4am, 4am, 6am, and 2am. Though I'm not sure if 6am can still be considered "late". Anyways, we're going to see the show this evening so I'll have some pics up soon.
In the meantime, stop on over in the shop and check out this new "Melancholy Dancer" print available.

It's Here!

I am soooo crazy busy this week with the kids show opening this weekend and a website I'm designing due tomorrow. I've gone to bed after 4:00am the past two nights. It just makes me more anxious to get my Etsy store finally ready for its grand opening. I have this feeling that if I can be doing more fine art and less graphic/web design then life will be a little slower, a little simpler. We'll see.

All that to say that I'm jazzed that my new printer arrived in the mail today! I got a great deal on a refurbished one from Epson. This is my answer to the question I've be researching regarding how/where to have my work printed. In the end I decided that taking the plunge and buying the printer to do it myself will pay for itself eventually (hopefully sooner than later), save my customers money (since I can offer them at a lower price than if I had them outsourced), and mean a much faster turn around time. It helps to have a tech-saavy husband to support me.

As I type this I am taking my new printer baby for a test run. Woohoo!

workin' hard

Here's a sneak peek at the set for the upcoming childrens show at MLT . The show is this weekend so I've got a couple late nights ahead. But I'll be sure to show you the finished work.
As you can see, I've got good help. : )

Rockin' Out

Daniel and I had a 20 hour date last weekend because Hudson spent the day and night with his pal Elisha. We, along with Daniel's co-worker and his girlfriend (both UC students--yeah, representin'!) went downtown Boston for food and live music fun in the sun. A local radio station and Whole Foods put on "Earthfest"--an outdoor concert event with lots of "hippie-type" ; ) food samples like Cliffbars, soy smoothies, and granola. We got to see Mat Kearney and KT Tunstall. KT is so great live because she does all this looping stuff in her songs that you don't realize is all her when you hear her songs on the radio. Great fun! I love Hudson but we welcomed the chance to be adults for a whole day!

Playin' with Style

I feel like I'm still working out my illustration style. I've drawn pages and pages of eyes trying to understand how the shape. size, position, etc communicates the character's personality and emotions. It's funny how two little round circles can say a lot. Here's one I've finished recently that will be available once I'm ready for the grand opening of my shop

Willow

I'm trying to find a good local place to do my prints. Sure, I can order them online but I'd love to give a local shop the business. PLus then I won't have to wait a week for my prints to get shipped to me. But when I do get it figured out, you'll be able to buy this one in my shop. Hopefully later this week : )

"On Golden Pond"

This is my most recent set design at Marblehead Little Theatre--"On Golden Pond". The cyc (backdrop) was lit with changing colors to suggest dusk, day, dawn, and night. The floor is just painted to look like an old hardwood floor. The fireplace stones are cut from homosote and then textured with plaster and paint. We had a great cast and crew that pulled off a very successful three-week run. Fun stuff! I'm now working on the set for the next kids' show so look for pictures in June.